Philohela Gray 1841 (American woodcock)

Aves - Charadriiformes - Scolopacidae

Parent taxon: Scolopacidae according to P. W. Parmalee 1992

See also Lambrecht 1933, Parmalee and Klippel 1982 and Wetmore 1962

Sister taxa: Actitis, Arenaria, Bartramia, Calidriinae, Calidrinae, Calidris, Coenocorypha, Elorius, Eroliinae, Gallinago, Heteroscelus, Limnodromus, Limosa, Limosinae, Lymnocryptes, Numeniinae, Numenius, Nuntius, Palaeotringinae, Paractitis, Parvelorius, Phalaropus, Prosobonia, Scolopacinae, Scolopax, Totanus, Tringa, Tringinae, Tryngites, Villetus, Xenus

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Philohela in the database

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