Bird Watching Blog

Resources

Olson, S. L., R. J. Raikow, and A. H. Bledsoe. "Why So Many Kinds of Passerine Birds?" BioScience 51, no. 4 (2001): 268-70.

Raikow, R. J., and A. H. Bledsoe. "Phylogeny and Evolution of the Passerine Birds." BioScience 50, no. 6 (2000): 487-499.

Sheldon, F. H., and D. Winkler. "Nest Architecture and Avian Systematics." Auk 116, no. 4 (1999): 875-877.

Susan L. Tomlinson, PhD

Class Aves Order Passeriformes Suborder Tyranni (Suboscines) Family Eurylaimidae

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Small to medium-sized birds, some very colorful, most with a broad head, broad bill wide gape, and large eyes

Size

Number of genera, species

8 genera; 15 species

Habitat

Mostly humid tropical lowland or montane forest Conservation status

Vulnerable: 3 species; Near Threatened: 3 species