Apodiformes

Translingual

Etymology

Apus +‎ -iformes

Proper noun

Apodiformes

A taxonomic order within the subclass Aves – swifts, tree swifts and, formerly, hummingbirds.

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): Aegothelidae (owlet-hightjars), Apodidae (swifts), Hemiprocnidae (tree swifts), Trochilidae (hummingbirds) - families

References

Apodiformes on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Apodiformes on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Category:Apodiformes on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Apodiformes 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. PMID 25923521, doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248

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