Psittacopedidae

Psittacopedidae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Clade: Psittacopasseres
Clade: Passerimorphae
Family: Psittacopedidae
Genera

Psittacopedidae is an extinct family of birds related to passerines. It had zygodactyl feet, likely due to common ancestry with parrots, the closest living relatives of passerines.

References

  1. ^ Ksepka, Daniel T.; Grande, Lance; Mayr, Gerald (2019). "Oldest Finch-Beaked Birds Reveal Parallel Ecological Radiations in the Earliest Evolution of Passerines". Current Biology. 29: 657–663. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2018.12.040.