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The five most unique birds in the world

10,000 Birds

While the ranking is limited by our current knowledge of the fossil record and the state of genetic sequencing techniques, it certainly spotlights some fascinating and enigmatic global treasures with unique physiologies and lifestyles. But you won’t find Ostrich or another ratite in first place on Jetz et al.’s

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

10,000 Birds

The new 48-genome analysis included only ostrich and tinamou DNA, so it doesn’t shed further light on paleognath interrelationships, but it does reinforce their distinctiveness from all other living birds. Now it’s late 2014, six and a half years later, and here’s what we know today. Open Jarvis et al.’s

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