Tyranni

Scissor-tailed Flycatcher

Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Suborder: Tyranni
Families: Tyrannidae, Pittidae, Eurylaimidae, Dendrocolaptidae, Furnariidae, Thamnophilidae, Formicariidae, Conopophagidae, Rhinocryptidae, Cotingidae, Pipridae, Philepittidae, Acanthisittidae

The suborder Tyranni (the suboscines) of passerine birds include about 1,000 fairly primitive species, the large majority of which are South American.

These have a less developed vocal structure than the songbirds in the suborder Passeri, the oscine passerines. Mitochondrial DNA studies have confirmed that the Tyranni and Passeri suborders are genetically distinct.

Families

• Tyrannidae: tyrant flycatchers
  Pittidae: pittas
  Eurylaimidae: broadbills
  Dendrocolaptidae: woodcreepers
  Furnariidae: ovenbirds
  Thamnophilidae: antbirds
  Formicariidae: antpittas and antthrushes
  Conopophagidae: gnateaters
  Rhinocryptidae: tapaculos
  Cotingidae: cotingas
  Pipridae: manakins
  Philepittidae: asities
  Acanthisittidae: New Zealand "wrens"

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