Viduidae

Belongs within: Passerida.

The Viduidae are an African family of small songbirds that develop as brood parasites on other songbirds.

Viduidae
    |--Anomalospiza Shelley 1901BKB15, B94 [Anomalospizinae]
    |    `--A. imberbisBKB15
    |--Steganura paradiseaFP64
    `--Vidua Cuvier 1817 [Viduinae]B94
         |  i. s.: V. chrysonota Swains. 1837F43
         |         V. codringtoniJT12
         |         V. erythrorhynchus Swains. 1837F43
         |         V. funereaJT12
         |         V. larvaticolaJT12
         |         V. maryaeJT12
         |         V. nigeriaeJT12
         |         V. togoensisJT12
         |--+--V. hypocherinaBKB15
         |  `--+--V. macrouraBKB15
         |     `--+--+--V. interjectaBKB15
         |        |  `--V. orientalisBKB15
         |        `--+--V. obtusaBKB15
         |           `--V. paradisaeaBKB15
         `--+--V. regiaBKB15
            `--+--V. fischeriBKB15
               `--+--V. camerunensisBKB15
                  `--+--V. raricolaBKB15
                     `--+--V. chalybeataBKB15
                        `--+--V. purpurascensBKB15
                           `--V. wilsoniBKB15

*Type species of generic name indicated

References

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

[BKB15] Burleigh, J. G., R. T. Kimball & E. L. Braun. 2015. Building the avian tree of life using a large-scale, sparse supermatrix. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 84: 53–63.

[FP64] Fisher, J., & R. T. Peterson. 1964. The World of Birds: A comprehensive guide to general ornithology. Macdonald: London.

[F43] Fraser, L. 1843. On Cricetomys gambianus and various species of birds from western Africa. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 11: 51–53.

[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.