Clade Aequornithes Mayr 2011 (bird)
Full reference: G. Mayr. 2011. Metaves, Mirandornithes, Strisores and other novelties – a critical review of the higher-level phylogeny of neornithine birds. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research 49(1):58-76
Parent taxon: Neornithes according to G. Mayr 2011
Sister taxa: Alectromorphae, Cariamiformes, Cathartiformes, Colymbomorphae, Coraciomorphae, Eurypygiformes, Galbuliformes, Leptosomiformes, Lonchodytes pterygius, Mesitornithiformes, Neognathae, Odontognathae, Otidiformes, Palaeognathae, Pelargomorphae, Phoenicopteriformes, Picocoraciae, Pterocliformes
Subtaxa: Feraequornithes Gaviiformes Lonchodytes
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore