Actitis Illiger 1811 (snipe)

Aves - Charadriiformes - Scolopacidae

Parent taxon: Scolopacidae according to J. F. Clements et al. 2017

See also Emslie 1992 and Meijer et al. 2013

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

Subtaxa: Actitis hypoleucos Actitis macularius

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Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Azerbaijan (1 collection), Indonesia (2), Peru (1), Ukraine (1), United States (4: California, Florida, Virginia)

• Blancan of United States (1: Florida)

Total: 10 collections each including a single occurrence

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