Here’s the new bird family tree. It’s amazing.
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 20, 2014
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. The Hoatzin, which may have reached South America by raft , has resisted placement in basically every study ever done.
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