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Eurylaimides
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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.[1] The families listed here are those recognised by the International Ornithologists' Union (IOC).[2]

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Phylogenetic relationships of the Eurylaimides based on Oliveros et al. (2019):[1]

Eurylaimides

Philepittidae (asities)

Eurylaimidae (eurylaimid broadbills)

Calyptomenidae (African and green broadbills)

Sapayoidae (sapayoa)

Pittidae (pittas)

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Historical classification

This clade was previously classified into two superfamilies:

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