Otidimorphae

Otidimorphae is a clade of birds that contains the orders Cuculiformes (cuckoos), Musophagiformes (turacos), and Otidiformes (bustards) identified in 2014 by genome analysis.^[1] George Sangster and colleagues in 2022 named the clade uniting turacos and bustards as Musophagotides, defining it in the PhyloCode as "the least inclusive crown clade containing Otis tarda and Musophaga violacea, but not Grus grus or Mesitornis variegatus".^[2]

Otidimorphae	Cuculiformes (cuckoos) Musophagotides Musophagiformes (turacos) Otidiformes (bustards)

Otidimorphans Temporal range: Eocene - Holocene, 34–0 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Chestnut-breasted malkoha (Phaenicophaeus curvirostris)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Clade:	Neoaves
Clade:	Otidimorphae Wagler, 1830
Orders
Cuculiformes Musophagiformes Otidiformes
Synonyms
Cuculimorphae

While the bustards seem to be related to the turacos, other genetic studies have found the cuckoos to be closer to the bustards than the turacos are.^[3][4][5]

Otidimorphae	Musophagiformes (turacos) Otidiformes (bustards) Cuculiformes (cuckoos)