If Viator picis, also from the Late Pleistocene of Talara, does not belong to an entirely extinct lineage, it might belong to that group too; it seems too large to be closely related to the smallish Pied Lapwing.
Viator picis is an extinct genus and species of lapwing (Charadriiformes; Charadriidae; Vanellinae) known only from the upper Pleistocene asphalt deposits known as the Talara Tar Seeps, which are found near Talara, northwestern Peru.
Cabo Blanco is a fishing village in northwestern Peru, 3 km northwest from El Alto, Talara, Piura.
SAPET (a CNPC subsidiary) signed a service contract with the government of Peru to operate Block VII in the Talara basin.