Columbaves

Columbaves is a clade that contains Columbimorphae (pigeons, mesites, and sandgrouse) and Otidimorphae (bustards, cuckoos, and turacos) discovered by genomic analysis by Prum et al. (2015).^[1] This conflicts with the Columbea and Otidae hypotheses which Mirandornithes are the sister taxon to Columbimorphae and Cypselomorphae the sister taxon to Otidimorphae, respectively, found by Jarvis et al. (2014).^[2] Neither hypothesis supports the two subdivisions of Metaves and Coronoaves as previous studies had found.^[3][4]

Columbaves Temporal range: Eocene–Recent PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Rock Pigeon (Columba livia)
Great Bustard (Otis tarda)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Clade:	Neoaves
Clade:	Columbaves Prum et al., 2015
Clades
Otidimorphae Columbimorphae

In 2020 Kuhl et al. sequenced 3-prime untranslated region (3’UTR) from 429 species and 379 genera of birds found support of Columbaves in their study. However they have found that cuckoos are the sister group to pigeons within Columbimorphae instead as shown in the cladogram below:^[5]