Columbiformes
Translingual
Etymology
Columba + -iformes
Proper noun
Columbiformes
- A taxonomic order within the subclass Aves – columbiforms – the doves, the pigeons, and the 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
Hyponyms
- (order): Columbidae (doves and pigeons), Raphidae - families
References
- Columbiformes on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Columbiformes on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- 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. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248. pmid:25923521