Order Alectromorphae Gadow (bird)
Parent taxon: Neornithes according to O. Jaekel 1911
Sister taxa: Aequornithes, Cariamiformes, Cathartiformes, Colymbomorphae, Coraciomorphae, Eurypygiformes, Galbuliformes, Leptosomiformes, Lonchodytes pterygius, Mesitornithiformes, Neognathae, Odontognathae, Otidiformes, Palaeognathae, Pelargomorphae, Phoenicopteriformes, Picocoraciae, Pterocliformes
Subtaxa: Turnices
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Alectromorphae in the database