Grebe - Information from Answers.com
This order contains only a single family, the Podicipedidae, containing 22 ... Grebes and loons are now separately classified orders of Podicipediformes and ...
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dabchick: Definition from Answers.com
The Little Grebe (Tachybaptus ruficollis), also known as Dabchick, member of the grebe family of water birds. At 23 to 29 cm in length it is the smallest European ...
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Stork: Definition from Answers.com
They are the only family in the biological order Ciconiiformes, which was once ... ( divers), Podicipediformes (grebes), Procellariiformes (tube-nosed seabirds), ...
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Ciconiiformes - Information from Answers.com
At present the only family retained in the order is the storks, Ciconiidae. ... Following the development of research techniques in molecular biology in the late 20th ... (divers), Podicipediformes (grebes), Procellariiformes (tubenosed seabirds), ...
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Western Grebe - Information from Answers.com
The Western Grebe, (Aechmophorus occidentalis), is a species in the grebe family of water birds. ... Grebes (order: Podicipediformes • family: Podicipedidae) ...
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Great Crested Grebe - Information from Answers.com
The Great Crested Grebe is 46–51 centimetres (18–20 in) long with a 59–73 centimetres (23–29 in) ... Grebes (order: Podicipediformes • family: Podicipedidae) ...
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loon: Definition, Synonyms from Answers.com
Like the grebes, loons float low in the water and their legs are placed far back. ... Chordata, subphylum Vertebrata, class Aves, order Gaviiformes, family Gaviidae. ..... which unites grebes (Podicipediformes) and their closest living relatives, the .... Bulletin of the Florida State Museum, Biological Sciences 7(4): 179-293.
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flamingo: Definition from Answers.com
Any of several large gregarious wading birds of the family Phoenicopteridae of tropical ... For the grebe-flamingo clade, the taxon Mirandornithes ("miraculous birds" due to .... Waterbirds: The International Journal of Waterbird Biology 23( Special ... (woodpeckers and relatives) • Podicipediformes (grebes) • Procellariiformes ...
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