Certhioidea

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Certhoidea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Suborder: Passeri
Infraorder: Passerida
Superfamily: Certhioidea
Families
  • Sittidae
  • Certhiidae
  • Troglodytidae
  • Polioptilidae

Certhioidea is a superfamily belonging to the infraorder Passerida containing wrens and their allies. It was created in 2004 by Cracraft et al. to house a clade of four families that were removed from the superfamily Sylvioidea.[1]

Classification

Certhioidea

Sittidae (nuthatches)




Certhiidae (treecreepers)




Troglodytidae (wrens)



Polioptilidae (gnatcatchers)





References

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