Tyrannides

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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]

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

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

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 – 37 species (tityras, becards)

Tyrannidae – 447 species (tyrant flycatchers)

Oxyruncidae – sharpbill

Onychorhynchidae – 7 species (royal flycatchers, myiobiuses)

Furnariida

Melanopareiidae – 5 species (crescentchests)

Conopophagidae – 12 species (gnateaters)

Thamnophilidae – 238 species (antbirds)

Grallariidae – 70 species (antpittas)

Rhinocryptidae – 65 species (tapaculos)

Formicariidae – 12 species (antthrushes)

Furnariidae – 321 species (ovenbirds)

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