Phoenicopteriformes Temporal range: Eocene to recent
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James's flamingos (Phoenicopterus jamesi) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Clade: | Mirandornithes |
Order: | Phoenicopteriformes Fürbringer, 1888 |
Subclades | |
†Agnopterus? |
Phoenicopteriformes /fiːnɪˈkɒptərɪfɔːrmiːz/ is a group of water birds which comprises flamingos and their extinct relatives. Flamingos (Phoenicopteriformes) and the closely related grebes (Podicipedidae) are contained in the parent clade Mirandornithes.[1]
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