Aves saepe clarissimis coloribus ornantur. Propriam classem revera non fingunt, sed solae dinosauriorum progenies sunt, qui ex fine aevi cretacei adhuc exstant.
Aves multa affinia reptilibus exhibent, ex quibus procedunt. Agnoscuntur a zoologis paene 9800 specierum avium in viginti novem ordines digestarum. Ordines in 165 familias, vicissim in 2000 generum dividuntur. Aves sane valde sunt diversae, et se accommodaverunt ad locum vel oecosystema ubi habitant.
Classificatio ordinum avium
Hic habes cladogramma coniunctionum avium secundum Braun et Kimball (2021).[3]
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