| Toucans and Barbets | |
|---|---|
| |
| Toco toucan (Ramphastos toco) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Piciformes |
| Suborder: | Pici |
| Infraorder: | Ramphastides Vigors, 1825 |
| Families | |
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 about toucans, which resulted in the Capitonidae being split into several families.23
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
References
References
- 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 ISBN 84-87334-37-7
- Sibley, Charles Gald & Ahlquist, Jon Edward (1990): Phylogeny and classification of birds. Yale University Press, New Haven, Conn.
- 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.
- Simpson, S. F., & Cracraft, J. (1981). The phylogenetic relationships of the Piciformes (Class Aves). The Auk, 481-494.