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- proper noun A taxonomic
order within thesubclass Neognathae — thekingfishers ,hoopoe ,bee-eaters ,rollers andhornbills etc..
Etymologies
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If you’re more familiar with the inclusion of these birds within Coraciiformes – the name previously used for rollers, kingfishers, bee-eaters, todies, motmots, hoopoes and hornbills – then you’ll be interested to know that there is now good evidence indicating that this grouping is artificial.
Archive 2006-08-01 Darren Naish 2006
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If you’re more familiar with the inclusion of these birds within Coraciiformes – the name previously used for rollers, kingfishers, bee-eaters, todies, motmots, hoopoes and hornbills – then you’ll be interested to know that there is now good evidence indicating that this grouping is artificial.
Bucorvids: post-Cretaceous maniraptorans on the savannah Darren Naish 2006
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This sexual dimorphism is, again, very different from what's seen in true rollers and ground-rollers: like most other birds conventionally grouped in 'Coraciiformes', true rollers and ground-rollers don't exhibit obvious sexual dimorphism [image below of female or juvenile Courol by Frank Wouters, from wikipedia].
ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science Darren Naish none@example.com 2010
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The common kingfisher is a small bird measuring around 17cm in length, that belongs to the Alcedinidae family of the Coraciiformes order.
Common Kingfisher Papercraft | Papercraft Paradise | PaperCrafts | Paper Models | Card Models Michael James 2010
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The common kingfisher is a small bird measuring around 17cm in length, that belongs to the Alcedinidae family of the Coraciiformes order.
Archive 2010-06-01 Michael James 2010
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Anatomy and evolution of the feeding apparatus in the avian orders Coraciiformes and Piciformes.
Bucorvids: post-Cretaceous maniraptorans on the savannah Darren Naish 2006
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Anatomy and evolution of the feeding apparatus in the avian orders Coraciiformes and Piciformes.
Archive 2006-08-01 Darren Naish 2006
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Anatomy and evolution of the feeding apparatus in the avian orders Coraciiformes and Piciformes.
ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science Darren Naish none@example.com 2010
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Wii-volution 2010
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Wii-volution 2010
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