Eurypygiformes

Translingual

Etymology

Eurypyga +‎ -iformes

Proper noun

Eurypygiformes

The sunbittern and kagu[1]
1. (dated) A taxonomic order within the class Aves.
2. A taxonomic order within the class Reptilia.[2]

Hypernyms

(order in Reptilia): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Reptilia – class; Aves - subclass; Neognathae - infraclass; Neoaves - superorder[2]

Hyponyms

(order): Eurypygidae, Rhynochetidae - families

References

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

Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, →ISBN
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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