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Sialia (bluebird)

Osteichthyes - Passeriformes - Turdidae

Taxonomy
Sialia was named by Swainson (1827). It is extant.

It was assigned to Turdidae by Wetmore (1940), Wetmore (1956), Clements et al. (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1827Sialia Swainson
1940Sialia Wetmore p. 74
1956Sialia Wetmore p. 95
2017Sialia Clements et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
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()
—Saurischia()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptora
—Paraves
classAves
subclassNeornithesGadow 1893
—Neognathae(Pycraft 1900)
orderPasseriformesLinnaeus 1758
familyTurdidaeRafinesque 1815
genusSialiaSwainson 1827

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.

G. Sialia Swainson 1827 [bluebird]
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Sialia mexicana Swainson 1831
Sialia sialis Linnaeus 1758 [eastern bluebird]
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: terrestrialsubf
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: volantsubf
Diet: insectivoresubf
Diet 2: frugivoresubf
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2009-01-03 16:42:49
Modified: 2009-01-03 18:42:49
Source: subf = subfamily, o = order
References: Marsh 1875, Kiessling 2004, Naka 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: Late/Upper Pleistocene or 0.12900 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.0117 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Wyoming) Sialia sp. (93277)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Colorado) Sialia sp. (74954)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Sialia mexicana (123918 218989) Sialia sp. (190077)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Bahamas (Great Abaco Island) Sialia sialis (144663)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Virginia) Sialia sialis (103991)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Bahamas (New Providence Island) Sialia sialis (194588)