Eurylaimides
Sign in to saveEurylaimides (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 and three superfamilies. The families listed here are those recognised by the International Ornithologists' Union (IOC). Sapayooidea Sapayoidae: broad-billed sapayoa Eurylaimoidea Eurylaimidae: typical broadbills Calyptomenidae: African and green broadbills Pittoidea Pittidae: pittas Philepittidae: asities
Wikidata facts
Show 3 more facts
- taxon name
- Eurylaimides
- taxon rank
- infraorder
- Commons category
- Eurylaimides
via Wikidata · CC0
~1 min read
Encyclopedic overview
2 sectionsContents
- Historical classification
- References
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 and three superfamilies. The families listed here are those recognised by the International Ornithologists' Union (IOC). Sapayooidea Sapayoidae: broad-billed sapayoa Eurylaimoidea Eurylaimidae: typical broadbills Calyptomenidae: African and green broadbills Pittoidea Pittidae: pittas Philepittidae: asities
Phylogenetic relationships of the Eurylaimides based on Oliveros et al. (2019):
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Eurylaimides” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
Available in 12 languages
via Wikidata sitelinks · CC0