Clade of birds
Australaves is aclade ofbirds ,[ 3] defined in 2012,[ 4] consisting of theEufalconimorphae (passerines ,parrots andfalcons ) as well as theCariamiformes (includingseriemas and the extinct "terror birds ").[ 5] They appear to be thesister group ofAfroaves .[ 5] This clade was defined in thePhyloCode by George Sangster and colleagues in 2022 as "the least inclusive crown clade containingCariama cristata andPasser domesticus ".[ 6]
The clade's name, meaning 'southern birds', reflects the group's evolutionary origins in theSouthern Hemisphere : passerines and parrots inAustralia , and falcons and seriemas inSouth America .[ 4]
As in the case of Afroaves, the mostbasal clades have predatory extant members, suggesting this was the ancestral lifestyle;[ 7] however, some researchers likeDarren Naish are skeptical of this assessment, since some extinct representatives such as the herbivorousStrigogyps led other lifestyles.[ 8] Basal parrots and falcons are at any rate vaguelycrow -like and probably omnivorous.[ 9]
Cladogram of Telluraves relationships based on Kuhlet al . (2020) and Braun & Kimball (2021)[ 2] [ 10]
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