Otidae
Template:Short description Template:Automatic taxobox Otidae<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> is a clade that includes the superorders Otidimorphae (bustards, turacos, and cuckoos) and Strisores (nightbirds, swifts, and hummingbirds). It was identified in 2014 by genome analysis.<ref name=Jarvis2014>Jarvis, E.D. et al. (2014) Whole-genome analyses resolve early branches in the tree of life of modern birds. Science, 346(6215):1320–1331.</ref> Earlier it was thought that Strisores was closely related to birds such as pigeons, flamingos, tropicbirds, and the sunbittern and kagu in the taxon Metaves,<ref name=Fain>Template:Cite journal</ref><ref name=Hackett>Hackett, S.J. et al. (2008) A Phylogenomic Study of Birds Reveals Their Evolutionary History. Science, 320(5884):1763–1768.</ref> but subsequent work has provided evidence that Metaves is polyphyletic.<ref name="Jarvis2014" /><ref name=":0">Template:Cite journal</ref><ref name=":1">Template:Cite journal</ref> Although analyses of genome data provided relatively high support for monophyly of Otidae, indicating that it is sister to all other Passerea clades,<ref name="Jarvis2014"/> other analyses of large data matrices<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /><ref>Template:Cite journal</ref> have not recovered a clade comprising Otidimorphae and Strisores, raising questions about the monophyly of Otidae.