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Sibley-Monroe checklist 1

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The Sibley-Monroe checklist was a landmark document in the study of birds. It drew on extensive DNA-DNA hybridisation studies to reassess the relationships between modern birds.

The Sibley-Monroe assignment of individual species to families, and of families to orders remains controversial however. Critics maintain that while it marks a great leap forward so far as the evidence from DNA-DNA hybridisation goes, it pays insufficient attention to other forms of evidence, both molecular and on a larger scale. There is no true consensus but the broad middle-ground position is that the Sibley-Monroe classification, overall, is "about 80% correct". The key question, of course, is which 80%?. Research and debate continues.

There are 9993 species on the checklist, and this page continues in several parts, which are linked to below.

Contents

1 Struthioniformes

1.1 Struthionidae
1.2 Rheidae
1.3 Casuariidae
1.4 Apterygidae

2 Tinamiformes

2.1 Tinamidae

3 Craciformes

3.1 Cracidae
3.2 Megapodiidae

4 Galliformes

4.1 Phasianidae
4.2 Numididae
4.3 Odontophoridae

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