Calidris cf. melanotos (Vieillot)

Nascimento, Rafael S. & Silveira, Luís Fábio, 2024, Fossil and subfossil birds of Brazil, Zoologia (e 23079) 41, pp. 1-234 : 125-126

395. Calidris cf. melanotos (Vieillot)

Quaternary – MG

Tringa maculata (fere certe) – Winge 1887: 28.

Tringa maculata – Goeldi 1894: 559.

Tringa maculata – Lambrecht 1933: 763.

Erolia melanotos – Brodkorb 1967: 196.

Erolia melanotos [ Tringa maculata ?] – Mones 1986: 91. Calidris melanotos – Cuello 1988: 48.

Calidris cf. melanotos – Nascimento and Silveira 2020: 492.

Winge (1887) associated, with uncertainty, a humerus from Lapa da Escrivânia V with this species. He noted that only a recent humerus lacking the proximal part was available for comparison but, even so, the similarity between the two bones was so pronounced they almost certainly belong to the same species.

396. Calidris cf. pusilla (Linnaeus)

Quaternary – MG

Ereunetes pusillus (fere certe) – Winge 1887: 28.

Ereunetes pusillus – Goeldi 1894: 559.

Ereunetes pusillus – Lambrecht 1933: 764.

Ereunetes pusillus – Brodkorb 1967: 196.

Ereunetes pusillus ? – Mones 1986: 91.

Calidris pusilla – Cuello 1988: 48.

Calidris cf. pusilla – Nascimento and Silveira 2020: 492.

Winge (1887) associated, with uncertainty, a humerus from Lapa da Escrivânia V with this species. He noted that what he said about the material associated with Calidris melanotos also applies to this one, with the recent bone available for comparison only slightly more incomplete. The humerus is larger than in Calidris minuta and even larger than in Calidris temminckii , but much smaller than in Calidris bairdii and quite different from Actitis macularius .

Scolopacinae Rafinesque Gallinago Brisson

397. Gallinago cf. paraguaiae (Vieillot)

Quaternary – MG

Gallinago frenata (v. sp. aff.) – Winge 1887: 28.

Scolopax frenata – Goeldi 1894: 559.

Gallinago frenata (?) – Lambrecht 1933: 764.

Capella paraguaiae – Brodkorb 1967: 197.

Capella paraguaiae [ Gallinago frenata ] – Mones 1986: 91. Gallinago gallinago paraguaiae – Cuello 1988: 47.

Gallinago cf. paraguaiae – Nascimento and Silveira 2020: 492.

Winge (1887) reported bones of several individuals from Lapa da Escrivânia V, represented by the frontal part of the sternum, humerus, ulna, carpometacarpus, femur, tibiotarsus, and tarsometatarsus. Most bones are slightly larger and somewhat divergent than in a specimen of Gallinago paraguaiae , but, in general, they belong to a very similar form, which, likewise, had shorter and stronger legs and weaker wings than Gallinago gallinago . There are also marked differences between the fossil bones, particularly in the humeri. Furthermore, there is a coracoid from Lapa da Lagoa do Sumidouro.

Tringinae Rafinesque