Eurylaimides

 ( Extant Eocene First Appearances ) 

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

• Philepittidae: asities
• Eurylaimidae: typical broadbills
• Calyptomenidae: African and green broadbills
• Sapayoidae: broad-billed sapayoa
• Pitta: pittas

Phylogenetic relationships of the Eurylaimides based on Oliveros et al. (2019):

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Historical classification This clade was previously classified into two superfamilies:

• Eurylaimoidea
• Philepittidae (asities)
• Eurylaimidae (typical broadbills)
• Calyptomenidae (African and green broadbills)
• Sapayoidae (sapayoa)
• Pittoidea
• Pittidae: pittas

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