Mesitornithiformes

Translingual

Etymology

Mesitornis +‎ -iformes

Proper noun

Mesitornithiformes

The mesites
1. A taxonomic order within the parvclass Neognathae.
2. A taxonomic order within the superorder Neoaves.[1]

Hypernyms

(order in Neoaves): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Tetrapoda - superclass; Reptilia - class; Aves - subclass; Neognathae - infraclass; Neoaves - superorder[1]

References

Mesitornithiformes on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Mesitornithiformes on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Category:Mesitornithiformes on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Mesitornithiformes 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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