Translingual

Wikispecies

Proper noun

Sturnidae

1. A taxonomic family within the order Passeriformes – the starlings and related birds.

Hypernyms

• (family): Aves - class; Ornithothoraces, Ornithurae - clades; Carinatae - subclass; Neornithes - infraclass; Neognathae - parvclass; Passeriformes - order; Passeri - suborder; Passerida - parvorder; Muscicapoidea - superfamily

Hyponyms

References

• Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, ISBN 978-0691128276