| Rhynochetos Temporal range: Late Holocene
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| Rhynochetos jubatus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Eurypygiformes |
| Family: | Rhynochetidae |
| Genus: | Rhynochetos Verreaux & Des Murs, 1860 |
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Rhynochetos is a genus of ground-dwelling[1] birds in the monotypic family Rhynochetidae. It contains two species, both endemic to New Caledonia, one of which is extinct.[2]
- ^ Warner, Dwain Willard (1948). "The Present Status of the Kagu, Rhynochetos jubatus, on New Caledonia". The Auk. 65 (2): 287–288. doi:10.2307/4080305. JSTOR 4080305.
- ^ Balouet, J.C.; Olson, Storrs L. (1989). "Fossil birds from Late Quaternary deposits in New Caledonia" (PDF). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 469 (469): 28–32. doi:10.5479/si.00810282.469.