Rhynochetos

Rhynochetos
Rhynochetos jubatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Eurypygiformes
Family: Rhynochetidae
Genus: Rhynochetos
Verreaux & Des Murs, 1860
Species

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Rhynochetos is a genus of birds in the kagu family. It contains two species, both endemic to New Caledonia, one of which is extinct. [1]

Species

References

  1. Balouet, J.C.; Olson, Storrs L. (1989). "Fossil birds from Late Quaternary deposits in New Caledonia" (PDF). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 469: 2832. doi:10.5479/si.00810282.469.


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