Phaethontiformes

Translingual

Phaethon rubricauda

Etymology

Phaethon +‎ -iformes

Proper noun

Phaethontiformes

1. A taxonomic order within the class Reptilia – tropicbirds.

Usage notes

• Phaethontidae was formerly classified within Pelecaniformes.

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): Phaethontidae (sole family)

References

• Phaethontiformes on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Phaethontiformes on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Phaethontiformes on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Phaethontiformes at Avian Taxonomy in Flux
• Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, →ISBN
• 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. PMID 25923521, →DOI