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Cracidae
Cracidae
Translingual
Proper noun
Cracidae
- A taxonomic family within the order Galliformes – the chachalacas, guans, and curassows.
Hypernyms
- (family): Aves - class; Saurornithes - informal group; Ornithothoraces, Ornithurae - clades; Carinatae - subclass; Neornithes - infraclass; Neognathae - parvclass; Galliformes - order; Craci - suborder
Hyponyms
- (family): Cracinae, Penelopinae, Oreophasinae - subfamilies
- Aburria, Chamaepetes, Crax, Mitu, Nothocrax, Oreophasis, Ortalis, Pauxi, Penelope, Penelopina, Pipile - genera
References
- Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, ISBN 978-0691128276