Ramphastides Explained

Ramphastides is an infraorder of the order Piciformes that includes toucans and barbets. Formerly, the barbets have been classified in a single family, the Capitonidae.^[1] However, this has turned out to be paraphyletic with regard to toucans, which resulted in the Capitonidae being split into several families.^{[2] [3]}

Systematics

The Ramphastides contain five extant families. Sometimes, they are treated as the superfamily Ramphastoidea.^[4]

• Infraorder Ramphastides
  • Megalaimidae - Asian barbets
  • Lybiidae - African barbets
  • Capitonidae - New World barbets
  • Semnornithidae - toucan-barbets
  • Ramphastidae - toucans

External links

• Tree of Life Piciformes

Notes and References

1. LL Short, JFM Horne (2002) Family Capitonidae (barbets). in del Hoyo J., Elliott A. & Christie D.A. (2004) Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 7. Jamacars to Woodpeckers Lynx Edicions, Barcelona
2. [Charles Sibley|Sibley, Charles Gald]
3. Moyle, R. G. (2004). Phylogenetics of barbets (Aves: Piciformes) based on nuclear and mitochondrial DNA sequence data. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 30(1), 187-200.
4. Simpson, S. F., & Cracraft, J. (1981). The phylogenetic relationships of the Piciformes (Class Aves). The Auk, 481-494.