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Hyliidae
Sign in to saveHyliidae is a family of passerine birds which contains just two species, the green hylia (Hylia prasina) and the tit hylia (Pholidornis rushiae). Physiological similarities and molecular phylogenetic studies strongly support the creation of this family.
Species
FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAves
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyHyliidae
Spishi kadhaa za kuchanyika ni ndege wadogo wa familia Hyliidae. Nyingine ni wana wa familia Cettiidae.
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- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Sylvioidea
- Image
- Green Hylia specimen RWD.jpg
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- Hyliidae
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- Category:Hyliidae
- Commons category
- Hyliidae
- taxonomic type
- Hylia
- described by source
- Ibis
- taxon author citation
- Bannerman, 1923
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Hyliidae is a family of passerine birds which contains just two species, the green hylia (Hylia prasina) and the tit hylia (Pholidornis rushiae). Physiological similarities and molecular phylogenetic studies strongly support the creation of this family.
Some taxonomic authorities place the entire family in the Macrosphenidae.
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