Author:
Jan Scholten
Book:
Qjurious
Type:
info
Chapter:
4-565.40.00
Bucerotiformes
Region: Africa, Asia, Europe, Melanesia.
Zoology
Bucerotiformes are birds that contains the hornbills, ground hornbills, hoopoes and wood hoopoes.
Taxonomy
Bucerotiformes were previously classified as members of Coraciiformes.
Phylogenetic relationships between the families based on a large study by Richard Prum and colleagues published in 2015.
Families
Upupidae: hoopoes
Phoeniculidae: wood hoopoes
Bucorvidae: ground hornbills
Bucerotidae: hornbills