Corvoidea

Corvoidea
Nominate subspecies of great grey shrike
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Infraorder:	Corvides
Superfamily:	Corvoidea
Families
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Corvoidea is a superfamily of birds in the order of Passeriformes.

Systematics

Corvoidea contains the following families:^[1][2][3]

• Rhipiduridae – fantails
• Dicruridae – drongos
• Monarchidae – monarch flycatchers
• Ifritidae – blue-capped ifrit
• Paradisaeidae – birds-of-paradise
• Corcoracidae – white-winged chough and apostlebird
• Melampittidae – melampittas
• Laniidae – shrikes
• Platylophidae - jayshrike
• Corvidae – crows, ravens, and jays

Phylogenetic relationships of corvoid families

Rhipiduridae Dicruridae Monarchidae Ifritidae Paradisaeidae Corcoracidae Melampittidae Corvidae Platylophidae Laniidae

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

Rhipiduridae Dicruridae Monarchidae Ifritidae Paradisaeidae Struthideidae (=Corcoracidae) Corvidae Platylophidae Laniidae

Cladogram based on Kuhl 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. Bibcode:2019PNAS..116.7916O. doi:10.1073/pnas.1813206116. PMC 6475423. PMID 30936315.
2. Dickinson, E.C.; Christidis, L., eds. (2014). The Howard & Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World. Vol. 2: Passerines (4th ed.). Eastbourne, UK: Aves Press. p. xxxvi. ISBN 978-0-9568611-2-2.
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. Bibcode:2019PNAS..116.7916O. doi:10.1073/pnas.1813206116. PMC 6475423. PMID 30936315.
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