Melopyrrha latirostris Steadman and Morgan 1985 (perching bird)

Aves - Passeriformes - Thraupidae

Full reference: D. W. Steadman and G. S. Morgan. 1985. A new species of bullfinch (Aves: Emberizinae) from a late Quaternary cave deposit on Cayman Brac, West Indies. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 98:554-553

Belongs to Melopyrrha according to D. W. Steadman and G. S. Morgan 1985

See also Morgan 1994

Sister taxon: Melopyrrha nigra

Type specimen: UF 23011, a maxilla. Its type locality is Layer 7, Patton's Fissure, Spot Bay, Cayman Brac, which is in a Pleistocene/Holocene fissure fill carbonate in Cayman Islands.

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Cayman Islands (6 collections)

Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence

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