Procellariiformes

Translingual

Etymology

Procellaria +‎ -iformes.

Proper noun

Procellariiformes

1. A taxonomic order within the subclass Neognathae – the petrels, shearwaters, albatrosses, etc. Formerly known as .

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): Diomedeidae — petrels, Procellariidae — petrels, albatrosses, etc, Pelecanoididae — diving petrels, Hydrobatidae — storm-petrels

References

• Procellariiformes on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Procellariiformes on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Procellariiformes on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Procellariiformes at Avian Taxonomy in Flux
• 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