Kingdom Animalia Clade Afroaves Higher classification Afroaves | Phylum Chordata Scientific name Coraciimorphae | |
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Clade Coraciimorphae
Sibley & Ahlquist, 1990 Lower classifications Coraciiformes, Trogon, Piciformes, Mousebird, Hornbill | ||
Coraciimorphae is a clade of birds that contains the order Coliiformes (mousebirds) and the clade Eucavitaves (a large assemblage of birds that includes woodpeckers, kingfishers and trogons). The name however was coined in the 1990s by Sibley and Ahlquist based on their DNA-DNA hybridization studies conducted in the late 1970s and throughout the 1980s. However their Coraciimorphae only contain Trogoniformes and Coraciiformes.
Cladogram of Coraciimorphae relationships based on Jarvis, E.D. et al. (2014) with some clade names after Yury, T. et al. (2013).
References
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