Gruidae
Translingual
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Sandhill_Crane_with_Chick.jpg/220px-Sandhill_Crane_with_Chick.jpg)
Etymology
From Grus (“genus name”) + -idae
Proper noun
Gruidae
- A taxonomic family within the order Gruiformes – the cranes.
Hypernyms
- (family): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Reptilia – class; Aves – subclass; Neognathae – infraclass; Neoaves – superorder; Gruiformes - order
Hyponyms
- (family): Balearicinae, Gruinae (subfamilies)
References
Crane (bird) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Gruidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Category:Gruidae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Gruidae at Avian Taxonomy in Flux
- Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, →ISBN