Coraciiformes

Translingual

Etymology

corax +‎ -iformes

Proper noun

Coraciiformes

1. A taxonomic order within the class Reptilia – birds of diverse, colorful appearance that share syndactyly and slamming behavior.

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): Alcedinidae (kingfishers), Brachypteraciidae (ground rollers), Coraciidae (rollers), Meropidae (bee-eaters), Momotidae (motmots), Todidae (todies) – families

References

• Coraciiformes on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Coraciiformes on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Coraciiformes on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Coraciiformes at Avian Taxonomy in Flux
• Coraciiformes at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• 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. PMID 25923521, →DOI