<==o Eurypygiformes Fürbringer, 1888 sensu Hackett et al., 2008 [Eurypygoidea Selby, 1840; Eurypygae Fürbringer, 1888] [incl. Rhyniocheti Sharpe, 1891] (sunbittern & kagu; aurinkokurjet ja kagut) |--o Rhyniocheti Sharpe, 1891 [Rhynochetoidea Sharpe, 1891] | |?-o †Aptornis Owen, 1844, non? 1848 [Aptornis Mantell, 1848; Apterornis Owen] [Aptornithidae Mantell, 1848; Apterornithidae Bonaparte, 1856] (adzebills) | | |-- †A. otidiformis (Owen, 1844) [Dinornis otidiformis Owen, 1844; Apterornis otidiformis] (North Island Adzebill) R. Zeal. | | |-- †A. defossor Owen, 1871 (South Island Adzebill) R. NZ. | | `?- ?†A. proasciarostratus Worthy, Tennyson & Scofield, 2011; Mioc. Zeal. | `--o Rhynochetos Verreaux & Des Murs, 1860 [Rhynochetidae Newton, 1868] (kagut; kagus) | |-- †R. orarius Balouet & Olson, 1989 (Lowland kagu; isokagu) R. Zeal. | `-- R. jubatus Verreaux & Des Murs, 1860 (kagu) `--o Eurypygae Fürbringer, 1888 |--o Eurypyga helias (Pallas, 1781) Illiger, 1811 [Eurypygidae Selby, 1840] (sunbittern; aurinkokurki) | |-- E. h. helias (Pallas, 1781) | |-- E. h. major Hartlaub, 1844 | `-- E. h. meridionalis Berlepsch & Stolzmann, 1902 `--o †Messelornithidae Hesse, 1988 |-- †Itardiornis hessae Mourer-Chauviré, 1995 `--o †Messelornis Hesse, 1988 |-- †M. cristata Hesse, 1988 |-- †M. nearctica Hesse, 1992 `-- †M. russelli Mourer-Chaviré, 1995
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