Mikko's Phylogeny Archive

After Feduccia, 1996, Livezey, 1997 and Olson, 1985

<==o Gruiformes Bonaparte, 1854 sedis mutabilis [Grues Bonaparte, 1854] (kurkilinnut)
   |--o Ralloidea Vigors, 1825 sensu Livezey, 1998
   |  |--o Heliornithes
   |  |  `--o Heliornithidae G.R. Gray, 1841 (uimarikanat, uikkukanat; finfoots)
   |  |     |-- Heliopais personata (Gray, 1849) Sharpe, 1893 (aasianuikkukana; masked finfoot)
   |  |     `--+-- Podica senegalensis (Vieillot, 1817) Lesson, 1831 (afrikanuikkukana; African finfoot)
   |  |        `-- Heliornis fulica (Boddaert, 1783) Bonnaterre, 1791 (amerikanuikkukana; American finfoot)
   |  `--o Ralli (rantakanojensukuiset)
   |     |?-o †Aptornis Owen, 1848 [non Apterornis sensu Olson, 1985, Livezay, 1994] [Aptornithidae Bonaparte, 1856 [non Apterornithidae Bonaparte, 1856]] (adzebills)
   |     |  |-- †A. oditiformis
   |     |  `-- †A. defossor
   |     `-- Rallidae Rafinesque, 1815, non Vigors, 1825? (rantakanat)
   `--+?- †Ergilornithioidea
      `--o Gruoidea Vigors, 1825 (kurjensukuiset kurkilinnut)
         |--o Psophia Linnaeus, 1758 (kyssäkurjet; trumpeters) [Psophidae Bonaparte, 1831]
         |  |-- P. crepitans Linnaeus, 1758 (kyssäkurki; grey-winged trumpeter)
         |  |-- P. leucoptera Spix, 1825 (perunkyssäkurki; white-winged trumpeter)
         |  `-- P. viridis Spix, 1825 (brasiliankyssäkurki; green-winged trumpeter)
         `-- Gruidae Vigors, 1825 [incl. Aramidae Bonaparte, 1854] (kurjet; cranes)

Reference(s):

• Feduccia, A., 1996: The origin and evolution of birds.
  –Yale University Press, New Haven and London, 1996, xii-420
• Holdaway, R. N., Worthy, T. H. & Tennyson, A. J. D., 2001: A working list of breeding bird species of the New Zealand region at first human contact.
  –New Zealand Journal of Zoology: Vol. 28, pp. 119-187
• Lokki, J., Jännes, H. & Nikander, P. J., 1990: Otavan lintutieto.
  –Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava, Helsinki, Finland, 1992, 1-440
        Translated from: Perrins, C. M. (ed.), 1990: The Illustrated encyclopaedia of birds.
  –Headline Book Publishing Plc., London, England, 1990
• Livezey, B. C., 1998: A phylogenetic analysis of the Gruiformes (Aves) based on morphological characters, with an emphasis on the rails (Rallidae).
  –Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London (Biology): Vol. 353, pp. 2077-2151
• Olson, S. L., 1985: The fossil record of birds. 79-239.
  in Farner, D., King, J. & Parkes, K. (eds.), 1985: Avian Biology. vol VIII.
  –Academic Press, New York. 1985.
• Sibley, C. G. & Monroe, B, L., 1990: Distribution and taxonomy of birds of the world.
  –Yale University Press, New Haven & London, 1990. xxiv-1111.