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13 Cards in this Set
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Rallidae - clapper rail - laterally compressed bodies
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Rallidae - black rail- lateraly compressed bodies
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Heliornithidae - tiger stripped toes - cryptic, male carries altricial young in the folds of its skin under the wing
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Rhynochetidae - powder down - Kagu
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Eurypigidae - sunbittern - sunspots on wings, domed tree nests
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Mesoenatidae - subdesert mesite - powder down, 14 rectrices instead of 12, thrasher-like appearance and forest floor foraging
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Turnicidae - short, lack a hallux, fly reluctantly, polyandrous, chicks hatch in 12 days
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Gruidae, sandhill crane, marsh and swamp habitat, asia, 2 species in N.A. almost all species endangered - resonating loud call geerated by elongate, coiled trachea that fills sternal cavity, elevated hallux
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Aramidae - distinct plumage, brownish feathers with streaky white feathers on neck, loud vocalizations, right curved bill tip from/for feeding on snalls - limpkin
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Psophiidae - trumpeters - humped profile, form large territorial groups like monkeys
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Cariamidae - Red-legged seriama - extensible second claw - not kiler enough - semipalmate fee
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Otididae - great bustard - largest known flying bird, polygonous lekking
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Otididae - bustards - white bellied bustard
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