order of birds

C839
concept

An order of birds is a taxonomic rank that groups together families of bird species sharing common evolutionary ancestry and distinctive anatomical, behavioral, and ecological traits.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
order of birds canonical 29
bird order 12
family of birds of prey 1

Description generation (CDg)

The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.

Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: order of birds
Generated description
An order of birds is a taxonomic rank that groups together families of bird species sharing common evolutionary ancestry and distinctive anatomical, behavioral, and ecological traits.

Instances (42)

Instance Via concept surface
Phoenicopteriformes bird order
Apodiformes —
Galliformes —
Otidiformes bird order
Strigiformes —
Procellariiformes —
Opisthocomiformes bird order
Coliiformes —
Casuariiformes —
Caprimulgiformes —
Mesitornithiformes bird order
Coraciiformes —
Pelecaniformes —
Cuculiformes —
Rheiformes —
Gruiformes —
Apterygiformes —
Psittaciformes —
Piciformes —
Trogoniformes bird order
Suliformes —
Musophagiformes —
Leptosomiformes —
Nyctibiiformes —
Phaethontiformes bird order
Aegotheliformes bird order
Gaviiformes —
Podicipediformes —
Passeriformes —
Falconiformes —
Anseriformes —
Coraciiformes bird order
Passeriformes bird order
Cariamiformes —
Eurypygiformes —
Tinamiformes —
Accipitridae family of birds of prey
Leptosomiformes
linked to: cuckoo-roller order
bird order
Caprimulgiformes
linked to: nightjars
bird order
Accipitriformes —
Cathartiformes bird order
Struthioniformes —