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Gruiformes

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Gruiformes [′grü·ə′fȯr‚mēz]
(vertebrate zoology)
A heterogeneous order of generally cosmopolitan birds including the rails, coots, limpkins, button quails, sun grebes, and cranes.
Gruiformes 

a broad order of birds of very diversified morphology and way of life. They are predominately marsh and ground birds; less frequently, they nest in trees. The order has approximately 190 species belonging to 13 families: Mesitotnithidae, Turnicidae, Pedionomidae, Gruidae, Aramidae, Psophiidae, Rallidae, Heliornithidae, Rhynochetidae, Eurypgidae, Cariamidae, Otididae, and Burhinidae.
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Arboviruses, mainly EEE and WNV, have been reported to cause disease in crane species and other gruiformes.
Health assessment of the Guam rail (Gallirallus owstoni) population ... by Fontenot, Deidre K.; Terrell, Scott P.; Malakooti, Kevin; Medina, Suzanne / Journal of Avian Medicine and Surgery
Fresh fecal samples or cloacal swabs from 239 birds belonging to the orders Passeriformes, Gruiformes, and Caprimulgiformes were analyzed to determine whether birds were colonized with Salmonella.
Salmonella bongori [48:z.sub.35]:- in migratory birds, Italy by Foti, Maria; Daidone, Antonio; Aleo, Aurora; Pizzimenti, Alessia; Giacopello, Cristina; Mammina, Cat / Emerging Infectious Diseases
Water birds Water birds (according to Sonobe and Usui 1993) of the following orders: Pelecaniformes, Ciconiiformes, Anseriformes, Gruiformes and Charadriiformes.
Birds of the Danau Sentarum National Park by Dennis, Roy H. / Borneo Research Bulletin
 
 
 
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