What about the Limpkin? Also the Kagu (New Guinea, I believe) and the
Kiwi and the Hoatzin?

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?
>
> Manoj
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