Gruiformes

Translingual

Rallus aquaticus

Etymology

Grus (“genus of cranes”) +‎ -iformes

Proper noun

Gruiformes

1. A taxonomic order within the subclass Aves – cranes, rails, and relatives.

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): Gruidae (cranes), Aramidae (limpkin), Psophiidae (trumpeters), Rallidae (rails), Heliornithidae (finfoots), Sarothruridae (flufftails), †Aptornithidae - families in Gruiformes sensu stricto (= Grues - suborder
  • Rhynochetidae (kagu), Eurypygidae (sunbittern), Cariamidae (seriemas), Otidae (bustards) - other families included in Gruiformes sensu lato

References

• Gruiformes on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Gruiformes on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Gruiformes on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Gruiformes at Avian Taxonomy in Flux
• Gruiformes at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Gruiformes at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• 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
• “Grues”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.