Aethia

Translingual

Aethia cristatella

Etymology

New Latin, from Ancient Greek αἴθυια (aíthuia, “a diving bird, perhaps the shearwater”)

Proper noun

Aethia f

A taxonomic genus within the family Alcidae – four auklet species of the North Pacific.

Hypernyms

(genus): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Deuterostomia - infrakingdom; Chordata - phylum; Vertebrata - subphylum; Gnathostomata - infraphylum; Reptilia - class; Aves - subclass; Neognathae - infraclass; Neoaves - superorder; Charadriiformes - order; Alcae - suborder; Alcidae - family

Hyponyms

(genus): Aethia cristatella, Aethia psittacula, Aethia pusilla, Aethia pygmaea - species

See also

Paleoaethia (class Trilobita, order/family incertae sedis)

References

Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, →ISBN

Further reading

Aethia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Aethia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Aethia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

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