They 'emerged from the great corvid radiation'I picture a giant crow with lasers shooting from its eyes...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maluridae#Systematics
(en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maluridae#Systematics
RedHouse over yonder,
Sun 15 Apr 2012, 16:49,
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I may have played an April Fool on the Birding-Aus mailing list based on that.(
Colonel Boris "...a desperate Buzzfeed imitation...",
Sun 15 Apr 2012, 16:50,
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