Family incertae sedis

Enskenia galeanoi Agnolín

Primoptynx poliotauros Mayr, Gingerich & Smith [5]

Ypresiglaux michaeldanielsi Mayr & Kitchener [8]

Heterostrigidae

Heterostrix tatsinensis Kurochkin & Dyke

Ogygoptyngidae

Ogygoptynx wetmorei Rich & Bohaska

Palaeoglaucidae

Palaeoglaux artophoron Peters
Palaeoglaux perrierensis Mourer-Chauviré

Protostrigidae

Eostrix gulottai Mayr
Eostrix martinellii Wetmore
Eostrix mimica (Wetmore)
Eostrix tsaganica Kurochkin & Dyke
“Eostrix” vincenti Harrison

Minerva antiqua (Shufeldt)
Minerva californiensis (Howard)
Minerva leptosteus (Marsh)
Minerva lydekkeri Shufeldt
Minerva saurodosis Wetmore

Oligostrix rupeliensis Fischer

Sophiornithidae

Berruornis halbedeli Mayr
Berruornis orbisantiqui Mourer-Chauviré

Palaeobyas cracrafti Mourer-Chauviré

Palaeotyto cadurcensis Mouer-Chauviré

Sophiornis quercynus Mourer-Chauviré

Strigidae

Aegolius funereus (L.)

Alasio collongensis (Ballmann)

Asio brevipes Ford & Murray
Asio ecuadoriensis Lo Coco, Agnolín & Carrión [2]
“Asio” henrici Milne-Edwards
Asio longaevus (Umanskaya)
Asio priscus Howard

Athene angelis Mourer-Chauviré
Athene cretensis Weesie
Athene cunicularia ssp. intermedia Feduccia
Athene megalopeza (Ford)
Athene noctua ssp. lunellensis Mourer-Chauviré
Athene noctua ssp. veta Jánossy
Athene trinacriae Pavia & Mourer-Chauviré
Athene vallgornerensis Guerra, Bover & Alcover [1]

Bubo binagadensis Burchak-Abramovich
Bubo bubo ssp. davidi Mourer-Chauviré
Bubo (?) florianae Kretzoi
Bubo ibericus Meijer, Pavia, Madurell-Malapeira & Alba
Bubo leakeyae Brodkorb & Mourer-Chauviré
Bubo lignitum Giebel
Bubo osvaldoi Arrendondo & Olson
Bubo perpasta Ballmann
Bubo scandiacus ssp. gallicus (Mourer-Chauviré)
Bubo sp. ‘Soave Cava Sud, Italy’
Bubo zeylonensis ssp. lamarmorae Mlíkovský

Glaucidium explorator Emslie
Glaucidium ireneae Pavia [3]

Intulula brevis (Ballmann)
Intulula tinnipara Mlíkovský

Margarobyas abronensis Zelenkov & Gonzáles [7]

Mioglaux debellatrix Mlíkovský
Mioglaux poirrieri (Milne-Edwards)

Miosurnia diurna Li et al. [9]

Ornimegalonyx ewingi Suárez [4]
Ornimegalonyx gigas Arredondo

Otus guildayi Brodkorb & Mourer-Chauviré
Otus wintershofensis (Ballmann)

Pulsatrix arredondoi Brodkorb

Strix brea Howard
“Strix” brevis Ballmann
Strix collongensis Ballman
Strix dakota A. H. Miller
Strix edwardsi (Ennouchi)
Strix intermedia Jánossy
Strix sp. ‘Ladds, USA’

Surnia capeki Jánossy
Surnia robusta Jánossy

Yarquen dolgopolae Tambussi et al.

Tytonidae

Basityto rummeli Mlíkovský

Miotyto montispetrosi Göhlich & Ballmann

Necrobyas arvernensis (Milne-Edwards)
Necrobyas harpax Milne-Edwards

Nocturnavis incerta (Milne-Edwards)

Prosybris antiqua (Milne-Edwards)
Prosybris media (Mourer-Chauviré)

Selenornis henrici (Milne-Edwards)

Tyto balearica (Mourer-Chauviré)
Tyto balearica ssp. cyrneichnusae Louchart
Tyto campiterrae Jánossy
Tyto gigantea Ballmann
Tyto jinniushanensis Hou
Tyto maniola Súarez & Olson [6]
Tyto mourerchauvireae Pavia
Tyto robusta Ballmann
Tyto sanctialbani (Lydekker)

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References:

[1] Carmen Guerra; Pere Bover; Josep Antoni Alcover: A new species of extinct little owl from the Pleistocene of Mallorca (Balearic Islands). Journal of Ornithology 153(2): 347-354. 2012
[2] Gastón E. Lo Coco; Federico L. Agnolín; José Luis Román Carrión: Late Pleistocene owls (Aves, Strigiformes) from Ecuador, with the description of a new species. Journal of Ornithology 161: 713-721. 2020
[3] Marco Pavia: Palaeoenvironmental reconstruction of the Cradle of Humankind during the Plio-Pleistocene transition, inferred from the analysis of fossil birds from Member 2 of the hominin-bearing site of Kromdraai (Gauteng, South Africa)  Quaternary Science Reviews. 248: Article 106532. doi:10.1016/j.quascirev.2020.106532. 2020
[4] William Suárez: Remarks on extinct giant owls (Strigidae) from Cuba, with description of a new species of Ornimegalonyx Arrendondo. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists’ Club 140(4): 387-392. 2020
[5] Gerald Mayr; Philip D. Gingerich; Thierry Smith: Skeleton of a new owl from the early Eocene of North America (Aves, Strigiformes) with an accipitrid-like foot morphology. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. doi: 10.1080/ 02724634.2020.1769116. 2020
[6] William Súarez; Storrs L. Olson: Systematics and distribution of the living and fossil small barn owls of the West Indies (Aves: Strigiformes: Tytonidae). Zootaxa 4830(3): 544-564. 2020
[7] Nikita V. Zelenkov; Soraida F. Gonzáles: A new extinct species of Margarobyas (Strigiformes) and the evolutionary history of the endemic Cuban bare-legged owl (M. lawrencii). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. https://doi.org/10.1080/02724634.2021.1995869. 2021
[8] G. Mayr; A. C. Kitchener: Early Eocene fossil illuminates the ancestral (diurnal) ecomorphology of owls and documents a mosaic evolution of the strigiform body plan. Ibis. doi: 10.1111/ibi.13125. 2022
[9] Z. Li, T. A. Stidham; X. Zheng; Y. Wang; T. Zhao; T. Deng; Z. Zhou: Early evolution of diurnal habits in owls (Aves, Strigiformes) documented by a new and exquisitely preserved Miocene owl fossil from China. PNAS 119: e2119217119. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2119217119. 2022

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Familie incertae sedis

Chehuenia facongrandei Agnolín ???

Paracoracias occidentalis Clarke et al.

Quasisyndactylus longibrachis Mayr

Ueekenkcoracias tambussiae Degrange, Diego Pol, Pablo Puerta & Peter Wilf [3]

Alcedinidae

Halcyoninae gen. & sp. ‘Riversleigh, Australia’

Coraciidae

Eurystomus beremendensis Kessler

Miocoracias chenevali Mourer-Chauviré, Peyrouse & Hugueney

Eocoraciidae

Eocoracias brachyptera Mayr & Mourer-Chauviré

Geranopteridae

Geranopterus alatus Milne-Edwards
Geranopterus bohemicus Mlikovský
Geranopterus milneedwardsi Mayr & Mourer-Chauviré

Momotidae

Momotidae gen. & sp. ‘Florida, USA’

Protornis glarniensis von Meyer (?)

Primobucconidae

Primobucco frugilegus Mayr & Mourer-Chauviré
Primobucco mcgrewi Brodkorb
Primobucco perneri Mayr & Mourer-Chauviré

Septencoracias morsensis Bourdon et al.

Todidae

Palaeotodus emryi Olson
Palaeotodus escampsiensis Mourer-Chauviré
Palaeotodus itardiensis Mourer-Chauviré

Todus sp. ‘MNHN 73.5395’ [2]

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Merops radobojensis (Meyer) has apparently been described from a fragment of an ulna, which in fact cannot be assigned to this genus but rather appears to come from a passerine bird.

I therefore removed the name. [1]

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References:

[1] Nikita V. Zelenkov: The revised avian fauna of Rudabànya (Hungary, Late Miocene). In: Paleontología y evolución de las Aves. Eds. C. Acosta Hospitaleche, F. L. Agnolin, N. Haidr, J. I. Noriega, C. P. Tambussi. Contribuciones del Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales 7: 253-266. 2017
[2] N. V. Zelenkov; S. F. Gonzalez: The first fossil Today (Aves: Todidae) from Cuba. Paleontological Journal 54(4): 414-419. 2020
[3] Federico J. Degrange; Diego Pol; Pablo Puerta; Peter Wilf: Unexpected larger distribution of paleogene stem-rollers (AVES, CORACII): new evidence from the Eocene of Patagonia, Argentina. Scientific Reports 11: 1363. 2021

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Family incertae sedis

Conflicto antarcticus Tambussi et al.

Eoneornis australis Ameghino

Eutelornis patagonicus Ameghino

Kookne yeutensis Novas et. al. (?)

Naranbulagornis khun Zelenkov

„Oxyura“ doksana Mlíkovský

Paakniwatavis grandei Musser & Clarke

Palaeopapia eous Harrison & Walker
Palaeopapia hamstaeadiensis Harrison & Walker

Paracygnopterus scotti Harrison & Walker

Paranyroca magna Miller & Compton

Peioa australis Agnolín

Petropluvialis simplex Harrison & Walker

Anachronornithidae

Anachronornis anhimops Houde et al.

Danielsavis nazensis Houde et al.

Anatidae

Afrocygnus chauvireae Louchart, Vignaud, Likius, Mackaye & Brunet

Aix praeclara Zelenkoy & Kurochkin

Aldabranas cabri Harrison & Walker

Allgoviachen tortonica Mayr, Lechner & Böhme [7]

Aminornis excavatus Ameghino

Anabernicula gracilenta Ross
Anabernicula oregonensis Howard

Anas amotape Campbell
Anas apscheronica Burchak-Abramovich
Anas basaltica Bayer
Anas crassa Milne-Edwards
Anas isarensis Lambrecht
Anas itchtucknee McCoy
Anas kurochkini Zelenkov & Panteleyev
Anas luederitzensis Lambrecht
Anas macroptera Milne-Edwards
Anas meyeri Milne-Edwards
Anas pachyscelus Wetmore
Anas risgoviensis von Ammon
Anas robusta Milne-Edwards
Anas sanctaehelenae Campbell
Anas schneideri Emslie
Anas skalicensis Bayer
Anas soporata Kurochkin
Anas talarae Campbell

Ankonetta larriestrai Cenizo & Agnolín

Annakacygna hajimei Matsuoka & Hasegawa [5]
Annakacygna yoshiiensis Matsuoka & Hasegawa [5]

Anser arenosus Bickart
Anser arizonae Bickart
Anser atavus Fraas
Anser azerbaidzhanicus Serebrovskii
Anser cygniformis Fraas
Anser devjatkini Kuročkin
Anser djuktaiensis Zelenkov & Kurochkin [4]
Anser eldaricus Burchak-Abramovich & Gadzyev
Anser oeningensis (Meyer)
Anser pratensis (Short)
Anser pressus (Brodkorb)
Anser tchikoicus Kuročkin
Anser thompsoni Martin & Mengel
Anser thraceiensis Burchak-Abramovich & Nikolov

Anserobranta robusta (Milne-Edwards)
Anserobranta tarabukinii (Kurochkin & Ganea)

Archaeocycnus lacustris De Vis

Australotadorna alecwilsoni Worthy

Aythya denesi (Kessler)

Branta dickeyi Miller
Branta esmeralda (Burt)
Branta howardae Miller
Branta hypsibata (Cope)
Branta propinqua Shufeldt
Branta thessaliensis Boev & Koufos
Branta woolfendeni Bickart

Cayaoa bruneti Tonni

Chendytes milleri Howard

Chenoanas asiatica Zelenkov et al.
Chenoanas deserta Zelenkov
Chenoanas sansaniensis (Milne-Edwards)

Chenopis nanus De Vis

Cousteauvia kustovia Zelenkov [1]

Cygnavus formosus Kurochkin
Cygnavus senckenbergi Lambrecht

Cygnopterus affinis (Van Beneden)

Cygnus atavus (Fraas)
Cygnus csakvarensis Lambrecht
Cygnus equitum Bate
Cygnus falconeri Parker
Cygnus hibbardi Brodkorb
Cygnus lacustris (De Vis)
Cygnus liskunae (Kuročkin)
Cygnus mariae Bickart
Cygnus paloregonus Cope
Cygnus pristinus Kurochkin
Cygnus sp. ‘Dursunlu, Turkey’
Cygnus verae Boev

Dendrochen robusta Miller

Dunstanetta johnstoneorum Worthy, Tennyson, Jones, McNamara & Douglas

Eonessa anaticula Wetmore

Eremochen russelli Brodkorb

Garganornis ballmanni H. J. M. Meyer

Guguschia nailiae Aslanova & Burczak-Abramovicz

Kaikenia mourerchauvirea Agnolín

Loxornis clivus Ameghino

Manuherikia douglasi Worthy, Tennyson, Hand & Scofield
Manuherikia lacustrina Worthy, Tennyson, Jones, McNamara & Douglas
Manuherikia minuta Worthy, Tennyson, Jones, McNamara & Douglas
Manuherikia primadividua Worthy et al. [2]

Matanas enrighti Worthy, Tennyson, Jones, McNamara & Douglas

Megalodytes morejohni Howard

Mergellus mochanovi Zelenkov & Kurochkin

Mionetta blanchardi (Milne-Edwards)
Mionetta consobrina (Milne-Edwards)
Mionetta eversa (Wetmore)
Mionetta natator (Milne-Edwards)

Miotadorna sanctibathansi Worthy, Tennyson, Jones, McNamara & Douglas

Nettapus anatoides Depéret

Nogusunna conflictoides Zelenkov

Notochen bannockburnensis Worthy et al. [6]

Oxyura bessomi Howard
Oxyura hulberti Emslie
Oxyura zapatanima Alvarez

Pinpanetta fromensis Worthy
Pinpanetta tedfordi Worthy
Pinpanetta vickersrichae Worthy

Protomelanitta bakeri Stidham & Zelenkov
Protomelanitta gracilis Zelenkov

Romainvillia kazakhstanensis Zelenkov
Romainvillia stehlini Ledebinsky

Saintandrea chenoides Mayr & De Pietri

Sharganetta mongolica Zelenkov

Sinanas diatomas Yeh

Spatula praeclypeata Zelenkov

Tadorna petrina Zelenkov

Tamtamia yzurietai Agnolín

Telornis impressus Ameghino

Tirarinetta kanuka Worthy

Anhimidae

Chainkanas koshon Agnolín

Chaunoides antiquus Alvarenga

Anseranatidae

Anatalavix oxfordi Olson
Anatalavis rex (Shufeldt)

Anserpica kiliani Mourer-Chauviré

Eoanseranas handae Worthy & Scanlon

Brontornithidae

Brontornis burmeisteri Moreno & Mercerat

Presbyornithidae

Bumbalavis anatoides Zelenkov [3]

Haedonornis hantoniensis Harrison & Walker

Murgonornis archeri Worthy et al.

Presbyornis isoni Olson
Presbyornis mongoliensis Kurochkin & Dyke
Presbyornis pervetus Wetmore
Presbyornis recurvirostrus Hardy

Telmabates antiquus Howard
Telmabates howardae Cracraft

Teviornis gobiensis Kurochkin et al.

Wilaru prideauxi De Pietri et al.
Wilaru tedfordi Boles et al.

Zhylgaia aestiflua Nessov

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References:

[1] Nikita Zelenkov: The oldest diving anseriform bird from the late Eocene of Kazakhstan and the evolution of aquatic adaptations in the intertarsal joint of waterfowl. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 65 (4): 733-742. 2020
[2] Trevor H. Worthy; R. Paul Scofield; Steven W. Salisbury; Suzanne J. Hand; Vanesa L. De Pietri; Jacob C. Blokland; Michael Archer: A new species of Manuherikia (Aves: Anatidae) provides evidence of faunal turnover in the St Bathans fauna, New Zealand. Geobios. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geobios.2021.08.002 2021
[3] Nikita V. Zelenkov: A revision of the Paleocene-Eocene Mongolian Presbyornithidae (Aves: Anseriformes). Paleontological Journal 55(3): 83-91. 2021
[4] N. V. Zelenkov; G. G. Boeskorov: Dyuktai Goose (Anser djuktaiensis) and Hooded Crane (Grus monacha) from the Pleistocene of central Yakutia. Biological Sciences 499: 99-102. 2021
[5] Hiroshige Matsuoka; Yoshikazu Hasegawa: Annakacygna, a new genus for two remarkable flightless swans (Aves, Anatidae, Cygnini) from the Miocene of Gunna, central Japan: with a note on the birds’ food niche shift and specialization of wings for parental care. Bulletin of Gunma Museum of Natural History 26: 1-30. 2022
[6] Trevor H. Worthy; R. Paul Scofield; Suzanne J. Hand; Vanessa L. De Pietri; Michael Archer: A swan-sized fossil anatid (Aves: Anatidae) from the early Miocene St Bathans Fauna of New Zealand. Zootaxa 5168(1): 39-50. 2022
[7] Gerald Mayr; Thomas Lechner; Madelaine Böhme: Nearly complete leg of an unusual shelduck-sized Anseriformes bird from the earliest late Miocene hominid locality Hammerschmiede (Germany). Historical Biology, DOI: 10.1080/08912963.2022.2045285. 2022

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Tinamidae

Crypturellus reai Chandler

Eudromia intermedia (Rovereto)
Eudromia olsoni Tambussi & Tonni

Mininothura talenki Agnolín

Nothura paludosa Mercerat
Nothura parvula (Rovereto)

Querandiornis romani Rusconi

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Falconidae

Asturaetus furcillatus De Vis

Badiostes patagonicus Ameghino

Baza gracilis De Vis

Caracara creightoni Brodkorb
Caracara latebrosus Brodkorb
Caracara major Jones, Rinderknecht, Migotto & Blanco
Caracara seymouri Suárez & Olson
Caracara sp. ‘Río Quequén Grande, Argentinia’

Caroohierax rapoporti Agnolín

Falco pisanus Portis
Falco powelli Emslie & Mead
Falco ramenta Wetmore

Foetopterus ambiguus Moreno & Mercerat

Lagopterus minutus Moreno & Mercerat

Milvago brodkorbi Campbell
Milvago diazfrancoi Suárez

Polyborus latebrosus Wetmore

Sushkinia pliocaenica Tugarinov

Taphaetus brachialis De Vis
Taphaetus lacertosus De Vis

Thegornis debilis Ameghino
Thegornis musculosus Ameghino
Thegornis sosae Agnolín
Thegornis spivacowi Agnolín

Masillaraptoridae (?)

Danielsraptor phorusrhacoides Mayr & Kitchener [2]

Masillaraptor parvunguis Mayr

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References:

[1] William Suárez: The fossil avifauna of the tar seeps Las Breas de San Felipe, Matanzas, Cuba. Zootaxa 4780(1). 2020
[2] Gerald Mayr; Andrew C. Kitchener: New fossils from the London Clay show that the Eocene Masillaraptoridae are stem group representatives of falcons (Aves, Falconiformes). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 2022

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Familie incertae sedis

Bumbanipes aramoides Zelenkov [3]

Bumbaniralla walbeckornithoides Zelenkov [3]

Loncornis erectus Ameghino

Palaeogeranos tourmenti Louchart & Duhamel [2]

Papulavis annae Mourer-Chauviré et al.

Patagogrus olsoni Agnolín

Wanshuina lii Hou

Aptornithidae

Aptornis proasciarostratus Worthy, Tennyson & Scofield

Aramidae

Badistornis aramus Wetmore

Geranoididae

Eogeranoides campivagus Cracraft

Geranodornis aenigma Cracraft

Geranoides jepseni Wetmore

Palaeophasianus meleagroides Shufeldt

Paragrus prentici (Loomis)
Paragrus shufeldti Cracraft

Gruidae

Aramornis longurio Wetmore

Balearica excelsa Milne-Edwards
Balearica exigua Feduccia & Voorhies
Balearica rummeli Mlíkovský

Camusia quintanai Seguí

Eobalearica rinovi Gureev

Geranopsis hastingsiae Lydekker

Grus afghana Mourer-Chauviré et al.
Grus bogatshevi Serebrovakii
Grus cubensis Fischer & Stephan
Grus haydeni Marsh
Grus latipes Wetmore
Grus marshi Shufeldt
Grus melitensis Lydekker
Grus mongolica (Kurochkin)
Grus nannodes Wetmore & Martin
Grus pagei Campbell
Grus penteleci (Gaudry)
Grus primigenia Milne-Edwards
Grus sp. ‘Ryukuyu Islands, Japan’
Grus turfa Portis

Palaeogrus excelsa Milne-Edwards
Palaeogrus hordwelliensis Lydekker
Palaeogrus princeps (Portis)

Heliornithidae

Heliornithidae gen. & sp. ‘Pungo River Formation, USA’

Messelornithidae

Itardiornis hessae Mourer-Chauviré

Messelornis cristata Hesse,
Messelornis nearctica Hesse
Messelornis russelli Mourer-Chaviré

Pellornis mikkelseni Bertelli et al.

Walbeckornis creber Mayr

Parvigruidae

Alhuenia eduardotonnii Agnolín

Parvigrus pohli Mayr

Rupelrallus saxoniensis Fischer

Psophiidae

Archaeopsophia aoni Agnolín

Rallidae

Aletornis bellus Marsh
Aletornis nobilis Marsh
Aletornis pernix Marsh

Australlus disneyi (Boles)
Australlus gagensis Worthy & Boles

Baselrallus intermedius De Pietri & Mayr

Belgirallus minutus Mayr & Smith
Belgirallus oligocaenus Mayr & Smith

Creccoides osbornii Shufeldt

Crexica crexica Zelenkov, Panteleyev & De Pietri

Eocrex primus Wetmore

Fulica infelix Brodkorb
Fulica americana ssp. shufeldti Brodkorb
Fulica montanei Alarcón-Muñoz, Labarca & Soto-Acuña [1]
Fulica stekelesi Tchernov

Fulicaletornis venustus Marsh

Gallinula sp. ‘Csarnota, Hungary’
Gallinula kansarum Brodkorb
Gallinula balcanica Boev

Ibidopsis hordwelliensis Lydekker

Latipons gardneri Harrison & Walker

Litorallus livezeyi Mather et al.

Miofulica dejardini Van Beneden

Miohypotaenidia tanaisensis Zelenkov, Panteleyev & De Pietri

Miorallus major Lambrecht

Palaeoaramides christyi (Milne-Edwards)
Palaeoaramides eximius Brodkorb

Palaeorallus troxelli Wetmore

Paraortygometra porzanoides Lambrecht

Pararallus dispar (Milne-Edwards)
Pararallus hassenkampi Martini

Pardirallus lacustris (Brodkorb)

Parvirallus gracilis Harrison & Walker

Pastushkinia zazhigini (Kurochkin)

Pleistorallus flemingi Worthy

“Porzana” botunensis Boev
“Porzana” estramosi Jánossy
“Porzana” kretzoii (Kessler)
“Porzana” piercei Olson & Wingate
“Porzana” risilla (Kurochkin)
“Porzana” sp. ‘QM F23253, Australia’
“Porzana” sp. ‘Văršec, Bulgaria’
“Porzana” veterior (Jánossy) 

Priscaweka parvales Mather et al.

Quercyrallus arenarius Milne-Edwards
Quercyrallus dasypus Milne-Edwards
Quercyrallus ludianus Brodkorb

Rallicrex kolozsvarensis Lambrecht

Rallidae gen. & sp. ‘Chono-Harayah, Mongolia’
Rallidae gen. & sp. ‘Jamna Dolna, Poland’

Rallus auffenbergi Brodkorb
Rallus cyanocavi Steadman et al.
Rallus ibycus Olson & Wingate
Rallus natator Miller
Rallus philipsi Wetmore
Rallus polgardiensis (Jánossy)
Rallus prenticei Wetmore
Rallus recessus Olson & Wingate
Rallus richmondi Olson
Rallus sp. ‘Mátraszõlõs, Hungary’
Rallus sp. ‘Ryukyu Islands, Japan’
Rallus sp. ‘Saw Rock Canyon, USA’

Rhenanorallus rhenanus Mayr

Youngornis gracilis Yeh
Youngornis qiluensis Yeh

Songziidae

Songzia acutunguis Wang, Mayr,  Zhang & Zhou
Songzia heidangkouensis Hou

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References:

[1] Jhonatan Alarcón-Muñoz; Rafael Labarca; Sergio Soto-Acuña: Holocene rails (Gruiformes: Rallidae) of Laguna de Tagua Tagua Formation, central Chile, with the description of a new extinct giant coot. Journal of South American Earth Sciences 104. 2020
[2] Antoine Louchart; Anaïs Duhamel: A new fossil from the early Oligocene of Provence (France) increases the diversity of early Gruoidea and adds constraint on the origin of cranes (Gruidae) and limpkin (Aramidae). Journal of Ornithology 2021
[3] N. V. Zelenkov: New bird taxa (Aves: Galliformes, Gruiformes) from the early Eocene of Mogolia. Paleontological Journal 545(4). 2021

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Perplexicervicidae

Perplexicervix microcephalon Mayr
Perplexicervix paucituberculata Mayr et al.

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family incertae sedis

Clymenoptilon novaezealandicum Mayr et al.

Phaethonidae

Heliadornis ashbyi Olson 

Phaethusavis pelagicus Bourdon et al.

Prophaethontidae

Lithoptila abdounensis Bourdon et al.

Prophaethon shrubsolei C. W. Andrews

Zhylgaia aestiflua Nessov 

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Fossil order incertae sedis

Messelastur gratulator Peters  

Tynskya brevitarsus Mayr & Kitchener [2] 
Tynskya crassitarsus Mayr & Kitchener [2] 
Tynskya eocaena Mayr 
Tynskya waltonensis Mayr [1]

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References:  

[1] G. Mayr: A partial skeleton of a new species of Tynskya Mayr, 2000 (Aves, Messelasturidae) from the London Clay highlights the osteological distinctness of a poorly known early Eocene “owl/parrot mosaic”. PalZ advance online publication. doi: 10.1007/s12542-020-00541-8. 2021 
[2] Gerald Mayr; Andrew C. Kitchener: The Vastanavidae and Messelasturidae (Aves) from the early Eocene London Clay of Walton-on-the-Naze (Essex, UK). Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie 307(2): 113-139. 2023

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Halcyornithidae

Cyrilavis colburnorum Ksepka et al. 
Cyrilavis olsoni Feduccia & Martin  

Halcyornis toliapicus König  

Pseudasturides macrocephalus (Mayr)  

Pulchrapollia eximia Mayr & Kitchener 
Pulchrapollia gracilis (Dyke & Cooper) 
Pulchrapollia tenuipes Mayr & Kitchener   

Serudaptus pohli Mayr

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Cacatuidae

Cacatua sp. ‘Riversleigh, Australia’

Psittacidae

Agapornis atlanticus Mourer-Chauviré
Agapornis attenboroughi Manegold
Agapornis sp. ‘Kromdraai B, South Africa’
Agapornis sp. ‘Plovers Lake, South Africa’

Aratinga roosevelti Spillman

Archaeopsittacus verreauxi Milne-Edwards

Bavaripsitta ballmanni Mayr & Göhlich

Conuropsis fratercula Wetmore

Khwenena leopoldinae Manegold

Melopsittacus undulatus (ssp. ‘Pliocene’ ?)

Mogontiacopsitta miocaena Mayr

Nandayus vorohuensis Tonni & Noriega

Psittacidae gen. & sp. ‘Baikal Lake, Russia’

Xenopsitta feifari Mlíkovsky

Quercypsittidae

Quercypsitta ivani Mourer-Chauviré
Quercypsitta sp. ‘Walton-on-the-Naze, Great Britain’
Quercypsitta sudrei Mourer-Chauviré

Strigopidae

Heracles inexpectatus Worthy, Hand, Archer, Scofield & De Pietri

Nelepsittacus daphneleeae Worthy et al.
Nelepsittacus donmertoni Worthy et al.
Nelepsittacus minimus Worthy et al.
Nelepsittacus (?) sp. ‘Croc Site Layer, New Zealand’

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… just a list (in alphabetical order) of the hypothetical birds (marked in green letters) that once may have existed within the Polynesian triangle, in a rather conservative approach!

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Acrocephalidae

Acrocephalus kerearako ssp. ”Atiu’
Acrocephalus kerearako ssp. ‘Ma’uke’
Acrocephalus musae ssp. ‘Bora Bora’
Acrocephalus musae ssp. ‘Maupiti’
Acrocephalus sp. ‘Austral Islands’
Acrocephalus sp. ‘Palmyra Atoll’

Alcedinidae

Todiramphus sp. ‘Makatea’
Todiramphus sp. ‘Me’eti’a’
Todiramphus sp. ‘Raivavae’
Todiramphus sp. ‘Rimatara’
Todiramphus sp. ‘Rurutu’
Todiramphus sp. ‘Tubuai’
Todiramphus tutus ssp. ‘Miti’aro’
Todiramphus ‘veneratus ssp.’ ‘Huahine’
Todiramphus ‘veneratus ssp.’ ‘Ra’iatea’

Anatidae

Anas sp. ‘Kiritimati’

Anatidae gen. & sp. ‘Ni’ihau Moa nalo’

Apodidae

Aerodramus sp. ‘Austral Islands’ 
Aerodramus sp. ‘Ma’uke’
Aerodramus sp. ‘Miti’aro’
Aerodramus sp. ‘Rarotonga’

Ardeidae

Butorides striata ssp. ‘Austral Islands’
Butorides striata ssp. ‘Cook Islands’
Butorides striata ssp. ‘Samoa’
Butorides striata ssp. ‘Tonga’

Nycticorax sp. ‘Samoa’ – may have survived on the Manu’a Islands (probably Ta’u) until the 1930s [3]

Columbidae

Ducula sp. ‘Pitcairn Island’

Macropygia sp. ‘Cook Islands’
Macropygia sp. ‘Fiji’
Macropygia sp. ‘Samoa’
Macropygia sp. ‘Tonga’

Pampusana sp. ‘Pitcairn Island’ [4]
Pampusana sp. ‘Raivavae’ [4]
Pampusana sp. ‘Rapa’ [4]
Pampusana sp. ‘Rimatara’ [4]

Ptilinopus sp. ‘Pitcairn Island’

Estrildidae

Erythrura sp. ‘Rotuma’
Erythrura sp. ‘Tonga’
Erythrura sp. ‘Wallis & Futuna’

Fringillidae

Chloridops sp. ‘Ni’ihau’

Hemignathus sp. ‘Ni’ihau’
Hemignathus sp. ‘Ni’ihau Akialoa’
Hemignathus sp. ‘Ni’ihau Nukupu’u’

Loxioides sp. ‘Ni’ihau’

Loxops sp. ‘Ni’ihau’

Magumma sp. ‘Ni’ihau’

Oreomystis sp. ‘Ni’ihau’

Paroreomyza montana ssp. ‘Kaho’olawe’

Rhodacanthis sp.’Ni’ihau’

Telespiza sp. ‘Ni’ihau’

Xestospiza sp. ‘Ni’ihau’

Hemiprocnidae

Hemiprocne (mystacina) ssp. ‘Fiji’ 

Hirundinidae

Hirundo javanica ssp. ‘Samoa’
Hirundo sp. ‘Austral Islands’ 
Hirundo sp. ‘Cook Islands’
Hirundo sp. ‘Mangareva’

Lamproliidae

Lamprolia sp. ‘Kadavu’
Lamprolia sp. ‘Viti Levu’

Locustellidae

Megalurulus rufa ssp. ‘Kadavu’
Megalurulus rufa ssp. Taveuni

Megapodiidae

Megapodius sp. ‘Rotuma’
Megapodius sp. ‘Samoa’
Megapodius sp. ‘Wallis & Futuna’

Meliphagidae

Gymnomyza sp. ‘Kadavu’

Myzomela sp. ‘Futuna’
Myzomala sp. ”Uvea’

Mohoidae (endemic family)

Moho sp. ‘Ni’ihau’

Monarchidae

Monarcha sp. ‘Bora Bora’
Monarcha sp. ‘Huahine’
Monarcha sp. ‘Makatea’
Monarcha sp. ‘Mangaia’
Monarcha sp. ‘Maui Nui’
Monarcha sp. ‘Mo’orea’
Monarcha sp. ‘Ni’ihau’
Monarcha sp. ‘Ra’iatea/Taha’a’

Myiagra sp. ‘Rotuma’
Myiagra sp. ‘Tongatapu’

Motacillidae

Anthus novaeseelandiae ssp. ‘Macquarie Island’

Pachycephalidae

Pachycephala jacquinoti ssp. ‘Ha’apai Islands’
Pachycephala jacquinoti ssp. ‘Tongatapu’

Pandionidae

Pandion cristatus ssp. ‘Fiji’

Petroicidae

Petroica pusilla ssp. ”Eua’
Petroica pusilla ssp. ‘Tongatapu’
Petroica pusilla ssp. ‘Vava’u Islands’
Petroica pusilla ssp. ‘Wallis & Futuna’

Psittacidae

Cyanoramphus sp. ‘Bora Bora’
Cyanoramphus sp. ‘Cook Islands’
Cyanoramphus sp. ‘Huahine’
Cyanoramphus sp. ‘Raivavae’
Cyanoramphus sp. ‘Rimatara’
Cyanoramphus sp. ‘Rurutu’
Cyanoramphus sp. ‘Tubuai’
Cyanoramphus zealandicus ssp. ‘Mo’orea’

Eclectus infectus ssp. ‘Fiji’

Vini kuhlii ssp. ‘Society Islands’ – may have survived on Bora Bora until the 1830s [1]
Vini sp. ‘Rapa’

Rallidae

Fulica sp. ‘Fiji’

Gallinula sp. ‘Tonga’

Gallirallus sp. ‘Aitutaki’
Gallirallus sp. ‘Alofi’
Gallirallus sp. ”Atiu’
Gallirallus sp. ‘Bora Bora’
Gallirallus sp. ‘Fatu Hiva’
Gallirallus sp. ‘Futuna’
Gallirallus sp. ‘Mai’ao’
Gallirallus sp. ‘Makatea’
Gallirallus sp. ‘Ma’uke’
Gallirallus sp. ‘Miti’aro’
Gallirallus sp. ‘Mo’orea’
Gallirallus sp. ‘Niau’
Gallirallus sp. ‘Ra’iatea’
Gallirallus sp. ‘Raivavae’
Gallirallus sp. ‘Rarotonga’
Gallirallus sp. ‘Rimatara’
Gallirallus sp. ‘Rotuma’
Gallirallus sp. ‘Savai’i’
Gallirallus sp. ‘Taveuni’
Gallirallus sp. ‘Ua Pou’
Gallirallus sp. ”Uvea’
Gallirallus sp. ”Upolu’

Porphyrio sp. ‘Bora Bora’
Porphyrio sp. ‘Fatu Hiva’
Porphyrio sp. ‘Mo’orea’
Porphyrio sp. ‘Nuku Hiva’
Porphyrio sp. ‘Rarotonga’
Porphyrio sp. ‘Tahiti’
Porphyrio sp. ‘Ua Huka’
Porphyrio sp. ‘Ua Pou’

Zapornia sp. ‘Aitutaki’
Zapornia sp. ‘Alofi’
Zapornia sp. ‘Anaa’
Zapornia sp. ”Atiu’
Zapornia sp. ‘Bora Bora’
Zapornia sp. ‘Eiao’
Zapornia sp. ‘Fatu Hiva’
Zapornia sp. ‘Futuna’
Zapornia sp. ‘Hiva Oa’
Zapornia sp. ‘Huahine’
Zapornia sp. ‘Kaho’olawe’
Zapornia sp. ‘Lana’i’
Zapornia sp. ‘Mai’ao’
Zapornia sp. ‘Makatea’
Zapornia sp. ‘Mangareva’
Zapornia sp. ‘Ma’uke’
Zapornia sp. ‘Maupiti’
Zapornia sp. ‘Me’eti’a’
Zapornia sp. ‘Miti’aro’
Zapornia sp. ‘Mohotani’
Zapornia sp. ‘Mo’orea’
Zapornia sp. ‘Niau’
Zapornia sp. ‘Ni’ihau’
Zapornia sp. ‘Pitcairn Island’
Zapornia sp. ‘Ra’iatea’
Zapornia sp. ‘Raivavaea’
Zapornia sp. ‘Rapa’
Zapornia sp. ‘Rarotonga’
Zapornia sp. ‘Rimatara’
Zapornia sp. ‘Rotuma’
Zapornia sp. ‘Rurutu’
Zapornia sp. ‘Savai’i’
Zapornia sp. ‘Taha’a’
Zapornia sp. ‘Tahuata’
Zapornia sp. ‘Tetiaroa’
Zapornia sp. ‘Tubuai’
Zapornia sp. ‘Tupai’
Zapornia sp. ‘Ua Pou’
Zapornia sp. ”Upolu’
Zapornia sp. ”Uvea

Rhipiduridae

Rhipidura sp. ”Eua’
Rhipidura sp. ‘Tongatapu’

Scolopacidae

Coenocorypha sp. ‘Kermadec Islands’
Coenocorypha sp. ‘Macquarie Island’

Strigidae

Grallistrix sp. ‘Lana’i’
Grallistrix sp. ‘Ni’ihau’

Sturnidae

Aplonis sp. ‘Austral Islands‘ 
Aplonis sp. ‘Bora Bora’
Aplonis sp. ‘Mangaia’ – may have survived into the late 19th/early 20th century [2]
Aplonis sp. ‘Mai’ao’
Aplonis sp. ‘Maupiti’
Aplonis sp. ‘Mo’orea’
Aplonis sp. ‘Tahiti’

Turdidae

Myadestes lanaiensis ssp. ‘Kaho’olawe’
Myadestes sp. ‘Ni’ihau’

Turdus sp. ‘Wallis & Futuna’

Zosteropidae

Zosteropidae gen. & sp. ‘Samoa’

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Let’s see which of ‘my’ hypothetical birds will be discovered in the future.   😛

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References:

[1] M. L. I. Duperrey: Voyage autour du monde: Exécuté par Ordre du Roi, Sur la Corvette de Sa Majesté, La Coquille, pendant les années 1822, 1823, 1824, et 1825, par M. L. I. Duperrey; Zoologie, par Mm. Lesson et Garnot. Paris: Arthus Bertrand 1828 
[2] F. W. Christian: List of Mangaia birds. The Journal of the Polynesian Society 29(114): 87. 1920
[3] J. S. Armstrong: Hand-list to the Birds of Samoa. John Bale, Sons and Danielsson, London 1932
[4] M. Bruce; N. Bahr; N. David: Pampusanna vs. Pampusana: a nomenclatural conundrum resolved, along with associated errors and oversights. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists’ Club. 136: 86–100. 2016

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edited: 29.06.2023

Spheniscidae

Anthropodyptes gilli Simpson 

Anthropornis grandis Wiman
Anthropornis nordenskjoeldi Wiman

Aprosdokitos mikrotero Acosta-Hospitaleche et al.

Aptenodytes ridgeni Simpson
Apterodytes ictus Ameghino

Archaeospheniscus lopdelli Marples
Archaeospheniscus lowei Marples
Archaeospheniscus wimani Marples

Arthrodytes andrewsi Ameghino

Crossvallia unienwillia Tambussi et al.
Crossvallia (?) waiparensis Mayr, De Pietri, Love, Mannering & Scofield

Dege hendeyi Simpson

Delphinornis arctowskii Myrcha et al.
Delphinornis larseni Wiman

Duntroonornis parvus Marples

Eudyptes atatu Thomas, Tennyson, Scofield, Heath, Pett & Ksepka [1]

Eudyptula wilsonae Thomas et al.

Icadyptes salasi Clarke et al.

Inguza predemersus Simpson

Kaiika maxwelli Fordyce & Thomas

Kairuku grebneffi Ksepka, Fordyce, Ando & Jones
Kairuku waitaki Ksepka, Fordyce, Ando & Jones
Kairuku waewaeroa Giovanardi, Ksepka & Thomas [2]

Korora oliveri Marples

Kumimanu biceae Mayr et al.
Kumimanu fordycei Ksepka et al.

Kupoupou stilwelli Blokland, Reid, Worthy, Tennyson, Clarke & Scofield

Madrynornis mirandus Acosta-Hospitaleche et al.

Marambiornis exilis Myrcha et al.

Marambiornopsis sobrali Jadwiszczak et al. [3]

Marplesornis novaezealandiae Marples

Mesetaornis polaris Myrcha et al.

Muriwaimanu tuatahi Slack et al.

Nucleornis insolitus Simpson

Orthopteryx gigas Wiman

Pachydyptes ponderosus Oliver
Pachydyptes simpsoni Jenkins

Palaeeudyptes antarcticus Huxley
Palaeeudyptes gunnari Wiman
Palaeeudyptes klekowskii Myrcha et al.
Palaeeudyptes marplesi Brodkorb

Paraptenodytes antarcticus Moreno & Mercerat
Paraptenodytes brodkorbi Simpson
Paraptenodytes robustus Ameghino

Perudyptes devriesi Clarke et al.

Petradyptes stonehousei Ksepka et al.

Platydyptes amiesi Marples
Platydyptes marplesi Simpson
Platydyptes novaezealandiae Oliver

Pseudaptenodytes macraei Simpson
Pseudaptenodytes minor Simpson

Pygoscelis calderensis Acosta-Hospitaleche, Chávez & Fritis
Pygoscelis grandis Walsh & Suarez
Pygoscelis tyreei Simpson

Sequiwaimanu rosieae Mayr et al.

Spheniscidae gen. & sp. ‘Burnside Formation, Neuseeland’

Spheniscus chilensis Emslie & Correa 
Spheniscus megaramphus Stucchi et al.
Spheniscus muizoni Gohlich
Spheniscus urbinai Stucchi

Tonniornis mesetaensis Tambussi et al.
Tonniornis minimum Tambussi et al.

Waimanu manneringi Slack, Jones, Ando, Harrison, Fordyce, Arnason & Penny

Wimanornis seymourensis Simpson

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Referenzen:

[1] Daniel B. Thomas; Alan J. D. Tennyson; R. Paul Scofield; Tracy A. Heath; Walker Pett; Daniel T. Ksepka: Ancient crested penguin constrains timing of recruitment into seabird hotspot. Proceedings of the Royal Society B. 287(1932), 2020, s. 20201497, DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2020.1497
[2] Simone Giovanardi; Daniel T. Ksepka; Daniel B. Thomas: A giant Oligocene fossil penguin from the North Island of New Zealand. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology: e1953047. doi:10.1080/02724634.2021.1953047. 2021
[3] P. Jadwiszczak; M. Reguero; T. Mörs: A new small-sized penguin from the late Eocene of Seymour Island with additional material of Mesetaornis polaris. GFF advance online publication. doi: 10.1080/11035897.2021.1900385. 2021

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Anhingidae

Anhinga beckeri Emslie
Anhinga fraileyi Campbell
Anhinga hadarensis Brodkorb & Mourer-Chauviré
Anhinga pannonica Lambrecht
Anhinga subvolans (Brodkorb)
Anhinga walterbolesi Worthy

Macranhinga paranensis Noriega

Meganhinga chilensis Alvarenga

Fregatidae

Limnofregata azygosternon Olson
Limnofregata hasegawai Olson & Matsuoka
Limnofregata hutchisoni Stidham

Phalacrocoracidae

Borvocarbo guilloti Mourer-Chauviré
Borvocarbo stoeffelensis Mayr
Borvocarbo tardatus Gohlich & Mourer-Cauviré

Limicorallus saiensis Kurochkin

Oligocorax littoralis Lambrecht
Oligocorax miocaenus Milne-Edwards

Paracorax destefanii Regalia

Phalacrocorax anatolicus Paicheler et al. 
Phalacrocorax chapalensis Alvarez
Phalacrocorax femoralis Miller
Phalacrocorax filyawi Emslie
Phalacrocorax goletensis Howard
Phalacrocorax idahensis Marsh
Phalacrocorax intermedius Milne-Edwards
Phalacrocorax kennelli Howard
Phalacrocorax leptopus Brodkorb
Phalacrocorax longipes Tugarinov
Phalacrocorax macer Brodkorb
Phalacrocorax macropus Cope
Phalacrocorax marinavis Shufeldt
Phalacrocorax mediterraneus Shufeldt
Phalacrocorax mongoliensis Kurochkin
Phalacrocorax novaezealandiae Forbes
Phalacrocorax praecarbo von Ammon
Phalacrocorax reliquus Kurochkin
Phalacrocorax risgoviensis Fraas
Phalacrocorax rogersi Howard
Phalacrocorax wetmorei Brodkorb

Piscator tenuirostris Harrison & Walker

Praecarbo strigoniensis Kessler & Horváth

Stictocarbo kumeyaay Chandler

Plotopteridae

Copepteryx hexeris Olson & Hasegawa
Copepteryx titan Olson & Hasegawa

Empeirodytes okazakii Ohashi & Hasegawa [1]

Hokkaidornis abashiriensis Sakurai et al.

Klallamornis abyssa Mayr & Goedert
Klallamornis clarki Mayr & Goedert

Phocavis maritimus Goedert

Plotopterum joaquinensis Howard

Stemec suntokum Kaiser et al.

Stenornis kanmonensis Ohashi & Hasegawa [1]

Tonsala buchanani Dyke et al.
Tonsala hildegardae Olson

Protoplotidae

Protoplotus beauforti Lambrecht

Sulidae

Bimbisula melanodactylos Benson & Erickson

Empheresula arvernensis Milne-Edwards

Eostega lebedinskyi Lambrecht

Masillastega rectirostris Mayr

Microsula pygmaea Milne-Edwards

Miosula media Miller

Morus atlanticus Shufeldt
Morus avitus Wetmore
Morus humeralis Miller & Bowman
Morus lompocanus Miller
Morus loxostylus Cope
Morus magnus Howard
Morus peninsularis Brodkorb
Morus peruvianus Stucchi
Morus recentior Howard
Morus reyana Howard
Morus vagabundus Wetmore

Paleosula stocktoni Miller

Prophalacrocorax ronzoni Gervais

Ramphastosula aguierrei Stucchi et al.
Ramphastosula ramirezi Stucchi & Urbina

Sarmatosula dobrogensis Grigorescu & Kessler

Sula arvernensis Milne-Edwards
Sula brandi Stucchi et al.
Sula clarki Chandler
Sula figueroae Stucchi et al.
Sula guano Brodkorb
Sula magna Stucchi
Sula phosphata Brodkorb
Sula pohli Howard
Sula sulita Stucchi
Sula universitatis Brodkorb
Sula willetti Miller

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Quelle:

[1] Tomoyuki Ohashi; Yoshikazu Hasegawa: New species of Plotopteridae (Aves) from the Oligicene Ashiya Group of northern Kyushu, Japan. Paleontological Research 24(4): 285-297. 2020

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Ardeidae

Ardea aurelianensis Milne-Edwards
Ardea brunhuberi von Ammon
Ardea effosa von Meyer
Ardea formosa Milne-Edwards
Ardea latipes von Meyer
Ardea lignitum Gibel
Ardea paloccidentalis Shufeldt
Ardea perplexa Milne-Edwards
Ardea piveteaui Brunet
Ardea polkensis Brodkorb

Ardeagradis arborea Autor ?

Egretta subfluvia Becker

Gnotornis aramiellus Wetmore

Matuku otagoense Scofield et al.

Nycticorax fidens Brodkorb 
Nycticorax sp. ‚Fayyum, Ägypten‘

Palaeophoyx columbiana McCoy

Pikaihao bartlei Worthy et al.

„Proardea“ deschutteri Mayr, De Pietri, Scofield & Smith

Proardeola walkeri Harrison

Zeltornis ginsburgi Balouet

Pelecanidae

Eopelecanus aegyptiacus El Adli et al. [1]

Pelecanus cadimurka Rich & Van Tets
Pelecanus cautleyi Davies
Pelecanus fraasi Lyddeker
Pelecanus gracilis Milne-Edwards
Pelecanus grandiceps Des Vis
Pelecanus halieus Wetmore
Pelecanus intermedius Fraas
Pelecanus odessanus Widhalm
Pelecanus paranensis Noriega et al.
Pelecanus proavus De Vis
Pelecanus schreiberi Olson
Pelecanus sivalensis Davies
Pelecanus tirarensis Miller

Threskiornithidae

Actiornis anglicus Lydekker

Ajaja chione Emslie

Eudocimus leiseyi Emslie
Eudocimus peruvianus Campbell

Gerandibis pagana (Milne-Edwards)

Geronticus cf. calvus (Boddaert) ‚Gauteng, Südafrika‘

Ibidopodia palustris Milne-Edwards

Milnea gracilis Lydekker

Minggangia changgouensis Hou

Protibis cnemialis Ameghino

Rhynchaeites messelensis Wittich
Rhynchaeites litoralis Mayr & Kitchener
Rhynchaeites sp. ‚Fur Formation, Dänemark‘
Rhynchaeites tanta (Waterhouse et al.)

Sanshuiornis zhangi Wang, Mayr, Zhang & Zhou

Vadaravis brownae Smith, Grande & Clarke

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Referenzen:

[1] Joseph J. El Adli; Jeffrey A. Wilson Mantilla; Mohammed Sameh M. Antar; Philip D. Gingerich: The earliest recorded fossil pelican, recovered from the late Eocene of Wadi Al-Hitan, Egypt. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 2021. DOI: 10.1080/02724634.2021.1903910

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Familie incertae sedis (?)

Foshanornis songi Zhao, Mayr, Wang & Wang

Trogonidae

Eotrogon stenorhynchus Mayr, De Pietri & Kitchener

Masillatrogon pumilio Mayr

Paratrogon gallicus Milne-Edwards

Primotrogon (?) sp. ‘Steendorp, Belgien’
Primotrogon wintersteini Mayr

Septentrogon madseni Kristoffersen

Trogonidae gen. & sp. ‘Matt, Schweiz’

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Familie incertae sedis

Certhiops rummeli Manegold

Corvitalusoides grandiculus Boles

Crosnoornis nargizia Bochenski, Tomek, Bujoczek & Salwa [11]

Jamna szybiaki Bocheński, Tomek, Bujoczek & Wertz

Kischinskinia scandens Volkova & Zelenkov

Minutornis primoscenoides May & Kitchener

Resoviaornis jamrozi Bocheński, Tomek, Wertz & Świdnicka

Sylvosimadaravis janossyi (Kessler et Hír)

Winnicavis gorskii Bocheński, Tomek, Wertz, Happ, Bujoczek & Świdnicka

Acanthisittidae

Kuiornis indicator Worthy et al.

Acanthizidae

Acanthizidae gen. & sp. ‘Riversleigh, Australien’

Acrocephalidae

Acrocephalus major Kessler
Acrocephalus minor Kessler
Acrocephalus kordosi Kessler
Acrocephalus kretzoii Kessler
Acrocephalus sp. ‘Riversleigh, Australien’

Hippolais veterior Kessler

Aegithalidae

Aegithalos congruis Kessler
Aegithalos gaspariki Kessler

Alaudidae

Alauda trivadari Kessler
Alauda xerarvensis Boev [2]

Ammomanes prealpestris (Boev)

Calandrella gali Kessler

Eremarida xerophila Boev [2]

Eremophila alpestris ssp. [6]
Eremophila orkhonensis (Zelenkov & Kurochkin)

Galerida bulgarica Boev [2]
Galerida cserhatensis Kessler & Hír
Galerida pannonica Kessler

Lullula balcanica Boev [2]
Lullula minor Kessler
Lullula minuscula Kessler
Lullula neogradensis Kessler & Hír
Lullula parva Kessler
Lullula slivnicensis Boev [2]

Melanocorypha donchevi Boev [2]
Melanocorypha minor Kessler
Melanocorypha serdicensis Boev [2]

Praealauda hevesensis Kessler & Hír

Artamidae

Kurrartapu johnnguyeni Nguyen et al.

Bombycillidae

Bombycilla brevia Kessler
Bombycilla hamori Kessler & Hír
Bombycilla kubinyii Kessler

Cardinalidae

Passerina sp. ‘Yepómera, Mexiko’

Certhiidae

Certhia immensa Kessler

Cettidae

Cettia janossyi Kessler
Cettia kalmani Kessler

Cinclidae

Cinclus gaspariki Kessler
Cinclus major Kessler & Hír
Cinclus minor Kessler

Cinclosomatidae

Cinclosoma elachum Nguyen, Archer & Hand

Climacteridae

Climacteris sp. ‘Riversleigh, Australien’

Cormobates sp. ‘Riversleigh, Australien’

Corvidae

Corvus annectens Shufeldt
Corvus bragai Paiva [8]
Corvus harkanyensis Kessler
Corvus hungaricus Lambrecht
Corvus pliocaenicus (Portis)
Corvus praecorax Depéret
Corvus shufeldti Sharpe

Henocitta brodkorbi Holman

Miocitta galbraethi Brodkorb

Miocorvus larteti (Milne-Edwards)

Miopica paradoxa Kurotschkin & Sobolew

Pica pica ssp. major Mourer-Chauviré
Pica mourerae Seguí
Pica praepica Boev [9]

Protocitta ajax Brodkorb
Protocitta dixi Brodkorb

Pyrrhocorax graculus ssp. vetus Kretzoi

Dasyornithidae

Dasyornis walterbolesi Nguyen

Emberizidae

Emberiza gaspariki Kessler
Emberiza media Kessler
Emberiza parva Kessler
Emberiza polgardiensis Kessler
Emberiza shaamarica (Zelenkov & Kurochkin) [4]

Pedinorhis stirpsarcana Olson & McKittrick

Plectrophenax veterior Kessler

Estrildidae

Estrildidae gen. & sp. ‘Riversleigh, Australien’

Eurylaimidae

Eurylaimidae gen. & sp. ‘Wintersdorf, Deutschland’

Wieslochia weissi Mayr & Manegold [9]

Fringillidae

Carduelis kretzoii Kessler
Carduelis lambrechti Kessler
Carduelis medius Kessler
Carduelis parvulus Kessler

Coccothraustes balcanicus Boev
Coccothraustes major Kessler
Coccothraustes simeonovi Boev

Fringilla kormosi Kessler
Fringilla petenyii Kessler

Loxia csarnotanus Kessler
Loxia patevi Boev

Pinicola kubinyii Kessler

Pyrrhula gali Kessler
Pyrrhula minor Kessler

Furnariidae

Pseudoseisuropsis nehuen Noriega
Pseudoseisuropsis cuelloi Claramunt & Rinderknecht
Pseudoseisuropsis wintu Stefanini et al.

Hirundinidae

Delichon major Kessler
Delichon polgardiensis Kessler
Delichon pusillus Kessler

Hirundinidae gen. & sp. ‘Langebaanweg, Südafrika’ (mehrere spp.)

Hirundo aprica Feduccia
Hirundo gracilis Kessler
Hirundo major Kessler

Riparia minor Kessler

Icteridae

Cremaster tytthus (Brodkorb)

Euphagus magnirostris (Miller)

Icterus turmalis Steadman & Oswald [7]

Molothrus resinosus Steadman & Oswald [7]

Pandanaris convexa (Miller)

Pyelorhamphus molothroides (Miller)

Laniidae

Lanius capeki Kessler
Lanius hungaricus Kessler
Lanius intermedius Kessler
Lanius major Kessler
Lanius schreteri Kessler & Hír

Leiotrichidae

Turdoides borealis Jánossy

Locustellidae

Locustella janossyi Kessler
Locustella kordosi Kessler
Locustella mana Kessler

Locustellidae gen. & sp. ‘Riversleigh, Australien’

Megalurus sp. ‘Riversleigh, Australien’

Maluridae

Maluridae gen. & sp. ‘Riversleigh, Australien’

Meliphagidae

Meliphagidae gen. & sp. ‘Riversleigh, Australien’ (mehrere spp.)

Menuridae

Menura tyawanoides Boles

Morsoravidae

Morsoravis sedilis Bertelli, Lindow, Dyke & Chiappe

Pumiliornis tessellatus Mayr

Sororavis solitarius Mayr & Kitchener

Motacillidae

Anthus antecedens Kessler & Hír
Anthus baranensis Kessler
Anthus hiri Kessler

Motacilla intermedia Kessler
Motacilla minor Kessler
Motacilla robusta Kessler

Muscicapidae

‘Emberiza’ pannonica Kessler

Erithacus horusitzkyi Kessler & Hír
Erithacus minor Kessler

Luscinia denesi Kessler
Luscinia pliocaenica Kessler
Luscinia praeluscinia Kessler & Hír

Monticola pongraczii Kessler

Muscicapa leganyii Kessler & Hír
Muscicapa miklosi Kessler
Muscicapa petenyii Kessler

Oenanthe kormosi Kessler
Oenanthe pongraczi Kessler

Phoenicurus baranensis Kessler
Phoenicurus erikai Kessler

Saxicola baranensis Kessler
Saxicola lambrechti Kessler
Saxicola magna Kessler
Saxicola parva Kessler

Namapsittidae

Namapsitta praeruptorum Mourer-Chauviré et al. [13]

Neosittidae

Daphoenositta trevorworthyi Nguyen

Oriolidae

Longimornis robustirostrata Boles

Oriolus beremendensis Kessler

Orthonychidae

Orthonyx kaldowinyeri Boles

Palaeoscinidae (?)

Palaeoscinis turdirostris Howard

Paridae

Parus medius Kessler
Parus parvulus Kessler
Parus robustus Kessler

Passerellidae

Ammodramus eurius Brodkorb
Ammodramus hatcheri (Shufeldt)

Pampaemberiza olrogi Agnolin

Passeridae

Passer hiri Kessler
Passer minusculus Kessler
Passer pannonicus Kessler
Passer predomesticus Tchernov

Petroicidae

Petroicidae gen. & sp. ‘Riversleigh, Australien’

Phylloscopidae

Phylloscopus miocaenicus Kessler & Hír
Phylloscopus pliocaenicus Kessler
Phylloscopus venczeli Kessler

Pomatostomidae

Pomatostomus sp. ‘Riversleigh, Australien’

Prunellidae

Prunella freudenthali Kessler
Prunella kormosi Kessler

Psittacopedidae

Eofringillirostrum boudreauxi Mayr, Ksepka & Grande
Eofringillirostrum parvulum Mayr, Ksepka & Grande

Parapsittacopes bergdahli Mayr [12]

Psittacomimus eos Mayr & Kitchener

Psittacopes lepidus Mayr & Daniels
Psittacopes occidentalis Mayr & Kitchener

Ptilonorhynchidae

Sericuloides marynguyenae Nguyen [14]

Regulidae

Regulus bulgaricus Boev
Regulus pliocaenicus Kessler

Sittidae

Sitta gracilis Kessler
Sitta ‘pusilla‘ Kessler (Artname bereits vergeben!)
Sitta senogalliensis Portis
Sitta villanyensis Kessler

Sturnidae

Dobrosturnus kardamensis Boev [5]

Sturnus baranensis Kessler
Sturnus brevis Kessler
Sturnus kretzoii Kessler & Hír
Sturnus pliocaenicus Kessler

Sylviidae

Sylvia intermedia Kessler
Sylvia pussila Kessler

Tichodromidae

Tichodroma apeki Kessler

Troglodytidae

Troglodytes robustus Kessler

Turdidae

Meridiocichla salotti Louchart

Turdicus minor Kessler & Hír
Turdicus pannonicus Kessler

Turdus major Kessler
Turdus medius Kessler
Turdus minor Kessler
Turdus miocaenicus Kessler
Turdus polgardiensis Kessler

Zygodactylidae

Eozygodactylus americanus Weidig

Primoscens carolinae Mayr & Kitchener
Primoscens minutus Harrison & Walker

Primozygodactylus ballmanni Mayr
Primozygodactylus danielsi Mayr
Primozygodactylus eunjooae Mayr & Zelenkov
Primozygodactylus longibrachium Mayr
Primozygodactylus major Mayr
Primozygodactylus quintus Mayr

Zygodactylus grandei Smith, DeBee & Clarke
Zygodactylus grivensis Ballmann
Zygodactylus ignotus Ballmann
Zygodactylus luberonensis Mayr
“Zygodactylus” ochlurus Hieronymus, Waugh & Clarke

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Referenzen:

[1] Jeno Kessler; János Hír: The avifauna in North Hungary during the Miocene Part II. Földtani Közlöny 142(2): 149-168. 2012
[2] Zlatozar Boev: Neogene Larks (Aves: Alaudidae (Vigors, 1825)) from Bulgaria. Acta Zoologica Bulgarica 64(3): 295-318. 2012
[3] Nikita V. Zelenkov: The revised avian fauna of Rudabànya (Hungary, Late Miocene). Contribuciones del Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturalis “Bernardino Rivadavia” 7: 253-266. 2017
[4] E. S. Palastrova; N. V. Zelenkov: A fossil bunting Emberiza shaamarica (Aves, Emberizidae) from the Upper Pliocene of Central Asia. Paleontological Journal 54: 652-661. 2020
[5] Zlatozar N. Boev: A new Middle Miocene starling (Sturnidae Rafinesque, 1815) from Karma (NE Bulgaria). Bulletin of the Natural History Museum – Plovdiv 5: 33-41. 2020
[6] Nicolas Dussex; David W. G. Stanton; Hanna Sigeman; Per G. P. Ericson; Jacquelyn Gill; Daniel C. Fisher; Albert V. Protopopov; Victoria L. Herridge; Valery Plotnikov; Bengt Hansson; Love Dalén: Biomolecular analyses reveal the age, sex and species identity of a near-intact Pleistocene bird carcass. Communications Biology 3: 1-6. 2020
[7] David W. Steadman; Jessica A. Oswald: New species of troupial (Icterus) and cowbird (Molothrus) from ice-age Peru. The Wilson Journal of Ornithology 132 (1): 91–103. 2020
[8] Marco Pavia: Palaeoenvironmental reconstruction of the Cradle of Humankind during the Plio-Pleistocene transition, inferred from the analysis of fossil birds from Member 2 of the hominin-bearing site of Kromdraai (Gauteng, South Africa)  Quaternary Science Reviews. 248: Article 106532. doi:10.1016/j.quascirev.2020.106532. 2020
[9] Jon Fjeldså; Les Christidis; Per G. P. Ericson: The Largest Avian Radiation: The Evolution of Perching Birds, or the Order Passeriformes. Lynx Edicions 2020
[10] Z. N. Boev: An early Pleistocene magpie (Pica praepica sp. n.) (Corvidae Leach, 1820) from Bulgaria. Bulletin of the Natural History Museum – Plovdiv 6: 51–59. 2021
[11] Zbigniew M. Bochenski; Teresa Tomek; Małgorzata Bujoczek; Grzegorz Salwa: A new passeriform (Aves: Passeriformes) from the early Oligocene of Poland sheds light on the beginnings of Suboscines. Journal of Ornithology 2021
[12] Gerald Mayr: A remarkably complete skeleton from the London Clay provides insights into the morphology and diversity of early Eocene zygodactyl near-passerine birds. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 12 Jan 2021
[13] Gerald Mayr: Paleogene Fossil Birds. 2nd ed. edition 2022
[14] Jacqueline M. T. Nguyen: The earliest record of bowerbirds (Passeriformes, Ptilonorhynchidae) from the Oligo-Miocene of northern Australia. Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology, DOI: 10.1080/03115518.2023.2180537. 2023

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Family incertae sedis

Becassius charadriioides De Pietri & Mayr

Cherevychnavis umanskae Bochenski, Wertz, Tomek, & Gorobets

Chionoides australiensis De Pietri et al.

Elorius limosoides De Pietri & Mayr
Elorius paludicola Milne-Edwards

Hakawai melvillei De Pietri, Scofiled, Tennyson, Hand & Worthy

Jiliniornis huadianensis Hou & Ericson

Nahmavis grandei Musser & Clarke [1]

Neilus sansomae De Pietri et al.

Palintropus retusus (Marsh)

Parvelorius calidris De Pietri & Mayr
Parvelorius gracilis (Milne-Edwards)

Scandiavis mikkelseni Bertelli, Lindow, Dyke & Mayr

Scolopacimilis lartetianus (Milne-Edwards)
Scolopacimilis sp. ‚Saint-Gerand-le-Puy, France‘

Sternalara milneedwardsi De Pietri et al.
Sternalara minuta De Pietri et al.

Vanolimicola longihallucis Mayr

Alcidae/Pan-Alcidae

Aethia barnesi Smith
Aethia rossmoori Howard
Aethia storei Smith

Alca ausonia Portis
Alca carolinensis Smith & Clarke
Alca grandis Brodkorb
Alca minor Smith & Clarke
Alca olsoni Smith & Clarke
Alca stewarti Martin et al.

Alcodes ulnulus Howard

Brachyramphus dunkeli Chandler
Brachyramphus pliocenum Howard

Cepphus olsoni Howard

Cerorhinca dubia Miller
Cerorhinca minor Howard
Cerorhinca reai Chandler

Divisulcus demerei Smith

Fratercula dowi Guthrie et al.

Hydrotherikornis oregonus Miller

Mancalla californiensis Lucas
Mancalla cedrosensis Howard
“Mancalla” diegensis Miller
“Mancalla” emlongi Olson
Mancalla lucasi Smith
“Mancalla” milleri Howard
Mancalla vegrandis Smith

Miocepphus blowi Wijnker & Olson
Miocepphus bohaskai Wijnker & Olson
Miocepphus mcclungi Wetmore
Miocepphus mergulellus Wijnker & Olson

Miomancalla howardi (Smith)
Miomancalla wetmorei (Howard)

Praemancalla lagunensis Howard

Pseudocepphus teres Wijnker & Olson

Synthliboramphus rineyi Chandler

Uria affinis Marsh
Uria brodkorbi Howard
Uria paleohesperis Howard
Uria troile Lydekker

Burhinidae

Burhinus lucorum Bickart

Genucrassum bransatensis De Pietri & Scofield

Charadriidae

Charadrius lambrechti Kessler

Vanellus liffyae De Pietri, Scofield, Prideaux & Worthy

Cimolopterygidae (?)

Ceramornis major Brodkorb

Cimolopteryx maxima Brodkorb
Cimolopteryx rara Marsh

Lamarqueavis australis Agnolin
Lamarqueavis minima (Brodkorb)
Lamarqueavis petra (Hope)

Glareolidae

Becassius charadriioides De Pietri, Mayr & Scofield

Boutersemia belgica Mayr & Smith
Boutersemia parvula Mayr & Smith

“Gallinago” veterior Jánossy

Glareola neogena Ballmann

Mioglareola dolnicensis (Švec)
Mioglareola gregaria Ballmann

Paractiornis perpusillus Wetmore

Pinguinus alfrednewtoni Olson

Graculavidae (?)

Dakotornis cooperi Erickson

Graculavus augustus Hope
Graculavus velox (Marsh)

Palaeotringa littoralis Marsh
Palaeotringa vagans Marsh

Scaniornis lundgreni Dames

Telmatornis priscus Marsh

Zhylgaia aestiflua Nesov

Haematopodidae

Haematopus sulcatus (Brodkorb)

Jacanidae

Jacana farrandi Olson

Janipes nymphaeobates Rasmussen et al.

Nupharanassa bulotorum Rasmussen et al.
Nupharanassa tolutaria Rasmussen et al.

Laornithidae (?)

Laornis edvardsianus Marsh

Laricolidae

Laricola desnoyersii (Milne-Edwards)
Laricola elegans (Milne-Edwards)
Laricola intermedia De Pietri et al.
Laricola robusta De Pietri et al.
Laricola totanoides (Milne-Edwards)

Laridae

Larus dolnicensis Švec
Larus elmorei Brodkorb
Larus lacus Emslie
Larus perpetuus Emslie
Larus pristinus Shufeldt
Larus oregonus Shufeldt
Larus robustus Shufeldt

Pedionomidae

Oligonomus milleri De Pietri, Camens & Worthy

Recurvirostridae

Fluviatilavis antunesi Harrison

Himantopus brevipes Milne-Edwards

Recurvirostra teruelensis (Villalta) [2]

Rostratulidae

Rostratula minator Olson & Eller

Scolopacidae

Bartramia umatilla Brodkorb

Calidris binagadensis Serebrovsky
Calidris janossyi Kessler
Calidris pacis Brodkorb

Erolia penepusilla Brodkorb

Ereunetes rayi Brodkorb

Gallinago veterior Jánossy

Micropalama chapmani Campbell
Micropalama hesternus Wetmore

Scolopax baranensis Jánossy
Scolopax carmesinae Seguí

Stercorariidae

Stercorarius shufeldti Howard

Thinocoridae

Thinocorus koepckae Campbell

Turnipacidae

Cerestenia pulchrapenna Mayr

Turnipax dissipata Mayr
Turnipax oechslerorum Mayr & Knopf

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References:

[1] Grace Musser; Julia A. Clarke: An exceptionally preserved specimen from the Green River Formation elucidates complex phenotypic evolution in Gruiformes and Charadriiformes. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 8:559929. doi: 10.3389/fevo.2020.559929. 2020
[2] Antonio Sánchez-Marco: Old and new fossil birds from the Spanish Miocene. Journal of Iberian Geology 47(4): 697-712. 2021

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Jinguofortisidae

Chongmingia zhengi Wang et al. [2]

Cratonavis zhui Li et al. [3]

Jinguofortis perplexus Wang et al. [1]

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Referenzen:

[1] Min Wang; Xiaoli Wang; Yan Wang; Zhonghe Zhou: A new basal bird from China with implications for morphological diversity in early birds. Scientific Reports 6(1), 19700; doi: 10.1038/srep19700. 2016
[2] Min Wang; Thomas A. Stidham; Zhonghe Zhou: A new clade of basal Early Cretaceous pygostylian birds and developmental plasticity of the avian shoulder girdle. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 115(42): 10708-10713. 2018
[3] Zhiheng Li; Min Wang; Thomas A. Stidham; Zhonghe Zhou: Decoupling the skull and skeleton in a Cretaceous bird with unique appendicular morphologies. Nature Ecology & Evolution 7: 20-31. 2023

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Eurofluvioviridavidae (?)

Eurofluvioviridavis robustipes Mayr [1]

Vastanavidae (?)

Avolatavis europaeus Mayr & Kitchener [2]
Avolatavis tenens Ksepka & Clarke [1]

Vastanavis cambayensis Mayr et al. [1]
Vastanavis eocaena Mayr et al. [1]

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Die drei hier aufgeführten Gattungen scheinen näher miteinander verwandt gewesen zu sein als mit anderen Taxa, ob sie allerdings wirklich allesamt in eine gemeinsame Ordnung gestellt werden können, ist zweifelhaft.

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Referenzen:

[1] Gerald Mayr: Paleogene Fossil Birds. 2nd ed. edition 2022
[2] Gerald Mayr; Andrew C. Kitchener: The Vastanavidae and Messelasturidae (Aves) from the early Eocene London Clay of Walton-on-the-Naze (Essex, UK). Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie 307(2): 113-139. 2023

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Family incertae sedis

Aviraptor longicrus Mayr & Hurum [3]

Accipitridae

Anchigyps voorhiesi Zhang, Feduccia & James

Apatosagittarius terrenus Feduccia & Voorhies

Archaehierax sylvestris Mather, Lee, Camens & Worthy [6]

Buteo dundasi Degrange et al. [5]
Buteo sanfelipensis Suárez [3]

Buteogallus royi Suárez [4]

Cryptogyps lacertosus (de Vis) [7]

Dynatoaetus gaffae Mather et al. [9]

Garganoaetus freudenthali Ballmann
Garganoaetus murivorus Ballmann

Gigantohierax itchei Suárez [4]

Gypaetus georgii Sánchez-Marco [8]

Gyps bochenskii Boev
Gyps melitensis Lydekker

Neogyps errans Miller

Neophron lolis Sánchez-Marco [8]

Neophrontops americanus Miller
Neophrontops slaughteri Feduccia
Neophrontops vallecitoensis Howard
Neophrontops vetustus Wetmore

Palaeoplancus dammanni Mayr & Perner [1]

Vinchinavis paka Tambussi et al. [2]

Horusornithidae

Horusornis vianeyliaudae Mourer-Chauviré

Pandionidae

Pandion homalopteron Warter
Pandion lovensis Becker
Pandion pannonicus Kessler

Pandionidae gen. & sp. ‚Bad Münster am Stein, Deutschland‘

Sagittariidae

Amanuensis pickfordi Mourer-Chauviré

Pelargopappus magnus Milne-Edwards

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References:

[1] Gerald Mayr; Thomas Perner: A new species of diurnal birds of prey from the late Eocene of Wyoming (USA) – one of the earliest New World records of the Accipitridae (hawks, eagles, and allies). Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie – Abhandlungen 297(2): 205 – 215. 2020
[2] Claudia P. Tambussi; Federico J. Degrange; Patricia L. Ciccioli; Francisco Prevosti: Avian remains from the Toro Negro Formation (Neogene), Central Andes of Argentina. Journa of South American Earth Sciences 2020
[3] Gerald Mayr; Jørn H. Hurum: A tiny, long-legged raptor from the early Oligocene of Poland may be the earliest bird-eating diurnal bird of prey. The Science of Nature 107(48): 2020. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00114-020-01703-z
[4] William Suárez: The fossil avifauna of the tar seeps Las Breas de San Felipe, Matanzas, Cuba. Zootaxa 4780(1). 2020
[5] Federico J. Degrange, Claudia P. Tambussi, Matías L. Taglioretti, and Fernando A. Scaglia: A new buzzard from the late Pliocene of Argentina. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. https://doi.org/10.4202/app.00933.2021
[6] Ellen K. Mather; Michael S. Y. Lee; Aaron B. Camens; Trevor H. Worthy: An exceptional partial skeleton of a new basal raptor (Aves: Accipitridae) from the late Oligocene Namba formation, South Australia. Historical Biology – An International Journal of Paleobiology, September 2021
[7] E. K. Mather; M. S. Lee; T. H. Worthy: A new look at an old Australian raptor places “Taphaetus” lacertosus de Vis 1905 in the Old World vultures (Accipitridae: Aegypiinae). Zootaxa 1–23. 2022
[8] Antonio Sánchez-Marco: Two new Gypaetinae (Accipitridae, Aves) from the late Miocene of Spain. Historical Biology. https://doi.org/10.1080/08912963.2022.2053117. 2022
[9] Ellen K. Mather; Michael S. Y. Lee; Aaron B. Camens; Trevor S. Worthy: A giant raptor (Aves: Accipitridae) from the Pleistocene of southern Australia. Journal of Ornithology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10336-023-02055-x. 2023

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Sapeornithidae

Sapeornis chaoyangensis Zhou & Zhang

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Quelle:

[1] Z. Zhou; F. Zhang: Anatomy of the primitive bird Sapeornis chaoyangensis from the Early Cretaceous of Liaoning, China. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 40: 731-747. 2003

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Jeholornithidae (?)

Jeholornis curvipes Lefèvre et al.
Jeholornis palmapenis O’Connor et al.
Jeholornis prima Zhou & Zhang

Jixiangornis orientalis Ji et al.

Kompsornis longicaudus Wang, Huang, Kundrát, Cau, Liu, Wang & Juae [1]

Neimengornis rectusmim Wang et al.

Shenzouraptor sinensis Ji et al.

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Referenzen:

[1] Xuri Wang; Jiandong Huang; Martin Kundrát; Andrea Cau; Xiaoyu Liu; Yang Wang; Shubin Juae: A new jeholornithiform exhibits the earliest appearance of the fused sternum and pelvis in the evolution of avialan dinosaurs. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences 2020

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Pengornithidae

Chiappeavis magnapremaxillo O’Connor et al. = Pengornis houi Zhou, Clarke, & Zhang? [1]

Eopengornis martini Wang et al.

Parapengornis eurycaudatus Hu et. al. = Pengornis houi Zhou, Clarke, & Zhang? [1]

Pengornis houi Zhou, Clarke, & Zhang

Yuanchuavis kompsosoura Wang et al. = Pengornis houi Zhou, Clarke, & Zhang? [2][3]

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Quellen:

[1] Mickey Mortimer: Chiappeavis is just another Pengornis. The Theropod Database Blog, January 6, 2016
[2] Min Wang; Jingmai O’Connor; Thao Zhao; Yangon Pan; Xiaoting Zheng; Xioli Wang; Zhonghe Zhou: An Early Cretaceous enantiornithine bird with a pintail. Current Biology 31(21): 4845-4852. 2021
[3] Mickey Mortimer: Neimengornis the chimaera, “Yuanchuavis” is another Pengornis and more – October 2021 Database update. The Theropod Database Blog, November 8, 2021

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Gaviidae

Colymboides anglicus Lydekker
Colymboides belgicus Mayr & Smith
Colymboides metzleri Mayr
Colymboides minutus Milne-Edwards

Gavia egeriana Švec

Gaviella pusilla (Shufeldt)

Nasidytes ypresianus Mayr & Kitchener [1]

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Quellen:

[1] Gerald Mayr; Markus Poschmann: A loon leg (Aves, Gaviidae) with crocodilian tooth from the Late Oligocene of Germany. Waterbirds 32(3): 468-471. 2009
[2] Gerald Mayr; Andrew C. Kitchener: Oldest fossil loon documents a pronounced ecomorphological shift in the evolution of gaviiform birds. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 2022

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Family incertae sedis

Archaealectrornis sibleyi Crowe & Short

Archaeophasianus mioceanus Lambrecht
Archaeophasianus roberti (Stone)

Argillipes aurorum Harrison & Walker
Argillipes paralectoris Harrison & Walker

Austinornis lentus Marsh

Bumbanipodius magnus Zelenkov [3]

Bumbanortyx transitoria Zelenkov [3]

Chambiortyx cristata Mourer-Chauviré

Coturnipes cooperi Harrison & Walker

Namaortyx sperrgebietensis Mourer-Chauviré

Palaeonossax senectus Wetmore

Palaeorallus alienus Kuročkin

Sobniogallus albinojamrozi Tomek et al.

Procrax brevipes Tordoff & Macdonald

Tegulavis corbalani Mourer-Chauviré et al.

Cracidae

Boreortalis laesslei Brodkorb

Ortalis affinis Feduccia & Wilson

Gallinuloididae

Gallinuloides wyomingensis Eastman

Paraortygoides messelensis Mayr
Paraortygoides radagasti Dyke & Gulas

Megapodidae

Garrdimalga mcnamarai Shute, Prideaux & Worthy

Latagallina naracoortensis Shute, Prideaux & Worthy
Latagallina olsoni Shute, Prideaux & Worthy

Progura campestris Shute, Prideaux & Worthy
Progura gallinacea De Vis

Ngawupodius minya Boles & Ivison

Numididae

Telecrex grangeri Wetmore

Odontophoridae

Cyrtonyx tedfordi Miller

Miortyx aldeni Howard
Miortyx teres Miller

Nanortyx inexpectatus Weigel

Neortyx peninsularis Holman

Paraortygidae

Paraortyx brancoi Gaillard
Paraortyx lorteti Gaillard

Pirortyx major (Gaillard)

Scopelortyx klinghardtensis Mourer-Chauvire et al.

Taoperdix miocaena Ballman
Taoperdix pessieti Gervais

Xorazmortyx turkestanensis Zelenkov & Panteleyev

Phasianidae

Alectoris baryosefi Černov
Alectoris peii Author ?
“Alectoris” pliocaena Tugarinov

Bantamyx georgicus Kurochkin

Bonasa praebonasia (Jánossy)

Centuriavis lioae Ksepka et al.

Chauvireria bulgarica Boev [1]

Dendragapus gilli (Shufeldt)
Dendragapus lucasi Howard
Dendragapus nanus (Shufeldt)

Diangallus mious Hou

Eurobambusicola turolicus Zelenkov

“Gallus” aesculapii Jánossy
“Gallus” beremendensis Jánossy
“Gallus” europaeus Harrison
Gallus georgicus Author ?
Gallus imereticus Author ?
Gallus karabachensis Baryšnikov & Potapova
Gallus kudarensis Burčak-Abramovič & Potapova
Gallus meschtscheriensis Author ?
Gallus sp. ‘Trinka Cave, Moldovia’
Gallus sp. ‘Krivtcha Cave, Ukraine’
Gallus tamanensis Author ?

Lagopus atavus Jánossy
Lagopus balcanicus Boev
Lagopus lagopus ssp. noaillensis Mourer-Chauviré
Lagopus mutus ssp. correzensis Mourer-Chauviré

Linquornis gigantis Yeh

Lophogallus naranbulakensis Zelenkov & Kurochkin

Megalocoturnix cordoni Sánchez Marco

Meleagris altus Marsh
Meleagris californica (Miller)
Meleagris celer Marsh
Meleagris leopoldi Miller & Bowman
Meleagris richmondi Shufeldt
Meleagris tridens Wetmore

Miophasianus altus Milne-Edwards
Miophasianus desnoyersi Milne-Edwards
Miophasianus medius Milne-Edwards

Mioryaba magyarica Zelenkov

Palaeocryptonyx depereti Gaillard
Palaeocryptonyx donnezani Deperet
Palaeocryptonyx gaillardi Ennouchi
Palaeocryptonyx grivensis Ennouchi

Palaeoperdix longipes Milne-Edwards
Palaeoperdix prisca Milne-Edwards
Palaeoperdix sansaniensis Milne-Edwards

Palaeortyx blanchardi Milne-Edwards
Palaeortyx brevipes Milne-Edwards
Palaeortyx caluxyensis Lydekker
Palaeortyx depereti Ennouchi
Palaeortyx edwardsi Depéret
Palaeortyx gaillardi Lambrecht
Palaeortyx gallica Milne-Edwards
Palaeortyx grivensis Lydekker
Palaeortyx intermedia Ballman
Palaeortyx joleaudi Ennouchi
Palaeortyx major Gaillard
Palaeortyx maxima Lydekker
Palaeortyx media Milne-Edwards
Palaeortyx miocaena Gaillard
Palaeortyx ocyptera Milne-Edwards
Palaeortyx phasianoides Milne-Edwards
Palaeortyx volans Gohlich & Pavia

Panraogallus hezhengensis Li et. al.

Pavo bravardi (Gervais)
Pavo moldovicus (Bocheński & Kurochkin)
Pavo sp. ‘Aramis, Ethiopia’

Pediocetes lucasi Shufeldt
Pediocetes nanus Shufeldt

Perdix palaeoperdix Mourer-Chauviré

Phasianus bulgaricus Boev [2]

Pliogallus csarnotanus Kessler & Horváth [4]

Plioperdix hungarica Jánossy

Proagriocharis kimballensis Martin & Tate

Rhegminornis calobates Wetmore

Rustaviornis georgicus Burchak-Abramovich & Meladze

Schaubortyx keltica Eastman

Shandongornis shanwangensis Yeh
Shandongornis yinanensis Yeh

Shanxiornis fenyinis Wang et al.

Syrmaticus phasianoides (Jánossy)

Tetrao conjugens Jánossy
Tetrao macropus Jánossy
Tetrao partium (Kretzoi)
Tetrao praeurogallus Jánossy
Tetrao rhodopensis Boev

Tologuica aurorae Zelenkov & Kurochkin
Tologuica karhui Zelenkov & Kurochkin

“Tympanuchus” lulli Shufeldt
“Tympanuchus” stirtoni Miller

Quercymegapodiidae

Ameripodius alexis Mourer-Chauviré
Ameripodius silvasantosi Alvarenga

Ludiortyx hoffmanni (Gervais)

Quercymegapodius brodkorbi Mourer-Chauviré
Quercymegapodius depereti (Gaillard)

Taubacrex granivora Alvarenga

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Quellen:

[1] Zlatozae Boev: Chauvireria bulgarica sp. n. — an extinct Early Pleistocene small phasianid of Phasianinae Horsfield, 1821 from Bulgaria. Historia naturalis bulgarica 41(8): 55-70. 2020
[2] Zlatozar Boev: First European Neogene record of true pheasants from Gorna Sushitsa (SW Bulgaria). Historia naturalis bulgarica 41(5): 33-39. 2020
[3] N. V. Zelenkov: New bird taxa (Aves: Galliformes, Gruiformes) from the early Eocene of Mogolia. Paleontological Journal 545(4). 2021
[4] E. Kessler; I. Horváth: Presentation of so far undetermined bird remains from the Pliocene of Beremend 26 and Csarnóta 2 and 4 (Baranya county, South Hungary). Ornis Hungarica 30: 47–68. 2022

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Familie incertae sedis

Makahala mirae Mayr

Diomedeidae

Aldiomedes angustirostris Mayr & Tennyson  

Diomedea milleri Howard
Diomedea thyridata Wilkinson

Diomedavus knapptonensis Mayr & Goedert

Murunkus subitus Panteleyev & Nessov (?)

Notoleptos giglii Acosta Hospitaleche & Gelfo

Phoebastria anglica Lydekker
Phoebastria immutabilis Rothschild
Phoebastria rexularum Olson & Rasmussen

Plotornis arvernensis (Milne-Edwards in Shufeldt)
Plotornis delfortrii Milne-Edwards
Plotornis graculoides Portis

Tydea septentrionalis Mayr & Smith

Diomedeoididae

Diomedeoides babaheydariensis Peters & Hamedani
Diomedeoides brodkorbi Cheneval

Rupelornis definitus van Beneden

Hydrobatidae

Oceanodroma hubbsi Miller

Pelecanoididae

Pelecanoides cymatotrypetes Olson 
Pelecanoides miokuaka Worthy et al.

Procellariidae

Ardenna conradi Marsh
Ardenna davealleni Tennyson & Mannering
Ardenna gilmorei Chandler

Argyrodyptes microtarsus Ameghino

Calonectris krantzi Olson & Rasmussen
Calonectris kurodai Olson
Calonectris wingatei Olson

Eopuffinus kazachstanensis Nessov

Fulmarus hammeri Howard
Fulmarus miocaenus Howard

Hydrornis natator Milne-Edwards

Macronectes tinae Tennyson & Salvador

Oestrelata vociferans Shufeldt

Pachyptila salax Olson

Procellaria altrirostris Tennyson & Tomotani [1]
Procellaria antiqua Milne-Edwards

Pterodroma kurodai Harrison & Walker

Pterodromoides minoricensis Segui et al.

Puffinus barnesi Howard 
Puffinus calhouni Howard
Puffinus diatomicus Miller
Puffinus eyermani Shufeldt
Puffinus felthami Howard
Puffinus inceptor Wetmore
Puffinus kanakoffi Howard
Puffinus micraulax Brodkorb
Puffinus mitchelli Miller
Puffinus nestori Alcover
Puffinus parvus Shufeldt
Puffinus priscus Miller
Puffinus raemdonckii (van Beneden)
Puffinus sp. ‘Lee Creek Mine, USA 1’
Puffinus sp. ‘Lee Creek Mine, USA 2’
Puffinus tedfordi Howard

Tytthostonychidae

Tytthostonyx glauconiticus Olson & Parris

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Referenzen:

[1] A. J. D. Tennyson; B. M. Tomotani: A new fossil species of Procellaria (Aves: Procellariiformes) from tzhe Pliocene of New Zealand. Papéis Avulsos De Zoologia, 61, e20216116. 2021

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Familie incertae sedis

Lapillavis incubarens Mayr (?)

Lutavis platypelvis Mayr & Kitchener

Leptosomidae

Plesiocathartes europaeus Gaillard
Plesiocathartes geiselensis Mayr
Plesiocathartes insolitipes Mayr & Kitchener
Plesiocathartes kelleri Mayr
Plesiocathartes major Weidig
Plesiocathartes (?) sp. ‘Egem, Belgium’
Plesiocathartes (?) sp. ‘India’
Plesiocathartes sp. ‘London Clay’
Plesiocathartes (?) sp. ‘Rivecourt-Petit Pâtis, France’
Plesiocathartes wyomingensis Weidig

Waltonavis danielsi Mayr & Kitchener
Waltonavis paraleptosomus Mayr & Kitchener

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Ichthyornithidae

Ichthyornis dispar Marsh

Janavis finalidens Benito, Kuo, Widrig, Jagt & Field

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Eogruidae

Amphipelargus cracrafti (Harrison & Walker)
Amphipelargus majori Lydekker
Amphipelargus sp. ‘Kryopigi, Greece’

Eogrus aeola Wetmore
Eogrus crudus Kurochkin
Eogrus turanicus (Bendukidze)

Ergilornis rapidus Kozlova
Ergilornis minor (Kozlova)

Sinoergilornis guangheensis Musser, Li & Clarke [1]

Sonogrus gregalis Kurochkin

Urmiornis brodkorbi Karhu
Urmiornis dzabghanensis (Kurochkin)
Urmiornis maraghanus Mecquenem
Urmiornis orientalis (Kurochkin)
Urmiornis ukrainus Kurochkin

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Es handelt sich hierbei um Vertreter der Palaeognathae und nicht, wie lange angenommen, um Kranichverwandte; die meisten Arten sind ausschließlich anhand von Fußknochen bekannt. [2][3]

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Quellen:

[1] Grace Musser; Zhiheng Li; Julia A. Clarke: A new species of Eogruidae (Aves: Gruiformes) from the Miocene of the Linxia Basin, Gansu, China: Evolutionary and climatic implications. The Auk 137: 1-13. 2019
[2] G. Mayr; N. Zelenkov: Extinct crane-like birds (Eogruidae and Ergilornithidae) from the Cenozoic of Central Asia are indeed ostrich precursors. Ornithology 138(4): 2021
[3] Gerald Mayr: Paleogene Fossil Birds. 2nd ed. edition 2022

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Famile incertae sedis

Palaeopsittacus georgei Harrison

Protocypselomorphus manfredkelleri Mayr

Archaeotrogonidae

Archaeodromus anglicus Mayr [1]

Archaeotrogon cayluxensis Gaillard
Archaeotrogon hoffstetteri Mourer-Chauviré
Archaeotrogon nocturnus Mlíkovský
Archaeotrogon venustus Milne-Edwards
Archaeotrogon zitteli Gaillard

Hassiavis laticauda Mayr

Caprimulgidae

Ventivorus ragei Mourer-Chauviré (?)

Fluvioviridavidae

Fluvioviridavis platyrhamphus Mayr & Daniels

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Quellen:

[1] G. Mayr: An early Eocene fossil from the British London Clay elucidates the evolutionary history of the enigmatic Archaeotrogonidae (Aves, Strisores). Papers in Palaeontology advance online publication. doi: 10.1002/spp2.1392. 2021
[2] Gerald Mayr: Paleogene Fossil Birds. 2nd ed. edition 2022

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Casuariidae

Casuarius lydekkeri Rothschild [1]

Dromaius arleyekweke Yates & Worthy [3]
Dromaius ocypus (Miller) [3]

Emuarius gidju (Patterson & Rich) [2]
Emuarius guljaruba (Boles) [2]

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Quellen:

[1] P. V. Rich; M. Plane; N. Schroeder: A pygmy cassowary (Casuarius lydekkeri) from late Pleistocene bog deposits at Pureni, Papua New Guinea. BMR Journal of Australian Geology and Geophysics 10(4): 377-389. 1988
[2] Walter E. Boles: A new emu (Dromaiinae) from the Late Oligocene Etadunna Formation. Emu 101(4): 317-321. 2001
[3] A. M. Yates; T. E. Worthy: A diminutive species of emu (Casuariidae: Dromaiinae) from the late Miocene of the Northern Territory, Australia. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 39(4): 1-15. 2019

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Aegothelidae

Aegotheles zealandivetus Worthy et al. [2]

Quipollornis koniberi Rich & McEvey 

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Quellen:

[1] Albert Chen; Daniel J. Field: Phylogenetic definitions for Caprimulgimorphae (Aves) and major constituent clades under the International Code of Phylogenetic Nomenclature. Vertebrate Zoology 70(4): 571-585. 2020
[2] Trevor H. Worthy; R. Paul Scofield; Steven W. Salisbury; Suzanne J. Hard; Vanesa L. De Pietri; Michael Archer: Two new neoavian taxa with contrasting palaeobiogeographical implications from the early Miocene St Bathans Fauna, New Zealand. Journal of Ornithology http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10336-022-01981-6. 2022

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Family incertae sedis

“Neanis” kistneri (Feduccia) [1]

Piciformes gen. & sp. ‘Herrlingen, Deutschland’

Capitonidae

Capitonides europaeus Ballmann
Capitonides protractus Ballmann

Gracilitarsidae

Eutreptodactylus itaboraiensis Baird & Vickers-Rich (?)

Gracilitarsus mirabilis Mayr

Lybiidae

Pogoniolus (?) sp. ‘Kohfidisch, Österreich’

Miopiconidae

Miopico benimellalensis Mayr

Picavidae

Picavus litencicensis Mayr & Gregorova

Picidae

Australopicus nelsonmandelai Manegold & Louchart

Bitumenpicus minimus Campbell & Bochenski [2]

Breacopus garretti Campbell & Bochenski [2]

Dendrocopos major ssp. submajor Jánossy

Leiopicus praemedius (Jánossy)

Melanerpes shawi Campbell & Bochenski [2]

Palaeonerpes shorti Cracraft & Morony

Picus peregrinabundus Umanska
Picus pliocaenicus Kessler

Pliopicus brodkorbi Feduccia & Wilson

Ramphastidae (?)

Rupelramphastoides kopfi Mayr

Sylphornithidae

Jacamatia luberonensis Duhamel, Balme, Legal, Riamon & Louchart [1]

Oligosylphe mourerchauvireae Mayr & Smith

Palaegithalus cuvieri (Gervais)

Sylphornis bretouensis Mourer-Chauviré

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Quellen:

[1] Anaïs Duhamel,  Christine Balme,  Stéphane Legal,  Ségolène Riamon, Antoine Louchart: An early Oligocene stem Galbulae (jacamars and puffbirds) from southern France, and the position of the Paleogene family Sylphornithidae. The Auk 137: 1-11. 2020
[2] Kenneth E. Campbell; Zbigniew M. Bochenski: A review of the woodpeckers (Aves: Piciformes) from the asphalt deposits of Rancho La Brea, California, with the description of three new species. Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments 101: 1013-1026. 2021

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Family incertae sedis 

Cruralispennia multidonta Wang, O’Connor, Pan & Zhou

Eocathyornis walkeri Zhou

Eoenantiornis buhleri Hou, Zhou & Feduccia

Fortunguavis xiaotaizicus Wang, O’Connor & Zhou

Bohaiornithidae

Bohaiornis guoi Hu, Li, Hou & Xu 

Parabohaiornis martini Wang, Zhou, O’Connor & Zelenkov

Longusunguis kurochkini Wang, Zhou, O’Connor & Zelenkov

Musivavis amabilis Wang et al. [1]

Shenqiornis mengi Wang, O’Connor, Zhao, Chiappe, Gao & Cheng

Sulcavis geeorum O’Connor, Zhang, Chiappe, Meng, Quanguo & Di

Zhouornis hani Zhang, Chiappe, Han & Chinsamy

Cathayornithidae

Cathayornis yandica Zhou, Jin & Zhang

Houornis caudatus (Hou)

Noguerornis gonzalezi Lasaca-Ruiz

Sinornis santensis Sereno & Rao (?)

Vascornis hebeiensis Zhang, Ericson & Zhou

Longipterygidae

Bolouchia zhengi Zhou 

Longipteryx chaoyangensis Zhang, Zhou, Hou & Gu 

Longirostravis hani Hou, Chiappe, Zhang, Chuong

Rapaxavis pani Morschhauser, Varricchio, Gao, Liu, Wang, Cheng & Meng

Shanweiniao cooperorum O’Connor, Gao & Chiappe 

Shengjingornis yangi  Li, Wang, Zhang & Hou

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Quelle:

[1] Xuri Wang; Andrea Cau; Xiaoling Luo; Martin Kundrát; Wensheng Wu; Shubin Ju; Zhen Guo; Yichuan Liu; Qiang Ji: A new Bohaiornithidae-like bird from the Lower Cretaceous of China fills a gap in enanthironithine diversity. Journal of Paleontology 96(1): 1-16. 2022

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Cathartidae

Aizenogyps toomeyae Emslie

Brasilogyps faustoi Alvarenga

Breagyps clarki Miller

Cathartes emsliei Suárez & Olson [2]

Coragyps occidentalis Miller
Coragyps seductus Suárez [3]

Diatropornis ellioti (Milne-Edwards)

Dryornis hatcheri Degrange [5]
Dryornis pampeanus Moreno & Mercerat [4]

Geronogyps reliquus Campbell

Gymnogyps amplus Miller
Gymnogyps howardae Campbell
Gymnogyps kofordi Emslie
Gymnogyps varonai (Arredondo)

Hadrogyps aigialeus Emslie

Pampagyps imperator Agnolin et al. [1]

Perugyps diazi Stucchi & Emslie

Phasmagyps patritus Wetmore

Pleistovultur nevesi Alvarenga et al.

Pliogyps charon Becker
Pliogyps fisheri Tordoff

Sarcoramphus fisheri Campbell

Wingegyps cartellei Alvarenga & Olson

Teratornithidae

Aiolornis incredibilis (Howard)

Argentavis magnificens Campbell & Tonni

Cathartornis gracilis Miller

Taubatornis campbelli Olson & Alvarenga

Teratornis merriami Millner
Teratornis woodburnensis Campbell & Stenger

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Quellen:

[1] Federico L. Agnolin; Federico Brissón Egli; Esteban Soibelzon; Sergio G. Rodriguez; Leopoldo H. Soibelzon; Facundo Iacona; David Piazza: A new large Cathartidae from the Quaternary of Argentina, with a review of the fossil record of condors in South America. Contribuciones Científicas del Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales “Bernardino Rivadavia” 7: 1-16. 2017
[2] William Suárez; Storrs L. Olson: A new fossil vulture (Cathartidae: Cathartes) from Quaternary asphalt and cave deposits in Cuba. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists’ Club 140(3): 335-343. 2020
[3] William Suárez: The fossil avifauna of the tar seeps Las Breas de San Felipe, Matanzas, Cuba. Zootaxa 4780(1). 2020
[4] Federico J. Degrange; Claudia P. Tambussi; Matías L. Taglioretti; Fernando A. Scaglia: Phylogenetic affinities and morphology of the Pilocene cathartiform Dryornis pampeanus Moreno & Mercerat. Papers in Palaeontology 2021
[5] F. J. Degrange: A new species of Dryornis (Aves, Cathartiformes) from the Santa Cruz Formation (lower Miocene), Patagonia, Argentina. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology advance online publication. doi: 10.1080/02724634.2021.2008411. 2022

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