Pipilo angelensis Dawson, 1948:59
Los Angeles towhee
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Extinct
Last record: Late Pleistocene
Distribution
California, USA
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Dawson, W. R. (1948). Records of fringillids from the Pleistocene of Rancho La Brea. Condor 50(2): 57-63.
Other references:
Dawson, W. R. (1950). A comparison of Pipilo ocai and the fossil Pipilo angelensis. Condor 52: 88.
Guthrie, D. A. (2009). An updated catalogue of the birds from the Carpinteria Asphalt, Pleistocene of California. Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences 108(2):52-62.
Sayol, Ferran, Steinbauer, Manuel J., Blackburn, Tim M., Antonelli, Alexandre and Faurby, Søren. (2020). Anthropogenic extinctions conceal widespread evolution of flightlessness in birds. Science Advances 6(49): eabb6095. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abb6095 [Supplementary Material (Data File S1)]
Stock, Chester and Harris, J. M. (1992). Rancho La Brea: A record of Pleistocene life in California. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Science Series no. 37, 7th ed.:i-xiv + 1-113.
Tyrberg, Tommy. (2008). The Late Pleistocene Continental Avian extinction – an evaluation of the fossil evidence. Oryctos 7: 249-269.