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Tityridae 
Taxonomic Serial No.: 1245085

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Family  
  Synonym(s): Tityrinae
 
  Common Name(s): tityras [English]
  
    becards [English]
  
    sharpbill [English]
  
       
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  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2025   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassAves  – Birds, oiseaux  
                         OrderPasseriformes  – Perching Birds, passereaux  
                            FamilyTityridae  – tityras, becards, sharpbill  
    Direct Children:  
                               GenusIodopleura R. P. Lesson, 1839 – purpletufts 
                               GenusLaniisoma Swainson, 1832  
                               GenusLaniocera R. P. Lesson, 1841  
                               GenusPachyramphus G. R. Gray, 1839 – Becards 
                               GenusSchiffornis Bonaparte, 1854  
                               GenusTityra Vieillot, 1816 – Tityras 
                               GenusXenopsaris Ridgway, 1891  
       

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  Source: IOC World Bird List (version 15.1), website (version 15.1)  
  Acquired: 2025   
  Notes: Gill, F., D. Donsker, and P. Rasmussen, eds. 2025. IOC World Bird List (v 15.1. Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org [Accessed 28 Feb 2025]   
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