GRUIFORMES
(bustards, cranes and rails)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
images		 No of
ID refs
GRUIDAE
cranes
Family 1 subtaxa 1 ident. refs
Grus
a genus of birds
Genus 1 subtaxa 1 ident. refs
RALLIDAE
rails
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 		Family 4 subtaxa 87 images 2 ident. refs
Taxonomic hierarchy:
OrderGRUIFORMES (bustards, cranes and rails)
ClassAVES (birds)
SuperclassTETRAPODA (a superclass of unassigneds)
PhylumCHORDATA (vertebrates)
SuperphylumDEUTEROSTOMIA (deuterostomes)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

GRUIFORMES (bustards, cranes and rails) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for GRUIFORMES (bustards, cranes and rails)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 13 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for GRUIFORMES (bustards, cranes and rails)
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