Coraciiformes
Translingual
Proper noun
Coraciiformes
- A taxonomic order within the subclass Neognathae – the kingfishers, hoopoe, bee-eaters, rollers and hornbills etc..
Hypernyms
- (order): Aves - class; Saurornithes - informal group; Ornithothoraces, Ornithurae - clades; Carinatae - subclass; Neornithes - infraclass; Neognathae - parvclass
Hyponyms
- (order): Alcedinidae (river kingfishers), Brachypteraciidae (ground rollers),Coraciidae (rollers), Meropidae (bee-eaters), Momotidae (motmots), Todidae (todies) - families sensu stricto
- Bucerotidae (hornbills), Cerylidae (water kingfishers), Halcyonidae (tree kingfishers), Leptosomatidae (cuckoo rollers), Phoeniculidae (wood hoopoes), Upupidae (hoopoes) - additional families sensu lato
References
- Coraciiformes at Aves Taxonomy in Flux
- Coraciiformes on Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Coraciiformes at the Tree of Life Web Project
- Coraciiformes at Encyclopedia of Life
- Coraciiformes at National Center for Biotechnology Information
- 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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