Taxon profile

class

birds
Aves Linnaeus, 1758

kingdom Animalia - animals » phylum Chordata - chordates

Images

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 - storks, 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, 1999 ^†

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]

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Data source info

Clements, J. F. (2007): Clements Checklist of Birds of the World - 6th Edition [http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementsche...], Cornell University Press
[Data retrieved on: 2013/04/20]

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...]

Gill F. & Donsker D.: IOC World Bird List [http://www.worldbirdnames.org/]
[Data retrieved on: 2013/04/20]