†Euphagus affinis Shufeldt 1891 (blackbird)
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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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