Aves - Gaviiformes - Gaviidae
Alternative combination: Colymbus stellatus
Belongs to Gavia according to J. Watanabe et al. 2020
See also Broughton 2004, Clements et al. 2017, del Hoyo et al. 2014, Watanabe et al. 2020 and Zelenkov et al. 2008
Sister taxa: Gavia adamsii, Gavia arctica, Gavia brodkorbi, Gavia concinna, Gavia egeriana, Gavia fortis, Gavia howardae, Gavia immer, Gavia moldavica, Gavia pacifica, Gavia paradoxa, Gavia pusilla, Gavia schultzi
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Canada (3: Northwest Territories, Nunavut collections), Finland (1), Japan (2), the Russian Federation (1), Taiwan (1), United States (12: Alaska, California)
Total: 20 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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