Suborder Coracii Wetmore and Miller 1926 (bird)
Parent taxon: Coraciiformes according to J. A. Clarke et al. 2009
See also Carroll 1988, Lambrecht 1933, Livezey and Zusi 2007, Mayr 2022 and Olson 1985
Sister taxa: Alcedinidae, Alcedinides, Brachypteraciidae, Coraciidae, Coracioidea, Cryptornis, Cryptornis antiquus, Eocoraciidae, Halcyones, Meropidae, Momotidae, Parvicuculus, Striges, Todidae, Ueekenkcoracias
Subtaxa: Atelornithidae Coraciides Eocoracias Geranopteridae Laputavis Meropides Paracoracias Primobucco Primobucconidae Septencoracias
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore