Corvoidea
Appearance
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
[edit]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
[edit]- ^ Oliveros, C.H.; et al. (2019). "Earth history and the passerine superradiation". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States. 116 (16): 7916–7925. Bibcode:2019PNAS..116.7916O. doi:10.1073/pnas.1813206116. PMC 6475423. PMID 30936315.
- ^ Dickinson, E.C.; Christidis, L., eds. (2014). The Howard & Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World. Vol. 2: Passerines (4th ed.). Eastbourne, UK: Aves Press. p. xxxvi. ISBN 978-0-9568611-2-2.
- ^ "Corvoidea". tolweb.org. Tree of Life Project. 2006.
- ^ Oliveros, C.H.; et al. (2019). "Earth history and the passerine superradiation". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States. 116 (16): 7916–7925. Bibcode:2019PNAS..116.7916O. doi:10.1073/pnas.1813206116. PMC 6475423. 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