Eurylaimides

Eurylaimides

Eurylaimides

Infraorder of birds

Eurylaimides (Old World suboscines) is a clade of passerine birds that are distributed in tropical regions around the Indian Ocean and a single American species, the sapayoa. This group is divided into five families.[1] The families listed here are those recognised by the International Ornithologists' Union (IOC).[2]

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Phylogenetic relationships of the Eurylaimides based on Oliveros et al. (2019):[1]

Eurylaimides

Philepittidae (asities)

Eurylaimidae (eurylaimid broadbills)

Calyptomenidae (African and green broadbills)

Sapayoidae (sapayoa)

Pittidae (pittas)

References

  1. [1]
    Oliveros, C.H.; et al. (2019). "Earth history and the passerine superradiation". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 116 (16): 7916–7925. doi:10.1073/pnas.1813206116. PMC 6475423. PMID 30936315.
  2. [2]
    Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (2020). "Family Index". IOC World Bird List Version 10.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 24 April 2020.
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