| Columbea | |
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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 Jarviset al., 2014 |
| Clades | |
Columbea is aclade suggested by genome analysis that containsColumbiformes (pigeons and doves),Pteroclidae (sandgrouse),Mesitornithidae (mesites) andMirandornithes (flamingos and grebes).[2] Until their recent placement as the sister taxon toPasserea, in the last decade various genetic analysis found them to be in the obsolete cladeMetaves.[3][4]
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