Bucerotiformes

Bucerotiformes Temporal range: Eocene to present
Eurasian Hoopoe (Upupa epops) (Upupidae)
Western red-billed hornbill (Tockus kempi) (Bucerotidae)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Clade:	Picocoraciae
Order:	Bucerotiformes Fürbringer, 1888
Families
Phoeniculidae Upupidae Bucorvidae Bucerotidae

Bucerotiformes /bjuːˈsɛrətɪfɔːrmiːz/ is an order of birds that contains the hornbills, ground hornbills, hoopoes and wood hoopoes.^[1] These birds were previously classified as members of Coraciiformes.^[2][3][4] The clade is distributed in Africa, Asia, Europe and Melanesia.

1. ↑ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2019). "Mousebirds, Cuckoo Roller, trogons, hoopoes, hornbills". World Bird List Version 9.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
2. ↑ Johansson, Ulf S.; Ericson, Per G.P. (2003). "Molecular support for a sister group relationship between Pici and Galbulae (Piciformes sensu Wetmore 1960)" (PDF). J. Avian Biol. 34 (2): 185–197. doi:10.1034/j.1600-048X.2003.03103.x. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-10-04. Retrieved 2008-10-30.
3. ↑ Yuri, T. et al. (2013) Parsimony and Model-Based Analyses of Indels in Avian Nuclear Genes Reveal Congruent and Incongruent Phylogenetic Signals. Biology, 2(1):419-444. doi:10.3390/biology2010419
4. ↑ Jarvis, E.D. et al. (2014) Whole-genome analyses resolve early branches in the tree of life of modern birds. Science, 346(6215):1320-1331.