Grebe
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Grebes are aquatic diving birds in the order Podicipediformes. Grebes are widely distributed freshwater birds, with some species also found in marine habitats during migration and winter. Most grebes
Flickr Rainbirder Great Crested Grebe
A diving grebe showing how the hindlimbs are propelling the bird underwater
A little grebe (Tachybaptus ruficollis) running along the surface of the water as it flaps its wings to get the lift it needs to fly
A skeleton of a red-necked grebe (Podiceps grisegena). Note that the pelvic girdle is bigger than the sternum.
Mirandornithes
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Mirandornithes is a clade that consists of flamingos and grebes. Many scholars use the term Phoenicopterimorphae for the superorder containing flamingoes and grebes.
Grebe
…calcium phosphate. Many of these characteristics have been previously identified in flamingos, but not in grebes. For the grebe-flamingo clade, the taxon Mirandornithes ("miraculous birds" due to their extreme divergence and apomorphies) has been proposed. Alternatively, they could be placed in one order, with…
Mirandornithes