Aves - Passeriformes - Passerellidae
Full reference: S. L. Olson and D. B. Wingate. 2012. A new species of towhee (Aves: Emberizidae: Pipilo) from Quaternary deposits on Bermuda. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 125:85-96
Belongs to Pipilo according to S. L. Olson and D. B. Wingate 2012
Sister taxa: Pipilo angelensis, Pipilo chlorurus, Pipilo erythrophthalmus, Pipilo maculatus
Type specimen: USNM 265066, a mandible. Its type locality is Finch Cave, Government Quarry, which is in a Pleistocene fissure fill siliciclastic in Bermuda.
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Bermuda (23 collections)
Total: 23 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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