Coraciimorphae

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Coraciimorphae is a clade of birds that typically includes groups such as kingfishers, bee-eaters, rollers, and related species characterized by diverse aerial and perching adaptations.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Coraciimorphae canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf clade ⓘ
taxon ⓘ
characterizedBy aerial adaptations ⓘ
colorful plumage in many species ⓘ
diverse bill morphologies ⓘ
perching adaptations ⓘ
class Aves ⓘ
definedBy molecular phylogenetic analyses ⓘ
distribution worldwide in tropical and subtropical regions ⓘ
feedingMode aerial insectivory ⓘ
sit-and-wait predation from perches ⓘ
hasCommonMembers bee-eaters ⓘ
hoopoes ⓘ
hornbills ⓘ
jacamars ⓘ
kingfishers ⓘ
motmots ⓘ
puffbirds ⓘ
rollers ⓘ
todies ⓘ
woodhoopoes ⓘ
linked to: green woodhoopoe
includesTaxon Alcedinidae ⓘ
Brachypteraciidae ⓘ
Bucconidae ⓘ
Bucerotidae ⓘ
Bucerotiformes ⓘ
Coraciidae ⓘ
linked to: Coraciiformes

Coraciiformes ⓘ
Galbulidae ⓘ
Galbuliformes ⓘ
Leptosomidae ⓘ
linked to: Leptosomiformes

Leptosomiformes ⓘ
Meropidae ⓘ
Momotidae ⓘ
Phoeniculidae ⓘ
Todidae ⓘ
Upupidae ⓘ
isPartOf Neoaves ⓘ
core landbirds ⓘ
kingdom Animalia ⓘ
phylum Chordata ⓘ
relatedTo Piciformes ⓘ
Picocoraciae ⓘ
reproduction cavity nesting in many species ⓘ
taxonomicRank clade ⓘ
typicalHabitat forests ⓘ
riparian zones ⓘ
savannas ⓘ
woodlands ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

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

Inopinaves → includes → Coraciimorphae ⓘ
Coraciiformes → clade → Coraciimorphae ⓘ
Leptosomiformes → clade → Coraciimorphae ⓘ
subject linked to: cuckoo-roller order