꼬리치레과 (Timaliidae)는 참새목에 속하는 조류 과의 하나이다. 참새목 중에서 가장 큰 조류 과로 84개 속, 310종으로 이루어져 있다. 열대 기후 지역에 사는 조류로 동남아시아와 인도 아대륙에 가장 많은 종이 분포한다. 꼬리치레과의 범위에 대해서는 여러가지 설이 있지만, 여기에서는 미국 조류 학회(AOU)가 채용한 계통적이고 전통 분류에 비교적 가까운 범위를 기준으로 분류한다. Achaetops Actinodura Alcippe Arcanator Babax Chaetops Chamaea Chrysominla Chrysomma Crocias Cutia Dasycrotapha Dryonastes Dumetia Elachura Erpornis Fulvetta Gampsorhynchus Garrulax Grammatoptila Gypsophila Heterophasia Horizorhinus Ianthocincla Illadopsis Kakamega Kenopia Kupeornis Leioptila Leiothrix Leonardina Leucodioptron Liocichla Lioparus Lioptilus Macronus Malacias Malacocincla Malacopteron Malia Melanocichla Mesia Micromacronus Minla Modulatrix Moupinia Mystacornis Myzornis Napothera Ophrydornis Parophasma Pellorneum Phyllanthus Pnoepyga Pomatorhinus Pseudoalcippe Pseudominla Pterorhinus Pteruthius Ptilocichla Ptyrticus Rhinocichla Rhopocichla Rhopophilus Rimator Robsonius Schoeniparus Siva Spelaeornis Sphenocichla Stachyridopsis Stachyris Stactocichla Staphida Sterrhoptilus Strophocincla Timalia Trichastoma Trochalopteron Turdinus Turdoides Xiphirhynchus Yuhina Zosterornis *Alström, Per; Ericson, Per G.P.; Olsson, Urban & Sundberg, Per (2006) Phylogeny and classification of the avian superfamily Sylvioidea. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 38 (2) 381–397. PMID 16054402 *Barker, F. Keith; Barrowclough, George F. & Groth, Jeff G. (2002) A phylogenetic hypothesis for passerine birds taxonomic and biogeographic implications of an analysis of nuclear DNA sequence data. Proc. R. Soc. B 269 (1488) 295-308. PDF fulltext *Barker, F. Keith; Cibois, Alice; Schikler, Peter A.; Feinstein, Julie & Cracraft, Joel (2004) Phylogeny and diversification of the largest avian radiation. PNAS 101 (30) 11040-11045. PMID 15263073 PDF fulltext Supporting information *Beresford, P.; Barker, F.K.; Ryan, P.G. & Crowe, T.M. (2005) African endemics span the tree of songbirds (Passeri) molecular systematics of several evolutionary enigmas . Proc. Roy. Soc. Lond. B 272 (1565) 849–858. PDF fulltext Electronic appendix *Cibois, Alice (2003a) Mitochondrial DNA Phylogeny of Babblers (Timaliidae). Auk 120 (1) 1-20. DOI 10.1642/0004-8038(2003)1200035:MDPOBT2.0.CO;2 HTML fulltext without images *Cibois, Alice (2003b) Sylvia is a babbler taxonomic implications for the families Sylviidae and Timaliidae. Bull. B. O. C. 123 257-261. *Cibois, Alice; Slikas, Beth; Schulenberg, Thomas S. & Pasquet, Eric (2001) An endemic radiation of Malagasy songbirds is revealed by mitochondrial DNA sequence data. Evolution 55 (6) 1198-1206. DOI:10.1554/0014-3820(2001)0551198:AEROMS2.0.CO;2 PDF fulltext *Cibois, Alice; Kalyakin, Mikhail V.; Lian-Xian, Han & Pasquet, Eric (2002) Molecular phylogenetics of babblers (Timaliidae) revaluation of the genera Yuhina and Stachyris . J. Avian Biol. 33 380–390. (HTML abstract) *Collar, N. J. & Robson, C. 2007. Family Timaliidae (Babblers) pp. 70–291 in; del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A. & Christie, D.A. eds. Handbook of the Birds of the World , Vol. 12. Picathartes to Tits and Chickadees. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. *Ericson, Per G.P. & Johansson, Ulf S. (2003) Phylogeny of Passerida (Aves Passeriformes) based on nuclear and mitochondrial sequence data. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 29 (1) 126–138 PDF fulltext *Jønsson, Knud A. & Fjeldså, Jon (2006) A phylogenetic supertree of oscine passerine birds (Aves Passeri). Zool. Scripta 35 (2) 149–186. (HTML abstract) *Nguembock, Billy; Fjeldså, Jon; Tillier, Annie & Pasquet, Eric (2007) A phylogeny for the Cisticolidae (Aves Passeriformes) based on nuclear and mitochondrial DNA sequence data, and a re-interpretation of a unique nest-building specialization. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 42 272-286. (HTML abstract) *Pasquet, Eric; Bourdon, Estelle; Kalyakin, Mikhail V. & Cibois, Alice (2006). The fulvettas ( Alcippe ), Timaliidae, Aves) a polyphyletic group. Zoologica Scripta 35 , 559–566. (HTML abstract) *Reddy, Sushma & Cracraft, Joel (in press) Old World Shrike-babblers ( Pteruthius ) belong with New World Vireos (Vireonidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution , In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 28 February 2007. (HTML abstract) *Schulenberg, T.S. (2003) The Radiations of Passerine Birds on Madagascar. In Goodman, Steven M. & Benstead, Jonathan P. (eds.) The Natural History of Madagascar 1130-1134. University of Chicago Press. Sibley, Charles Gald & Ahlquist , Jon Edward (1990) Phylogeny and classification of birds . Yale University Press, New Haven, Conn. Babbler videos on the Internet Bird Collection