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Taxon: Family Tyrannidae Vigors, 1825 - tyrant-flycatchers (bird)
Classification by:

Natura - nature
   actualia - actual entities
     Mundus Plinius - physical world
       naturalia - natural bodies
         Clade Biota Wagner 2004 [Wiemann, de Queiroz, Rowe, Planavsky, Anderson, Gogarten, Turner & Gauthier 2020]
           Clade neomura Cavalier-Smith, 1987
             Domain Eukaryota Chatton, 1925 - eukaryotes
               Clade discaria Cavalier-Smith, 2021
                 Clade dorsates Cavalier-Smith, 2021
                   Clade podiates Cavalier-Smith, 2012
                     Clade Amorphea Adl et al. 2012 [Simpson, Medina & Adl 2020]
                       Clade Obazoa Brown, Sharpe, Silberman, Heiss, Lang, Simpson & Roger 2013
                         Clade Opisthokonta Cavalier-Smith 1987 [Simpson & Medina 2020] - animal-fungal clade
                           Superkingdom Holozoa Lang, O'Kelly, Nerad, Gray & Burger, 2002
                             Clade filozoa Shalchian-Tabrizi, Minge, Espelund, Orr, Ruden, Jakobsen & Cavalier-Smith, 2008
                               Kingdom Animalia Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
                                 Clade Planulozoa Wallberg, Thollesson, Farris & Jondelius 2004
                                   Subkingdom Bilateria Hatschek, 1888 - bilaterians
                                     Clade Nephrozoa Jondelius, Ruiz-Trillo, Baguñà & Riutort 2002
                                       Infrakingdom Deuterostomia Grobben, 1908
                                         Phylum Chordata Bateson, 1885 - chordates
                                           Subphylum Craniata auct.
                                             Infraphylum Vertebrata Lamarck, 1801 - vertebrates
                                               Clade Pan-Gnathostomata Downs 2020
                                                 Superclass Gnathostomata Gegenbaur, 1874 - jawed vertebrates
                                                   [crown] Clade Eugnathostomata
                                                     Clade Pan-Osteichthyes Rowe 2004 [Moore & Near 2020]
                                                       Clade Osteichthyes Huxley 1880 [Moore & Near 2020]
                                                         Clade Pan-Sarcopterygii
                                                           Clade Sarcopterygii Romer, 1955
                                                             Clade Dipnotetrapodomorpha Nelson, 2006
                                                               Clade Rhipidistia Cope, 1887
                                                                 Clade Tetrapodomorpha Ahlberg, 1991
                                                                   Clade Osteolepidida Boulenger 1901 [Cloutier & Ahlberg 1996]
                                                                     Clade Eotetrapodiformes Coates & Friedman, 2010
                                                                       [crown] Clade Elpistostegalia Camp & Allison, 1961
                                                                         Clade Stegocephali Cope 1868 [Laurin 2020]
                                                                           Clade Labyrinthodontia Owen 1859 [Laurin 2020]
                                                                             Clade Tetrapoda Hatschek & Cori 1896 [Laurin 2020]
                                                                               Clade Pan-Amniota Rowe 2004 [Laurin & Smithson 2020]
                                                                                 Clade Batrachosauria
                                                                                   Clade Amniota Haeckel 1866 [Laurin & Reisz 2020]
                                                                                     Class Reptilia Linnaeus, 1758 - reptiles
                                                                                       Clade Eureptilia Olson, 1947
                                                                                         Clade Romeriida Gauthier, Kluge & Rowe, 1988
                                                                                           Clade Diapsida Osborn 1903 [Gauthier & de Queiroz 2020]
                                                                                             Clade Neodiapsida Benton 1985
                                                                                               Clade Pan-Archelosauria W.G. Joyce, J. Anquetin, E. Cadena, J. Claude, I.G. Danilov, S.W. Evers, ..., J.F. Parham 2021, sedis mutabilis
                                                                                                 Clade Archelosauria N.G. Crawford, J.F. Parham, A.B. Sellas, B.C. Faircloth, T.C. Glenn, T.J. Papenfuss, ..., W.B. Simison 2015 [W.G. Joyce, J. Anquetin, E. Cadena, J. Claude, I.G. Danilov, S.W. Evers, ..., J.F. Parham 2021]
                                                                                                   Clade Pan-Archosauria Gauthier 2020
                                                                                                     Clade Archosauromorpha von Huene 1946 [Gauthier 2020]
                                                                                                       Clade Crocopoda Ezcurra 2016
                                                                                                         Clade Archosauriformes Gauthier 1994 [Gauthier 2020]
                                                                                                           Clade Crurotarsi Sereno & Arcucci 1990
                                                                                                             Clade Archosauria Cope 1869 [Gauthier & Padian 2020]
                                                                                                               Clade Pan-Aves Gauthier & de Queiroz 2001 [M. Ezcurra, S. Nesbitt, M. Bronzati, F. Dalla Vecchia, F. Agnolin, R. Benson, ..., M. Langer 2020]
                                                                                                                 Clade Ornithodira Gauthier 1986 [M. Ezcurra, S. Nesbitt, M. Bronzati, F. Dalla Vecchia, F. Agnolin, R. Benson, ..., M. Langer 2020]
                                                                                                                   Clade Dinosauromorpha Benton 1985 [M. Ezcurra, S. Nesbitt, M. Bronzati, F. Dalla Vecchia, F. Agnolin, R. Benson, ..., M. Langer 2020]
                                                                                                                     Clade Dinosauriformes Novas 1992 [M. Ezcurra, S. Nesbitt, M. Bronzati, F. Dalla Vecchia, F. Agnolin, R. Benson, ..., M. Langer 2020]
                                                                                                                       Clade Dracohors Cau 2018
                                                                                                                         Clade Dinosauria Owen 1842 [Langer, Novas, Bittencourt, Ezcurra & Gauthier 2020]
                                                                                                                           Clade Saurischia Seeley 1888 [Gauthier, Langer, Novas, Bittencourt & Ezcurra 2020]
                                                                                                                             Clade Eusaurischia Padian et al. 1999
                                                                                                                               Clade Theropoda Marsh 1881 [Naish, Cau, Holtz Jr., Fabbri & Gauthier 2020]
                                                                                                                                 Clade Neotheropoda Bakker 1986 [Sereno 1998]
                                                                                                                                   Clade Averostra Paul 2002
                                                                                                                                     Clade Tetanurae Gauthier 1986
                                                                                                                                       Clade Orionides Carrano, Benson & Sampson 2012
                                                                                                                                         Clade Avetheropoda Paul 1988 [Padian et al. 1999]
                                                                                                                                           Clade Coelurosauria Huene 1914 [Gauthier 1986]
                                                                                                                                             Clade Tyrannoraptora Sereno 1999, nom. cl. inval.
                                                                                                                                               Clade Maniraptoriformes Holtz 1995 [Holtz 1996]
                                                                                                                                                 Clade Maniraptora Gauthier 1986
                                                                                                                                                   Clade Pennaraptora Foth et al. 2014
                                                                                                                                                     Clade Paraves Sereno 1997 [Sereno 1998]
                                                                                                                                                       Clade Avialae Gauthier 1986
                                                                                                                                                         Subclass Aves Linnaeus, 1758
                                                                                                                                                           Clade Pygostylia Chatterjee 1997 [Chiappe 2001]
                                                                                                                                                             Clade Ornithothoraces Chiappe 1995
                                                                                                                                                               Clade Ornithuromorpha Chiappe 2001
                                                                                                                                                                 Clade Ornithurae Haeckel 1866 [Gauthier 1986] {Chiappe 1991}
                                                                                                                                                                   Clade Carinatae Merrem 1813 [Gauthier & de Queiroz 2001]
                                                                                                                                                                     [crown] Clade Neornithes Gadow, 1893 - living birds
                                                                                                                                                                       Cohort Neognathae Pycraft, 1900
                                                                                                                                                                         Subcohort Neoaves Sibley et al., 1988
                                                                                                                                                                           Division Terrestrornithes B.C. Livezey & R.L. Zusi, 2007
                                                                                                                                                                             Subdivision Dendrornithes Verheyen, 1961
                                                                                                                                                                               Section Anomalogonates Garrod, 1874
                                                                                                                                                                                 Subsection Pico-clamatores B.C. Livezey & R.L. Zusi, 2007
                                                                                                                                                                                   Superorder Passerimorphae Sibley et al., 1988
                                                                                                                                                                                     Order Passeriformes Linnaeus, 1758
                                                                                                                                                                                       Suborder Tyranni - suboscines
                                                                                                                                                                                         Infraorder Tyrannides Sibley et al., 1988
                                                                                                                                                                                           Parvorder Tyrannida Wetmore & Miller, 1926
                                                                                                                                                                                             Family Tyrannidae Vigors, 1825 - tyrant-flycatchers
                                                                                                                                                                                               01 Genus Phyllomyias Cabanis & Heine, 1859
                                                                                                                                                                                               02 Genus Tyrannulus Vieillot, 1816 [monotypic]
                                                                                                                                                                                               03 Genus Myiopagis Salvin & Godman, 1888
                                                                                                                                                                                               04 Genus Elaenia Sundevall, 1836
                                                                                                                                                                                               05 Genus Ornithion Hartlaub, 1853
                                                                                                                                                                                               06 Genus Camptostoma P.L. Sclater, 1857
                                                                                                                                                                                               07 Genus Suiriri d'Orbigny, 1840
                                                                                                                                                                                               08 Genus Mecocerculus P.L. Sclater, 1862
                                                                                                                                                                                               09 Genus Anairetes Reichenbach, 1850
                                                                                                                                                                                               10 Genus Serpophaga Gould, 1839
                                                                                                                                                                                               11 Genus Phaeomyias Berlepsch, 1902
                                                                                                                                                                                               12 Genus Capsiempis Cabanis & Heine, 1859-1860[1859] [monotypic]
                                                                                                                                                                                               13 Genus Polystictus Reichenbach, 1850
                                                                                                                                                                                               14 Genus Nesotriccus C.H. Townsend, 1895 [monotypic]
                                                                                                                                                                                               15 Genus Pseudocolopteryx Lillo, 1905
                                                                                                                                                                                               16.1 Genus Pseudotriccus Taczanowski & Berlepsch, 1885
                                                                                                                                                                                               16.2 Genus Corythopis Sundevall, 1836
                                                                                                                                                                                               17 Genus Euscarthmus Wied, 1831
                                                                                                                                                                                               18 Genus Pseudelaenia W.E. Lanyon, 1988 [monotypic]
                                                                                                                                                                                               19 Genus Stigmatura Sclater & Salvin, 1866
                                                                                                                                                                                               20 Genus Zimmerius Traylor, 1977
                                                                                                                                                                                               21 Genus Phylloscartes Cabanis & Heine, 1859
                                                                                                                                                                                               22.1 Genus Mionectes Cabanis, 1844
                                                                                                                                                                                               22.2 Genus Leptopogon Cabanis, 1844
                                                                                                                                                                                               23 Genus Sublegatus Sclater & Salvin, 1868
                                                                                                                                                                                               24 Genus Inezia Cherrie, 1909
                                                                                                                                                                                               25.1 Genus Myiophobus Reichenbach, 1850
                                                                                                                                                                                               25.2 Genus Nephelomyias Ohlson, Fjeldsa and Ericson, 2009
                                                                                                                                                                                               26 Genus Myiotriccus Ridgway, 1905 [monotypic]
                                                                                                                                                                                               27 Genus Tachuris Lafresnaye, 1836 [monotypic]
                                                                                                                                                                                               28 Genus Culicivora Swainson, 1827 [monotypic]
                                                                                                                                                                                               29 Genus Hemitriccus Cabanis & Heine, 1859
                                                                                                                                                                                               30 Genus Myiornis A. de W. Bertoni, 1901
                                                                                                                                                                                               31 Genus Oncostoma P.L. Sclater, 1862
                                                                                                                                                                                               32 Genus Lophotriccus Berlepsch, 1884
                                                                                                                                                                                               33 Genus Atalotriccus Ridgway, 1905 [monotypic]
                                                                                                                                                                                               34.1.1 Genus Poecilotriccus Berlepsch, 1884
                                                                                                                                                                                               34.1.2 Genus Taeniotriccus Berlepsch & Hartert, 1902 [monotypic]
                                                                                                                                                                                               34.2 Genus Todirostrum Lesson, 1831
                                                                                                                                                                                               35 Genus Cnipodectes Sclater & Salvin, 1873 [monotypic]
                                                                                                                                                                                               36.1 Genus Rhynchocyclus Cabanis & Heine, 1859
                                                                                                                                                                                               36.2 Genus Tolmomyias Hellmayr, 1927
                                                                                                                                                                                               37 Genus Platyrinchus Desmarest, 1805
                                                                                                                                                                                               38.1 Genus Onychorhynchus J.G. Fischer, 1810
                                                                                                                                                                                               38.2.1 Genus Myiobius G.R. Gray, 1839
                                                                                                                                                                                               38.2.2 Genus Terenotriccus Ridgway, 1905 [monotypic]
                                                                                                                                                                                               39 Genus Neopipo Sclater & Salvin, 1869 [monotypic]
                                                                                                                                                                                               40 Genus Pyrrhomyias Cabanis & Heine, 1859
                                                                                                                                                                                               41 Genus Hirundinea d'Orbigny & Lafresnaye, 1837
                                                                                                                                                                                               42 Genus Lathrotriccus Lanyon & Lanyon, 1986
                                                                                                                                                                                               43 Genus Aphanotriccus Ridgway, 1905
                                                                                                                                                                                               44 Genus Cnemotriccus Hellmayr, 1927 [monotypic]
                                                                                                                                                                                               45 Genus Xenotriccus Dwight & Griscom, 1927
                                                                                                                                                                                               46 Genus "Sayornis" Bonaparte, 1854, nom. nud.
                                                                                                                                                                                               47 Genus Mitrephanes Coues, 1882
                                                                                                                                                                                               48.1 Genus Contopus Cabanis, 1855
                                                                                                                                                                                               48.2 Genus Empidonax Cabanis, 1855
                                                                                                                                                                                               49 Genus Pyrocephalus Gould, 1838
                                                                                                                                                                                               50 Genus Lessonia Swainson, 1832
                                                                                                                                                                                               51 Genus Knipolegus Boie, 1826
                                                                                                                                                                                               52 Genus Hymenops Lesson, 1828 [monotypic]
                                                                                                                                                                                               53 Genus Ochthornis P.L. Sclater, 1888 [monotypic]
                                                                                                                                                                                               54 Genus Satrapa Strickland, 1844 [monotypic]
                                                                                                                                                                                               55.1 Genus Muscisaxicola d'Orbigny & Lafresnaye, 1837
                                                                                                                                                                                               55.2 Genus Agriornis Gould, 1839
                                                                                                                                                                                               56 Genus Xolmis Boie, 1826
                                                                                                                                                                                               57 Genus Heteroxolmis Lanyon, 1986 [monotypic]
                                                                                                                                                                                               58 Genus Myiotheretes Reichenbach, 1850
                                                                                                                                                                                               59 Genus Cnemarchus Ridgway, 1905 [monotypic]
                                                                                                                                                                                               60 Genus Polioxolmis W.E. Lanyon, 1986 [monotypic]
                                                                                                                                                                                               61 Genus Neoxolmis Hellmayr, 1927 [monotypic]
                                                                                                                                                                                               62 Genus Gubernetes Such, 1825 [monotypic]
                                                                                                                                                                                               63 Genus Muscipipra Lesson, 1831 [monotypic]
                                                                                                                                                                                               64.1 Genus Fluvicola Swainson, 1827
                                                                                                                                                                                               64.2 Genus Arundinicola d'Orbigny, 1840 [monotypic]
                                                                                                                                                                                               65 Genus Alectrurus Vieillot, 1816
                                                                                                                                                                                               66.1 Genus Tumbezia Chapman, 1925 [monotypic]
                                                                                                                                                                                               66.2 Genus Ochthoeca Cabanis, 1847
                                                                                                                                                                                               67 Genus Colorhamphus Sundevall, 1872 [monotypic]
                                                                                                                                                                                               68 Genus Colonia Gray, 1829 [monotypic]
                                                                                                                                                                                               69 Genus Muscigralla d'Orbigny & Lafresnaye, 1837 [monotypic]
                                                                                                                                                                                               70 Genus Machetornis G.R. Gray, 1841 [monotypic]
                                                                                                                                                                                               71 Genus Legatus Sclater, 1859 [monotypic]
                                                                                                                                                                                               72 Genus Phelpsia W.E. Lanyon, 1984 [monotypic]
                                                                                                                                                                                               73 Genus Myiozetetes P.L. Sclater, 1859
                                                                                                                                                                                               74 Genus Pitangus Swainson, 1826
                                                                                                                                                                                               75 Genus Conopias Cabanis & Heine, 1859-1860[1860]
                                                                                                                                                                                               76 Genus Myiodynastes Bonaparte, 1857
                                                                                                                                                                                               77 Genus Megarynchus Thunberg, 1824 [monotypic]
                                                                                                                                                                                               78 Genus Tyrannopsis Ridgway, 1905 [monotypic]
                                                                                                                                                                                               79 Genus Empidonomus Cabanis & Heine, 1859
                                                                                                                                                                                               80 Genus Tyrannus Lacépède, 1799
                                                                                                                                                                                               81 Genus Rhytipterna Reichenbach, 1850
                                                                                                                                                                                               82 Genus Sirystes Cabanis & Heine, 1859
                                                                                                                                                                                               83 Genus Casiornis Des Murs, 1855
                                                                                                                                                                                               84 Genus Myiarchus Cabanis, 1844
                                                                                                                                                                                               85 Genus Deltarhynchus Ridgway, 1893 [monotypic]
                                                                                                                                                                                               86 Genus Ramphotrigon G.R. Gray, 1855
                                                                                                                                                                                               87 Genus Attila Lesson, 1830-1831

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