Eurylaimides

Eurylaimides
	Malayan banded pitta (Hydrornis irena)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Suborder:	Tyranni
Infraorder:	Eurylaimides
Families
	Philepittidae; Eurylaimidae; Calyptomenidae; Sapayoidae; Pittidae;

Eurylaimides (Old World suboscines) is a clade of passerine birds that are distributed in tropical regions around the Indian Ocean and a single American species, the sapayoa. This group is divided into five families.^[1] The families listed here are those recognised by the International Ornithologists' Union (IOC).^[2]

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Phylogenetic relationships of the Eurylaimides based on Oliveros et al. (2019):^[1]

Eurylaimides

	Philepittidae (asities)

	Eurylaimidae (eurylaimid broadbills)

Calyptomenidae (African and green broadbills)

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