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]
| Barbets | |
|---|---|
| |
| Toco toucan (Ramphastos toco) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Piciformes |
| Suborder: | Pici |
| Infraorder: | Ramphastides Vigors, 1825 |
| Families | |
Systematics edit
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 edit
- ^ 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.