†Upupa antaios Olson 1975 (Saint Helena hoopoe)
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Aves - Bucerotiformes - Upupidae
Full reference: S. L. Olson. 1975. Paleornithology of St. Helena Island, South Atlantic Ocean. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 23:1-49
Belongs to Upupa according to S. L. Olson 1975
See also del Hoyo et al. 2014
Sister taxa: Upupa epops, Upupa marginata
Type specimen: USNM 175936, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Dry Gut, which is in a Holocene terrestrial horizon in Saint Helena.
Ecology: volant insectivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Saint Helena (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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