>From Russell Rogers, Seattle WA, rrogers at halcyon.com

Manoj ask about single bird families:

According to Sibley and Monroe (they recognize two species of Hoopoes)

Ostrich: Struthionidae
Magpie Goose: Anseranatidae
Cuckoo-Roller: Leptosomidae
Hoatzin: Opisthocomidae
Oilbird: Steatornithidae
Sunbittern: Eurypygidae
Kagu: Rhynochetidae
Plains-wanderer: Pedionomidae
Secretarybird: Sagittariidae
Hammerhead: Scopidae
Hypocolius: Hypocoidae

Clements 1991 (also recognizes two species of Hoopoes)

Ostrich: Struthionidae
Emu: Dromaiidae
Shoebill: Balaenicipididae
Hammerhead: Scopidae
Osprey: Pandionidae
Secretarybird: Sagittariidea
Kagu: Rhynochetidae
Sunbittern: Eurypygidae
Limpkin: Aramidae
Crab Plover: Dromadidae
Magellanic Plover: Pluvianellidae
Plains-wanderer: Pedionomidae
Ibisbill: Ibidorhychidae
Hoatzin: Opisthocomidae
Oilbird: Steatornithdae
Cuckoo-Roller: Leptosomatidae
Sharpbill: Ozyruncidae
Palmchat: Dulidae
Hypocolius: Hypocoliidae


I dont have a copy of Peters, Sorry.

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Russell Rogers
4510 Glenn Way SW
Seattle, WA 98116
(206) 935-6280
rrogers at halcyon.com
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On Thu, 16 Mar 1995, Amicus Diaboli wrote:

> hi tweeters, i was wondering how many one specie bird (or for that matter
> any other kingdom) families there are ?. i know of only one - hoopoe
> (upupidae). is this another apparent shortcoming of the classification
> scheme or is it part of natural diversity?
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> Manoj
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> manojk at u.washington.edu
> http://jasper.rad.washington.edu/~manojk/manoj_home.html
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