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Cavitaves
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Rufous-necked hornbill, Aceros nipalensis at nesting cavity
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Clade: Inopinaves
Clade: Afroaves
Clade: Eucavitaves
Clade: Cavitaves
Ericson, 2012
Clades

Cavitaves is a clade that contain the order Trogoniformes (trogons) and the clade Picocoraciae (a large assemblage of birds that includes woodpeckers, kingfishers and trogons).[1][2][3][4][5][6] The name refers to the fact that the majority of them nest in cavities.

Cavitaves

Trogoniformes (trogons)Trogon surrucura brazil


Picocoraciae

Bucerotiformes (hornbills and hoopoes)Nordlig hornkorp


Picodynastornithes

Coraciiformes (rollers and kingfishers)Halcyon smyrnensis in India (8277355382)



Piciformes (woodpeckers and toucans)Dendrocopos major -Durham, England -female-8





References[]

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  3. ^ Naish, D. (2012). "Birds." Pp. 379-423 in Brett-Surman, M.K., Holtz, T.R., and Farlow, J. O. (eds.), The Complete Dinosaur (Second Edition). Indiana University Press (Bloomington & Indianapolis).
  4. ^ Yuri, T (2013). "Parsimony and model-based analyses of indels in avian nuclear genes reveal congruent and incongruent phylogenetic signals". Biology. 2: 419–44. doi:10.3390/biology2010419. 
  5. ^ Kimball, R.T. et al. (2013) Identifying localized biases in large datasets: A case study using the Avian Tree of Life. Mol Phylogenet Evol. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2013.05.029
  6. ^ Jarvis, E. D.; Mirarab, S.; Aberer, A. J.; et al. (2014). "Whole-genome analyses resolve early branches in the tree of life of modern birds". Science. 346 (6215): 1320–1331. PMC 4405904Freely accessible. PMID 25504713. doi:10.1126/science.1253451. 



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