Mesitornithidae
Translingual
Etymology
Mesitornis + -idae
Proper noun
Mesitornithidae
- A taxonomic family within the order Mesitornithiformes – the mesites.
Hypernyms
- (order in Neoaves): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata - subphylum; Gnathostomata - infraphylum; Reptilia - class; Aves - subclass; Neognathae - infraclass; Neoaves - superorder; Mesitornithiformes - order[1]
References
Mesitornithidae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Mesitornithidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Mesitornithidae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, →ISBN
- 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