Tyranni
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 Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
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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.
[edit] Families
- Tyrannidae: tyrant flycatchers
- Pittidae: pittas
- Eurylaimidae: broadbills
- Furnariidae: ovenbirds and woodcreepers
- Thamnophilidae: antbirds
- Formicariidae: antpittas and antthrushes, possibly including tapaculos
- Rhinocryptidae: tapaculos
- Conopophagidae: gnateaters
- Cotingidae: cotingas
- Pipridae: manakins
- Philepittidae: asities
- Acanthisittidae: New Zealand "wrens"
