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Corvoidea

Superfamily of birds From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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

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

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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]
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