Biology:Oreopholus
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Short description: Genus of bird
| Oreopholus | |
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| Tawny-throated dotterel (Oreopholus ruficollis) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Charadriiformes |
| Family: | Charadriidae |
| Subfamily: | Charadriinae |
| Genus: | Oreopholus Jardine & Selby, 1835 |
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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.
Wikidata ☰ Q10803023 entry
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