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Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
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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"