From Opus

Family: Tityridae

[edit] Description

[edit] Taxonomy

Tityridae is a family in the Order Passeriformes.
This family is not yet accepted by all authorities. As the Opus follows Clements in term of families and sequencing it's listed here.
The genera of this familiy have either been placed in Cotingidae, Pipridae, or Tyrannidae before. Within the family two subfamilies have been proposed: Laniisominae including Laniisoma, Laniocera, and Schiffornis; and Tityrinae including Iodopleura, Tityra, Xenopsaris, and Pachyramphus.

[edit] Reference

1. SACC discussion accepting family Tityridae
2. Clements, JF. 2008. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2008. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist.