Complex sentence: Initially it was placed with the tyrant-flycatchers (Tyrannidae), and was considered closely related the genera "Suiriri", "Serpophaga" and "Knipolegus", then it was placed with "Pachyramphus" in the cotinga family Cotingidae.
Split into simpler sentences: Initially it was placed with the tyrant-flycatchers (Tyrannidae), and was considered closely related the genera "Suiriri", "Serpophaga" and "Knipolegus". It was then placed with "Pachyramphus" in the cotinga family Cotingidae.