Scientific name Otidae | Phylum Chordata Clade OtidaeWagler, 1830 | |
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Lower classifications Cuckoos, Swift, Apodiformes, Caprimulgiformes, Nightjar | ||
Ruby throated hummingbird august 8 2016
Otidae is a clade that includes the superorders Otidimorphae (bustards, turacos, and cuckoos) and Cypselomorphae (nightbirds, swifts, and hummingbirds).identified in 2014 by genome analysis. Before it was thought that Cypselomorphae was closely related to birds such as pigeons, flamingos, tropicbirds, and the kagu in the possibly polyphyletic taxon Metaves. They occupy a basal branch of the clade Passerea.
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