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Emberiza citrinella (yellowhammer)

Reptilia - Passeriformes - Emberizidae

Taxonomy
Emberiza citrinella was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
E. cirlus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Emberiza citrinella Linnaeus p. 177
1997Emberiza citrinella Worthy p. 110
2002Emberiza citrinella Mlikovsky p. 250
2017Emberiza citrinella Clements et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
RankNameAuthor
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptora
—Paraves
classAves
subclassNeornithesGadow 1893
—Neognathae(Pycraft 1900)
orderPasseriformesLinnaeus 1758
familyEmberizidaeVigors 1831
genusEmberiza
speciescitrinella

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Emberiza citrinella Linnaeus 1758 [yellowhammer]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatiteo
Entire body: yeso
Adult length: 10 to < 100o
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10o
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10o
Architecture: compact or denseo
Ontogeny: accretion, modification of partso
Grouping: solitaryo
Environment: terrestrialf
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: volantf
Diet: granivoref
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2009-01-03 16:43:19
Modified: 2009-01-03 19:05:06
Source: f = family, o = order
References: Marsh 1875, Thiollay 1994

Age range: base of the Calabrian to the top of the Holocene or 1.80000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Spain (Castilla-Leon) Emberiza citrinella (34870)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117United Kingdom (England) Emberiza citrinella (125321)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Greece (Peloponnesus) Emberiza citrinella (184245)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0New Zealand (South Island) Emberiza citrinella (215380)