Taxon profile

class

birds
Aves Linnaeus, 1758

kingdom Animalia - animals » phylum Chordata - chordates

Pavo cristatus - Indian Peafowl

Author: Ondřej Zicha

Rhea americana - Greater Rhea

Author: Jiří Novák

Phoenicopterus ruber - Caribbean Flamingo

Author: Vladimír Motyčka

Aves in BioLib

Functions restricted to taxon Aves

Important groups

Struthioniformes, Sphenisciformes - penguins, Procellariiformes - tubenoses, Pelecaniformes, Ciconiiformes, Phoenicopteriformes - flamingos, Anseriformes, Accipitriformes, Galliformes, Gruiformes, Charadriiformes, Columbiformes, Psittaciformes - parrots, Cuculiformes - cuckoos, Strigiformes - owls, Apodiformes, Piciformes, Coraciiformes, Passeriformes - perching birds

Subordinated taxa

Number of records: 10

subclass Ornithurae Haeckel, 1866

subclass Sauriurae Haeckel, 1866 ^†

Aves incertae sedis

genus Gallornis Lambrecht, 1931 ^†

genus Horezmavis Nesov, 1983 ^†

genus Hulsanpes Osmólska, 1982 ^†

genus Iaceornis Clarke, 2004 ^†

genus Megagallinula Kuročkin, 1968 ^†

genus Platanavis Nesov, 1992 ^†

genus Pumiliornis Mayr, 1999a ^†

genus Wyleyia Harrison & Walker, 1973 ^†

Links and literature

Avibase - The World Bird Database
Lepage D.: Avibase - The World Bird Database [http://www.bsc-eoc.org/avibase/avibase.j...]

Tree of Life [Aves]
Tree of Life [http://tolweb.org/tree]

Wikipedia Articles [Aves]
Wikipedia Articles [http://en.wikipedia.org]

More >>

Search

Find images using Google
Find on internet using Google
Find on internet using uBio
Find in ITIS - Integrated Taxonomic Information System

Data source info

Hudec K. et al. (2003): Soustava a české názvosloví ptáků světa, Muzeum Komenského v Přerově. 462 pp.

Šťastný K. et al. (1998): Svět zvířat V - Ptáci, Albatros, 148 pp.

Šťastný K. et col. (1998): Svět zvířat IV - Ptáci, Albatros, 144 pp.

Lepage D.: Avibase - The World Bird Database [http://www.bsc-eoc.org/avibase/avibase.j...]

More >>

Contributions to BioLib

Help us to expand this encyclopedia! If you are logged in, you can add new subtaxa, vernacular and scientific names, texts, images or intertaxon relationships for this taxon.

Taxon - texts (not confirmed) - 40
Comments - 1

Explanations

^† extinct taxon