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Family: Sapayoidae

[edit] Description

This family contains only one genus with one species, the Sapayoa from South America.

[edit] Taxonomy

Sapayoidae is a family in the Order Passeriformes.

Traditionally, the Sapayoa has been placed within Manakins, using the name Broad-billed Manakin. Recent molecular results place it with the African and Asian Broadbills, Asities, and Pittas as the only New World Member of that assemblage¹.

[edit] References

1. SACC: near the top of this page is a presentation of the Taxonomic history of Sapayoa.