Pseudopodoces

Tommy: yup, I specifically mentioned Pseudopodoces because of its incredible convergent similarity with corvids (whereas it now seems to actually be deeply nested within Paridae, as you note).

Goodbye, my giant predatory, cursorial, flightless hoatzin Darren Naish 2006

While looking at the wildlife of the Tibetan Plateau, they just featured Tibetan groundpeckers Pseudopodoces humilis, and they also just featured a Lesser florican Sypheotides indica, the bustard species pictured above.

Goodbye, my giant predatory, cursorial, flightless hoatzin Darren Naish 2006

While looking at the wildlife of the Tibetan Plateau, they just featured Tibetan groundpeckers Pseudopodoces humilis, and they also just featured a Lesser florican Sypheotides indica, the bustard species pictured above.

Archive 2006-11-01 Darren Naish 2006

Interesting that you should mention Pseudopodoces since it is a very good example of how that "rampant convergence" probably starts.

Goodbye, my giant predatory, cursorial, flightless hoatzin Darren Naish 2006

Pseudopodoces humilis, a misclassified terrestrial tit (Paridae) of the Tibetan Plateau: evolutionary consequences of shifting adaptive zones.

Archive 2006-05-01 Darren Naish 2006