Phoenicopteriformes
Sign in to savePhoenicopteriformes 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
Habitatbrackish, freshwater
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Mirandornithes
- Image
- Flamingo.greater.flaps.750pix.jpg
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- Fossil record
- Relation to extinct palaelodids
- Etymology
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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.
== 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.