Columbiformes

Translingual

Etymology

Columba +‎ -iformes

Proper noun

Columbiformes

A taxonomic order within the subclass Aves – columbiforms – doves, pigeons, and extinct dodos.

Hypernyms

(order): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Reptilia – class; Aves – subclass; Neognathae – infraclass; Neoaves – superorder; Columbimorphae - clade

Hyponyms

(order): Columbidae (doves and pigeons), Raphidae - families

References

Columbiformes on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Columbiformes on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Category:Columbiformes on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Columbiformes 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: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248

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