Name - Opisthocomiformes

Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)

urn:lsid:organismnames.com:name:1228629 [metadata]

Variants and Synonyms

• Opisthocomiformes Sych 1988

Reported Taxonomic Ranks

Order

Reported Taxonomic Hierarchies

Recent Publications

• Handbook of the birds of the world. Volume 3. Hoatzin to auks.
• Monophyly and phylogeny of cuckoos (Aves, Cuculidae) inferred from osteological characters.
• Out of Africa: Fossils shed light on the origin of the hoatzin, an iconic Neotropic bird.
• Earliest and first Northern Hemispheric hoatzin fossils substantiate Old World origin of a 'Neotropic endemic'.
• Unusual parasite from an enigmatic host - a new group of mites infesting feather quills of the hoatzin.

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