This is pretty dreadful: poor (almost absent and/or meaningless) definitions, lack of proper citations, appalling English.
Look at this:
"The Cuculiformes, Piciformes, Coraciiformes (including hornbills) and Trogoniformes seem to be very close to the Passeriformes on the other hand (Johansson & Ericson 2003), and one of these almost certainly is—among the living birds—the sister taxon of the Passeriformes."
1. One of these?!! WHICH ONE??!
2. The phrase 'on the other hand' is in the wrong place, if it even means anything.
By whose/what standard is the term "near passerine" defined? Is there any official definition?
For example, how many of these orders have the characteristic foot shape of the passerines - three toes forward, one back? And how much variation is there in the relative lengths of the toes? -- Smjg 16:46, 14 August 2005 (UTC)
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This is pretty dreadful: poor (almost absent and/or meaningless) definitions, lack of proper citations, appalling English.
Look at this:
"The Cuculiformes, Piciformes, Coraciiformes (including hornbills) and Trogoniformes seem to be very close to the Passeriformes on the other hand (Johansson & Ericson 2003), and one of these almost certainly is—among the living birds—the sister taxon of the Passeriformes."
1. One of these?!! WHICH ONE??!
2. The phrase 'on the other hand' is in the wrong place, if it even means anything.
By whose/what standard is the term "near passerine" defined? Is there any official definition?
For example, how many of these orders have the characteristic foot shape of the passerines - three toes forward, one back? And how much variation is there in the relative lengths of the toes? -- Smjg 16:46, 14 August 2005 (UTC)