Corvoidea
Corvoidea | |
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Chinspot batis Batis molitor (female) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Infraorder: | Corvides |
Superfamily: | Corvoidea |
Families | |
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Corvoidea is a superfamily of birds in the order of
Passeriformes
.
Systematics
Corvoidea contains the following families:[1][2][3]
- Vireonidae– vireos
- Rhipiduridae – fantails
- Dicruridae– drongos
- Monarchidae– monarch flycatchers
- Ifritidae– blue-capped ifrit
- Paradisaeidae– birds-of-paradise
- Corcoracidae– white-winged chough and apostlebird
- Melampittidae– melampittas
- Laniidae– shrikes
- Platylophidae - jayshrike
- Corvidae – crows, ravens, and jays
References
- PMID 30936315.
- ISBN 978-0-9568611-2-2.
- ^ "Corvoidea". tolweb.org. Tree of Life Project. 2006.
- PMID 30936315.
- ^ H Kuhl, C Frankl-Vilches, A Bakker, G Mayr, G Nikolaus, S T Boerno, S Klages, B Timmermann, M Gahr (2020) An unbiased molecular approach using 3’UTRs resolves the avian family-level tree of life. Molecular Biology and Evolution. https://doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msaa191