Columbea

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Columbea
Temporal range: Eocene–Recent
Victoria Crowned Pigeon Jurong.jpg
Victoria crowned pigeon (Goura victoria)
Black-necked Grebe (Podiceps nigricollis), non-breeding plumage.jpg
Black-necked Grebe (Podiceps nigricollis)
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Superorder: Neoaves
Clade: Columbea
Jarvis et al., 2014
Clades

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Columbea is a clade that contains Columbiformes (pigeons and doves), Pteroclididae (sandgrouses), Mesitornithidae (mesites) and Mirandornithes (flamingos and grebes), discovered by genome analysis.[1] Until their recent placement as the sister taxon to Passerea, in the last decade various genetic analysis had found in the almost obsolete clade Metaves of uncertain placement within that group.[2][3]

Columbea
Mirandornithes/Phoenicopterimorphae

Phoenicopteriformes (flamingos)Flamingo1209 white background.jpg



Podicipediformes (grebes)Western Grebe white background.jpg



Columbimorphae

Columbiformes (pigeons and doves)Columba livia in Japan white background.JPG




Pteroclidiformes (sandgrouses)Pin-tailed sandgrouse (Pterocles alchata) white background.jpg



Mesitornithiformes (mesites)Subdesert Mesite Male white background.jpg





References

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