Family Psophiidae Bonaparte 1831 (bird)
Aves - Gruiformes - Psophiidae
Parent taxon: Gruiformes according to J. F. Clements et al. 2017
See also Carroll 1988, del Hoyo et al. 2014 and Livezey and Zusi 2007
Sister taxa: Anisolornis, Aramidae, Asiavis, Bumbanipes, Bumbaniralla, Cariamae, Eurypygae, Grues, Gruidae, Heliornithidae, Horezmavis, Messelornithidae, Rallidae, Salmilidae
Subtaxa: Psophia
Ecology: volant omnivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Psophiidae in the database