After Olson, 1985, Feduccia, 1996, Livezey, 1997, and Mayr, 2012
<==o Gruiformes Bonaparte, 1854 sedis mutabilis [Grues Bonaparte, 1854] (kurkilinnut) |--o Ralloidea Vigors, 1825 sensu Livezey, 1998 | |--o Heliornithes | | `--o Heliornithidae G.R. Gray, 1841 (uimarikanat, uikkukanat; finfoots) | | |-- Heliopais personata (Gray, 1849) Sharpe, 1893 (aasianuikkukana; masked finfoot) | | `--+-- Podica senegalensis (Vieillot, 1817) Lesson, 1831 (afrikanuikkukana; African finfoot) | | `-- Heliornis fulica (Boddaert, 1783) Bonnaterre, 1791 (amerikanuikkukana; American finfoot) | `--o Ralli (rantakanojensukuiset) | |?-o †Messelornithidae Hesse, 1988 [recently treated as sister or stem-gpuo of Eurypygidae] | | |-- †Itardiornis hessae | | `--o †Messelornis Hesse, 1988 | | |-- †M. nearctica | | `-- †M. cristata | |?-o †Aptornis Owen, 1848 [non Apterornis sensu Olson, 1985, Livezay, 1994] [Aptornithidae Bonaparte, 1856 [non Apterornithidae Bonaparte, 1856]] (adzebills) | | |-- †A. oditiformis | | `-- †A. defossor | `-- Rallidae Rafinesque, 1815, non Vigors, 1825? (rantakanat) `--+?-o †Ergilornithioidea [Eogruidae Wetmore, 1934 sensu Clarke, Norell & Dashzeveg, 2005] | |-- †Geranoididae | `--+-- †Eogruidae Wetmore, 1934 | `-- †Ergilornithidae |--o †Parvigruidae Mayr, 2005 | |-- †Parvigrus pohli Mayr, 2005; E.Olig. SWEu. | `--o †Rupelrallus Fischer, 1997; E.Olig. CEu. | |-- †R.? belgicus Mayr, 2012 | `-- †R. saxoniensis Fischer, 1997 `--o Gruoidea Vigors, 1825 (kurjensukuiset kurkilinnut) |-- Gruidae Vigors, 1825 [incl. Aramidae Bonaparte, 1854] (kurjet; cranes) `--+--o Psophia Linnaeus, 1758 (kyssäkurjet; trumpeters) [Psophidae Bonaparte, 1831] | |-- P. crepitans Linnaeus, 1758 (kyssäkurki; grey-winged trumpeter) | |-- P. leucoptera Spix, 1825 (perunkyssäkurki; white-winged trumpeter) | `-- P. viridis Spix, 1825 (brasiliankyssäkurki; green-winged trumpeter) `--+-- †Salmila robusta `-- Cariamae Fürbringer, 1888 [Cariamiformes (Wagler, 1830) Verheyen, 1957] (Seriemas, phorusrhacids and relatives; käärmekurjet ja forusrakit)
Reference(s):
- Clarke, J. A., Norell, M. A. & Dashzeveg, D., 2005: New avian remains from the Eocene of Mongolia and the phylogenetic position of the Eogruidae (Aves, Gruoidea).
–American Museum Novitates: #3494, pp. 1-17 - Feduccia, A., 1996: The origin and evolution of birds.
–Yale University Press, New Haven and London, 1996, xii-420 - Holdaway, R. N., Worthy, T. H. & Tennyson, A. J. D., 2001: A working list of breeding bird species of the New Zealand region at first human contact.
–New Zealand Journal of Zoology: Vol. 28, pp. 119-187 - Lokki, J., Jännes, H. & Nikander, P. J., 1990: Otavan lintutieto.
–Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava, Helsinki, Finland, 1992, 1-440
Translated from: Perrins, C. M. (ed.), 1990: The Illustrated encyclopaedia of birds.
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–Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London (Biology): Vol. 353, pp. 2077-2151 - Mayr, G., Parvigruidae (Aves, core Gruiformes) from the early Oligocene of Belgium.
–Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments: Vol. pp. 1-13 [doi: 10.1007/s12549-012-0083-7] - Olson, S. L., 1985: The fossil record of birds. 79-239.
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–Academic Press, New York. 1985. - Sibley, C. G. & Monroe, B, L., 1990: Distribution and taxonomy of birds of the world.
–Yale University Press, New Haven & London, 1990. xxiv-1111.