-
living and
extinct bird families, with a
widespread geographical diversity.
Gruiform means "crane-like". Traditionally, a
number of
wading and
terrestrial bird...
- cranes,
rails and allies). A 2011
genetic study found A.
defossor to be a
gruiform.
There are no
available DNA
sequences for A. otidiformis, but it was ****umed...
- Taxa
formerly considered graculavids are:
Laornithidae - charadriiform?
gruiform?
Laornis (Late Cretaceous?) "Graculavidae"
Graculavus (Lance Cr**** Late...
- the
family to
ordinal level as the Ralliformes.
Given uncertainty about gruiform monophyly, this may or may not be correct; it
certainly seems more justified...
-
turaco in more
recent times and has been
synonymised with the
presumed gruiform Talantatos,
though it is not
certain whether this will
become widely accepted...
- they are no
longer considered true rails, but an
independent lineage of
gruiform birds. It
contains 3
species known from
subfossil remains of Late Pleistocene...
-
change in
colouration of the
chick as it grows.[page needed] When seen as a
gruiform, the kagu is
generally considered related to the
extinct adzebills from...
-
Pellornis is an
extinct genus of
gruiform bird from the
Early Eocene of Denmark.
Dinosaur coloration "†Pellornis
Bertelli et al. 2011 (bird)". Fossilworks...
-
coraciiform with
known coloration Messelornis, the Messel-bird; a
species of
gruiform Masillastega, a
freshwater sulid Lapillavis, a
possible trogonid relative...
- The
sungrebe (Heliornis fulica) is a
small aquatic gruiform found in the
tropical and
subtropical Americas from
northeastern Mexico to
central Ecuador...
