Plains-wanderer
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The plains-wanderer is an atypical species of wading bird, the only representative of family Pedionomidae and genus Pedionomus. It is endemic to Australia. Its historic range included much of eastern
Plains wanderer female 8173
Plains wanderer male 8055
Rostratula Capensis Davies
Larus argentatus Gould
Jacana (genus)
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Jacana is the genus comprising the two jacanas of the Americas: the northern jacana, and the wattled jacana.
Plains-wanderer
…gamebird order Galliformes or with the cranes and rails in Gruiformes. DNA–DNA hybridization and RAG-1 sequence data places it as a wader related to the jacanas. It thus represents a remarkable case of morphological convergence, or perhaps it is simply extremely plesiomorphic in morphology (the buttonquails…
Jaçanã