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: Eukaryota
- Superkingdom: Hexasaganizoa
- Kingdom: Binucleozoa
- Subkingdom: Symbiovermes
- Phylum: Thoracocephalia
- Subphylum: Vermitheria
- Class: Ornitheria
- Subphylum: Vermitheria
- Phylum: Thoracocephalia
- Subkingdom: Symbiovermes
- Kingdom: Binucleozoa
- Superkingdom: Hexasaganizoa
Superorder - Lumenoculaformes
(Non-biats)
Order - 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
- Brighteyes (Ornitherium micoculum)
- Vibrant Manestrider (Ornitherium audatorquem)
- Genus - Irigallus
- Flare Manestrider (Irigallus pavonicollum)
Family - Argusraptoridae
- Raptor-like monodactyl runners. Most of them are large predators.
- Genus - Argusraptor
- Ambrosiaraptor (Argusraptor mella)
- Argusraptor Complex (Argusraptor complicatus)
- Genus - Gigargus
- Argantua (Gigargus rugosus)
Subclass - 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
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
- Interbiat (Arthropterornitherium primus)
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
- Quail Raptor (Cortuniraptor nychocauda)
- Genus - Wallacecortuniraptor
- Wallace Quails (Wallacecortuniraptor spp.)
Family - Perampluscoturnidae (placeholder)
- Genus - Perampluscoturnix
- Canard (Perampluscoturnix alvum)
- Martyk Mega Quail (Perampluscoturnix martykensis)
Order - 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
- Ascendophrey (Falcotherium ferocior)
- Sausophrey (Falcotherium ferox)
- Genus - Cadaveroraptor
- Littoral Cillibilli (Cadaveroraptor microlittori)
- Vultoph (Cadaveroraptor longidigitus)
- Genus - Wallytherium
- Wallyhawk (Wallytherium ungualis)
- Genus - Procellatherium
- Albedophrey (Procellatherium marirex)
- Genus - Lamarckaquila
- Lamarckophrey (Lamarckaquila rufus)
- Genus - Hippogryphus
- Hippogryph (Hippogryphus megapteryx)
Order - Atopoptera
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Family - Plumatibiidae
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- Genus Plumatibia
- Songsauce Piper (Plumatibia caligo)
Superorder - Volucriformes
Order - Volucra
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Family - Volucridae
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- Genus - Volucrus
- Ferry Quail (Volucrus frugivorus)
Family - Parvavolucridae
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- Genus - Parusvolucrus
- Krikrees (Parusvolucrus spp.)