Otidimorphae

Otidimorphans
Temporal range:
Eocene - Holocene,
Chestnut-breasted malkoha (Phaenicophaeus curvirostris)
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Clade: Neoaves
Clade: Otidimorphae
Wagler, 1830
Orders
Synonyms

Cuculimorphae

Otidimorphae is a clade of birds that contains the orders Cuculiformes (cuckoos), Musophagiformes (turacos), and Otidiformes (bustards) identified in 2014 by genome analysis. George Sangster and colleagues in 2022 named the clade uniting turacos and bustards as Musophagotides, defining it in the PhyloCode as "the least inclusive crown clade containing Otis tarda and Musophaga violacea, but not Grus grus or Mesitornis variegatus".

Otidimorphae

Cuculiformes (cuckoos)

Musophagotides

Musophagiformes (turacos)

Otidiformes (bustards)

While the bustards seem to be related to the turacos, other genetic studies have found the cuckoos to be closer to the bustards than the turacos are.

Otidimorphae

Musophagiformes (turacos)

Otidiformes (bustards)

Cuculiformes (cuckoos)