Family Pachycephalidae (perching bird)
Parent taxon: Passeriformes according to S. L. Olson and H. F. James 1982
Sister taxa: Acanthisittidae, Acanthizidae, Alaudidae, Cracticidae, Emberizidae, Eurylaimidae, Fringillidae, Hirundinidae, Menurae, Orthonychidae, Palaeoscinidae, Paradisaeidae, Passeres, Ploceidae, Rhinocryptidae, Sittidae, Sylviidae, Vangidae, Wieslochia, Zosteropidae
Subtaxa: Myiagrinae
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore