Tityridae
John Harshman
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Sibley and Ahlquist (1985) established the new subfamily Tityrinae to include several taxa removed from traditional families, and it has been subsequently expanded to a family (Ericson et al. 2006, Ohlson et al. 2008, Tello et al. 2009), now including taxa from Tyrannidae (Tityra, Xenopsaris, Pachyramphus, Laniocera — though these were sometimes placed in Cotingidae too —Myiobius, Terenotriccus, Onychorhynchus), Cotingidae (Iodopleura, Laniisoma), and Pipridae (Schiffornis). Oxyruncus (sharpbill) has sometimes been placed in Tyrannidae or Cotingidae, and sometimes given its own family, Oxyruncidae.References
Barber, B. R. and N. H. Rice. 2007. Systematics and evolution in the Tityrinae (Passeriformes : Tyrannoidea). Auk 124(4):1317-1329.
Chesser, R. T. 2004. Molecular systematics of New World suboscine birds. Mol. Phylogen. Evol. 32:11-24.
Ericson, P. G. P., D. Zuccon, J. I. Ohlson, U. S. Johansson, H. Alvarenga, and R. O. Prum. 2006. Higher-level phylogeny and morphological evolution of tyrant flycatchers, cotingas, manakins, and their allies (Aves: Tyrannida). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 40:4711-483.
Johansson, U. S., M. Irestedt, T. J. Parsons, and P. G. P. Ericson. 2002. Basal phylogeny of the Tyrannoidea based on comparisons of cytochrome b and exons of nuclear c-myc and RAG-1 genes. Auk 119:984-995.
Ohlson, J., J. Fjeldså, and P. G. P. Ericson. 2008. Tyrant flycatchers coming out in the open: Phylogeny and ecological radiation of Tyrannidae (Aves, Passeriformes). Zoologica Scripta 37:315-335.
Prum, R.O. 1990. A test of the monophyly of the manakins (Pipridae) and of the cotingas (Cotingidae) based on morphology. Occ. Papers Museum of Zoology, Univ. of Michigan 723:1-44.
Prum, R.O. and W. E. Lanyon. 1989. Monophyly and phylogeny of the Schiffornis group (Tyrannoidea). Condor 91:444–461.
Prum, R. O., Rice, N. H., Mobley, J. A., and Dimmick, W. W. 2000. A preliminary phylogenetic hypothesis for the cotingas (Cotingidae) based on mitochondrial DNA. Auk 117: 236-241.
Sibley, C. G., and J. E. Ahlquist. 1985. Phylogeny and classification of New World suboscine passerines (Passeriformes: Oligomyodi: Tyrannides). Ornithol. Monogr. 36:396-430.
Tello, J. G., R. G. Moyle, D. J. Marchese, and J. Cracraft. 2009. Phylogeny and phylogenetic classification of the tyrant flycatchers, cotinga, manakins, and their allies (Aves: Tyrannides). Cladistics 25:1-39.
Title Illustrations
| Scientific Name | Iodopleura pipra |
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| Location | Angelim Reserve, São Paulo state, Brazil |
| Comments | This one is endemic to the lowland rainforests of Brazil, a habitat that has been reduced to a tiny fraction of it's original extent. Fortunately they are still easy to see in a few places. |
| Specimen Condition | Live Specimen |
| Copyright | © Nick Athanas |
| Scientific Name | Schiffornis virescens |
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| Location | Mata úmida de Boa Nova, Bahia, Brazil |
| Specimen Condition | Live Specimen |
| Source | Schiffornis virescens_Greenish Schiffornis |
| Source Collection | Flickr |
| Copyright |
© 2008 Ciro Albano
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| Scientific Name | Tityra semifasciata |
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| Location | along the forest trail north of Sangayta, Nayarit, Mexico |
| Specimen Condition | Live Specimen |
| Source | WMex09_D-40-0568a |
| Source Collection | Flickr |
| Image Use |
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| Copyright | © 2009 Jerry Oldenettel |
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