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Calyptomenidae
Family of birds / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Calyptomenidae is a family of passerine birds found in Africa, the Malay Peninsula and Borneo. There are six species in two genera.
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Calyptomenidae | |
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Green broadbill (Calyptomena viridis) | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Suborder: | Tyranni |
Infraorder: | Eurylaimides |
Superfamily: | Eurylaimoidea |
Family: | Calyptomenidae Bonaparte, 1850 |
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The species in this family were formerly included in the broadbill family Eurylaimidae. A molecular phylogenetic study published in 2006 found that the species in these two genera were not closely related to the other broadbills.[1] These two genera are now placed in a separate family.[2]