Cuculiformes

Translingual

Etymology

Cuculus +‎ -iformes

Proper noun

Cuculiformes

A taxonomic order within the subclass Aves – the turacos and cuckoos (hoatzins sometimes included).

Hypernyms

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

Hyponyms

(order): Cuculidae (cuckoos) - sole family in Cuculiformes sensu stricto; Opisthocomidae (hoatzin) - additional family included in Cuciliformes sensu lato

References

Cuculiformes on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Cuculiformes on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Cuculiformes on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Cuculiformes at Avian Taxonomy in Flux
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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