Aves - Charadriiformes - Scolopacidae
Synonym: Capella Frenzel 1801
Parent taxon: Scolopacidae according to J. F. Clements et al. 2017
See also Emslie 1992, Emslie 1998, Hay 1930, Lambrecht 1933, Meijer et al. 2013, Morgan 1994, Parmalee and Klippel 1982, Wetmore 1940 and Wetmore 1956
Sister taxa: Actitis, Arenaria, Bartramia, Calidriinae, Calidrinae, Calidris, Coenocorypha, Elorius, Eroliinae, Heteroscelus, Limnodromus, Limosa, Limosinae, Lymnocryptes, Numeniinae, Numenius, Nuntius, Palaeotringinae, Paractitis, Parvelorius, Phalaropus, Philohela, Prosobonia, Scolopacinae, Scolopax, Totanus, Tringa, Tringinae, Tryngites, Villetus, Xenus
Subtaxa: Capella anthonyi Gallinago azovica Gallinago delicata Gallinago gallinago Gallinago hardwickii Gallinago kakuki Gallinago media Gallinago megala Gallinago paraguaiae Gallinago stenura
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Australia (2 collections), Azerbaijan (2), the Bahamas (6), Cayman Islands (2), Cuba (3), Falkland Islands (Malvinas) (1), Indonesia (11), Italy (3), Japan (2), Pitcairn (1), Portugal (1), the Russian Federation (2), Spain (2), Turks and Caicos Islands (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (9: California, Florida, Tennessee, Virginia, Wyoming), Venezuela (1)
• Blancan of United States (1: Florida)
• Pliocene of United States (1: North Carolina)
• Miocene of the Russian Federation (1)
Total: 53 collections including 61 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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