- The
sunbittern (Eurypyga helias) is a bittern-like bird of
tropical regions of the Americas, and the sole
member of the
family Eurypygidae (sometimes spelled...
- clades:
Telluraves (landbirds)
Aequornithes (waterbirds)
Eurypygimorphae (
sunbittern, kagu and tropicbirds)
Otidimorphae (turacos,
bustards and cuckoos) Strisores...
-
adzebills from New
Zealand and the
sunbittern from
Central and
South America.
Recent studies do
indicate that the
sunbittern is the
closest living relative...
- Gruiformes. The
suborder Eurypygae includes the kagu (Rhynochetidae) and
sunbittern (Eurypygidae).
These are not even
remotely related to Grues. The families...
-
species in the
family Rhynochetidae endemic to New Caledonia, and the
sunbittern (Eurypyga helias) from the
tropical regions of the Americas. Its closest...
- New Caledonia; 2
species Family Rhynochetidae: kagu
Family Eurypygidae:
sunbittern Oceanic; 3
species Family Phaethontidae:
tropicbirds North America, Eurasia;...
- Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (2023). "Kagu,
Sunbittern, tropicbirds, loons, penguins".
World Bird List
Version 13.1. International...
- the
orders Phaethontiformes (tropicbirds) and
Eurypygiformes (kagu and
sunbittern)
recovered by
genome analysis. The
relationship was
first identified in...
- (waterfowl).
Based on a whole-genome
analysis of the bird orders, the kagu and
sunbittern (Eurypygiformes) and the
three species of
tropicbirds (Phaethontiformes)...
- Checklist. Gill, F.; Donsker, D.; Rasmussen, P., eds. (July 2023). "Kagu,
Sunbittern, tropicbirds, loons, penguins". IOC
World Bird List. v 13.2. Retrieved...
