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21 relations: Accipitriformes, Accipitrimorphae, Basal (phylogenetics), Bird, Bucerotiformes, Cathartiformes, Cavitaves, Clade, Cladogram, Coraciiformes, Coraciimorphae, Cuckoo roller, Eucavitaves, Mousebird, Owl, Paleocene, Piciformes, Picocoraciae, Picodynastornithes, Snowy owl, Trogon.
Accipitriformes
The Accipitriformes are an order that includes most of the diurnal birds of prey: hawks, eagles, vultures, and many others, about 225 species in all.
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Accipitrimorphae
Accipitrimorphae is a clade of birds of prey that include the orders Cathartiformes (New World vultures) and Accipitriformes (diurnal birds of prey such as eagles, hawks, osprey and secretarybird).
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Basal (phylogenetics)
In phylogenetics, basal is the direction of the base (or root) of a rooted phylogenetic tree or cladogram.
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Bird
Birds, also known as Aves, are a group of endothermic vertebrates, characterised by feathers, toothless beaked jaws, the laying of hard-shelled eggs, a high metabolic rate, a four-chambered heart, and a strong yet lightweight skeleton.
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Bucerotiformes
Bucerotiformes is an order that contains the hornbills, hoopoe and wood hoopoes.
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Cathartiformes
The order Cathartiformes of raptors or birds of prey included the New World vultures and the now extinct Teratornithidae.
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Cavitaves
Cavitaves is a clade that contain the order Leptosomatiformes (trogons) and the clade Eucavitaves (a large assemblage of birds that includes woodpeckers, kingfishers and trogons).
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Clade
A clade (from κλάδος, klados, "branch"), also known as monophyletic group, is a group of organisms that consists of a common ancestor and all its lineal descendants, and represents a single "branch" on the "tree of life".
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Cladogram
A cladogram (from Greek clados "branch" and gramma "character") is a diagram used in cladistics to show relations among organisms.
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Coraciiformes
The Coraciiformes are a group of usually colorful birds including the kingfishers, the bee-eaters, the rollers, the motmots, and the todies.
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Coraciimorphae
Coraciimorphae is a clade of birds that contains the order Coliiformes (mousebirds) and the clade Cavitaves (a large assemblage of birds that includes woodpeckers, kingfishers and trogons).
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Cuckoo roller
The cuckoo roller or courol (Leptosomus discolor)del Hoyo, J. Elliott, A. & Sargatal, J. (2001) is the only bird in the family Leptosomidae, which was previously often placed in the order Coraciiformes but is now placed in its own order Leptosomiformes.
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Eucavitaves
Eucavitaves is a clade that contain the order Trogoniformes (trogons) and the clade Picocoraciae (a large assemblage of birds that includes woodpeckers, kingfishers, hornbills and hoopoes).
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Mousebird
The mousebirds (family Coliidae, order Coliiformes) are a family of birds.
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Owl
Owls are birds from the order Strigiformes, which includes about 200 species of mostly solitary and nocturnal birds of prey typified by an upright stance, a large, broad head, binocular vision, binaural hearing, sharp talons, and feathers adapted for silent flight.
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Paleocene
The Paleocene or Palaeocene, the "old recent", is a geological epoch that lasted from about.
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Piciformes
Nine families of largely arboreal birds make up the order Piciformes, the best-known of them being the Picidae, which includes the woodpeckers and close relatives.
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Picocoraciae
Picocoraciae is a clade that contains the order Bucerotiformes (hornbills and hoopoes) and the clade Picodynastornithes (containing birds like kingfishers and rollers, and woodpeckers and toucans) supported by various genetic analysisNaish, D. (2012).
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Picodynastornithes
Picodynastornithes is a clade that contains the orders Coraciiformes (rollers and kingfishers) and Piciformes (woodpeckers and toucans).
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Snowy owl
The snowy owl (Bubo scandiacus), also known as the polar owl or white owl, is a large, white owl of the typical owl family.
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Trogon
The trogons and quetzals are birds in the order Trogoniformes which contains only one family, the Trogonidae.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afroaves
