The South American fitchet inhabits the regions of Guiana […]

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All major lineages of songbirds or passeriforms, of which there are more than 5,000 living species altogether, are thought to have evolved from a common ancestor, and these diverse birds are commonly regarded as the most advanced neoavians.

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