Tityridae

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Tityridae is a family of New World suboscine passerine birds that includes tityras, becards, and related species, known for their varied vocalizations and predominantly forest-dwelling habits.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Tityridae canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf bird family ⓘ
taxon ⓘ
breedingSite trees ⓘ
clade suboscines ⓘ
class Aves ⓘ
commonName tityras and allies ⓘ
communication calls ⓘ
song ⓘ
contains Iodopleura ⓘ
Laniisoma ⓘ
Laniocera ⓘ
Pachyramphus ⓘ
Schiffornis ⓘ
Tityra ⓘ
Xenopsaris ⓘ
diet frugivorous ⓘ
insectivorous ⓘ
distribution New World ⓘ
foragingStratum canopy ⓘ
midstory ⓘ
geographicZone Neotropics ⓘ
linked to: Neotropical realm
includesCommonNameGroup becards ⓘ
mourners ⓘ
purpletufts ⓘ
tityras ⓘ
kingdom Animalia ⓘ
migratoryBehavior mostly resident ⓘ
nativeRange Central America ⓘ
South America ⓘ
southern North America ⓘ
nestType domed nests ⓘ
open cup nests ⓘ
order Passeriformes ⓘ
phylum Chordata ⓘ
plumagePattern often contrasting black, white, and gray ⓘ
previouslyClassifiedIn Cotingidae ⓘ
Tyrannidae ⓘ
reclassificationBasis molecular phylogenetic studies ⓘ
morphological evidence ⓘ
recognizedBy American Ornithological Society ⓘ
International Ornithologists Union ⓘ
sexualDimorphism present in some species ⓘ
suborder Tyranni ⓘ
taxonRank family ⓘ
typicalHabitat canopy ⓘ
forest edges ⓘ
forests ⓘ
woodlands ⓘ
vocalization varied vocal repertoire ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Tyrannoidea → includes → Tityridae ⓘ
Tyranni → includesTaxon → Tityridae ⓘ