Phylogenetic placement: Passeri: Passerides: Sylviida: Sylvioidea

Distribution: Africa, Eurasia, Madagascar, Philippines, Wallacea, New Guinea and Australia, New Zealand

Number of extant genera: ~13

Number of extant species: ~153

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