Aves - Passeriformes - Tyrannidae
Parent taxon: Passeriformes according to J. F. Clements et al. 2017
See also Livezey and Zusi 2007 and Parmalee 1992
Sister taxa: Acanthisittidae, Acanthizidae, Acrocephalidae, Alaudidae, Artamidae, Atrichornithidae, Bernieridae, Bombycillidae, Calcariidae, Callaeidae, Calyptophilidae, Campephagidae, Cardinalidae, Certhiidae, Cinclidae, Cinclosomatidae, Climacteridae, Coerebidae, Corvidae, Corvitalusoides, Cracticidae, Dasyornithidae, Dicaeidae, Dulidae, Emberizidae, Eopsaltriidae, Estrildidae, Eurylaimidae, Formicaroidae, Fringillidae, Fringilloidae, Furnariidae, Hirundinidae, Icteridae, Laniidae, Locustellidae, Macrosphenidae, Maluridae, Meliphagidae, Menurae, Mimidae, Mohoidae, Mohouidae, Monarchidae, Motacillidae, Muscicapidae, Nectariniidae, Oriolidae, Orthonychidae, Oscines, Pachycephalidae, Paradisaeidae, Paridae, Parulidae, Passerellidae, Passeres, Passeridae, Petroicidae, Phaenicophilidae, Phylloscopidae, Pipridae, Ploceidae, Polioptilidae, Prunellidae, Psophodidae, Ptilonorhynchidae, Pycnonotidae, Rhinocryptidae, Rhipiduridae, Scotocercidae, Scytalopidae, Sittidae, Spindalidae, Sturnidae, Sylviidae, Thamnophilidae, Thraupidae, Tichodromidae, Tityridae, Troglodytidae, Turdidae, Vangidae, Vireonidae, Wieslochia, Winnicavis, Yunnanus, Zosteropidae
Subtaxa: Arundinicola Contopus Elaenia Empidonax Myiarchus Myiobius Myiodynastes Myiozetetes Pitangus Pyrocephalus Sayornis Tyrannus
Ecology: volant insectivore-frugivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Antigua and Barbuda (1 collection), the Bahamas (4), Cayman Islands (1), the Dominican Republic (2), Ecuador (2), Haiti (1), Mexico (1), United States (12: Alabama, California, Florida, Georgia, Tennessee, Virginia), Venezuela (1)
• Miocene of Argentina (1)
Total: 26 collections including 45 occurrences