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Acanthizidae
Acanthizidae
Translingual
Proper noun
Acanthizidae
- A taxonomic family within the order Passeriformes – Australasian warblers.
Hypernyms
- (family): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Deuterostomia - infrakingdom; Chordata - phylum; Aves - class; Passeriformes - order; Passeri - suborder; Corvida - parvorder; Meliphagoidea - superfamily
Hyponyms
- (family): Sericornithinae, Acanthizinae - subfamilies
- Pycnoptilus (pilotbird); Origma (rockwarbler); Oreoscopus (fernwren); Crateroscelis (mouse-warblers); Sericornis (scrubwrens); Acanthornis (scrubtit); Hylacola (heathwrens); Calamanthus (fieldwrens); Pyrrholaemus; Smicrornis (weebill); Gerygone (gerygone); Acanthiza (thornbills); Aphelocephala (whitefaces) - genera
References
- Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, ISBN 978-0691128276