The fossil avifauna of the tar seeps Las Breas de San Felipe, Matanzas, Cuba Author Suárez, William text Zootaxa 2020 2020-05-22 4780 1 1 53 journal article 21918 10.11646/zootaxa.4780.1.1 af0a7e60-adc6-4896-8544-63725501fa13 1175-5326 3856493 D6CC1683-8BF0-4ABF-ABFE-3EC63E66AE5C Burhinus bistriatus ( Wagler, 1829 ) Double-striped Thick-knee; Búcaro Charadrius bistriatus Wagler, 1829 , Isis von Oken , col. 648. Referred material. San Felipe I: Right humerus without distal end, MNHNCu 75.4783. San Felipe II : Distal end of right humerus, MNHNCu 75.4792; distal end of right tibiotarsus, MNHNCu 75.4798. Description. These fossils are similar in characters to specimens referred to Burhinus bistriatus ( Wagler, 1829 ) , from other fossil localities in Cuba , and to the neontological material of that species with which it has been compared. Comments. Burhinidae was previously cited for Las Breas de San Felipe, as Burhinus sp., by Iturralde-Vinent et al . (2000) . The present material, although scarce, allows refinement of the identification to the specific level. Burhinus bistriatus is also known, and is abundant, in other Cuban deposits ( Arredondo 1984 ; Suárez 2000b ; Suárez unpubl. data). A fossil subspecies from the Bahamas , B . b . nanus Brodkorb, 1959b , seems to be also present in Cuba (Suárez unpubl. data), being smaller than the living one in Hispaniola ( Brodkorb 1959b ; Olson & Hilgartner 1982 ), B . b . dominicensis ( Cory, 1883 ), or another known from some Cuban deposits (Suárez & Olson unpubl. data). To determine the subspecific status of all these fossils from Cuba , it is necessary to expand the existing series. Oswald & Steadman (2018) consider the mentioned Bahamian taxon as a valid species.