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Home › Science › Zoology › Ornithology › Passeriformes

Passeriformes

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Aves
Subclass: Neornithes (2,057 genera / 9,672 species)
Infraclass: Eoaves
Parvclass: Passerae
Superorder: Passerimorphae
Order: Passeriformes (1161 genera / 5712 species)

    Suborder: Tyranni (Suboscines)

      Infraorder: Acanthisittides

            Family: Acanthisittidae (2/4 – New Zealand wrens)

      Infraorder: Eurylaimides

          Superfamily: Pittoidea

            Family: Pittidae (1/31 – pittas)

          Superfamily: Eurylaimoidea

            Family: Eurylaimidae (8/14 – broadbills)
            Family: Philepittidae (2/4 – asities [asitys])

      Infraorder/Family: Incertae sedis (Sapayoa)
      Infraorder: Tyrannides

        Parvorder: Tyrannida

            Family: Tyrannidae (146/537)

              Subfamily: Pipromorphinae (mionectine flycatchers, Corythopis)
              Subfamily: Tyranninae (tyrant flycatchers)
              Subfamily: Tityrinae

                Tribe: Schiffornithini (Schiffornis)
                Tribe: Tityrini (tityras, becards)

              Subfamily: Cotinginae (cotingas, plantcutters, sharpbill)
              Subfamily: Piprinae (manakins)

        Parvorder: Thamnophilida

            Family: Thamnophilidae (45/188 – typical antbirds)

        Parvorder: Furnariida

          Superfamily: Furnarioidea

            Family: Furnariidae (66/280)

              Subfamily: Furnariinae (ovenbirds)
              Subfamily: Dendrocolaptinae (woodcreepers)

          Superfamily: Formicarioidea

            Family: Formicariidae (7/56 – ground antbirds)
            Family: Conopophagidae (1/8 – gnateaters)
            Family: Rhinocryptidae (12/28 – tapaculos)

    Suborder: Passeri (Oscines)

        Parvorder: Corvida

          Superfamily: Menuroidea (treecreepers, lyrebirds, bowerbirds)

            Family: Climacteridae (2/7 – Australo-Papuan treecreepers)
            Family: Menuridae (2/4)

              Subfamily: Menurinae (lyrebirds)
              Subfamily: Atrichornithinae (scrub-birds)

            Family: Ptilonorhynchidae (7/20 – bowerbirds)

          Superfamily: Meliphagoidea (fairywrens, grasswrens, honeyeaters, thornbills)

            Family: Maluridae (2/4)

              Subfamily: Malurinae

                Tribe: Malurini (fairywrens)
                Tribe: Stipiturini (emuwrens)

              Subfamily: Amytornithinae (grasswrens)

            Family: Meliphagidae (42/182 – honeyeaters, Ephthianura, Ashbyia)
            Family: Pardalotidae (16/68)

              Subfamily: Pardalotinae (pardalotes)
              Subfamily: Dasyornithinae (bristlebirds)
              Subfamily: Acanthizinae

                Tribe: Sericornithini (scrubwrens)
                Tribe: Acanthizini (thornbills, whitefaces)

          Superfamily: Corvoidea (shrikes, crows, jays, birds-of-paradise, orioles)

            Family: Eopsaltriidae (14/46 – Australo-Papuan robins, Drymodes)
            Family: Irenidae (2/10 – fairy-bluebirds, leafbirds)
            Family: Orthonychidae (1/2 – logrunner, chowchilla)
            Family: Pomatostomidae (1/5 – Australo-Papuan babblers)
            Family: Laniidae (3/30 – true shrikes)
            Family: Vireonidae (4/51 – vireos, greenlets, peppershrikes, shrike-vireos)
            Family: Corvidae (127/647)

              Subfamily: Cinclosomatinae (quail-thrushes, whipbirds)
              Subfamily: Corcoracinae (Australian chough, apostlebird)
              Subfamily: Pachycephalinae

                Tribe: Neosittini (sittellas)
                Tribe: Mohouini (Mohoua, Finschia)
                Tribe: Falcunculini (shrike-tits, Oreoica, Rhagologus)
                Tribe: Pachycephalini (whistlers, shrike-thrushes)

              Subfamily: Corvinae

                Tribe: Corvini (crows, magpies, jays, nutcrackers)
                Tribe: Paradisaeini (birds-of-paradise, Melampitta)
                Tribe: Artamini (currawongs, woodswallows, Peltops, Pityriasis)
                Tribe: Oriolini (orioles, cuckooshrikes)

              Subfamily: Dicrurinae

                Tribe: Rhipidurini (fantails)
                Tribe: Dicrurini (drongos)
                Tribe: Monarchini (monarchs, magpie-larks)

              Subfamily: Aegithininae (loras)
              Subfamily: Malaconotinae

                Tribe: Malaconotini (bush-shrikes)






                Tribe: Vangini (helmet-shrikes, vangas, Batis, Platysteira)

        Parvorder: Incertae sedis

            Family: Picathartidae (Picathartes, Chaetops)

        Parvorder: Passerida

          Superfamily: Muscicapoidea (waxwings, dippers, thrushes, starlings, nuthatches)

            Family: Bombycillidae (5/8)

                Tribe: Dulini (palmchat)
                Tribe: Ptilogonatini (silky-flycatchers)
                Tribe: Bombycillini (waxwings)

            Family: Cinclidae (1/5 – dippers)
            Family: Muscicapidae (69/449)

              Subfamily: Turdinae (true thrushes, Chlamydochaera, Brachypteryx, Alethe)
              Subfamily: Muscicapinae

                Tribe: Muscicapini (Old World flycatchers)
                Tribe: Saxicolini (chats)

            Family: Sturnidae (38/148)

                Tribe: Sturnini (starlings, mynas)
                Tribe: Mimini (mockingbirds, thrashers, catbirds)

          Superfamily: Sylvioidea (nuthatches, creepers, wrens, swallows, kinglets)

            Family: Sittidae (2/25)

              Subfamily: Sittinae (nutchatches)
              Subfamily: Tichodrominae (wallcreeper)

            Family: Certhiidae (22/97)

              Subfamily: Certhiinae

                Tribe: Certhiini (northern creepers)
                Tribe: Salpornithini (African creeper)

              Subfamily: Troglodytinae (wrens)
              Subfamily: Polioptilinae (gnatcatchers, verdin, gnatwrens)

            Family: Paridae (7/65)

              Subfamily: Remizinae (penduline-tits)
              Subfamily: Parinae (titmice, chickadees)

            Family: Aegithalidae (3/8 – long-tailed tits, bushtits)
            Family: Hirundinidae (14/89)

              Subfamily: Pseudochelidoninae (river-martins)
              Subfamily: Hirundininae (swallows, martins)

            Family: Regulidae (1/6 – kinglets)
            Family: Pycnonotidae (21/137 – bulbuls, greenbuls)
            Family: Hypocoliidae (1/1 – Hypocolius)
            Family: Cisticolidae (14/119 – African warblers, Cisticola, Apalis, Prinia)
            Family: Zosteropidae (13/96 – white-eyes)
            Family: Sylviidae (101/552)

              Subfamily: Acrocephalinae (leaf-warblers)
              Subfamily: Megalurinae (grass-warblers)
              Subfamily: Garrulacinae (laughingthrushes)
              Subfamily: Sylviinae

                Tribe: Timaliini (babblers, Rhabdornis)
                Tribe: Chamaeini (wrentit)
                Tribe: Sylviini (Sylvia)

          Superfamily: Passeroidea (larks, sparrows, tanagers, cardinals, blackbirds)

            Family: Alaudidae (17/91 – larks)
            Family: Nectariniidae (8/169)

              Subfamily: Promeropinae (sugarbirds)
              Subfamily: Nectariniinae

                Tribe: Dicaeini (flowerpeckers)
                Tribe: Nectariniini (sunbirds, spiderhunters)

            Family: Melanocharitidae (3/10)

                Tribe: Melanocharitini (Melanocharis)
                Tribe: Toxorhamphini (Toxorhamphus, Oedistoma)

            Family: Paramythiidae (2/2 – Paramythia, Oreocharis)
            Family: Passeridae (57/386)

              Subfamily: Passerinae (sparrows, rock-sparrows)
              Subfamily: Motacillinae (wag-tails, pipits)
              Subfamily: Prunellinae (accentors, dunnock)
              Subfamily: Ploceinae (weavers)
              Subfamily: Estrildinae

                Tribe: Estrildini (estrildine finches)
                Tribe: Viduini (whydahs)

            Family: Fringillidae (240/993)

              Subfamily: Peucedraminae (Peucedramus)
              Subfamily: Fringillinae

                Tribe: Fingillini (chaffinches, brambling)
                Tribe: Carduelini (goldfinches, crossbills)
                Tribe: Drepanidini (Hawaiian honeycreepers)

              Subfamily: Emberizinae

                Tribe: Emberizini (buntings, longspurs, towhees)
                Tribe: Parulini (wood warblers, Zeledonia)
                Tribe: Thraupini (tanagers, Neotropical honeycreepers, seedeaters, flower-piercers)
                Tribe: Cardinalini (cardinals)
                Tribe: Icterini (troupials, New World blackbirds, meadowlarks)




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