"A comparative analysis of both fossil and Recent species of the suborder Grues of the order Gruiformes is presented here.

... Gruiformes using DNA sequence data of the mitochondrial 12S ribos- omal gene from representatives from 11 of the 12 extant families recognised by Peters (1934) and Wetmore (1960); the Pediono- midae were not included. Monophyly of the ...

... Gruiformes: Cariamae: Cariamidae; Cariama cristata) 1.4 North Island weka rail (Aves: Neognathae: Neoaves: Gruiformes: Rallidae; Gallirallus australis grayi) 1.5 Black weka rail (Aves: Neognathae: Neoaves: Gruiformes: Rallidae ...

Reprint of the original, first published in 1881.

... Gruiformes except hemipodes are closer to cranes than rails are to cranes, that kagu is closer to everything except rails and hemipodes than it is to sunbittern, and that trumpeter is sister to cranes (Fig. 5.3). We also disagree with ...

This edited volume concentrates on work completed in the past 20 years in the areas of population biology, behavior and social structure, habitat use, disease and health, captive breeding, and Whooping Crane conservation.

... Gruiformes, whereas a foramen is present in almost all examined Charadriiformes. The medial otic capitulum is deflected caudally, as in Charadriiformes and Gruiformes. The capitula of the quadrate are moderately spaced and separated by ...