Region: Africa, Asia, Europe, Melanesia.
ZoologyBucerotiformes are birds that contains the hornbills, ground hornbills, hoopoes and wood hoopoes.
TaxonomyBucerotiformes were previously classified as members of
Coraciiformes.
Phylogenetic relationships between the families based on a large study by Richard Prum and colleagues published in 2015.
FamiliesUpupidae: hoopoes
Phoeniculidae: wood hoopoes
Bucorvidae: ground hornbills
Bucerotidae: hornbills