Neornithes

Translingual

Aix galericulata

Merops apiaster

Etymology

From Ancient Greek prefix νεο- (neo-), from νέος (néos, “new, young”) and ὄρνις (órnis, “bird”)

Proper noun

Neornithes

1. A taxonomic clade within the subclass Aves – all modern birds, characterized by many adaptations for flight, such as a four-chambered heart and feathers, and differentiated from other, older birds by having a beak with no teeth.

Hypernyms

• (infraclass): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Chordata Craniata - clade; Vertebrata - subphylum; Gnathostomata - infraphylum; Tetrapoda - superclass; Aves - class; Carinatae - subclass

Hyponyms

• (infraclass): Palaeognathae, Neognathae, (not included in some systems) - parvclasses

References

• Modern birds on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Neornithes on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Neornithes on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Neornithes at the Tree of Life Web Project