The family Hyliidae was introduced in 1923 by the British ornithologistDavid Bannerman.[5] The family contains just two species, each of which is placed in its own genus.[1]
Cladogram showing the family relationships based on a study by Carl Oliveros and colleagues published in 2019.[2] The number of species is taken from the bird list maintained byFrank Gill,Pamela Rasmussen and David Donsker on behalf of theInternational Ornithological Committee (IOC).[1]
^abOliveros, Carl H.; Field, Daniel J.; Ksepka, Daniel T.; Barker, F. Keith; Aleixo, Alexandre; Andersen, Michael J.; Alström, Per; Benz, Brett W.; Braun, Edward L.; Braun, Michael J.; Bravo, Gustavo A.; Brumfield, Robb T.; Chesser, R. Terry; Claramunt, Santiago; Cracraft, Joel; Cuervo, Andrés M.; Derryberry, Elizabeth P.; Glenn, Travis C.; Harvey, Michael G.; Hosner, Peter A.; Joseph, Leo; Kimball, Rebecca T.; Mack, Andrew L.; Miskelly, Colin M.; Peterson, A. Townsend; Robbins, Mark B.; Sheldon, Frederick H.; Silveira, Luís Fábio; Smith, Brian Tilston; White, Noor D.; Moyle, Robert G.; Faircloth, Brant C. (2019)."Earth history and the passerine superradiation".Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.116 (16):7916–7925.doi:10.1073/pnas.1813206116.ISSN0027-8424.PMC6475423.PMID30936315.
^Bannerman, David A. (1923). "Report on the birds collected during the British Museum Expedition to the Ivory Coast (French West Africa)".Ibis.65 (4): 667–748 [704].doi:10.1111/j.1474-919X.1923.tb08230.x.
