Australaves

Australavians Temporal range: Late Cretaceous - Holocene, 66–0 Ma PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
Kestrel, Falco tinnunculus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Clade:	Telluraves
Clade:	Australaves Ericson, 2012
Clades
Cariamiformes Eufalconimorphae

Australaves^[1] is a recently defined^[2] clade of birds, consisting of the Eufalconimorphae (passerines, parrots and falcons) as well as the Cariamiformes (including seriamas and the extinct "terror birds").^[3] They appear to be the sister group of Afroaves.^[3] As in the case of Afroaves, the most basal clades are predatory, suggesting this was the ancestral lifestyle.^[4]

Australaves	Cariamiformes (seriamas, terror birds etc.) Eufalconimorphae Falconiformes (falcons) Psittacopasserae Psittaciformes (parrots) Passeriformes (songbirds, crows & kin)

Cladogram of Australaves relationships based on Jarvis, E.D. et al. (2014).^[4]

References

1. Kimball RT, Wang N, Heimer-McGinn V, Ferguson C, Braun EL (2013). "Identifying localized biases in large datasets: A case study using the Avian Tree of Life.". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution (Mol Phylogenet Evol) 69: 1021–1032. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2013.05.029.
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. Jarvis, E. D.; Mirarab, S.; Aberer, A. J.; Li, B.; Houde, P.; Li, C.; Ho, S. Y. W.; Faircloth, B. C.; Nabholz, B.; Howard, J. T.; Suh, A.; Weber, C. C.; Da Fonseca, R. R.; Li, J.; Zhang, F.; Li, H.; Zhou, L.; Narula, N.; Liu, L.; Ganapathy, G.; Boussau, B.; Bayzid, M. S.; Zavidovych, V.; Subramanian, S.; Gabaldon, T.; Capella-Gutierrez, S.; Huerta-Cepas, J.; Rekepalli, B.; Munch, K.; et al. (2014). "Whole-genome analyses resolve early branches in the tree of life of modern birds" (PDF). Science 346 (6215): 1320–1331. doi:10.1126/science.1253451. PMID 25504713.