Phylogenetic placement
To which bird does this sequence belong? Your Bioinformatics team found a placement in the tree.
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Rifleman
Acanthisitta chloris
Distribution:
New Zealand
Wingspan:
12 cm
Weight:
6 g
Diet:
Insectivorous
DNA fragment:
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Peregrine falcon
Falco peregrinus
Distribution:
N. America
Wingspan:
74-120 cm
Weight:
330-1500 g
Diet:
Birds
DNA fragment:
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Red-legged seriema
Cariama cristata
Distribution:
Latin America
Wingspan:
60 cm
Weight:
1,5-2,2 kg
Diet:
Omnivorous
DNA fragment:
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Cuckoo-roller
Leptosomus discolor
Distribution:
Madagascar and Comoro
islands
Wingspan:
???
Weight:
160–301 g
Diet:
Inscets
DNA fragment:
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Rhinoceros hornbill
Buceros rhinoceros
Distribution:
Borneo, Sumatra, Java,
the Malay Peninsula, Singapore, and southern
Thailand
Wingspan:
~150 cm
Weight:
2-3.4 kg
Diet:
Fruits, small rodents, insects
and other small birds
DNA fragment:
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Downy woodpecker
Picoides pubescens
Distribution:
N. America
Wingspan:
25-30 cm
Weight:
21-28 gr
Diet:
insects (wood-boring larvae,
caterpillars and ants), berries and seeds
DNA fragment:
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Carmine bee-eater
Merops nubicoides
Distribution:
Across sub-equatorial
Africa
Wingspan:
28-32 cm
Weight:
40-67 g
Diet:
Inscects
DNA fragment:
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Bar-tailed trogon
Apaloderma vittatum
Distribution:
Central Africa
Wingspan:
28-30 cm
Weight:
55 g
Diet:
Insects and fruits
DNA fragment:
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Bald eagle
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Distribution:
N. America
Wingspan:
180-230 cm
Weight:
3-6 kg
Diet:
Prey
DNA fragment:
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White-tailed eagle
Haliaeetus albicilla
Distribution:
Eurasia
Wingspan:
178-245 cm
Weight:
4-5 kg
Diet:
Prey
DNA fragment:
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Turkey vulture
Cathartes aura
Distribution:
N. and S. America
Wingspan:
~180 cm
Weight:
1,5 kg
Diet:
Carrion
DNA fragment:
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Speckled mousebird
Colius striatus
Distribution:
central and south Africa
Wingspan:
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Weight:
50-57 g
Diet:
Frugivore (fruits, berries,
leaves, buds, flowers, nectar, seeds)
DNA fragment:
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White-tailed tropicbird
Phaethon lepturus
Distribution:
tropical Atlantic,
western Pacific and Indian Oceans
Wingspan:
94 cm
Weight:
330 g
Diet:
Small, surface-dwelling pelagic
fish and squid
DNA fragment:
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Common cuckoo
Cuculus canorus
Distribution:
Europe, Asia, Africa
Wingspan:
55-60 cm
Weight:
110 g
Diet:
Insects
DNA fragment:
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Killdeer
Charadrius vociferus
Distribution:
America
Wingspan:
23-27 cm
Weight:
72 and 121 g
Diet:
Beetles and flies
DNA fragment:
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MacQueen's bustard
Chlamydotis macqueenii
Distribution:
Asia, west from the
Sinai Peninsula, from Kazakhstan to Mongolia
Wingspan:
~140 cm
Weight:
1,2-3,2 kg
Diet:
Invertabrates
DNA fragment:
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Hoatzin
Opisthocomus hoazin
Distribution:
S. America
Wingspan:
???
Weight:
700-900 g
Diet:
Leaves, flowers, fruits
DNA fragment:
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Sunbittern
Eurypyga helias
Distribution:
Latin America
Wingspan:
~60 cm
Weight:
171-214 g
Diet:
Insects and small vertabrates
(frogs)
DNA fragment:
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Chimney swift
Chaetura pelagica
Distribution:
N. and S. America
Wingspan:
27-30 cm
Weight:
17-30 g
Diet:
Invertabrates
DNA fragment:
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Anna's hummingbird
Calypte anna
Distribution:
U.S.A.
Wingspan:
12 cm
Weight:
4,5 g
Diet:
Nektar
DNA fragment:
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Chuck-will's-widow
Antrostomus carolinensis
Distribution:
SE U.S.A.
Wingspan:
28-33 cm
Weight:
66-188 g
Diet:
Insects
DNA fragment:
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Red-throated loon
Gavia stellata
Distribution:
Northern Hemisphere
Wingspan:
91–120 cm
Weight:
1–3 kg
Diet:
Fish
DNA fragment:
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Emperor penguin
Aptenodytes forsteri
Distribution:
Antarctica
Wingspan:
76-89 cm
Weight:
23 kg
Diet:
Fish, crustaceans & cephalopods
DNA fragment:
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Northern fulmar
Fulmarus glacialis
Distribution:
N. Atlantic and
N.Pacific oceans.
Wingspan:
102-112 cm
Weight:
450-1000 g
Diet:
Plankton, invertebrates
DNA fragment:
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Crested ibis
Nipponia nippon
Distribution:
Asia
Wingspan:
23 cm
Weight:
1,8 kg
Diet:
Frogs, small fish, crabs, river
snails and other mollusks as well as
beetles.
DNA fragment:
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Dalmatian pelican
Pelecanus crispus
Distribution:
Central Eurasia
Wingspan:
~320 cm
Weight:
9,5 kg
Diet:
Fish
DNA fragment:
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Little egret
Egretta garzetta
Distribution:
Europe, Africa, Asia,
and Australia
Wingspan:
88–106 cm
Weight:
350-550 g
Diet:
Fish, amphibians, small
reptiles, mammals and birds, crustaceans,
molluscs, insects, spiders and worms.
DNA fragment:
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Great cormorant
Phalacrocorax carbo
Distribution:
very common and
widespread species
Wingspan:
152 cm
Weight:
2,6-3,7 kg
Diet:
Fish
DNA fragment:
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Chicken
Gallus gallus domesticus
Distribution:
Southeastern Asia (wild
form), domesticated worldwide
Wingspan:
45-60 cm
Weight:
2.5-4 kg
Diet:
Omnivorous
DNA fragment:
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Turkey
Meleagris gallopavo
Distribution:
N. America (wild form),
domesticated worldwide
Wingspan:
125-144 cm
Weight:
4-7 kg
Diet:
Omnivorous
DNA fragment:
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Pekin duck
Anas platyrhynchos domestica
Distribution:
Domesticated all over
the world
Wingspan:
~200 cm
Weight:
1-1.5 kg
Diet:
Grains and Insects
DNA fragment:
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American flamingo
Phoenicopterus ruber
Distribution:
America
Wingspan:
140 cm
Weight:
2.2-2.8 kg
Diet:
crustaceans -amphipods
DNA fragment:
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Pigeon
Columba livia domestica
Distribution:
worldwide
Wingspan:
60–68 cm
Weight:
315–410 g
Diet:
Pulses, grain, seeds, scraps of
food scavenged in urban areas.
DNA fragment:
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Brown mesite
Mesitornis unicolor
Distribution:
Madagascar
Wingspan:
???
Weight:
150 g
Diet:
Seeds and inscets
DNA fragment:
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Grey-crowned crane
Balearica regulorum
Distribution:
sub-Saharan Africa
Wingspan:
~200 cm
Weight:
3 kg
Diet:
Omnivorous
DNA fragment:
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Budgerigar
Melopsittacus undulatus
Distribution:
Australia
Wingspan:
30 cm
Weight:
30-40 g
Diet:
Seeds, grains and nuts
DNA fragment:
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Kea
Nestor notabilis
Distribution:
South isl. of New
Zealand
Wingspan:
~100 cm
Weight:
922 g
Diet:
Omnivorous
DNA fragment:
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American crow
Corvus brachyrhynchos
Distribution:
America
Wingspan:
85-100 cm
Weight:
320-620g
Diet:
Νuts, ggs
DNA fragment:
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Medium ground-finch
Geospiza fortis
Distribution:
Galápagos
Wingspan:
???
Weight:
18-32 g
Diet:
Seeds, grains and nuts
DNA fragment:
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Golden-collared manakin
Manacus vitellinus
Distribution:
Panama and W. Colombia
Wingspan:
???
Weight:
18 g
Diet:
Small fruits and insects
DNA fragment:
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Which among the following birds might fit on the marked position in the tree?
Missing.
Cat Lee Ball
,
Turaco-bird-leipzig-zoo
,
CC0 1.0
Andrew Smith
creator QS:P170,Q507606,
Pterocles gutturalis
, marked as public domain, more details on
Wikimedia Commons
PICHT
at
Dutch Wikipedia
,
Taeniopygia guttata (male)
, marked as public domain, more details on
Wikimedia Commons
Missing.
anonymous,
Tinamus guttatus1
,
CC BY-SA 2.5
Denis Luyten,
2007 Snow-Hill-Island Luyten-De-Hauwere-Adelie-Penguin-11
, marked as public domain, more details on
Wikimedia Commons
Missing.
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