Sapayoidae

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Sapayoidae is a small family of New World suboscine passerine birds, best known for the sapayoa, a species with unusual evolutionary relationships that set it apart from other Neotropical birds.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Sapayoidae canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (28)

Predicate Object
instanceOf bird family
taxon
belongsToBiogeographicRealm Neotropical realm
bestKnownFor sapayoa
clade suboscine passerines
class Aves
commonName sapayoas
containsTaxon Sapayoa aenigma
distribution Central America
Neotropics
linked to: Neotropical realm

South America
geologicalRegion New World
habitat lowland rainforest
tropical forest
hasCharacteristic distinct from other Neotropical bird lineages
monotypic or nearly monotypic family
small bird family
unusual evolutionary relationships
hasFeathers true
hasVertebralColumn true
kingdom Animalia
memberOf New World suboscines
namedAfter Sapayoa
order Passeriformes
phylum Chordata
reproductiveMode oviparous
suborder Tyranni
taxonRank family

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

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

Suboscines includesFamily Sapayoidae
Tyranni includesTaxon Sapayoidae
Eurylaimides hasMemberFamily Sapayoidae