Order Galbuliformes Vigors 1825
Alternative spelling: Galbulae
Parent taxon: Neornithes according to J. F. Clements et al. 2017
See also Brodkorb 1970, Feduccia 1973, Feduccia and Martin 1976, Livezey and Zusi 2007, Mayr 2022 and Olson 1985
Sister taxa: Aequornithes, Alectromorphae, Cariamiformes, Cathartiformes, Colymbomorphae, Coraciomorphae, Eurypygiformes, Leptosomiformes, Lonchodytes pterygius, Mesitornithiformes, Neognathae, Odontognathae, Otidiformes, Palaeognathae, Pelargomorphae, Phoenicopteriformes, Picocoraciae, Pterocliformes
Subtaxa: Bucconidae Galbulidae
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