Mirandornithes
Sign in to saveMirandornithes () is a clade that consists of flamingos and grebes. Many scholars use the term Phoenicopterimorphae for the superorder containing flamingoes and grebes.
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It is catalogued under the topic Neognathae.
Its subject is documented across 20 Wikipedia language editions.
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Mirandornithes () is a clade that consists of flamingos and grebes. Many scholars use the term Phoenicopterimorphae for the superorder containing flamingoes and grebes.
Determining the relationships between the two groups has been problematic. Flamingos had been placed with numerous branches within Neognathae, such as ducks and storks. The grebes had been placed with the loons. However, more recent genomic studies have confirmed these two branches as sister groups.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Mirandornithes” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.