Phylogenetic placement: Passeri: Corvides: Corvoidea

Distribution: sub-Saharan Africa and Madagascar, South, East and Southeast Asia, Philippines, Wallacea, New Guinea and Australia, Micronesia, Melanesia and Polynesia, Hawaii

Number of extant genera: ~9

Number of extant species: ~97

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