Hyliidae

Short description: Family of birds

Hyliidae

Green hylia (Hylia prasina)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Chordata
Class:  | Aves
Order:  | Passeriformes
Superfamily:  | Sylvioidea
Family:  | Hyliidae
Bannerman, 1923
Genera

Pholidornis
Hylia

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.[1][2][3][4]

Some taxonomic authorities place the entire family in the Macrosphenidae.

Hylias are small, insectivorous songbirds found in tropical Africa. They frequent the understory of wet tropical forests.

## Taxonomy

The family Hyliidae was introduced in 1923 by the British ornithologist David Bannerman.[5] The family contains just two species, each of which is placed in its own genus.[1]

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Phylloscopidae – leaf warblers (80 species)

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Hyliidae – hylias (2 species)

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Aegithalidae – bushtits (13 species)

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Erythrocercidae – flycatchers (3 species)

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Scotocercidae – streaked scrub warbler

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Cettiidae – bush warblers and allies (32 species)

Cladogram showing the family relationships based on a study by Carl Oliveros and colleagues published in 2019.[2] The number of species is taken from the bird list maintained by Frank Gill, Pamela Rasmussen and David Donsker on behalf of the International Ornithological Committee (IOC).[1]

## Genera

* Pholidornis – tit hylia (formerly in Remizidae, then tentatively in Cettiidae)
* Hylia – green hylia (formerly tentatively placed in Cettiidae)

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds (July 2021). "IOC World Bird List Version 11.2". International Ornithologists' Union. https://www.worldbirdnames.org/new/. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Oliveros, Carl H.; Field, Daniel J.; Ksepka, Daniel T.; Barker, F. Keith; Aleixo, Alexandre; Andersen, Michael J.; Alström, Per; Benz, Brett W. et al. (2019). "Earth history and the passerine superradiation". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 116 (16): 7916–7925. doi:10.1073/pnas.1813206116. ISSN 0027-8424. PMID 30936315.
3. ↑ Fregin, Silke; Haase, Martin; Olsson, Urban; Alström, Per (2012). "New insights into family relationships within the avian superfamily Sylvioidea (Passeriformes) based on seven molecular markers". BMC Evolutionary Biology 12 (1): 157. doi:10.1186/1471-2148-12-157. PMID 22920688.
4. ↑ Sefc, Kristina M.; Payne, Robert B.; Sorenson, Michael D. (2003). "Phylogenetic relationships of African sunbird-like warblers: Moho (Hypergerus atriceps), Green Hylia (Hylia prasina) and Tit-hylia (Pholidornis rushiae)". Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology 74 (1–2): 8–17. doi:10.2989/00306520309485365. Archived from the original on 2015-10-31. https://web.archive.org/web/20151031004759/http://lsa.umich.edu/ummz/birds/publications/pdf/RBP.178.pdf.
5. ↑ Bannerman, David A. (1923). "Report on the birds collected during the British Museum Expedition to the Ivory Coast (French West Africa)". Ibis 65 (4): 667-748 [704]. doi:10.1111/j.1474-919X.1923.tb08230.x.

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