La Carolina (Pleistocene of Ecuador)
Where: Ecuador (0.2° S, 78.5° W: paleocoordinates 0.2° S, 78.5° W)
When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Primary reference: K. E. Campbell. 1976. The late Pleistocene avifauna of La Carolina, southwestern Ecuador. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 27:155-168 [M. Uhen/S. Alam/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 152599: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Shahed Alam on 26.11.2013
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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"Speotyto cunicularia" = Athene cunicularia
"Speotyto cunicularia" = Athene cunicularia Molina 1782 burrowing owl | |
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Tyto alba Scopoli 1769 barn owl | |
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Aratinga sp. Spix 1824 parrot
Aratinga roosevelti Spillman 1942 parrot | |
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Columbina cruziana Prévost 1832 croaking ground-dove
Zenaida auriculata Des Murs 1847 eared dove
Zenaida asiatica Linnaeus 1758 white-winged dove | |
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Dendrocygna autumnalis Linnaeus 1758 Black-bellied whistling duck
Anas sp. Linnaeus 1758 dabbling duck
Anas bahamensis Linnaeus 1758 white-cheeked pintail | |
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Coragyps cf. atratus Bechstein 1793 black vulture
Cathartes aura Linnaeus 1758 turkey vulture | |
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Nycticorax nycticorax Linnaeus 1758 black-crowned night heron | |
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Falco femoralis Temminck 1822 Aplomado falcon
Falco peregrinus Tunstall 1771 Peregrine falcon
Polyborus plancus Miller 1777 southern caracara
Milvago sp. Spix 1824 caracara | |
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Himantopus mexicanus Muller 1776 black-necked stilt | |
Numenius phaeopus, Arenaria interpres, Limosa fedoa, Phalaropus fulicarius, "Lobipes lobatus" = Phalaropus lobatus, "Steganopus sp." = Phalaropus, "Steganopus tricolor" = Phalaropus tricolor, "Totanus flavipes" = Tringa flavipes, Tringa solitaria, "Catoptrophorus semipalmatus" = Tringa semipalmata, "Totanus melanoleucus" = Tringa melanoleuca, "Micropalama himantopus" = Calidris himantopus, "Erolia melanotos" = Calidris melanotos, Calidris canutus, "Ereunetes mauri" = Calidris mauri, "Ereunetes pusillus" = Calidris pusilla, Bartramia longicauda
Numenius phaeopus Linnaeus 1758 whimbrel
Arenaria interpres Linnaeus 1758 ruddy turnstone
Limosa fedoa Linnaeus 1758 marbled godwit
Phalaropus fulicarius Linnaeus 1758 red phalarope
"Lobipes lobatus" = Phalaropus lobatus Linnaeus 1758 red-necked phalarope
"Steganopus sp." = Phalaropus Brisson 1760 phalarope
"Steganopus tricolor" = Phalaropus tricolor Vieillot 1819 Wilson's phalarope
"Totanus flavipes" = Tringa flavipes Gmelin 1789 lesser yellowlegs
Tringa solitaria Wilson 1813 solitary sandpiper
"Catoptrophorus semipalmatus" = Tringa semipalmata Gmelin 1789 willet
"Totanus melanoleucus" = Tringa melanoleuca Gmelin 1789 greater yellowlegs
"Micropalama himantopus" = Calidris himantopus Bonaparte 1826 stilt sandpiper
"Erolia melanotos" = Calidris melanotos Vieillot 1819 pectoral sandpiper
Calidris canutus Linnaeus 1758 red knot
"Ereunetes mauri" = Calidris mauri Cabanis 1857 western sandpiper
"Ereunetes pusillus" = Calidris pusilla Linnaeus 1766 semipalmated sandpiper
Bartramia longicauda Bechstein 1812 upland sandpiper | |
"Larus pipixcan" = Leucophaeus pipixcan, Larosterna inca
"Larus pipixcan" = Leucophaeus pipixcan Wagler 1831 Franklin's gull
Larosterna inca Lesson and Garnot 1827 inca tern | |
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Thinocorus rumicivorus Eschscholtz 1829 least seedsnipe | |
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Burhinus superciliaris von Tschudi 1843 Peruvian thick-knee | |
Charadrius vociferus, Charadrius semipalmatus, Oreopholus orcesi n. sp., Pluvialis dominica, Pluvialis squatarola
Charadrius vociferus Linnaeus 1758 killdeer
Charadrius semipalmatus Bonaparte 1825 semipalmated plover
Oreopholus orcesi n. sp. Campbell 1976 lapwing
Pluvialis dominica Mueller 1776 American golden plover
Pluvialis squatarola Linnaeus 1758 black-bellied plover | |
"Buteo polyosoma" = Geranoaetus polyosoma, Geranoaetus melanoleucus, Circus cinereus, Buteo hoffstetteri n. sp.
"Buteo polyosoma" = Geranoaetus polyosoma Quoy and Gaimard 1824 variable hawk
Geranoaetus melanoleucus Vieillot 1819 black-chested buzzard eagle
Circus cinereus Vieillot 1816 Cinereous harrier
Buteo hoffstetteri n. sp. Campbell 1976 hawk | |