Australaves

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Australaves is a major clade of modern birds that includes groups such as passerines, parrots, falcons, and seriemas, united by shared evolutionary ancestry.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Australaves canonical 5

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf bird clade
clade
taxon
class Aves
definedBy molecular phylogenetics
foundIn global
hasCharacteristic includes many species-rich passerines
includes many vocal learning lineages
predominantly terrestrial and arboreal birds
shared evolutionary ancestry among member orders
hasCommonName Australaves self-link
hasMember New World suboscines
core landbirds
falcons
oscine passerines
parrots
passerines
seriemas
hasNotableMember budgerigar
peregrine falcon
red-legged seriema
zebra finch (Taeniopygia guttata)
surface form: zebra finch
higherClassification Neoaves
surface form: core Neoaves
includesClade Cariamiformes
Eufalconimorphae
Falconiformes
Passeriformes
Psittaciformes
Psittacopasserae
includesTaxon Aequornithes
Cariamiformes
Eufalconimorphae
Falconiformes
Passeriformes
Passerimorphae
Psittaciformes
Psittacopasserae
surface form: Psittacomorphae

Psittacopasserae
Seriemae
kingdom Animalia
partOf Neoaves
phylum Chordata
rank unranked clade
sisterClade Afroaves
Columbea
subdivisionOf Neoaves
supportedBy DNA sequence data
genomic analyses
phylogenomic studies
temporalRange Cretaceous to Recent

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

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

Aves hasSubgroup Australaves
Telluraves hasSubclade Australaves
Australaves hasCommonName Australaves self-link
Sphenisciformes clade Australaves
Afroaves isSisterGroupOf Australaves