Orioloidea

Spotted quail-thrush Cinclosoma punctatum, copyright Lip Kee.

Belongs within: Corvides.
Contains: Vireonidae, Oriolidae, Pachycephalidae, Psophodes.

The Orioloidea are a clade of songbirds united by molecular data.

<==OrioloideaOF19
    |--Eulacestoma [Eulacestomatidae]KF-V21
    |    `--E. nigropectusJF11
    `--+--OreoicidaeAP21
       |    |--Oreoica Gould 1838B94
       |    |    `--O. gutturalis (Vigors & Horsfield 1827) (see below for synonymy)WS48
       |    `--+--Ornorectes cristatusJF11 [=Pitohui cristatusJT12]
       |       `--Aleadryas rufinuchaJF11
       `--+--+--VireonidaeKF-V21
          |  `--Paramythiidae [Paramythiinae]KF-V21
          |       |--Oreocharis arfakiOF19
          |       `--Paramythia De Vis 1892B94
          |            `--P. montiumJF06
          `--+--+--OriolidaeKF-V21
             |  `--PachycephalidaeKF-V21
             `--Psophodidae [Cinclosomatidae, Cinclosomatinae]AP21
                  |--Androphobus viridisAP21
                  |--PsophodesKF-V21
                  |--Ptilorrhoa Peters 1940AP21, JF07
                  |    |--P. caerulescensJT12
                  |    |--P. castanonotaJT12
                  |    |--P. geislerorumAP21
                  |    `--P. leucostictaJT12
                  `--Cinclosoma Vigors & Horsfield 1827AP21, B94
                       |--C. ajaxJT12
                       |--C. alisteri Mathews 1910AP21, WS48 (see below for synonymy)
                       |--C. castaneothorax Gould 1848JT12, WS48 (see below for synonymy)
                       |--C. castanotum Gould 1840 [=C. castanotus; incl. C. castanotum dundasi Mathews 1912]WS48
                       |    |--C. c. castanotumM03
                       |    `--C. c. fiordianumM03
                       |--C. cinnamomeum Gould 1846 [=C. cinnamomeus]WS48
                       |    |--C. c. cinnamomeumM03
                       |    `--C. c. tirariensisM03
                       |--C. clarumAP21 [=C. castanotum clarumM03]
                       |--C. marginatum Sharpe 1883AP21, WS48 [=C. castaneothorax marginatumM03]
                       `--C. punctatumJT12
                            |--C. p. punctatumM03
                            |--C. p. anachoretaM03
                            `--C. p. doveiM03

Cinclosoma alisteri Mathews 1910AP21, WS48 [=C. cinnamomeum alisteriWS48; incl. C. alisteri nullaborensis Campbell 1922WS48]

Cinclosoma castaneothorax Gould 1848JT12, WS48 [=C. castanotum castaneothoraxWS48; incl. C. castaneothorax nea Mathews 1912WS48]

Oreoica gutturalis (Vigors & Horsfield 1827) [=Falcunculus gutturalis; incl. O. cristata lloydi Mathews 1917, O. cristata mungi Mathews 1912, O. cristata westralensis Mathews 1912]WS48

*Type species of generic name indicated

References

[AP21] Arlott, N., & B. van Perlo. 2021. Collins Birds of the World. William Collins.

[B94] Bock, W. J. 1994. History and nomenclature of avian family-group names. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 222: 1–281.

[JT12] Jetz, W., G. H. Thomas, J. B. Joy, K. Hartmann & A. Ø. Mooers. 2012. The global diversity of birds in space and time. Nature 491: 444–448.

[JF11] Jønsson, K. A., P.-H. Fabre, R. E. Ricklefs & J. Fjeldså. 2011. Major global radiation of corvoid birds originated in the proto-Papuan archipelago. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA 108 (6): 2328–2333.

[JF06] Jønsson, K. A., & J. Fjeldså. 2006. A phylogenetic supertree of oscine passerine birds. Zoologica Scripta 35: 149–186.

[JF07] Jønsson, K. A., J. Fjeldså, P. G. P. Ericson & M. Irestedt. 2007. Systematic placement of an enigmatic southeast Asian taxon Eupetes macrocerus and implications for the biogeography of a main songbird radiation, the Passerida. Biology Letters 3 (3): 323–326.

[KF-V21] Kuhl, H., C. Frankl-Vilches, A. Bakker, G. Mayr, G. Nikolaus, S. T. Boerno, S. Klages, B. Timmermann & M. Gahr. 2021. An unbiased molecular approach using 3′-UTRs resolves the avian family-level tree of life. Molecular Biology and Evolution 38 (1): 108–127.

[M03] Morcombe, M. 2003. Field Guide to Australian Birds 2nd ed. Steve Parish Publishing.

[OF19] Oliveros, C. H., D. J. Field, D. T. Ksepka, F. K. Barker, A. Aleixo, M. J. Andersen, P. Alström, B. W. Benz, E. L. Braun, M. J. Braun, G. A. Bravo, R. T. Brumfield, R. T. Chesser, S. Claramunt, J. Cracraft, A. M. Cuervo, E. P. Derryberry, T. C. Glenn, M. G. Harvey, P. A. Hosner, L. Joseph, R. T. Kimball, A. L. Mack, C. M. Miskelly, A. T. Peterson, M. B. Robbins, F. H. Sheldon, L. F. Silveira, B. T. Smith, N. D. White, R. G. Moyle & B. C. Faircloth. 2019. Earth history and the passerine superradiation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA 116 (16): 7916–7925.

[WS48] Whittell, H. M., & D. L. Serventy. 1948. A systematic list of the birds of Western Australia. Public Library, Museum and Art Gallery of Western Australia, Special Publication 1: 1–126.

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