Family Rhinocryptidae Wetmore 1930 (perching bird)
Parent taxon: Passeriformes according to R. T. Chesser 1999
Sister taxa: Acanthisittidae, Acanthizidae, Alaudidae, Cracticidae, Emberizidae, Eurylaimidae, Fringillidae, Hirundinidae, Menurae, Orthonychidae, Pachycephalidae, Palaeoscinidae, Paradisaeidae, Passeres, Ploceidae, Sittidae, Sylviidae, Vangidae, Wieslochia, Zosteropidae
Subtaxa: Pteroptochos, Scelorchilus
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore