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Here’s the new bird family tree. It’s amazing.

10,000 Birds

’s bird family tree in a new tab and follow along as you read. The Hoatzin, which may have reached South America by raft , has resisted placement in basically every study ever done. ’s placement of foot-propelled loons as basal to the whole group and penguins and tubenoses as sister taxa. Open Jarvis et al.’s

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