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Eurylaimides (Old World suboscines) is a clade of passerine birds that are distributed in tropical regions around the Indian Ocean and a single American species, the sapayoa. This group is divided into five families and three superfamilies. The families listed here are those recognised by the International Ornithologists' Union (IOC). Sapayooidea Sapayoidae: broad-billed sapayoa Eurylaimoidea Eurylaimidae: typical broadbills Calyptomenidae: African and green broadbills Pittoidea Pittidae: pittas Philepittidae: asities

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Eurylaimides (Old World suboscines) is a clade of passerine birds that are distributed in tropical regions around the Indian Ocean and a single American species, the sapayoa. This group is divided into five families and three superfamilies. The families listed here are those recognised by the International Ornithologists' Union (IOC). Sapayooidea Sapayoidae: broad-billed sapayoa Eurylaimoidea Eurylaimidae: typical broadbills Calyptomenidae: African and green broadbills Pittoidea Pittidae: pittas Philepittidae: asities

Phylogenetic relationships of the Eurylaimides based on Oliveros et al. (2019):

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