Pipilo angelensis Dawson 1948 (towhee)

Aves - Passeriformes - Passerellidae

Full reference: W. R. Dawson. 1948. Records of fringillids from the Pleistocene of Rancho La Brea. Condor 50:57-63

Belongs to Pipilo according to W. R. Dawson 1948

See also Wetmore 1956

Sister taxa: Pipilo chlorurus, Pipilo erythrophthalmus, Pipilo maculatus, Pipilo naufragus

Type specimen: LACM K7291, a mandible. Its type locality is Rancho La Brea, Pit A (LACMIP 88), which is in a Rancholabrean tar tar in California.

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Rancho La Brea, Pit A (LACMIP 88)

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