Dryornis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Cathartiformes |
Family: | Cathartidae |
Genus: | †Dryornis Moreno & Mercerat, 1891 |
Type species | |
†Dryornis pampeanus Moreno & Mercerat, 1891
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Dryornis (meaning "tree bird"), also called the Argentinian vulture, is an extinct genus of cathartid (New World vulture), known from Argentina.[1] The genus contains two species, D. pampeanus and D. hatcheri.[2]