Eurypygiformes

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order of birds

Eurypygiformes is a small order of birds best known for the sunbittern and the kagu, two distinctive, ground-dwelling species found in Central/South America and New Caledonia, respectively.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Eurypygiformes canonical	2
Eurypygidae	1

Statements (34)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	order of birds ⓘ
behavioralCharacteristic	elaborate wing-displays ⓘ ground foraging ⓘ
bestKnownFor	kagu ⓘ sunbittern NERFINISHED ⓘ
class	Aves NERFINISHED ⓘ
conservationStatusTrend	threatened ⓘ
containsFamily	Eurypygidae NERFINISHED ⓘ Rhynochetidae NERFINISHED ⓘ
diet	carnivorous ⓘ insectivorous ⓘ
geographicDistribution	Central America NERFINISHED ⓘ New Caledonia NERFINISHED ⓘ South America NERFINISHED ⓘ
habitat	subtropical forests ⓘ tropical forests ⓘ
hasCommonName	eurypygiform birds ⓘ
hasRepresentativeSpecies	Eurypyga helias NERFINISHED ⓘ Rhynochetos jubatus NERFINISHED ⓘ
infraclass	Neognathae NERFINISHED ⓘ
kingdom	Animalia ⓘ
morphologicalCharacteristic	broad rounded wings ⓘ cryptic plumage ⓘ elongated legs ⓘ elongated neck ⓘ
nestingSite	ground nests ⓘ
phylum	Chordata ⓘ
reproductiveBehavior	monogamous ⓘ territorial ⓘ
subclass	Neornithes NERFINISHED ⓘ
systematicsNote	phylogenetically isolated within Neoaves ⓘ small relictual bird order ⓘ
taxonRank	order ⓘ
typicalLifestyle	ground-dwelling ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Inopinaves → includes → Eurypygiformes ⓘ

Gruiformes → hasMemberFamily → Eurypygiformes ⓘ

this entity surface form: Eurypygidae

Aequornithes → includesTaxon → Eurypygiformes ⓘ