Columbea
Taxon of birds
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Columbea is a taxon suggested by genome analysis that contains Columbiformes (pigeons and doves), Pteroclidae (sandgrouse), Mesitornithidae (mesites) and Mirandornithes (flamingos and grebes).[2] Until their recent placement as the sister taxon to Passerea, in the last decade various genetic analysis found them to be in the obsolete clade Metaves.[3][4]
| Columbea |
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| Columbea Temporal range: [1] | |
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| Victoria crowned pigeon (Goura victoria) | |
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| Black-necked Grebe (Podiceps nigricollis) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Infraclass: | Neognathae |
| Clade: | Neoaves |
| (unranked): | Columbea Jarvis et al., 2014 |
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