Columbaves

Columbaves Temporal range: Eocene–Recent PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
Rock Pigeon (Columba livia)
Great Bustard (Otis tarda)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Superorder:	Neoaves
Clade:	Columbaves Prum et al., 2015
Clades
Otidimorphae Columbimorphae

Columbaves is a clade that contains Columbimorphae (pigeons, mesites, and sandgrouse) and Otidimorphae (bustards, cuckoos, and turacos) discovered by genomic analysis.^[1] This conflicts with the Columbea and Otidae hypotheses which Mirandornithes are the sister taxon to Columbimorphae and Cypselomorphae the sister taxon to Otidimorphae respectfully.^[2] Both hypotheses however do not support the two subdivisions of Metaves and Coronoaves as previous studies had found.^[3][4]

Columbaves	Otidimorphae Musophagiformes (turacos) Cuculiformes (cuckoos) Otidiformes (bustards) Columbimorphae Columbiformes (pigeons and doves) Pteroclidiformes (sandgrouses) Mesitornithiformes (mesites)

See also

• Columbea
• Otidae
• Metaves

References

1. Prum, R. O. et al. A comprehensive phylogeny of birds (Aves) using targeted next-generation DNA sequencing. Nature (2015). doi:10.1038/nature15697
2. 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. doi:10.1126/science.1253451. PMID 25504713.
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): 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. doi:10.1126/science.1157704. PMID 18583609.