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
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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