Anthus Bechstein 1805 (perching bird)

Aves - Passeriformes - Motacillidae

Parent taxon: Motacillidae according to H. J. M. Meijer et al. 2017

See also Clements et al. 2017, Lambrecht 1933, Mlikovsky 2002 and Worthy 1997

Sister taxa: Motacilla, Motacillinae

Subtaxa: Anthus bosniaskii Anthus campestris Anthus cervinus Anthus correndera Anthus gustavi Anthus novaeseelandiae Anthus pratensis Anthus spinoletta Anthus trivialis

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Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Falkland Islands (Malvinas) (1 collection), France (1), Hungary (1), Indonesia (2), Italy (2), New Zealand (11), Norway (1), the Russian Federation (1), Spain (3), the United Kingdom (4), United States (1: Virginia)

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of South Africa (1)

Total: 29 collections including 30 occurrences

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