Phylogenetic placement: Passeri: Passerides: Passerida

Distribution: northeastern Africa, Middle East and Central Asia

Number of extant genera: 1

Number of extant species: 1

References

Fjeldså J, Christidis L, and Ericson PGP (editors) (2020), “The Largest Avian Radiation: The Evolution of the Perching Birds, or the Order Passeriformes”, Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. (link)

Selvatti AP, Gonzaga LP, de Moraes Russo CA (2015), A Paleogene origin for crown passerines and the diversification of the Oscines in the New World, Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 88, 1-15. (view pdf)