Corcoracidae (White-winged Chough and Apostlebird)

  • Phylogenetic placement: Passeri: Corvides: Corvoidea
  • Distribution: Australia
  • Number of extant genera: 2
  • Number of extant species: 2

Traditional genus-level classification of extant Corcoracidae following the AviList checklist v2025. (link) The number of subspecies is given in parentheses. The two-genera arrangement is based on Jønsson et al. (2016) and McCullough et al. (2022). and matches that of the BOW Phylogeny Explorer tree v1.6. (link)

Bibliography [annotated]

Jønsson KA, Fabre PH, Kennedy JD, Holt BG, Borregaard MK, Rahbek C, and Fjeldså J (2016), A supermatrix phylogeny of corvoid passerine birds (Aves: Corvides), Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 94, 87-94. (abstract) [note: provided a timetree of Corvides including both corcoracids, Corcorax melanorhamphos and Struthidea cinerea]

McCullough JM, Oliveros CH, Benz BW, Zenil-Ferguson R, Cracraft J, Moyle RG, and Andersen MJ (2022), Wallacean and Melanesian islands promote higher rates of diversification within the global passerine radiation Corvides, Syst. Biol. 71, 1423-39, [and suppl. figure S6]. (free pdf) [note: provided a timetree of Corvides including Corcorax melanorhamphos and Struthidea cinerea]