Translingual

Wikispecies

Proper noun

Gallinula f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Rallidae – the moorhens.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Aves - class; Saurornithes - informal group; Ornithothoraces, Ornithurae - clades; Carinatae - subclass; Neornithes - infraclass; Neognathae - parvclass; Gruiformes - order; Rallidae - family

Hyponyms

• (genus): Gallinula comeri, Gallinula galeata, Gallinula silvestris - species

References

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