- this has
caused the
expanded Gruiformes to lack
distinctive apomorphies.
Recent studies indicate that
these "odd
Gruiformes" are if at all only loosely...
- This is a list of
Gruiformes species by
global po****tion.
While numbers are estimates, they have been made by the
experts in
their fields. For more information...
- in the
clade Eurypygiformes. The
sunbittern is
usually placed in the
Gruiformes, but this was
always considered preliminary. Altogether, the bird is most...
- 261–262. Krajewski, C; JW
Fetzner Jr. (1994). "Phylogeny of
cranes (
Gruiformes: Gruidae)
based on cytochrome-b DNA sequences" (PDF). The Auk. 111 (2):...
- with long legs and
necks in the
biological family Gruidae of the
order Gruiformes. The
family has 15
species placed in four
genera which are Antigone, Balearica...
- (flamingos and grebes) The
three orphaned orders:
Opisthocomiformes (hoatzin)
Gruiformes (cranes and rails)
Charadriiformes (s****birds,
gulls and alcids) Comparison...
- Late
Quaternary prehistoric birds are
avian taxa that
became extinct during the Late Quaternary – the Late
Pleistocene or
Early Holocene – and
before recorded...
-
Island gigantism, or
insular gigantism, is a
biological phenomenon in
which the size of an
animal species isolated on an
island increases dramatically...
-
Flightless birds are
birds that,
through evolution, lost the
ability to fly.
There are over 60
extant species,
including the well-known
ratites (ostriches...
-
Middle Villafranchian Boev, Z. 1999.
Gallinula balcanica sp. n. (Rallidae:
Gruiformes) - a
middle villafranchian moorhen from
Western Bulgaria. - Acta zoologica...
