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- Title
The presence of Harlequin duck Histrionicus histrionicus (Linnaeus 1758) in the Middle Pleistocene of Italy.
- Authors
Pavia, Marco; Bedetti, Claudia
- Abstract
A nearly complete coracoid of Harlequin Duck Histrionicus histrionicus (Linnaeus 1758) is described from the Middle Pleistocene of Casal Selce (Rome, Central Italy). The fossil specimen is very well preserved and its morphology and dimensions are perfectly compatible with those of modern Harlequin Duck, and differ from other candidate diving ducks. This record represents the first European fossil of this species, previously recorded as fossil only in North America, and one of the few European documented records of wild-origin bird outside Iceland, where the species is sedentary.
- Subjects
HARLEQUIN duck; PLEISTOCENE Epoch; FOSSILS; BIRDS; WILDLIFE management
- Publication
Journal of Ornithology, 2013, Vol 154, Issue 3, p875
- ISSN
2193-7192
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10336-013-0957-0