Cuculidae

Translingual

Etymology

Cuculus +‎ -idae

Proper noun

Cuculidae

1. A taxonomic family within the order Cuculiformes – cuckoos.

Hypernyms

• (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

• (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

• 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