corvoidea
{{Short description|Superfamily of birds}}
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| taxon = Corvoidea
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| image = Chinspot batis, Batis molitor female at Borakalalo National Park, Northwest Province, South Africa (16032376718).jpg
| image_caption = Chinspot batis
Batis molitor (female)
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Corvoidea is a superfamily of birds in the order of Passeriformes.
Systematics
Corvoidea contains the following families:{{ cite journal | last1=Oliveros | first1=C.H. | display-authors=etal | year=2019 | title=Earth history and the passerine superradiation | journal=Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States | volume=116 | issue=16 | pages=7916–7925 | doi=10.1073/pnas.1813206116 | pmid=30936315 | pmc=6475423 | doi-access=free | bibcode=2019PNAS..116.7916O }}{{ cite book | editor-last1=Dickinson | editor-first1=E.C. | editor1-link=Edward C. Dickinson | editor-last2=Christidis | editor-first2=L. | editor2-link=Leslie Christidis | year=2014 | title=The Howard & Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World | volume=2: Passerines | edition=4th | place=Eastbourne, UK | publisher=Aves Press | isbn=978-0-9568611-2-2 | page=xxxvi }}{{cite web|date=2006|title=Corvoidea|url=http://tolweb.org/Corvoidea/67955|publisher=Tree of Life Project|website=tolweb.org}}
- Vireonidae – vireos
- Rhipiduridae – fantails
- Dicruridae – drongos
- Monarchidae – monarch flycatchers
- Ifritidae – blue-capped ifrit
- Paradisaeidae – birds-of-paradise
- Corcoracidae – white-winged chough and apostlebird
- Melampittidae – melampittas
- Laniidae – shrikes
- Platylophidae - jayshrike
- Corvidae – crows, ravens, and jays
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|footer2=Cladogram based on Kuhl et al. (2020)H Kuhl, C Frankl-Vilches, A Bakker, G Mayr, G Nikolaus, S T Boerno, S Klages, B Timmermann, M Gahr (2020) [https://academic.oup.com/mbe/advance-article/doi/10.1093/molbev/msaa191/5891114 An unbiased molecular approach using 3’UTRs resolves the avian family-level tree of life]. Molecular Biology and Evolution. https://doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msaa191
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