Translingual

Wikispecies

Proper noun

Platalea f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Threskiornithidae – the spoonbills.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Aves - class; Saurornithes - informal group; Ornithothoraces, Ornithurae - clades; Carinatae - subclass; Neornithes - infraclass; Neognathae - parvclass; Ciconiiformes - order; Threskiornithidae - family; Plataleinae - subfamily

Hyponyms

• (genus): Platalea leucorodia - type species; Platalea ajaja, Platalea alba, Platalea flavipes, Platalea minor, Platalea regia - other species

References

• Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, ISBN 978-0691128276