After Olson, 1985, Feduccia, 1980, 1996, Sibley & Monroe, 1990, Peterson, 2002- and Mayr & Mourer-Chauviré, 2004
<==o Coliiformes Murie, 1872 [incl. †Sandcoleiformes Houde & Olson, 1992] (mousebirds; hiirot)
|?- †Botauroides parvus [a primobucconid sensu Feduccia, 1996]
|?-o †Chascacocolius Houde & Olson, 1992 [a sandcoleid sensu Houde & Olson, 1992]
| |-- †C. oscitans Houde & Olson, 1992
| `-- †C. cacicirostris Mayr, 2005
|?- †Eobucco brodkorbi Feduccia & Martin, 1976 [a sandcoleid sensu Houde & Olson, 1992 and Feduccia, 1996]
|?- †Eocolius Dyke & Waterhouse, 2001
|?-o †Uintornis Marsh, 1872 [a sandcoleid sensu Houde & Olson, 1992]
| |-- †U. lucaris Brodkorb, 1971
| `-- †U. marionae
|?-o †Limnatornis [=? Colius] [not recognized by Mayr & Mourer-Chauviré (2004)]
| |-- †L. paludicola
| `-- †L. archiaci
|--o †Sandcoleidae Houde & Olson, 1992 sensu Mayr & Mourer-Chauviré, 2004
| |-- †Sandcoleus copiosus Houde & Olson, 1992
| |-- †Anneavis anneae Houde & Olson, 1992
| `-- †Eoglaucidium pallas Fischer, 1987
`--+-- †Selmes absurdipes Peters, 1999
`--o Coliidae Swainson, 1837 sensu Mayr & Mourer-Chauviré, 2004 (mousebirds; hiirot)
|-- †Masillacolius Mayr & Peters, 1998
|--o †Primocolius Mourer-Chauviré, 1988
| |-- †P. sigei Mourer-Chauviré, 1988
| `-- †P. minor Mourer-Chauviré, 1988
|-- †Oligocolius Mayr, 2000
`--o Coliidae Swainson, 1837 sensu stricto (Recent mousebirds; nykyhiirot) [Two Recent genera and five species]
|--o Urocolius Bonaparte, 1854 (punanaamahiirot)
| |--o U. macrourus (Linnaeus, 1766)
| | |-- U. m. abyssiniacus Schifer, 1975
| | |-- U. m. griseogularis Someren, 1919
| | |-- U. m. laeneni (Niethammar, 1955
| | |-- U. m. macrourus (Linnaeus, 1766)
| | |-- U. m. massaicus Schifter, 1975
| | `-- U. m. pulcher (Neumann, 1900)
| `--o U. indicus (Latham, 1790) (punanaamiohiiro)
| |-- U. i. indicus (Latham, 1790)
| |-- U. i. lacteifrons (Sharpe, 1892)
| |-- U. i. mossambicus (Reichenow, 1896)
| |-- U. i. pallidus (Reichenow, 1896)
| `-- U. i. transvaalensis Roberts, 1922
`--o Colius Brisson, 1760 (hiirot) [4]
|-- †C. palustris
|--o C. striatus Gmelin, 1789 (hiiro)
| |-- C. s. affinis Shelley, 1885
| |-- C. s. berlepschi Hartert, 1899
| |-- C. s. cinerascens Neumann, 1900
| |-- C. s. congicus Reichenow, 1923
| |-- C. s. hilgerti Zedlitz, 1910
| |-- C. s. integralis Clancey, 1956
| |-- C. s. jebelensis Mearns, 1915
| |-- C. s. kikuyensis Someren, 1919
| |-- C. s. kiwuensis Reichenow, 1908
| |-- C. s. leucophthalmus Chapin, 1921
| |-- C. s. leucotis Ruppell, 1839
| |-- C. s. minor Cabanis, 1876
| |-- C. s. mombassicus Someren, 1919
| |-- C. s. nigricollis Vieillot, 1817
| |-- C. s. rhodesiae Grant & Mackworth-Praed, 1938
| |-- C. s. simulans Clancey, 1979
| `-- C. s. striatus Gmelin, 1789
|-- C. castanotus Verreaux & Verreaux, 1855 (angolanhiiro)
|-- C. colius (Linnaeus, 1766) (valkoperähiiro)
`--o C. leucocephalus Reichenow, 1879 (valkolakkihiiro)
|-- C. l. leucocephalus Reichenow, 1879
`-- C. l. turneri Someren, 1919
Reference(s):
- Mayr, G. & Mourer-Chauviré, C., 2004: Unusual tarsometatarsus of a mousebird from the Paleocene of France and the relationships of Selmes Peters, 1999.
–Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology: Vol. 24, #2, pp. 366-372
- Feduccia, A., 1997: The Origin and Evolution of Birds.
–Yale University Press, Hew Haven, 1996,
- Lokki, J., Jännes, H. & Nikander, P. J., 1990: Otavan lintutieto. 1-440
–Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava, Helsinki, Finland, 1992
Translated from: Perrins, C. M. (ed.), 1990: The Illustrated encyclopaedia of birds.
–Headline Book Publishing Plc., London, England, 1990
- Mayr, G., 2005: A new eocene Chascacocolius-like mousebird (Aves: Coliiformes) with a remarkable gaping adaptation.
–Organisms, Diversity & Evolution: Vol. 5, pp. 167-171
- Olson, S. L., 1985: The fossil record of birds. 79-239.
in Farner, D., King, J. & Parkes, K. (eds.), 1985: Avian Biology. vol VIII.
–Academic Press, New York. 1985.
- Peterson, A. P., 2002-: Zoonomen Nomenclatural data of Birds. (Updated: 2003-10-13)
–iNet: Zoonomen Nomenclatural data: http://www.zoonomen.net/avtax/frame.html; [visited: 2003-10-14]
- Sibley, C. G. & Monroe, B. L., 1990: Distribution and taxonomy of birds of the world.
–Yale University Press, New Haven & London, 1990. xxiv-1111.
