Cuculiformes
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Translingual
Etymology
Proper noun
Cuculiformes
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): Cuculidae (cuckoos) - sole family in Cuculiformes sensu stricto; Opisthocomidae (hoatzin) - additional family included in Cuciliformes sensu lato
References
Cuculiformes on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Cuculiformes on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Category:Cuculiformes on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Cuculiformes 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
