Strigiformes

Translingual

Etymology

Strix +‎ -iformes

Proper noun

Strigiformes

A taxonomic order within the subclass Aves – owls.

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): Strigidae, Tytonidae

Further reading

Strigiformes on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Strigiformes on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Category:Strigiformes on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Strigiformes 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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