Otidimorphae

Otidimorphans Temporal range: Eocene - Holocene, 34–0  Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Chestnut-breasted malkoha ( Phaenicophaeus curvirostris )
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Clade:	Neoaves
Clade:	Otidimorphae Wagler, 1830
Orders
Cuculiformes Musophagiformes Otidiformes
Synonyms
Cuculimorphae

Otidimorphae is a clade of birds that contains the orders Cuculiformes (cuckoos, and roadrunners), Musophagiformes (turacos), and Otidiformes (bustards) identified in 2014 by genome analysis. ^[1] George Sangster and colleagues in 2022 named the clade uniting turacos and bustards as Musophagotides, defining it in the PhyloCode as "the least inclusive crown clade containing Otis tarda and Musophaga violacea , but not Grus grus or Mesitornis variegatus ". ^[2]

Otidimorphae	Cuculiformes (cuckoos) Musophagotides Musophagiformes (turacos) Otidiformes (bustards)

While the bustards seem to be related to the turacos, other genetic studies have found the cuckoos to be closer to the bustards than the turacos are. ^{[3] [4] [5]}

Otidimorphae	Musophagiformes (turacos) Otidiformes (bustards) Cuculiformes (cuckoos)

References

1. Jarvis, E.D.; 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.
2. Sangster, G.; Braun, E.L.; Johansson, U.S.; Kimball, R.T.; Mayr, G.; Suh, A. (2022). "Phylogenetic definitions for 25 higher-level clade names of birds". Avian Research. 13 100027. Bibcode:2022AvRes..1300027S. doi: 10.1016/j.avrs.2022.100027 .
3. Ericson, P. G.P; Anderson, C. L; Britton, T.; Elzanowski, A.; Johansson, U. S; Kallersjo, M.; Ohlson, J. I; Parsons, T. J; Zuccon, D.; Mayr, G. (2006). "Diversification of Neoaves: integration of molecular sequence data and fossils". Biology Letters. 2 (4). rsbl.royalsocietypublishing.org: 543–547. doi:10.1098/rsbl.2006.0523. PMC   1834003 . PMID   17148284.
4. Hackett, S. J.; Kimball, R. T.; Reddy, S.; et al. (2008). "A Phylogenomic Study of Birds Reveals Their Evolutionary History" (PDF). Science. 320 (5884): 1763–1768. Bibcode:2008Sci...320.1763H. doi:10.1126/science.1157704. PMID   18583609. S2CID   6472805.
5. Stiller, J.; Feng, S.; Chowdhury, A-A.; et al. (2024). "Complexity of avian evolution revealed by family-level genomes". Nature. 629 (8013): 851–860. Bibcode:2024Natur.629..851S. doi: 10.1038/s41586-024-07323-1 . PMC   11111414 . PMID   38560995.