Australaves

Translingual

Agelaioides fringillarius, a species of the Australaves.

Alternative forms

(deprecated) Astralavis

Etymology

From Latin austrālis m or f (“southern, Australian”) +‎ Latin avēs f (“birds”), plural of Latin avis f (“bird”). The clade was originally written in the singular as Astralavis, but was later changed, as most higher-rank taxa are in the plural case.

Proper noun

Australaves

A taxonomic clade within the clade Telluraves – certain birds.

Hypernyms

(clade): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Reptilia – class; Aves – subclass; Neognathae – infraclass; Neoaves – superorder; Telluraves – clade

Hyponyms

(clade): Cariamiformes, Falconiformes, Passeriformes, Psittaciformes (orders)