Galbuli

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Galbuli
Barred puffbird, (Nystalus radiatus)
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Piciformes
Suborder: Galbuli
Vigors, 1825
Families
Synonyms

Galbuliformes Fürbringer, 1888 Galbulae Vigors, 1825

Galbuli is one of the two suborders of the order Piciformes. It includes two families, Bucconidae (puffbirds) and Galbulidae (jacamars), both restricted to the Neotropics (in contrast to the more widespread suborder Pici).

Systematics

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It was thought the jacamars and puffbirds were not closely related to toucans and woodpeckers, but instead related to the order Coraciiformes.[1][2] However, analysis of nuclear DNA in a 2003 study placed them as sister group to Pici, also showing that the groups had developed zygodactyl feet (two toes facing forward and two aft) before separating.[3] Per Ericson and colleagues, in analysing genomic DNA, confirmed that puffbirds and jacamars were sister groups and their place in Piciformes.[4] The lineage is sometimes elevated to order level as Galbuliformes,[5] first proposed by Sibley and Ahlquist in 1990.[2]

Taxonomy

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The following arrangement of taxa is based on Witt (2004).[6]

References

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  1. ^ Sibley, Charles Gald & Ahlquist, Jon Edward (1990): Phylogeny and classification of birds. Yale University Press, New Haven, Conn.
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  6. ^ Witt, C.C. (2004), Rates of Molecular Evolution and their Application to Neotropical Avian Biogeography, Ph.D. dissertation, Louisiana State University
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