Family Phoeniculidae Sclater 1924 (bird)
Aves - Upupiformes - Phoeniculidae
Parent taxon: Upupiformes according to G. Mayr 2022
See also Carroll 1988, del Hoyo et al. 2014, Livezey and Zusi 2007, Mayr 2000 and Mlikovsky 2002
Sister taxa: Laurillardiidae, Messelirrisoridae, Waltonirrisor
Subtaxa: Phirriculus Phoeniculus
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Phoeniculidae in the database