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Phoenicopteriformes
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Phoenicopteriformes is a group of water birds which comprises flamingos and their extinct relatives. Flamingos (Phoenicopteriformes) and the closely related grebes (Podicipedidae) are contained in the parent clade Mirandornithes.
Species
Фламінгоподібні
ORDER
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAves
- OrderPhoenicopteriformes
Phoenicopteriformes es un orden de aves acuáticas neognatas que incluye a los actuales flamencos y sus parientes extintos. Juncitarsus merkeli.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Mirandornithes
- Image
- Flamingo.greater.flaps.750pix.jpg
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- taxon name
- Phoenicopteriformes
- taxon rank
- order
- topic's main category
- Category:Phoenicopteriformes
- Commons category
- Phoenicopteriformes
- different from
- Flamingos
- start time
- 50000000-0
- Unicode character
- 🦩
- taxon range
- Brazil
- taxon common name
- flamingoer
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Encyclopedic overview
4 sectionsContents
- Fossil record
- Relation to extinct palaelodids
- Etymology
- References
Phoenicopteriformes is a group of water birds which comprises flamingos and their extinct relatives. Flamingos (Phoenicopteriformes) and the closely related grebes (Podicipedidae) are contained in the parent clade Mirandornithes.
== Fossil record == Flamingos and their relatives are well attested in the fossil record, with the first unequivocal member of the Phoenicopteridae, Elornis, known from the late Eocene epoch.
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