Passeriformes

Translingual

Passer montanus (Eurasian tree sparrow)

Etymology

Passer +‎ -iformes

Proper noun

Passeriformes

1. A taxonomic order within the class Reptilia – all passerines, including the perching birds or songbirds.

Usage notes

Family Acanthisittidae is sometimes removed from Passeriformes and placed in the monotypic suborder Acanthisittidi (syn. Acanthisitti).

Hypernyms

• (order): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Reptilia – class; Aves – subclass; Neognathae – infraclass; Neoaves – superorder

Hyponyms

• (order): Passeri, Tyranni (suborders)
  • Acanthisittidae (New Zealand wrens and riflemen), Acanthizidae (thornbills, pilotbirds, fernwrens, mouse-warblers, rockwarblers, scrubwrens, whitefaces, gerygones, weebills, scrubtits, fieldwrens, and heathwrens), Acrocephalidae (reed warblers), Aegithalidae (bushtits), Aegithinidae (ioras), Alaudidae (larks), Alcippeidae (Alcippe fulvettas), Artamidae (butcherbirds, woodswallows, currawongs, shieldbills, and Australian magpies), Atrichornithidae (scrubbirds), Bernieridae (tetrakas), Bombycillidae (waxwings), Buphagidae (oxpeckers), Calcariidae (longspurs, snow buntings, and McKay's buntings), Callaeidae (kōkakos and saddlebacks), Calyptomenidae (African and green broadbills), Calyptophilidae (chat-tanagers), Campephagidae (cuckooshrikes), Cardinalidae (cardinals), Certhiidae (treecreepers), Cettiidae (typical bush warblers, etc), Chaetopidae (rock-jumpers), Chloropseidae (leafbirds), Cinclidae (dippers), Cinclosomatidae (quail-thrushes and jewel-babblers), Cisticolidae (cisticolas, jeries, prinias, apalises, tailorbirds, etc), Climacteridae (Australasian treecreepers), Cnemophilidae (satinbirds), Conopophagidae (gnateaters), Corcoracidae (mudnesters), Corvidae (crows, ravens, jays, magpies, rooks, nutcrackers, jackdaws, choughs, and treepies), Cotingidae (cotingas), Dasyornithidae (bristlebirds), Dicaeidae (flowerpeckers), Dicruridae (drongos), Donacobiidae (donacobiuses), Dulidae (palmchats), Elachuridae (elachuras), Emberizidae (buntings), Erythrocercidae (yellow flycatchers), Estrildidae (waxbills, munias, parrotfinches, mannikins, and firefinches), Eulacestomatidae (wattled ploughbills), Eupetidae (rail-babblers), Eurylaimidae (Asian and Grauer's broadbills), Falcunculidae (shriketits), Formicariidae (antthrushes), Fringillidae (finches), Furnariidae (ovenbirds), Grallariidae (antpittas), Hirundinidae (swallows, martins, and saw-wings), Hyliidae (hylias), Hyliotidae (hyliotas), Hylocitreidae (hylocitreas), Hypocoliidae (hypocoliuses), Icteridae (New World blackbirds), Icteriidae (yellow-breasted chats), Ifritidae (blue-capped ifrits), Irenidae (fairy bluebirds), Laniidae (shrikes), Leiothrichidae (laughingthrushes), Locustellidae (grassbirds, grass warblers, etc), Machaerirhynchidae (boatbills), Macrosphenidae (crombecs, rockrunners, etc), Malaconotidae (bush shrikes), Maluridae (fairywrens, grasswrens, and emu-wrens), Melampittidae (melampittas), Melanocharitidae (berrypeckers and longbills), Melanopareiidae (crescentchests), Meliphagidae (honeyeaters), Menuridae (lyrebirds), Mimidae (mockingbirds, thrashers, tremblers, and catbirds), Mitrospingidae (mitrospingid tanagers), Modulatricidae (dapple-throats, spot-throats, and grey-chested babblers), Mohouidae (whiteheads, mohuas, and pipipis), Monarchidae (monarch flycatchers), Motacillidae (wagtails, longclaws, and pipits), Muscicapidae (Old World flycatchers), Nectariniidae (sunbirds), Neosittidae (sittellas), Nesospingidae (Puerto Rican tanagers), Nicatoridae (nicators), Notiomystidae (stitchbirds), Oreoicidae (rufous-naped, piping, and crested bellbirds), Oriolidae (Old World orioles), Orthonychidae (logrunners), Pachycephalidae (whistlers, shrikethrushes, and pitohuis), Panuridae (bearded tits), Paradisaeidae (birds-of-paradise), Paramythiidae (painted berrypeckers), Pardalotidae (pardalotes), Paradoxornithidae (parrotbills), Paridae (tits, chickadees and titmice), Parulidae (New World warblers), Passerellidae (New World sparrows), Passeridae (Old World sparrows), Pellorneidae (jungle babblers), Petroicidae (Australasian robins), Peucedramidae (olive warblers), Phaenicophilidae (Hispaniolan tanagers), Philepittidae (asities), Phylloscopidae (leaf warblers), Picathartidae (rockfowl), Pipridae (manakins), Pittidae (pittas), Pityriaseidae (bristleheads), Platylophidae (crested jayshrikes), Platysteiridae (wattle-eyes, batises and shrike-flycatchers), Ploceidae (weaverbirds), Pnoepygidae (cupwings), Polioptilidae (gnatcatchers), Pomatostomidae (Australo-Papuan babblers), Promeropidae (sugarbirds), Prunellidae (accentors), Psophodidae (whipbirds and wedgebills), Ptiliogonatidae (silky-flycatchers), Ptilonorhynchidae (bower birds), Pycnonotidae (bulbuls), Regulidae (kinglets), Remizidae (penduline tits), Rhagologidae (mottled berryhunters), Rhinocryptidae (tapaculos), Rhipiduridae (fantails and silktails), Rhodinocichlidae (rosy thrush-tanagers), Sapayoidae (sapayoas), Scotocercidae (streaked scrub warblers), Sittidae (nuthatches), Spindalidae (spindalises), Stenostiridae (fairy flycatchers), Sturnidae (starlings), Sylviidae (sylviid warblers), Teretistridae (Cuban warblers), Thamnophilidae (antbirds), Thraupidae (tanagers), Tichodromidae (wallcreepers), Timaliidae (babblers), Tityridae (tityras, becards, sharpbills, myiobius, schiffornis, mourners, purpletufts, laniisomas, and xenopsaris), Troglodytidae (wrens), Turdidae (thrushes), Tyrannidae (tyrant flycatchers), Urocynchramidae (Przewalski's finches), Vangidae (vangas), Viduidae (indigobirds, whydahs, and cuckoo-finches), Vireonidae (vireos), Zeledoniidae (wrenthrushes), Zosteropidae (white-eyes) - families

References

• Passeriformes on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Passeriformes on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Passeriformes on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Passeriformes at Avian Taxonomy in Flux
• Passeriformes at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.