History of the taxon:
Etymology of the name:
Taxon: Birnaviridae Proposal: Ratification_1984.pdf ICTV Report: Birnaviridae Reference: PMID: 6743022
from the Latin bi meaning “two”, and RNA for ribonucleic acid, referring to the bisegmented nature of the genome, and the presence of dsRNA, in viruses of the family; the suffix -viridae for family taxa