The website has been silent for some time now and I do not know if I will find the time to complete it. Next month I will start my PhD in Wageningen on White-fronted Geese. Hopefully I can find some time to work on this site.

The website hasn't been updated for a while. This is because I'm working very hard on my thesis (landsnails) and another project (great tits). But when this is al passed, I will start writing again on the website.

I have put the first articles on the site. It is just the abstract, but all the articles can be found on the internet for free. Enjoy.

• Palaeognathae
• Galloanserae
• Anatidae
• Phasianidae 

 I have decided to handle the website a bit different. Instead of showing all the relationships until the level of species is to difficult. So I will give a "short" overview of all the families and their relations. Each family will be introduced with some additional information and the taxonomy. Once that is done, I will put articles online concerning the phylogeny of the modern birds. 

All the information will be based on National Geographic Complete Birds of the World (edited by Tim Harris).

I have just put the website online. It now only contains on the known taxa of modern birds.

I will try to work my way through all the taxa, and complete the tree of birds...