Cuculiformes
Translingual
Etymology
Cuculus + -iformes
Proper noun
Cuculiformes
- A taxonomic order within the subclass Aves – the turacos and cuckoos (hoatzins sometimes included).
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 
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. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248. pmid:25923521