Strisores

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Strisores is a proposed clade of birds that groups together nightjars, swifts, hummingbirds, and their close relatives based on molecular and morphological evidence.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Strisores canonical 5

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf clade ⓘ
basedOn molecular evidence ⓘ
morphological evidence ⓘ
characterizedBy aerial insectivory in many members ⓘ
nocturnal or crepuscular habits in many members ⓘ
specialized wing morphology for agile flight in many members ⓘ
wide-gaped mouths in many members ⓘ
class Aves ⓘ
contrastsWith traditional Caprimulgiformes classification ⓘ
evidenceType DNA sequence data ⓘ
skeletal morphology ⓘ
soft-tissue morphology ⓘ
hasCommonName nightbirds clade ⓘ
hasMemberGroup Aegothelidae ⓘ
Apodidae ⓘ
Caprimulgidae ⓘ
Hemiprocnidae ⓘ
Nyctibiidae ⓘ
linked to: Nyctibiiformes

Podargidae ⓘ
Steatornithidae ⓘ
Trochilidae ⓘ
includes Aegotheliformes ⓘ
Apodiformes ⓘ
Caprimulgiformes ⓘ
Nyctibiiformes ⓘ
Podargiformes ⓘ
linked to: Podargidae

Steatornithiformes ⓘ
linked to: Steatornithidae

frogmouths ⓘ
hummingbirds ⓘ
nightjars ⓘ
oilbird ⓘ
owlet-nightjars ⓘ
swifts ⓘ
treeswifts ⓘ
infraclass Neognathae ⓘ
kingdom Animalia ⓘ
phylogeneticScope modern birds ⓘ
phylum Chordata ⓘ
proposedAs monophyletic group ⓘ
relatedTo Neoaves ⓘ
status proposed clade ⓘ
subclass Neornithes ⓘ
supportedBy comparative anatomical studies ⓘ
molecular phylogenetic studies ⓘ
taxonomicRank clade ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Inopinaves → includes → Strisores ⓘ
Caprimulgiformes → clade → Strisores ⓘ
Nyctibiiformes → superorder → Strisores ⓘ
Aegotheliformes → clade → Strisores ⓘ
Aegotheliformes → memberOf → Strisores ⓘ