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Corvoidea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Infraorder: Corvides
Superfamily: Corvoidea

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

It contains the following families:[1][2][3]

Systematics

Cladogram based on Oliveros, C.H. et al. (2019)[4]

Cladogram based on Kuhl, H. et al. (2020)[5]

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. 116 (16): 7916–7925. doi:10.1073/pnas.1813206116.
  2. ^ Dickinson, E.C.; Christidis, L., eds. (2014). The Howard & Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World. Vol. Volume 2: Passerines (4th ed.). Eastbourne, UK: Aves Press. p. xxxvi. ISBN 978-0-9568611-2-2. {{cite book}}: |volume= has extra text (help)
  3. ^ "Corvoidea". tolweb.org. Tree of Life Project. 2006.
  4. ^ Oliveros, C.H.; et al. (2019). "Earth history and the passerine superradiation". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States. 116 (16): 7916–7925. doi:10.1073/pnas.1813206116.
  5. ^ H Kuhl, C Frankl-Vilches, A Bakker, G Mayr, G Nikolaus, S T Boerno, S Klages, B Timmermann, M Gahr (2020) An unbiased molecular approach using 3’UTRs resolves the avian family-level tree of life. Molecular Biology and Evolution. https://doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msaa191