| Cavitaves | |
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| Rufous-necked hornbill,Aceros nipalensis at nesting cavity | |
Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Clade: | Coraciimorphae |
| Clade: | Cavitaves Yuri, Kimball, Harshman, Bowie, Braun, Chojnowski, Han, Hackett, Huddleston, Moore, Reddy, Sheldon, Steadman, Witt and Braun, 2013 |
| Clades | |
Cavitaves is aclade that contains the orderLeptosomiformes (cuckoo roller) and the cladeEucavitaves (a large assemblage of birds that includeswoodpeckers,kingfishers andtrogons).[1][2][3][4][5][6] This group was defined in thePhyloCode by George Sangster and colleagues in 2022 as "the least inclusive crown clade containingLeptosomus discolor andPicus viridis".[7] The name refers to the fact that the majority of them nest in cavities.
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