Gruiformes
Translingual
Rallus aquaticus
Etymology
Grus (“genus of cranes”) + -iformes
Proper noun
Gruiformes
- 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 
Gruiformes on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Gruiformes at Avian Taxonomy in Flux
- Gruiformes at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Gruiformes at Encyclopedia of Life
- 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. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248. pmid:25923521
- Grues in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911