Cuculidae
Translingual edit
Etymology edit
Proper noun edit
Cuculidae
- A taxonomic family within the order Cuculiformes – cuckoos.
Hypernyms edit
- (family): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Reptilia – class; Aves – subclass; Saurornithes - informal group; Ornithothoraces, Ornithurae - clades; Carinatae - subclass; Neornithes - infraclass; Neognathae - parvclass; Cuculiformes - order
Hyponyms edit
- (family): Centropodinae (Centropus); Coccyzinae (Coccycua, Coccyzus, Piaya); Crotophaginae (Crotophaga, Guira); Cuculinae (Cacomantis, Clamator, Cercococcyx, Chrysococcyx, Cuculus, †Eocuculus, Eudynamys, Hierococcyx, Microdynamis, Pachycoccyx, Scythrops, Surniculus, Urodynamis); Neomorphinae (Dromococcyx, Geococcyx, Neococcyx, Neomorphus, Morococcyx, Tapera); Phaenicophaeinae (Carpococcyx, Ceuthmochares, Coua, Phaenicophaeus, Rhinortha) - subfamilies (genera)
- †Nannococcyx, Dasylophus, Rhamphococcyx, Taccocua, Zanclostomus - genera incerta sedia
References edit
Cuculidae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Cuculidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Category:Cuculidae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Cuculidae at Avian Taxonomy in Flux
- Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, →ISBN
