Gruiformes: Eurypygidae: Ave del Sol (Eurypyga helias)

Foto: John White; Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2006. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed July 01, 2008 at http://animaldiversity.org.

La sistemática del ave del sol es la siguiente:

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  Kingdom Animalia (animals)
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  Eumetazoa (metazoans)
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  Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
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  Deuterostomia (deuterostomes)
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  Phylum Chordata (chordates)
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  Craniata (craniates)
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  Subphylum Vertebrata (vertebrates)
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  Superclass Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates)
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  Euteleostomi (bony vertebrates)
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  Class Sarcopterygii (lobe-finned fishes and terrestrial vertebrates)
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  Tetrapoda (tetrapods)
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  Amniota (amniotes)
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  Class Reptilia (reptiles)
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  Diapsida (birds, crocodiles, lizards, snakes, and relatives)
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  Archosauria (birds and crocodiles)
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  Class Aves (birds)
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  Subclass Neognathae (neognath birds)
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  Infraclass Neoaves (modern birds)
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  Order Gruiformes (coots, cranes, and rails)
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  Order Gruiformes (cranes, rails, and allies)
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  Family Eurypygidae (sunbittern)
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  Genus Eurypyga (sunbittern)
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  Species Eurypyga helias (sunbittern)