Order Coraciiformes Forbes 1884 (bird)
Parent taxon: Passerimorphae according to B. C. Livezey and R. L. Zusi 2007
See also Carroll 1988, del Hoyo et al. 2014, Gadow 1898, Jaekel 1911, Mayr 2005, Mayr 2011 and Wetmore 1960
Sister taxa: Piciformes, Zygodactylidae
Subtaxa: Alcedinidae Alcedinides Brachypteraciidae Coracii Coraciidae Coracioidea Cryptornis Cryptornis antiquus Eocoraciidae Halcyones Meropidae Momotidae Parvicuculus Striges Todidae Ueekenkcoracias
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore