Phylogenetic placement: Passeri: Passerides: Passerida: Dicaeoidea

Distribution: Indian Subcontinent, South East Asia, Wallacea, Philippines, Australia and New Guinea

Number of extant genera: 2-3

Number of extant species: 50-60

References

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