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Aves
Taxonomic Serial No.: 174371

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Taxonomy and Nomenclature


	Kingdom:	Animalia
	Taxonomic Rank:	Class
	Synonym(s):
	Common Name(s):	Birds [English]
		oiseaux [French]

	Taxonomic Status:
	Current Standing:	valid

	Data Quality Indicators:
	Record Credibility Rating:	verified - standards met
	Global Species Completeness:	complete
	Latest Record Review:	2013

Taxonomic Hierarchy


	Kingdom	Animalia – Animal, animaux, animals
	Subkingdom	Bilateria – triploblasts
	Infrakingdom	Deuterostomia
	Phylum	Chordata – cordés, cordado, chordates
	Subphylum	Vertebrata – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates
	Infraphylum	Gnathostomata
	Superclass	Tetrapoda
	Class	Aves – Birds, oiseaux
		Direct Children:
	Order	Accipitriformes – éperviers, Hawks
	Order	Anseriformes – Ducks, Geese, Screamers, Swans, Waterfowl, canards, cygnes, oies, sauvagine
	Order	Apodiformes – Swifts, Hummingbirds
	Order	Apterygiformes – Kiwis
	Order	Bucerotiformes – Hoopoes, Hornbills
	Order	Caprimulgiformes
	Order	Cariamiformes
	Order	Casuariiformes – Cassowaries, Emus
	Order	Charadriiformes – Shore Birds, Gulls, Alcids, Plovers, Oystercatchers, goélands, alcidés, Auks, huîtriers
	Order	Ciconiiformes – Storks, cigognes
	Order	Coliiformes – mousebirds, Colies
	Order	Columbiformes – Doves, colombes, pigeons, Pigeons
	Order	Coraciiformes – Motmots, Bee-eaters, Todies, Kingfishers, Rollers, martins-pêcheurs
	Order	Cuculiformes – Cuckoos, coucoua
	Order	Eurypygiformes
	Order	Falconiformes – Falcons, Falconiforms, faucons
	Order	Galliformes – Fowls, Gallinaceous Birds, gallinacées, volaille
	Order	Gaviiformes – Loons, huarts
	Order	Gruiformes – Cranes, Rails, grues, râles
	Order	Leptosomiformes – Cuckoo-Roller
	Order	Mesitornithiformes
	Order	Musophagiformes
	Order	Nyctibiiformes
	Order	Opisthocomiformes
	Order	Otidiformes
	Order	Passeriformes – Perching Birds, passereaux
	Order	Pelecaniformes – Pelicans, pélicans, Ibises, ibis, Herons, hérons
	Order	Phaethontiformes – Tropicbirds
	Order	Phoenicopteriformes – Flamingos, flamants
	Order	Piciformes – Woodpeckers, pic-bois
	Order	Podicipediformes – Grebes, grèbes
	Order	Procellariiformes – Tube-nosed Swimmers, albatros, tubinares, pétrels
	Order	Psittaciformes – Parrots, perroquets
	Order	Pteroclidiformes – Sandgrouse
	Order	Rheiformes – Rheas
	Order	Sphenisciformes – Penguins, pingouins
	Order	Steatornithiformes
	Order	Strigiformes – Owls, chouettes, engoulevents, hiboux, Goatsuckers
	Order	Struthioniformes – Ostriches
	Order	Suliformes – Cormorants, cormorans
	Order	Tinamiformes – Tinamous
	Order	Trogoniformes – Trogons

References


	Expert(s):
	Expert:	Alan P. Peterson, M.D.
	Notes:	PO Box 1999 Walla Walla, Washington 99362-0999
	Reference for:	Aves

	Expert:	Richard C. Banks
	Notes:	Chief, Bird Section, U.S.G.S. - B.R.D. - P.W.R.C.
	Reference for:	Aves

	Other Source(s):
	Source:	ITIS*^ca, website (version 2002)
	Acquired:	2003
	Notes:
	Reference for:	oiseaux[French]

	Source:	ITIS & Species 2000 Catalogue of Life Management Hierarchy, document (version Animalia)
	Acquired:	2013
	Notes:	M. Ruggiero & D. Gordon, eds. 2013. Consensus Management Hierarchy for the ITIS & Species2000 Catalogue of Life. Contributors: Nicolas Bailly, Thierry Bourgoin, Richard Brusca, Thomas Cavalier-Smith, Daphne Fautin, Dennis Gordon, Gerald Guala, Michael Guiry, Paul Kirk, Elliot Lefkowitz, David Mabberly, David Maddison, Alan Paton, Michael Ruggiero, Peter Stevens, and Brian Tyndall
	Reference for:	Aves

	Source:	NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)
	Acquired:	1996
	Notes:
	Reference for:	Aves

	Source:	Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource, many versions, website (version multiple)
	Acquired:	2011
	Notes:	See each bird order for the version of zoonomen available at the time ITIS updated that order. In the case of Passeriformes, family-level versions are cited
	Reference for:	Aves

	Publication(s):
	Author(s)/Editor(s):	Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, and A. L. Gardner
	Publication Date:	1987
	Article/Chapter Title:	Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada
	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	Resource Publication, no. 166
	Page(s):	79
	Publisher:	United States Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service
	Publication Place:	Washington, D.C., USA
	ISBN/ISSN:
	Notes:
	Reference for:	Aves, Birds [English]

Geographic Information


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Comments


	Comment:

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