Oreopholus is a genus of bird belonging to the family Charadriidae. The tawny-throated dotterel (Oreopholus ruficollis) is the only extant species, although another species, Oreopholus orcesi, is known from the Late Pleistocene of Ecuador.[1]
References
- ^ Campbell, K.E. Jr. (1976). "The Late Pleistocene Avifauna of La Carolina, Southwestern Ecuador". Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology. 27: 155–168. doi:10.5479/si.00810266.27.155.
Genera of shorebirds and their extinct allies | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
