Accipitriformes
Translingual
Etymology
Accipiter + -iformes
Proper noun
Accipitriformes
- A taxonomic order within the subclass Aves – diurnal birds of prey.
Usage notes
- Also treated as a family, Accipitridae, in Falconiformes.
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): Accipitridae (hawks eagles etc), Cathartidae (New World vultures), Pandionidae (ospreys), Sagittariidae (secretary bird) - families
Further reading
- Accipitriformes on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Accipitriformes on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Accipitriformes on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Accipitriformes Aves Taxonomy in Flux
- Accipitriformes at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Accipitriformes at Encyclopedia of Life
- Falconiformes 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