User:Tannin/Sibley-Ahlquist taxonomy
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A work in progress. All please feel free to edit at will. -- Tannin
GROUP | Traditional | US | UK | Australia & NZ |
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Rheas | Rheiformes | All merged into an enlarged Struthioniformes | ||
Cassowaries and emus | Casuariiformes | |||
Kiwis | Apterygiformes | |||
Ostrichs | Struthioniformes | |||
Tinamous | Unchanged as Tinamiformes | |||
Ducks, geese & swans | Unchanged as Anseriformes | |||
Grebes | Podicipediformes | part of Ciconiiformes | Podicipediformes | |
Galliformes | too damn complicated - I'll come back to these! | |||
Penguins | Unchanged as Sphenisciformes | |||
Loons or divers | Gaviiformes | part of Ciconiiformes | Gaviiformes | -- |
Tubenoses | Procellariiformes | part of Ciconiiformes | Procellariiformes | |
Pelicans, cormorants & allies | Pelecaniformes | part of Ciconiiformes | Pelecaniformes | |
Flamingos | Phoeniopteriformes | part of Ciconiiformes | Phoenicopteriformes | |
Herons, storks and allies | Ciconiiformes | greatly enlarged Ciconiiformes | Ciconiiformes | |
Rails & allies | part of Gruiformes | Ralliformes | part of Gruiformes | |
Button-quail | part of Gruiformes | new order Turniciformes |