Eurylaimides

Eurylaimides
Malayan banded pitta (Hydrornis irena)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Suborder:	Tyranni
Infraorder:	Eurylaimides
Families
Philepittidae Eurylaimidae Calyptomenidae Sapayoidae Pittidae

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]

• Philepittidae: asities
• Eurylaimidae: typical broadbills
• Calyptomenidae: African and green broadbills
• Sapayoidae: broad-billed sapayoa
• Pittidae: pittas

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)

Historical classification

This clade was previously classified into two superfamilies:

• Eurylaimoidea
  • Philepittidae (asities)
  • Eurylaimidae (typical broadbills)
  • Calyptomenidae (African and green broadbills)
  • Sapayoidae (sapayoa)
• Pittoidea
  • Pittidae: pittas

References

1. Oliveros, C.H.; et al. (2019). "Earth history and the passerine superradiation". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 116 (16): 7916–7925. doi:10.1073/pnas.1813206116. PMC 6475423. PMID 30936315.
2. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (2020). "Family Index". IOC World Bird List Version 10.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 24 April 2020.