Definitions
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- proper noun A taxonomic
order within thesubclass neognathae — theturacos ,cuckoos andhoatzin .
Etymologies
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Cuculus + -iformes
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I've seen a recent study based on osteology "behavior and ecology" which seems to agree with molecular studies on the paraphyletic and basal nature of terrestrial cuckoos, that arboreal cuckoos are derived and monophyletic, and that brood parasitism evolved twice in Cuculiformes.
Goodbye, my giant predatory, cursorial, flightless hoatzin Darren Naish 2006
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Phylogenetic analysis of Cuculiformes (Aves) based on osteology, behavior and ecology: systematics and evolutionary implications.
Goodbye, my giant predatory, cursorial, flightless hoatzin Darren Naish 2006
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