AET. 24 CLASSIFICATION OF BIRDS WETMORE 



Superfamily Tyrannides. 



Family Cotingidae, Cotingas. 



Pipridae, Manakins. 



Tyrannidae, New World Flycatchers. 



Oxyruncidae, Sharp-bills. 



Phytotomidae, Plant-cutters. 



Pittidae, Pittas. 



Xenicidae, New Zealand Wrens. 



Philepittidae, Asities. 

 Suborder Menurae. 



Family Menuridae, Lyre-birds. 



Atrichornithidae, Scrub-birds. 

 Suborder Oscines. 



Family Alaudidae, Larks. 



Palaeospizidae, Palaeospiza (fossil). 



Hirundinidae, Swallows. 



Campephagidae, Cuckoo-shrikes. 



Dicruridae, Drongos. 



Oriolidae, Old World Orioles. 



Corvidae, Crows, Magpies, Jays. 



Ptilinorhynchidae, Bower-birds. 



Paradiseidae, Birds of Paradise. 



Paridae, Titmice. 



Sittidae, Nuthatches. 



Hyposittidae, Coral-billed Nuthatches. 



Certhiidae, Creepers. 



Chamaeidae, Wren-tits. 



Timeliidae, Babbling Thrushes. 



Pycnonotidae, Bulbuls. 



Cinclidae, Dippers. 



Troglodytidae, Wrens. 



Mimidae, Thrashers, Mockingbirds. 



Turdidae, Thrushes. 



Zeledoniidae, Wren-thrushes. 



Paramj^thiidae, Parmnythia. 



Sylviidae, Old World Warblers. 



Regulidae, Kinglets. 



Muscicapidae, Old World Flycatchers. 



Motacillidae, Wagtails, Pipits. 



Enicuridae, Fork-tails. 



Bombycillidae, Waxwings. 



Ptilogonatidae, Silky Flycatchers. 



Dulidae, Palm-chats. 



Artamidae, Wood-swallows. 



