Euphagus affinis Shufeldt 1891 (blackbird)

Aves - Passeriformes - Icteridae

Alternative combination: Scolecophagus affinis

Full reference: R. W. Shufeldt. 1891. Fossil birds from the Equus Beds of Oregon. American Naturalist 25:818-821

Belongs to Euphagus according to K. Lambrecht 1933

See also Hay 1902, Shufeldt 1891 and Wetmore 1940

Sister taxa: Euphagus cyanocephalus, Euphagus magnirostris

Type specimen: Its type locality is Silver Lake, which is in a Pleistocene terrestrial horizon in Oregon

Ecology: volant insectivore-frugivore

Distribution: found only at Silver Lake

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