Translingual

Phaethon rubricauda

Proper noun

Phaethontiformes

1. A taxonomic order within the class Aves – tropicbirds.

Usage notes

Phaethontidae was formerly classified within Pelecaniformes.

Hyponyms

• (order): Phaethontidae (sole family)

References

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