this has caused the expanded Gruiformes to lack distinctive apomorphies. Recent studies indicate that these "odd Gruiformes" are if at all only loosely...

This is a list of Gruiformes species by global population. While numbers are estimates, they have been made by the experts in their fields. For more information...

 261–262. Krajewski, C; JW Fetzner Jr. (1994). "Phylogeny of cranes (Gruiformes: Gruidae) based on cytochrome-b DNA sequences" (PDF). The Auk. 111 (2):...

in the clade Eurypygiformes. The sunbittern is usually placed in the Gruiformes, but this was always considered preliminary. Altogether, the bird is most...

contains the orders Charadriiformes (plovers, gulls, and allies) and Gruiformes (cranes and rails) identified by molecular analysis. This grouping has...

(flamingos and grebes) The three orphaned orders: Opisthocomiformes (hoatzin) Gruiformes (cranes and rails) Charadriiformes (shorebirds, gulls and alcids)   Comparison...

Island gigantism, or insular gigantism, is a biological phenomenon in which the size of an animal species isolated on an island increases dramatically...

"core Gruiformes" are not yet resolved. It is notable, however, that the sunbittern and the mesites possess powder down, whereas the "core Gruiformes" do...

Middle Villafranchian Boev, Z. 1999. Gallinula balcanica sp. n. (Rallidae: Gruiformes) - a middle villafranchian moorhen from Western Bulgaria. - Acta zoologica...

Flightless birds are birds that, through evolution, lost the ability to fly. There are over 60 extant species, including the well-known ratites (ostriches...

with long legs and necks in the biological family Gruidae of the order Gruiformes. The family has 15 species placed in four genera which are Antigone, Balearica...

Galliformes. New Ralliformes rails and crakes. Previously part of Gruiformes Modified Gruiformes Cranes. Rails and button-quails moved to Ralliformes and Turniciformes...

1002/9781119990475.ch14 Cracraft, Joel (1968). "A Review of the Bathornithidae (Aves, Gruiformes), with Remarks on the Relationships of the Suborder Cariamae" (PDF). American...

Late Quaternary prehistoric birds are avian taxa that became extinct during the Late Quaternary – the Late Pleistocene or Early Holocene – and before recorded...

(Porphyrio martinica) is a swamphen in the genus Porphyrio. It is in the order Gruiformes, meaning "crane-like", an order which also contains cranes, rails, and...

  Extinct in the wild (EW): 5 species   Critically endangered (CR): 223 species   Endangered (EN): 460 species   Vulnerable (VU): 798 species   Near threatened...

(2010). "Mitochondrial genome sequences and the phylogeny of cranes (Gruiformes: Gruidae)". Auk. 127 (2): 440–452. doi:10.1525/auk.2009.09045. S2CID 85412892...

14 & 9). Livezey, Bradley C. (1998). "A phylogenetic analysis of the Gruiformes (Aves) based on morphological characters, with an emphasis on the rails...

Rails are one of the most widespread Gruiformes...

  Extinct in the wild (EW): 5 species   Critically endangered (CR): 223 species   Endangered (EN): 460 species   Vulnerable (VU): 798 species   Near threatened...

Gruiformes (rails and cranes) Charadriiformes (waders and relatives)...

Soto-Acuña, Sergio (2020-12-01). "The late Pleistocene–early Holocene rails (Gruiformes: Rallidae) of Laguna de Tagua Tagua Formation, central Chile, with the...

West Pacific, 1981) Quails and relatives See also Bokaak "bustard" under Gruiformes below Megapodiidae – megapodes Pile-builder megapode, Megapodius molistructor...

"Systematics and evolution of the Gruiformes (Class, Aves). 1. The Eocene family Geranoididae and the early history of the Gruiformes". American Museum Novitates...

in 1964 by Pierce Brodkorb, while Joel Cracraft in 1968 placed it in Gruiformes. The only species in this genus is P. meleagroides, and it is described...

Gruiformes," are not yet resolved. It is notable, however, that the sunbittern and the mesites possess powder down too, whereas the "core Gruiformes"...

C.N. (2011). "Distribution of the Indian Bustard Ardeotis nigriceps (Gruiformes: Otididae) in Gujarat State, India". Journal of Threatened Taxa. 3 (9):...

Opisthocomiformes (hoatzin) Cursorimorphae Charadriiformes (gulls and relatives) Gruiformes (cranes and relatives) Phaethontimorphae Phaethontiformes (tropicbirds)...

heron-like birds and have always been classified as members of the order Gruiformes. Sibley, D. A. (2014). The Sibley Guide to Birds, 2nd Edition. New York:...

near croplands of dry savanna. The black crowned crane is of the order Gruiformes, which includes all cranes as well as the rails (family Rallidae). Cranes...