Corvoidea

Corvoidea is a superfamily of birds in the order of Passeriformes.

Corvoidea
Chinspot batis Batis molitor (female)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Infraorder:	Corvides
Superfamily:	Corvoidea
Families
See text

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

Phylogenetic relationships of corvoid families

Rhipiduridae Dicruridae Monarchidae Ifritidae Paradisaeidae Corcoracidae Melampittidae Corvidae Platylophidae Laniidae

Cladogram based on Oliveros et al. (2019)[4]

Rhipiduridae Dicruridae Monarchidae Ifritidae Paradisaeidae Struthideidae (=Corcoracidae) Corvidae Platylophidae Laniidae

Cladogram based on Kuhl et al. (2020)[5]