Talk:Paleognathae

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[edit] Most living paleognath species are flightless?!

"most living paleognath species (all ratites) are flightless". Say what? If there are 47 species of "flying Tinamiformes" and 13 species of flightless Struthioniformes (ratites), that makes only 13 of 60 that are flightless. What am I missing? Nurg 10:37, 15 May 2006 (UTC)

Changed "most" to "many", though this section still needs some elaboration and a cite.Dinoguy2 13:16, 15 May 2006 (UTC)

22% is not many. I've corrected it. Nurg 06:12, 16 May 2006 (UTC)