Ornitheria

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Brighteyes is an example of Ornitheria.

Ornitheria (meaning bird-beasts) contains all ornitheres. Apart from their immediate visual differences, they are distinguished from other saucebacks by their fluttering and sometimes flight abilities, and by their eyesight which involves the use of mirrors to focus an image on a retina at the front of the eye.


Domain: Taxonomy
Superkingdom: Taxonomy
Kingdom: Binucleozoa
Subkingdom: Taxonomy
Phylum: Thoracocephalia
Subphylum: Thoracocephalia
Class: Ornitheria

Superorder - Lumenoculaformes

(Non-biats)

Order - Lumenocula

Argantua is an example of Lumenocula.

(basal forms)

Family - Lumenoculidae

The most basal lumenoculans, which more or less just resemble harnessbacks with fans of flight feathers upon their legs.
Genus - Ornitherium
Genus - Irigallus


Family - Argusraptoridae

Raptor-like monodactyl runners. Most of them are large predators.
Genus - Argusraptor
Genus - Gigargus


Subclass - Sceloptera

Wallyhawk is an example of Sceloptera.

Sceloptera, commonly known as biats, are the especially bird-like flight-capable subgroup of ornitheria. Many species in this subclass are barely recognizable as saucebacks to the untrained eye.

Order - Caudoptera

Quail Raptor is an example of Caudoptera.

The caudopterans are the most basal biats, which usually retain a long tail, cloven hooves, and other basal characteristics.

Family - Ungulopteridae

The most basal biats of them all. They have long tails and live mostly on the ground, but can leap into the air to fly away from predators.
Genus - Arthropterornitherium


Family - Cortuniraptoridae

Cortuniraptors, or quail raptors, have tiny, spine-like teeth and considerably more eyes than other species, as well as a pair of "spurs" on the base of the tail.
Genus - Cortuniraptor
Genus - Wallacecortuniraptor


Family - Perampluscoturnidae (placeholder)

Genus - Perampluscoturnix


Order - Falcothera

Vultoph is an example of Falcothera.

Falcotheres, or ophreys, are monodactyl and have short tails, slotted wings, unidirectional lungs, and strong hooked jaws. The tail is airplane-like, consisting of a pair of feather fans on either side of a vertical crest-like structure derived from the tail spike.

Family - Falcotheridae

Genus - Falcotherium
Genus - Cadaveroraptor
Genus - Wallytherium
Genus - Procellatherium
Genus - Lamarckaquila
Genus - Hippogryphus


Order - Atopoptera

Songsauce Piper is an example of Atopoptera.

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Family - Plumatibiidae

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Genus Plumatibia


Superorder - Volucriformes

Order - Volucra

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Family - Volucridae

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Genus - Volucrus

Family - Parvavolucridae

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Genus - Parusvolucrus