Gruiformes

Translingual

Rallus aquaticus

Etymology

Grus (“genus of cranes”) +‎ -iformes

Proper noun

Gruiformes

1. A taxonomic order within the subclass Aves – cranes, rails, and relatives.

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): Gruidae (cranes), Aramidae (limpkin), Psophiidae (trumpeters), Rallidae (rails), Heliornithidae (finfoots), Sarothruridae (flufftails), † - families in Gruiformes sensu stricto (= () - suborder)
  • Rhynochetidae (kagu), Eurypygidae (sunbittern), Cariamidae (seriemas), Otidae (bustards) - other families included in Gruiformes sensu lato

Further reading

• Gruiformes on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Gruiformes on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Gruiformes on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Gruiformes at Avian Taxonomy in Flux
• Gruiformes at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Gruiformes at the Tree of Life Web Project
• Gruiformes 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