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Genus: ''Aburria'' | Genus: ''Aburria'' | ||
==Description== | ==Description== | ||
| + | The lone species in this genus has a unique whirring song. | ||
==Taxonomy== | ==Taxonomy== | ||
| − | ''Aburria'' is a monotypic genus in the family [[:Category:Cracidae|Cracidae]]. | + | ''Aburria'' is a monotypic genus in the family [[:Category:Cracidae|Cracidae]]. Proposals have been put forward to move the species in genus ''[[:Category:Pipile|Pipile]]'' into this genus, so that Pipile would disappear; these proposals have so far been unsuccessful. What seems certain is that species in ''Pipile'' and ''Aburria'' are closely related. |
{{Nav-Aburria}} | {{Nav-Aburria}} | ||
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| + | ==References== | ||
| + | [http://www.museum.lsu.edu/~remsen/SACCprop277.html SACC proposal] to merge ''Pipile'' into ''Aburria'' (not passed). | ||
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[[Category:Cracidae]] | [[Category:Cracidae]] | ||
Latest revision as of 02:31, 1 October 2009
Genus: Aburria
Description
The lone species in this genus has a unique whirring song.
Taxonomy
Aburria is a monotypic genus in the family Cracidae. Proposals have been put forward to move the species in genus Pipile into this genus, so that Pipile would disappear; these proposals have so far been unsuccessful. What seems certain is that species in Pipile and Aburria are closely related.
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| A. aburri | Wattled Guan | ||
References
SACC proposal to merge Pipile into Aburria (not passed).
