Tyranni

The suborder Tyranni (the suboscines) of passerine birds include about 1,000 fairly primitive species, the large majority of which are South American.

These have a less developed vocal structure than the songbirds in the suborder Passeri, the oscine passerines. Mitochondrial DNA studies have confirmed that the Tyranni and Passeri suborders are genetically distinct.

• Order: Passeriformes:
  • Suborder Tyranni
  • Tyrannidae: tyrant flycatchers
  • Acanthisittidae: New Zealand wrens
  • Pittidae: pittas
  • Eurylaimidae: broadbills
  • Dendrocolaptidae: woodcreepers
  • Furnariidae: ovenbirds
  • Thamnophilidae: antbirds
  • Formicariidae: antpittas and antthrushes
  • Conopophagidae: gnateaters
  • Rhinocryptidae: tapaculos
  • Cotingidae: cotingas
  • Pipridae: manakins
  • Philepittidae: asities