Here’s the new bird family tree. It’s amazing.
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 20, 2014
The Hoatzin, which may have reached South America by raft , has resisted placement in basically every study ever done. Tyrannosaurus rex didn’t exist yet. Together, the ratites and tinamous are called paleognaths , and all other living birds are called neognaths , named for differences in their skulls.
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