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	Gruiformes - EvoWiki
		Gruiformes also have long been considered by many authoritative ornithologists to be an artificial group of odd birds whose relationships are simply unresloved.
		Gruiformes is a diverse order constituting a morphologically disparate though genetically homogenous (relatively speaking) assemblage of paludicoline, aquatic and terrestrial birds, including the families Eurypgidae (subitterns), Otididae (bustards), Gruidae (cranes), the monotypic Aramidae (the limpkin), Heliornithidae (sun-grebes), Psophiidae (trumpeters), Cariamidae (seriemas), Rhynochetidae (the kagu), Rallidae (rails and allies), and the enigmatic Mesitornithidae (mesites, monias, roatelos).
		The fossil record of Gruiformes is among the richest of all birds, and includes some of the most famous of all extinct Aves--Phorusrhacidae, the terror birds of the pampas.
	wiki.cotch.net /index.php/Gruiformes (1540 words)

	Gruiformes - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		These included the large land-based bustards, the very large cranes, the relatively small and secretive water-loving crakes and rails, and the small, plump buttonquail (all families with a wide distribution and a dozen or more member species), as well as a variety of very small families, several of them containing just a single species.
		On first sight, the Gruiformes seem to have little in common with one another because they are morphologically diverse.
		The Eurypygidae and Rhynochetidae are similar and are probably represent Ardeiformes, and are therefore associated with certain birds that are traditionally interpreted as "Cinoniiformes".
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Gruiformes (304 words)

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		However, the case for reducing the Gruiformes to a core of families is nonetheless strengthened as despite it not being known where the "odd" families should be placed, maintaining them in the Gruiformes is less and less supported either.
		Gruiformes are not to be confused with grues, devourers of human flesh.
		The gruiforms are one of the older lineages of modern birds.
	www.goupstate.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=Gruiformes (1129 words)

	The Gruiformes (Cranes and their relatives)
		The Gruiformes are an amazing group of birds, as Coots, Moorhens and Rails they are common stream and pond birds all around the world while as Cranes they have inspired some of the most successful conservation efforts ever undertaken and inspired poets and thinkers for centuries.
		The Gruiformes are an ancient, and now relatively small, though diverse order of mostly ground or water feeding birds.
		It is a relatively long lived bird, as are many of the Gruiformes, with individual birds reaching 20 or more years of age in captivity.
	www.earthlife.net /birds/gruiformes.html (2199 words)

	Gruiformes Gruiform Skulls
		Gruiformes fly with their necks out and their feet trailing behind.
		The order Gruiformes contains a higher percentage of recently and nearly extinct species than any other major order.
		All Gruiformes are members of the class Aves or Birds.
	www.skullsunlimited.com /gruiformes.html (168 words)

	Birds of India - GRUIFORMES - Cranes - Crakes - Rails - Bustards - Gruidae - Heliornithidae - Otididae - Rallidae (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Birds of India - GRUIFORMES - Cranes - Crakes - Rails - Bustards - Gruidae - Heliornithidae - Otididae - Rallidae
		Gruiformes have a long evolutionary history, with fossil evidence dating back to the middle Eocene period.
		The Gruiformes show great diversity in size, ranging from the diminutive 17 cm Baillon's Crake (Porzana pusilla) to the very tall Sarus crane (Grus antigone), which can reach a height of 160 cm.
	www.birding.in /orders/gruiformes.htm (211 words)

	Gruiformes (Cranes, Rails & Bustards)
		The order Gruiformes is a very diverse group of birds that covers most of the world, except for Antarctica.
		Gruiforms are usually brown, gray, and white, but there are exceptions.
		Most gruiforms nest on the ground, but there are exceptions here, too.
	www.thebigzoo.com /zoo/Gruiformes.asp (69 words)

	BioMed Central \| Full text \| Multilocus perspectives on the monophyly and phylogeny of the order Charadriiformes (Aves)
		However, many of the proposed interrelationships of gruiform, charadriiform, and ciconiiform taxa have not yet been explicitly tested in a comprehensive molecular phylogenetic framework with both evidence from multiple independent loci and comprehensive taxon sampling.
		Gruiformes or sandgrouse (Pterocliformes) have been cited most commonly as potential sister groups of Charadriiformes and representative members of these groups have generally been used to root a presumed monophyletic Charadriiformes.
		In the process of studying the phylogenetic relationships of Gruiformes [22]we had the opportunity to characterize and analyze more than 5 kb of DNA sequences from four loci (mitochondrial and three nuclear) from a variety of putative sister groups of Gruiformes, including multiple representatives of most families of Charadriiformes.
	www.biomedcentral.com /1471-2148/7/35 (6917 words)

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		These included the large land-based bustards, the very large cranes, the relatively small and secretive water-loving crakes and rails, and the small, plump buttonquail (all families with a wide distribution and a dozen or more member species), as well as a variety of very small families, several of them containing just a single species.
		However anatomical evidence indicates that several groups within the traditional Gruiformes do appear to be genetically related.
		The Eurypygidae and Rhynochetidae are similar and are probably represent Ardeiformes, and are therefore associated with certain birds that are traditionally interpreted as "Cinoniiformes".
	www.photobirds.com /categories.php?cat_id=15 (309 words)

	AMNH Scientific Publications: Item 2246/2598
		Geranoides jepseni Wetmore is gruiform, but the type tarsometatarsus was distorted during preservation and cannot be used as a basis for phylogenetic inferences.
		Paragrus prentici (Loomis) is transferred from the Gruidae to the Geranoididae, and a new species P. shufeldti is described.
		The Geranoididae are probably derived from a common ancestor with the Eogruida...
	digitallibrary.amnh.org /dspace/handle/2246/2598 (222 words)

	Diatryma
		Diatryma belongs to the Order Gruiformes, a group of birds that appeared in the Late Cretaceous Period (140 to 65 million years ago).
		The Gruiformes quickly began to diversify, and they ranged from small, strong flyers to giant, flightless birds.
		Most of the modern Gruiformes are aquatic birds such as cranes, rails, moorhens and coots, but the order also includes ground-living species such as the bustards and trumpeters.
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/paleontology/85674 (436 words)

	Search Results for gruiformes - Encyclopædia Britannica (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The order Gruiformes is a heterogeneous group bound by taxonomic characters that are largely anatomical, and hence not readily evident on the live bird.
		The great diversity in the order Gruiformes is reflected in the uncertainty of taxonomists about gruiform relationships.
		The Charadriiformes are thought to be related to the Gruiformes and to the Columbiformes.
	www.britannica.com /search?query=gruiformes&submit=Find&source=MWTEXT (325 words)

	hemipode -- Encyclopædia Britannica (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The plains wanderer constitutes the family Pedionomidae (order Gruiformes) but is placed by some authorities in the button quail family (Turnicidae).
		Button quail are dull-coloured birds, 13 to 19 centimetres (5 to 7 inches) long, that run crouching and zigzagging through the grass but are capable of weak whirring flight on their short...
		(order Gruiformes), any member of a rather loose assemblage of 12 families of birds that are generally agreed to be related but that differ widely in many aspects.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9039964 (399 words)

	AMNH Scientific Publications: Item 2246/2598
		Geranoides jepseni Wetmore is gruiform, but the type tarsometatarsus was distorted during preservation and cannot be used as a basis for phylogenetic inferences.
		Paragrus prentici (Loomis) is transferred from the Gruidae to the Geranoididae, and a new species P. shufeldti is described.
		The Geranoididae are probably derived from a common ancestor with the Eogruida...
	hdl.handle.net /2246/2598 (234 words)

	Roger Williams Park Zoo Docent Pages
		According to Pat Sharkey, Curator of the Upper Zoo and avid ornithologist, the largest percentage of threatened bird species falls within the order Gruiformes, the marsh-adapted birds.
		If animals must be kept so that we may learn, educate, and conserve - and clearly they must - Roger Williams Park Zoo is doing its share with the Gruiformes, housing three of its prototypical specimens, our wonderful cranes.
		As to the fourth objective of the zoo, to astonish, one can hardly deny that that's been met when gazing upon one of these graceful creatures.
	www.briegull.com /SOSongs/cranes.htm (1035 words)

	Crane, Birds, Crane, Bird Pictures, Catalog, Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Date : 3/28/2006 Time : 9:11:04 PM Cranes are any of several wading birds comprising the 15 species of the family Gruidae, order Gruiformes.
		They are found in North America and throughout much of the Old World.
		Considerable success has been achieved in raising this bird in captivity, and efforts are under way to establish new nesting populations of the species.
	www.4to40.com /earth/geography/htm/birdsindex.asp?counter=29 (180 words)

	MavicaNET - Gruiformes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Catálogo / Naturaleza / Vida / Animales / Aves / Gruiformes
		Members of this diverse order (Gruiformes) vary greatly in size and morphology, but are all generally associated with open wetland habitats such as the impoundments or marshes.
		Coots and moorhens are easy to find when present on the refuge, cranes and limpkins can take a bit more work, and rails, though sometimes abundant, are far more frequently heard than seen.
	www.mavicanet.com /lite/spa/7309.html (97 words)

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		Cracraft (1988) places Columbiformes, Gruiformes and Charadriiformes in a trichotomy arising from within the most basal polytomy.
		Discussion of the 20-30 commonly recognized avian orders is complicated by the fact that monophyly for the orders as generally configured (e.g., Peters, 1931-1951; Wetmore, 1960; Mayr and Cottrell, 1979) cannot be presumed.
		Monophyly for Ciconiiformes, Gruiformes, Falconiformes, Pelecaniformes and Cuculiformes have been particularly contentious (Cracraft, 1981, 1982; Olson, 1985; Sibley and Ahlquist, 1990; Sheldon and Bledsoe, 1993; Hedges and Sibley, 1994; Sibley, 1994; Griffiths, 1994; Hedges et al., 1995; Hackett et al., 1995, Feduccia, 1996; Houde, 1997; Mindell et al.
	ag.arizona.edu /ENTO/tree/eukaryotes/animals/chordata/dinosauria/aves/Neornithes.nex (1263 words)

	Bird Bibliography Part 2 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Cracraft, J. Systematics and evolution of the Gruiformes (Class Aves).
		Shared paternity among non-relatives is a result of an egalitarian mating system in a communally breeding bird, the pukeko.
		Livezey, B. A phylogenetic analysis of the Gruiformes (Aves) based on morphological characters, with an emphasis on the rails (Rallidae).
	www.ummz.lsa.umich.edu /birds/birddivresources/bibliog2.html (9177 words)

	Amazon.com: Gruiformes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Gruiformes: An entry from Thomson Gale's Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia by Charles Eric, MS Siegel (2004)
		Systematics and evolution of the Gruiformes (class Aves) (Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History ; v.
		A review of the Bathornithidae (Aves, Gruiformes), with remarks on the relationships of the suborder Cariamae (American Museum novitates) by Joel Cracraft (Unknown Binding - 1968)
	www.amazon.com /s?ie=UTF8&keywords=Gruiformes&tag=asiaobserver&index=blended&link_code=qs&page=1 (941 words)

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		Cranes are large, elegant birds that belong to the order Gruiformes, literally meaning "crane-like" but also includes many families of birds that do not look very much alike such as the coots, rails and limpkins.
		The Limpkin belongs to the "crane-like" order, Gruiformes but is in its own family, Aramidae.
		The Limpkin is found in the Southeast United States, Central and South America and the West Indies.
	www.ardastra.com /craneinfo.html (1288 words)

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		Rotthowe K. and Starck J.M., in press, Evidence for a Phylogenetic Position of Button Quails (Turnicidae: Aves) among the Gruiformes.
		Only one autapomorphy in known for the Gruiformes but this character is of satisfying consistency and can be found in all families of the Gruiformes (Gruidae, Psophiidae, Aramidae, Rallidae) and Turnix.
		The data presented in this paper support the hypothesis that Turnix is a member of the Gruiformes with close relationships to the Rallidae.
	www.biologie.uni-muenchen.de /ou/morpho/downloads/zzse.htm (224 words)

	Amazon.com: Gruiformes: Books (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Gruiformes: An entry from Thomson Gale's Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia by Charles Eric, MS Siegel (Digital - 2004) - HTML
		A new specimen of Salmila robusta (Aves: Gruiformes: Salmilidae n.
		Diatryma (die-uh-TRY-muh) was a member of a bird family called Gruiformes (GROO-ih-forms) which had both strong flyers and flightless birds.
	www.amazon.com /s?ie=UTF8&keywords=Gruiformes&tag=peacefrog&index=books&link_code=qs&page=1 (1155 words)

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