Ramphastides
Infraorder of birds
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Ramphastides is an infraorder of the order Piciformes that includes toucans and barbets. Formerly, the barbets have been classified in a single family, the Capitonidae.[1] However, this has turned out to be paraphyletic about toucans, which resulted in the Capitonidae being split into several families.[2][3]
| Toucans and Barbets | |
|---|---|
| |
| Toco toucan (Ramphastos toco) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Piciformes |
| Suborder: | Pici |
| Infraorder: | Ramphastides Vigors, 1825 |
| Families | |
Systematics
The Ramphastides contain five extant families. Sometimes, they are treated as the superfamily Ramphastoidea.[4]
- Infraorder Ramphastides
- Megalaimidae - Asian barbets
- Lybiidae - African barbets
- Capitonidae - New World barbets
- Semnornithidae - toucan-barbets
- Ramphastidae - toucans