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 | | Several families are split, including Brachypteraciidae from Coraciidae, Climacteridae from Certhiidae, Chamaeidae and Panuridae from Timaliidae, Polioptilidae and Maluridae from Sylviidae, Pachy- cephalidae from Muscicapidae, and Carduelidae and Estrildidae from Fringillidae. |
 | | Merged are Cochlearidae into Ardeidae, Jyngidae into Picidae, Conopophagidae into Tyrannidae and Formicariidae, Neosittidae into Sittidae, and Hyposittidae into Vangidae. |
 | | Notable shifts are placing the Trochiliformes between Piciformes and Passeriformes, Callaeidae between Corvidae and Grallinidae, Campephagidae between Timaliidae and Pycnonotidae, Zeledonidae between Parulidae and Icteridae, and in the early nonpasserine sequence (tinamou-ratite-penguin section). |
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