Tyrannides

Tyrannides (New World suboscines) is a clade of passerine birds that are endemic to the Americas.^[1] The group likely originated in South America during the Eocene, about 45 million years ago.^[2]

Tyrannides
Guianan cock-of-the-rock (Rupicola rupicola)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Suborder:	Tyranni
Infraorder:	Tyrannides
Families
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Taxonomy

The Tyrannides is divided into two clades (Furnariida and Tyrannida) that contain eleven families.^[3][4] The families listed here are those recognised by the International Ornithologists' Union (IOC).^[5]

• Pipridae: manakins
• Cotingidae: cotingas
• Tityridae: tityras, sharpbill, becards (includes Oxyruncus and Onychorhynchus)
• Tyrannidae: tyrant-flycatchers (includes Piprites, Platyrinchus, Tachuris and Rhynchocyclus)
• Melanopareiidae: crescent chests
• Conopophagidae: gnateaters and gnatpittas
• Thamnophilidae: antbirds
• Grallariidae: antpittas
• Rhinocryptidae: tapaculos
• Formicariidae: antthrushes
• Furnariidae: ovenbirds and woodcreepers (includes Dendrocolaptidae)

Phylogeny

The cladogram below showing the family level phylogenetic relationships of the Tyrannides is based on a molecular genetic study by Carl Oliveros and collaborators published in 2019.^[4] The families and species numbers are from the list maintained by the International Ornithologists' Union (IOC).^[5]

Tyrannides

Tyrannida Pipridae – 55 species (manakins) Cotingidae – 66 species (cotingas) Tityridae – 45 species (tityras, becards) Tyrannidae – 447 species (tyrant flycatchers) Furnariida Melanopareiidae – 5 species (crescentchests) Conopophagidae – 12 species (gnateaters) Thamnophilidae – 238 species (antbirds) Grallariidae – 68 species (antpittas) Rhinocryptidae – 65 species (tapaculos) Formicariidae – 12 species (antthrushes) Furnariidae – 315 species (ovenbirds)

References

1. Ohlson, J.I. et al. (2013) Phylogeny and classification of the New World suboscines (Aves, Passeriformes). Zootaxa, 3613:1-35. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.3613.1.1.
2. Claramunt, S.; Cracraft, J. (2015). "A new time tree reveals Earth history's imprint on the evolution of modern birds". Science Advances. 1 (11): e1501005. doi:10.1126/sciadv.1501005. PMC 4730849.
3. Selvatti, A.P. et al. (2015) A Paleogene origin for crown passerines and the diversification of the Oscines in the New World. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 88:1-15.
4. 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.
5. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (2020). "Family Index". IOC World Bird List Version 10.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 24 April 2020.