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Pica nuttalli (yellow-billed magpie)

Osteichthyes - Passeriformes - Corvidae

Taxonomy
Corvus nuttalli was named by Audubon (1837). It is extant.

It was recombined as Pica nuttallii by Miller (1929), Wetmore (1956); it was misspelled as Pica nutallii by Wetmore (1940); it was recombined as Pica nuttalli by Miller and DeMay (1942), Clements et al. (2017).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. nuttali

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1837Corvus nuttalli Audubon
1929Pica nuttallii Miller
1940Pica nutallii Wetmore p. 72
1942Pica nuttalli Miller and DeMay p. 123
1956Pica nuttallii Wetmore p. 92
2017Pica nuttalli 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)
—Crocopoda
RankNameAuthor
—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
familyCorvidaeVigors 1825
genusPicaBrisson 1760
speciesnuttalli(Audubon 1837)

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.

Pica nuttalli Audubon 1837 [yellow-billed magpie]
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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: omnivoref
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2009-01-03 17:35:15
Modified: 2009-01-03 19:35:15
Source: f = family, o = order
References: Marsh 1875, Lein 1972, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Pleistocene to the top of the Rancholabrean or 0.12900 to 0.01400 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Rancholabrean0.21 - 0.014USA (California) Pica nuttalli (152008 161536) Pica nuttallii (150336 192630)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Pica nuttalli (190077)