| Barbets | |
|---|---|
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| Toco toucan (Ramphastos toco) | |
Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Piciformes |
| Suborder: | Pici |
| Infraorder: | Ramphastides Vigors, 1825 |
| Families | |
Ramphastides is an infraorder of the orderPiciformes that includestoucans and barbets. Formerly, the barbets have been classified in a single family, theCapitonidae.[1] However, this has turned out to beparaphyletic with regard to toucans, which resulted in theCapitonidae being split into several families.[2][3]
The Ramphastides contain five extant families. Sometimes, they are treated as the superfamilyRamphastoidea.[4]