Euphagus magnirostris Miller 1929 (large-billed blackbird)

Aves - Passeriformes - Icteridae

Full reference: A. H. Miller. 1929. The passerine remains from Rancho La Brea in the paleontological collections of the University of California. University of California Publications Bulletin of the Department of Geological Sciences 19(1):1-22

Belongs to Euphagus according to D. W. Steadman et al. 2015

See also Lambrecht 1933, Miller 1929, Miller and DeMay 1942, Wetmore 1940 and Wetmore 1956

Sister taxa: Euphagus affinis, Euphagus cyanocephalus

Type specimen: UCMP 29442, a mandible

Ecology: volant insectivore-frugivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of United States (2: California, Wyoming collections), Venezuela (1)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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