Eucavitaves

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Eucavitaves
Priotelus temnurus -Matanzas Province, Cuba-8.jpg
Cuban trogon, Priotelus temnurus
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Clade: Cavitaves
Clade: Eucavitaves
Kimball et. al, 2013
Subclades

Eucavitaves is a clade that contains the order Trogoniformes (trogons) and the clade Picocoraciae (a large assemblage of birds that includes woodpeckers, kingfishers, hornbills and hoopoes).[1][2][3][4][5][6] The name refers to the fact that the majority of them nest in cavities.

Cavitaves
 

Leptosomiformes (cuckoo roller)

 
Eucavitaves
 

Trogoniformes (trogons)

 
Picocoraciae
 

Bucerotiformes (hornbills and hoopoes)

 
Picodynastornithes
 

Coraciiformes (rollers and kingfishers)

 
 

Piciformes (woodpeckers and toucans)

 
 
 
 
 

Cladogram of Eucavitaves relationships based on Jarvis, E.D. et al. (2014)[6] with some clade names after Yuri, T. et al. (2013)[7] and Kimball 2013.[5]

References[]

  1. ^ Hackett, S.J.; et al. (2008). "A Phylogenomic Study of Birds Reveals Their Evolutionary History". Science. 320 (5884): 1763–8. Bibcode:2008Sci...320.1763H. doi:10.1126/science.1157704. PMID 18583609. S2CID 6472805.
  2. ^ Ericson, P.G. (2012). "Evolution of terrestrial birds in three continents: biogeography and parallel radiations" (PDF). Journal of Biogeography. 39 (5): 813–824. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2699.2011.02650.x.
  3. ^ Naish, D. (2012). "Birds." Pp. 379-423 in Brett-Surman, M.K., Holtz, T.R., and Farlow, J. O. (eds.), The Complete Dinosaur (Second Edition). Indiana University Press (Bloomington & Indianapolis).
  4. ^ Yuri, T (2013). "Parsimony and model-based analyses of indels in avian nuclear genes reveal congruent and incongruent phylogenetic signals". Biology. 2 (1): 419–44. doi:10.3390/biology2010419. PMC 4009869. PMID 24832669.
  5. ^ a b Kimball, R.T. et al. (2013) Identifying localized biases in large datasets: A case study using the Avian Tree of Life. Mol Phylogenet Evol. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2013.05.029
  6. ^ a b Jarvis, E. D.; Mirarab, S.; Aberer, A. J.; et al. (2014). "Whole-genome analyses resolve early branches in the tree of life of modern birds". Science. 346 (6215): 1320–1331. Bibcode:2014Sci...346.1320J. doi:10.1126/science.1253451. PMC 4405904. PMID 25504713.
  7. ^ Yuri, T.; et al. (2013). "Parsimony and Model-Based Analyses of Indels in Avian Nuclear Genes Reveal Congruent and Incongruent Phylogenetic Signals". Biology. 2 (1): 419–444. doi:10.3390/biology2010419. PMC 4009869. PMID 24832669.


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