Bucerotiformes
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Cracraft, J., F. K. Barker, M. J. Braun, J. Harshman, G. Dyke, J. Feinstein, S. Stanley, A. Cibois, P. Schikler, P. Beresford, J. García-Moreno, M. D. Sorenson, T. Yuri, and D. P. Mindell. 2004. Phylogenetic Relationships Among Modern Birds (Neornithes): Toward an Avian Tree of Life. Pp 468-489 in Cracraft, J. and M. J. Donoghue (eds.), Assembling the Tree of Life. Oxford University Press, New York.
Ericson, P. G. P., C. L. Anderson, T. Britton, A. Elzanowski, U. S. Johansson, M. Kallersjo, J. I. Ohlson, T. J. Parsons, D. Zuccon, G. Mayr. 2006. Diversification of Neoaves: integration of molecular sequence data and fossils. Biology Letters 2(4):543-547.
Hackett, S. J., Kimball, R. T., Reddy, S., Bowie, R. C. K., Braun, E. L., Braun, M. J., Chojnowski, J. L., Cox, W. A., Han, K.-L., Harshman, J., Huddleston, C. J., Marks, B. D., Miglia, K. J., Moore, W. A., Sheldon, F. H., Steadman, D. W., Witt, C. C., and Yuri, T. 2008. A phylogenomic study of birds reveals their evolutionary history. Science 320(5884):1763-1768.
Sibley, C. G., and J. A. Ahlquist. 1990. Phylogeny and classification of birds, Yale U. Press, New Haven.
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Scientific Name | Upupa epops |
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Location | Arrábida - Setúbal - Portugal |
Specimen Condition | Live Specimen |
Source | Poupa - Upupa epops - Hoopoe |
Source Collection | Flickr |
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Copyright | © 2006 Jose Sousa |
Scientific Name | Bucorvus leadbeateri |
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Location | Kruger National Park, South Africa |
Specimen Condition | Live Specimen |
Behavior | with bullfrog prey |
Source | Meal on the run |
Source Collection | Flickr |
Copyright |
© 2005 Callie de Wet
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Scientific Name | Tockus flavirostris |
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Location | Savuti, Okavango, Botswana |
Specimen Condition | Live Specimen |
Source | What ?! |
Source Collection | Flickr |
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Copyright | © 2008 Marc Dezemery |
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- First online 27 June 2008
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Harshman, John. 2008. Bucerotiformes. Version 27 June 2008 (temporary). http://tolweb.org/Bucerotiformes/26427/2008.06.27 in The Tree of Life Web Project, http://tolweb.org/