Superspecies is a group of at least two more or less distinctive species with approximately parapatric distributions. Not all cryptic species complexes are superspecies, and vice versa, but many are. A superspecies consisting of two sister species is called a "species pair".
Examples include:
- Puffinus puffinus group of shearwaters - not a superspecies, but the P. yelkouan group formerly contained therein is indeed one.
- Phylloscopus collybita group of leaf warblers
- Tapaculos
- The genus Citrus, which despite its official classification as a genus retains complete interbreedability.
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