Aves - Gruiformes

Alternative spelling: Gruae

Parent taxon: Gruiformes according to B. C. Livezey and R. L. Zusi 2007

See also Carroll 1988, Clarke et al. 2005, Lambrecht 1933, Mayr 2005, Wetmore 1940, Wetmore 1956 and Wetmore 1960

Sister taxa: Anisolornis, Aramidae, Asiavis, Bumbanipes, Bumbaniralla, Cariamae, Eurypygae, Gruidae, Heliornithidae, Horezmavis, Messelornithidae, Psophiidae, Rallidae, Salmilidae

Subtaxa: Gruoidea Parvigruidae Psophioidea Rupelrallus

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Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

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