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Taxonomy

Under the Sibley-Ahlquist taxonomySibley-Ahlquist taxonomy

The Sibley-Ahlquist taxonomy is a radical bird taxonomy based on DNA-DNA hybridization studies conducted in the late 1970s a...
 this suborder is divided into two "parvorders", CorvidaCorvida

Corvida is under the Sibley-Ahlquist taxonomy, one of two parvorders contained within the suborder Passeri....
 and PasseridaPasserida

Passerida is under the Sibley-Ahlquist taxonomy, one of two parvorders contained within the suborder Passeri....
 (standard taxonomic practice would rank these as infraorders). However, more recent research is casting doubt on the existence of Corvida as a single cladeClade

In cladistics, a clade is a group of organisms consisting of a single common ancestor and all the descendants of that ancest...
, but given the present lack of any generally accepted redivision of Corvida into two or more groupings at the parvorderial level, the families of suborder Passeri are listed below as being in either Corvida or Passerida.

Families

CorvidaCorvida

Corvida is under the Sibley-Ahlquist taxonomy, one of two parvorders contained within the suborder Passeri....

  • MenuridaeLyrebird

    A Lyrebird is either of two species of ground-dwelling Australian birds, most notable for their extraordinary ability to mim...
    : lyrebirdFacts About Lyrebird

    A Lyrebird is either of two species of ground-dwelling Australian birds, most notable for their extraordinary ability to mim...
    s
  • Atrichornithidae: scrub birds
  • Climacteridae: Australian treecreeperTreecreeper

    The treecreepers are a family of small passerine birds, consisting of two subfamilies:...
    s
  • MaluridaeMaluridae

    The Maluridae are a family of small, insectivouous passerine birds endemic to Australia and New Guinea....
    : fairy-wrens, emu-wrenEmu-wren

    The emu-wrens are a genus of bird in the fairy-wren family Maluridae....
    s and grasswrens
  • Meliphagidae: honeyeaterHoneyeater

    The honeyeaters are a large and diverse family of small to medium sized birds most common in Australia and New Guinea, but a...
    s and chatChat

    Chat may refer to* Chat, a casual conversation...
    s
  • PardalotidaePardalotidae

    The large and diverse passerine bird family Pardalotidae includes the pardalotes, scrubwrens, thornbills, gerygones and alli...
    : pardalotePardalote

    Pardalotes are very small, brightly coloured birds native to Australia, with short tails, strong legs, and stubby blunt beak...
    s, scrubwrens, thornbills, and gerygoneGerygone

    Gerygone, the gerygones, is a genus of bird in the Acanthizidae family....
    s
  • PetroicidaePetroicidae

    The bird family Petroicidae includes roughly 45 species in about 15 genera....
    : Australian robins
  • OrthonychidaeOrthonychidae

    The Orthonychidae is a family of birds with a single genus, Orthonyx, which comprises of two species of passerine ...
    : logrunners
  • Pomatostomidae: Australasian babblerBabbler

    Babbler can refer to bird species that belong to either of two unrelated families....
    s
  • CinclosomatidaeCinclosomatidae

    The family Cinclosomatidae contains 9 species of passerine bird, including the 3 whipbirds, 2 wedgebills, and the quail-thru...
    : whipbirds and allies
  • Neosittidae: sittellas
  • PachycephalidaePachycephalidae

    The family Pachycephalidae includes the whistlers, shrike-thrushes, shrike-tits, pitohuis and Crested Bellbird, and is part ...
    : whistlerWhistler Overview

    Whistler may refer to:* Whistler, a brand name of mobile electronic equipment...
    s, shrike-thrushShrike-thrush

    Colluricincla is a genus of bird in the Colluricinclidae family....
    es, pitohuiPitohui

    Pitohui is a genus of birds endemic to New Guinea, belonging to the family Pachycephalidae....
    s and allies
  • DicruridaeDicruridae

    The family Dicruridae is a relatively recent grouping of a number of seemingly very different birds, mostly from the souther...
    : monarch flycatchers and allies
  • Campephagidae: cuckoo shrikes and trillers
  • Oriolidae: orioles and FigbirdFigbird

    The Figbird is a conspicuous and very common medium-sized passerine bird native to Indonesia, New Guinea, northern and easte...
  • Icteridae: American blackbirdsIcterid

    The Icterids are a group of small to medium, often colourful passerine birds restricted to the New World....
    , New World orioleNew World oriole

    The genus Icterus, New World orioles, is a group of birds in the Icteridae family....
    s, grackleGrackle Summary

    A Grackle is a gregarious, passerine bird native to North and South America....
    s and cowbirdCowbird

    Cowbirds are birds belonging to the genus Molothrus in the family Icteridae....
    s.
  • ArtamidaeArtamidae

    The family Artamidae gathers together 20 species of mostly crow-like birds native to Australasia and nearby areas....
    : woodswallowWoodswallow Summary

    Woodswallows are soft-plumaged, somber-coloured passerine birds found in Australia and the islands nearby....
    s, butcherbirdButcherbird

    Butcherbirds are magpie-like birds in the genus Cracticus. They are native to Australasia....
    s, currawongCurrawong

    Currawongs are medium-sized passerine birds of the family Artamidae native to Australasia....
    s and Australian MagpieAustralian Magpie

    The Australian Magpie is a medium-sized black and white bird, closely related to the butcherbirds and currawongs....
  • Paradisaeidae: birds of paradiseBird of paradise

    The birds of paradise are members of the family Paradisaeidae of the order Passeriformes....
  • CorvidaeCorvidae Overview

    Corvidae is a family of oscine passerine birds that contains the crows, ravens, rooks, jackdaws, magpies, treepies and nutcr...
    : crowCrow

    The true crows are in the genus Corvus....
    s, magpieMagpie

    The magpies are medium to large, often colorful and noisy passerine birds of the crow family, Corvidae....
    s, and jayJay

    Jay is a common name for several species of medium-sized, usually colorful and noisy passerine or perching birds in the fami...
    s
  • CorcoracidaeCorcoracidae

    The very small and rather unusual passerine family Corcoracidae now contains just two superficially dissimilar species: the ...
    : White-winged ChoughWhite-winged Chough

    The White-winged Chough is one of only two surviving members of the Australian mud-nest builders family, Corcoracidae, and i...
     and ApostlebirdApostlebird

    The Apostlebird is a quick-moving, gray or black bird about 12 inches long....
  • Irenidae: fairy-bluebirdFairy-bluebird

    The two fairy-bluebirds are small passerine bird species found in forests and plantations in tropical southern Asia and the ...
    s
  • Laniidae: shrikeShrike Summary

    A shrike is a passerine bird of the family Laniidae which is known for its habit of catching insects, small birds or mammals...
    s
  • Vireonidae: vireoVireo

    The vireos are a group of small to medium sized passerine birds restricted to the New World....
    s
  • Ptilonorhynchidae: bowerbirdBowerbird Overview

    Bowerbirds and catbirds make up the family Ptilonorhynchidae....
    s
  • TurnagridaeTurnagridae

    The family Turnagridae consisted of two species of Piopio, passerine birds native to New Zealand, both of which are now cons...
    : PiopioPiopio

    Piopio may refer to the following:...


PasseridaPasserida

Passerida is under the Sibley-Ahlquist taxonomy, one of two parvorders contained within the suborder Passeri....

  • Alaudidae: larkLark

    Larks are passerine birds of the predominantly Old World family Alaudidae....
    s
  • Chloropseidae: leafbirdLeafbird

    The Leafbirds are a family of small passerine bird species found in India and southeast Asia....
    s
  • Aegithinidae: ioraIora

    The ioras are a family of small passerine bird species found in India and southeast Asia....
    s
  • Picathartidae: rockfowl
  • Eupetidae: rail-babbler
  • Bombycillidae: waxwingWaxwing

    The waxwings are a group of passerine birds characterised by soft silky plumage and unique red tips to some of the wing feat...
    s and allies
  • Ptilogonatidae: silky flycatchers
  • Cinclidae: dipperDipper

    Dippers are members of the genus Cinclus in the bird family Cinclidae....
    s
  • MotacillidaeMotacillidae

    The Motacillidae are a family of small passerine birds with medium to long tails....
    : wagtailWagtail

    The wagtails are a group of small passerine birds with long tails which they wag frequently....
    s and pipitPipit

    Pipits are small passerine birds with medium to long tails....
    s
  • Prunellidae: accentorAccentor

    The accentors are in the only bird family, Prunellidae, which is completely endemic to the Palearctic....
  • MelanocharitidaeMelanocharitidae Overview

    The Melanocharitidae, the berrypeckers and longbills, is a small bird family restricted to the forests of New Guinea....
    : berrypeckerBerrypecker

    Berrypecker may refer to:*One of six species of berrypecker in the bird family Melanocharitidae...
    s and longbillLongbill

    Longbill can refer to:*One of two species of longbill in the bird family Melanocharitidae...
    s
  • ParamythiidaeParamythiidae

    The Paramythiidae is a very small bird family restricted to the mountain forests of New Guinea....
    : tit berrypeckerTit Berrypecker

    The Tit Berrypecker is a species of bird in the Paramythiidae family....
     and crested berrypeckerCrested Berrypecker

    The Crested Berrypecker is a species of bird in the Paramythiidae family....
    s
  • PasseridaeSparrow

    This article is about "true sparrows," the Old World sparrows in the family Passeridae....
    : true sparrowSparrow

    This article is about "true sparrows," the Old World sparrows in the family Passeridae....
    s
  • EstrildidaeEstrildid finch

    The estrildid finches are small passerine birds of the Old World tropics and Australasia....
    : estrildid finches
  • Parulidae: New World warblerWarbler

    There are three groups of passerine birds, order Passeriformes, which are called warblers....
    s
  • Thraupidae: tanagerTanager

    There are 240 species of Tanagers in the bird family Thraupidae....
    s and allies
  • Peucedramidae: Olive WarblerFacts About Olive Warbler

    The Olive Warbler, Peucedramus taeniatus , is a small passerine bird, the only member of the family Peucedramidae....
  • Fringillidae: true finchFinch

    Finches are passerine birds, often seed-eating, found chiefly in the northern hemisphere and Africa....
    es
  • Cardinalidae: cardinals
  • Drepanididae: Hawaiian honeycreeperHoneycreeper

    The Honeycreepers are small birds in the tanager family....
    s
  • EmberizidaeEmberizidae

    The Emberizidae are a large family of passerine birds....
    : buntings and American sparrowSparrow

    This article is about "true sparrows," the Old World sparrows in the family Passeridae....
    s
  • Nectariniidae: sunbirdSunbird

    The sunbirds and spiderhunters are very small passerine birds which feed largely on nectar, although they will also ta...
    s
  • Dicaeidae: flowerpeckerFacts About Flowerpecker

    The flowerpeckers are a family of passerine birds found in tropical southern Asia and Australasia from India east to the Phi...
    s
  • Mimidae: mockingbirdMockingbird Overview

    Mockingbirds are a group of New World passerine birds best known for the habit of some species mimicking the songs of other ...
    s and thrasherThrasher

    Thrashers are a New World group of passerine birds related to mockingbirds and New World catbirds....
    s
  • SittidaeSittidae

    Sittidae is a family of small passerine birds which has two subfamilies...
    : nuthatchNuthatch

    The nuthatches are a family, Sittidae, of generally very similar small passerine birds found throughout the Northern h...
    es
  • Certhiidae: treecreeperTreecreeper Summary

    The treecreepers are a family of small passerine birds, consisting of two subfamilies:...
    s
  • Troglodytidae: wrenWren

    The true wrens are members of a mainly New World passerine bird family Troglodytidae containing 79 species....
    s
  • Polioptilidae: gnatcatcherGnatcatcher Overview

    The 15 species of small passerine birds in the gnatcatcher family occur in North and South America....
    s
  • Paridae: tits, chickadees and titmiceTitmouse

    The tits, chickadees, and titmice, family Paridae, are a large family of small passerine birds which occur...
  • Aegithalidae: long-tailed titLong-tailed Tit

    The Long-tailed Tit, Aegithalos caudatus, is a very small passerine bird....
    s
  • Hirundinidae: swallowSwallow

    The swallows and martins are a group of passerine birds in the family Hirundinidae which are characterised by th...
    s and martinMartin

    Martin was a particularly popular name in the Middle Ages due to the fame of Saint Martin of Tours....
    s
  • Regulidae: kingletFacts About Kinglet

    The kinglets or crests are a small group of birds often included in the Old World warblers, but frequently given famil...
    s
  • PycnonotidaeBulbul

    Bulbuls are a family of medium-sized passerine songbirds resident in Africa and tropical Asia....
    : bulbulFacts About Bulbul

    Bulbuls are a family of medium-sized passerine songbirds resident in Africa and tropical Asia....
    s
  • PhylloscopidaePhylloscopidae

    Phylloscopidae is a newly described family of small insectivorous birds formerly placed in the Old World warbler family....
    : leaf-warblers and allies. Recently split from Sylviidae.
  • Sylviidae: Old World warblerWarbler

    There are three groups of passerine birds, order Passeriformes, which are called warblers....
    s
  • Hypocoliidae: HypocoliusHypocolius

    The Grey Hypocolius is a small passerine bird species....
  • CisticolidaeCisticolidae

    The Cisticolidae family of small passerine birds is a group of about 110 warblers found mainly in warmer southern regions of...
    : cisticolaCisticola

    Cisticolas are very small insectivorous birds formerly classified in the Old World warbler family Sylviidae, but now usually...
    s and allies
  • Icteridae: icteridIcterid

    The Icterids are a group of small to medium, often colourful passerine birds restricted to the New World....
    s
  • ZosteropidaeWhite-eye

    White-eye can refer to:*White-eye , a family of birds....
    : White-eyeWhite-eye Overview

    White-eye can refer to:*White-eye , a family of birds....
    s
  • Timaliidae: babblerBabbler

    Babbler can refer to bird species that belong to either of two unrelated families....
    s
  • Muscicapidae: Old World flycatcherFlycatcher

    There are various families of bird termed flycatchers:...
    s and chatChat

    Chat may refer to* Chat, a casual conversation...
    s
  • Turdidae: thrushThrush

    The word thrush can mean more than one thing:...
    es and allies
  • Sturnidae: starlingStarling

    Starlings are small to medium-sized passerine birds in the family Sturnidae....
    s

See also

  • bird songBird song

    Bird songs are certain vocal sounds that birds make—in non-technical use, those sounds that are melodious to the human...
  • bird vocalization
  • list of birdsList of birds

    This page lists living orders and families of birds, class Aves....
  • Silence of the SongbirdsSilence of the Songbirds

    Silence of the Songbirds is a book by bird lover and scientist Bridget Stutchbury about the rapid decline and loss of ma...
     (book)
  • song systemSong system

    The song system is a series of discrete brain nuclei that regulate the production, memorization, and perception of singing ...


External links

  • Tree of Life web project article July 31, 2006