Palmipède

A palmipède is a Oiseau with the webbed feet, the most generally this term indicates the swan S, Oie S and Canard S. This term is attested in Nature oyseaux of Pierre Bellon, published in 1555.

From the systematic point of view, the Palmipèdes (or Palmipedes ) are one of the six groups of birds defined by Cuvier according to the following criteria:

Neck longer than the legs;
foot S webbed, i.e. that a membrane joined the fingers between them (not always over all their length);
plumage coats with a secretion which waterproofs it.

This group gathers species phylogenetically distant, the shared characters correspondent with convergences related to the watery lifestyle.

The classification of Vat

The place of the palmipèdes in “traditional classifications”

The place of the palmipèdes in the classification of Sibley, Ahlquist and Monroe

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