Corvida

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: ParaHoxozoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Olfactores
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Cladus: Sarcopterygii
Cladus: Rhipidistia
Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha
Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes
Cladus: Elpistostegalia
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Cladus: Sauropsida
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Cladus: Diapsida
Cladus: Neodiapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Cladus: Archelosauria
Cladus: Archosauromorpha
Cladus: Crocopoda
Cladus: Archosauriformes
Cladus: Eucrocopoda
Cladus: Archosauria
Cladus: Avemetatarsalia
Cladus: Ornithodira
Cladus: Dinosauromorpha
Cladus: Dinosauriformes
Cladus: Dracohors
Cladus: Dinosauria
Cladus: Saurischia
Cladus: Theropoda
Cladus: Neotheropoda
Cladus: Averostra
Cladus: Tetanurae
Cladus: Avetheropoda
Cladus: Coelurosauria
Cladus: Tyrannoraptora
Cladus: Maniraptoromorpha
Cladus: Maniraptoriformes
Cladus: Maniraptora
Cladus: Pennaraptora
Cladus: Paraves
Cladus: Eumaniraptora
Cladus: Avialae
Subclassis: Aves
Cladus: Avebrevicauda
Cladus: Pygostylia
Cladus: Ornithothoraces
Cladus: Ornithuromorpha
Cladus: Carinatae
Cladus: Neornithes
Infraclassis: Neognathae
Cladus: Neoaves
Cladus: Telluraves
Cladus: Australaves
Ordo: Passeriformes
Subordo: Passeri
Infraordo: Corvida

‎Classis: Reptilia
Subclassis: Aves
Infraclassis: Neognathae
Cladus: Neoaves
Ordo: Passeriformes
Subordo: Passeri
Infraordo: Corvida
Superfamiliae: Corvoidea – Malaconotoidea – Meliphagoidea - Menuroidea – Orioloidea

Name

Corvida Wagler, 1830
References
Primary references

Wagler, J.G. 1830. Natürliches System der Amphibien, mit vorangehender Classification der Säugetiere und Vögel. Ein Beitrag zur vergleichenden Zoologie. J.G. Cotta'schen Buchhandlung: München, Stuttgart, & Tübingen. 354 pp. BHL Reference page. p. 82 "Corvi"

Additional references

Oliveros, C.H., Field, D.J., Ksepka, D.T., Barker, F.K., Aleixo, A., Andersen, M.J., Alström, P., Benz, B.W., Braun, E.L., Braun, M.J., Bravo, G.A., Brumfield, R.T., Chesser, R.T., Claramunt, S., Cracraft, J., Cuervo, A.M., Derryberry, E.P., Glenn, T.C., Harvey, M.G., Hosner, P.A., Joseph, L., Kimball, R.T., Mack, A.L., Miskelly, C.M., Peterson A.T., Robbins, M.B., Sheldon, F.H., Silveira, L.F., Smith, B.T., White, N.D., Moyle, R.G. & Faircloth, B.C. 2019. Earth history and the passerine superradiation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 116(16): 7916–7925. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1813206116 Open access PDF. Reference page.

Vernacular names
中文: 鸦小目
The "Corvida" were one of two "parvorders" contained within the suborder Passeri, as proposed in the Sibley-Ahlquist taxonomy, the other being Passerida. Standard taxonomic practice would place them at the rank of infraorder.

More recent research suggests that this is not a distinct clade—a group of closest relatives and nothing else—but an evolutionary grade instead. As such, it is abandoned in modern treatments, being replaced by a number of superfamilies that are considered rather basal among the Passeri.

It was presumed that cooperative breeding—present in many or most members of the Maluridae, Meliphagidae, Artamidae and Corvidae, among others—is a common apomorphy of this group.[1] But as evidenced by the updated phylogeny, this trait is rather the result of parallel evolution, perhaps because the early Passeri had to compete against many ecologically similar birds (see near passerine).[2]
Placement of "Corvida" families

This table lists, in taxonomic order, the families placed in "Corvida" by the Sibley-Ahlquist taxonomy in the left column. The right column contains details of their placement in modern systematics.

Corvoidea and Meliphagoidea are placed basally among the Passeri too. They are, however, groups large enough to be considered superfamilies in their own right.

Family	Modern placement
Menuridae: lyrebirds	Basalmost Passeri, close to Atrichornithidae
Atrichornithidae: scrub-birds	Basalmost Passeri, close to Menuridae
Climacteridae: Australian treecreepers	Basal Passeri, close to Ptilonorhynchidae
Ptilonorhynchidae: bowerbirds	Basal Passeri, close to Climacteridae
Maluridae: fairy-wrens, emu-wrens and grasswrens	Meliphagoidea. Nowadays several families.
Meliphagidae: honeyeaters and allies	Meliphagoidea
Pardalotidae: pardalotes, scrubwrens, thornbills, and gerygones	Meliphagoidea. Nowadays several families; Pardalotidae proper might belong in Meliphagidae
Petroicidae: Australasian robins	Passeri incertae sedis, close to Picathartidae
Orthonychidae: logrunners	Passeri incertae sedis, close to Pomatostomidae
Pomatostomidae: Australasian babblers	Passeri incertae sedis, close to Orthonychidae
Cinclosomatidae: whipbirds and allies	Corvoidea incertae sedis, relationships with Pachycephalidae unresolved
Neosittidae: sittellas	Corvoidea
Pachycephalidae: whistlers, shrike-thrushes, pitohuis and allies	Corvoidea incertae sedis, highly paraphyletic and relationships with Cinclosomatidae unresolved
Dicruridae: monarch flycatchers and allies	Corvoidea. Possibly paraphyletic
Oriolidae: orioles and figbirds	Corvoidea
Icteridae: American blackbirds/orioles, grackles and cowbirds	Passerida: Passeroidea (the most "modern" main lineage of songbirds)
Artamidae: woodswallows, butcherbirds, currawongs and Australian magpie	Corvoidea
Paradisaeidae: birds of paradise	Corvoidea
Cnemophilidae: satinbirds (included in Paradisaeidae)	Passeri incertae sedis, possibly close to Callaeidae
Corvidae: crows, ravens, jays, etc.	Corvoidea
Corcoracidae: white-winged chough and apostlebird	Corvoidea
Irenidae: fairy-bluebirds	Passeri incertae sedis; close to Passeroidea or Regulidae (kinglets)
Laniidae: shrikes	Corvoidea
Prionopidae: helmetshrikes (initially included in Laniidae)	Corvoidea
Malaconotidae: bush-shrikes and allies (initially included in Laniidae)	Corvoidea
Vireonidae: vireos	Corvoidea
Vangidae: vangas	Corvoidea
Turnagridae: piopios	Corvoidea (included in Oriolidae)
Callaeidae: New Zealand wattlebirds	Passeri incertae sedis, possibly close to Cnemophilidae

In addition, the following families were not included in the "Corvida" although their closest relationships are with taxa included therein:

Family	Sibley-Ahlquist placement	Modern placement
Platysteiridae: wattle-eyes	Passerida (included in Muscicapidae)	Corvoidea
Picathartidae: rockfowl	Passerida	Passeri incertae sedis, close to Petroicidae
Chaetopidae: rockjumpers	Passerida (Turdidae)	Passeri incertae sedis, close to Petroicidae
Melanocharitidae: berrypeckers and longbills	Passerida	Passeri incertae sedis, possibly close to Cnemophilidae
Paramythiidae: tit berrypecker and crested berrypecker	Passerida (included in Melanocharitidae)	Passeri incertae sedis, possibly close to Cnemophilidae

Footnotes

Cockburn (1996)

"DNA and Passerine Classification". web.stanford.edu. Retrieved 2024-05-08.

References
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Cockburn, A. (1996): Why do so many Australian birds cooperate? Social evolution in the Corvida. In: Floyd, R.; Sheppard, A. & de Barro, P. (eds.): Frontiers in Population Ecology: 21–42. CSIRO, Melbourne.