Apodiformes

Translingual

Etymology

Apus +‎ -iformes

Proper noun

Apodiformes

A taxonomic order within the subclass Neognathae – the swifts, tree swifts and, formerly, the hummingbirds.

Hypernyms

(order): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Deuterostomia - infrakingdom; Chordata - phylum; Aves - class; Saurornithes - informal group; Ornithothoraces, Ornithurae - clades; Carinatae - subclass; Neornithes - infraclass; Neognathae - parvclass

Hyponyms

(order): Aegothelidae (owlet-hightjars), Apodidae (swifts), Hemiprocnidae (tree swifts), Trochilidae (hummingbirds) - families

References

Apodiformes on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Apodiformes on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Apodiformes on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Ruggiero MA, Gordon DP, Orrell TM, Bailly N, Bourgoin T, Brusca RC, et al. (2015) A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248. pmid:25923521

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