Translingual

Wikispecies

Proper noun

Strigidae

1. A taxonomic family within the order Strigiformes – the true owls.

Hypernyms

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

Hyponyms

• (family): Asioninae, Striginae, Surniinae - subfamily

References

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