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 usually placed in the monotypic suborder 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): Acanthisitti, 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 (acrocephalid warblers), Aegithalidae (bushtits), Aegithinidae (ioras), Alaudidae (larks), Alcippeidae (Alcippe fulvettas), Artamidae (butcherbirds, black butcherbirds, woodswallows, currawongs, shieldbills, and Australian magpies), Atrichornithidae (scrubbirds), Bernieridae (Malagasy warblers), 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 (cettid warblers), Chaetopidae (rock-jumpers), Chloropseidae (leafbirds), Cinclidae (dippers), Cinclosomatidae (quail-thrushes and jewel-babblers), Cisticolidae (cisticolid warblers), 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, New World orioles, meadowlarks, cowbirds, grackles, bobolinks, caciques, oropendolas, marshbirds, and baywings), Icteriidae (yellow-breasted chats), Ifritidae (blue-capped ifrits), Irenidae (fairy bluebirds), Laniidae (shrikes), Leiothrichidae (laughingthrushes), Locustellidae (locustellid warblers), Machaerirhynchidae (boatbills), Macrosphenidae (African warblers), 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), Onychorhynchidae (royal flycatchers, myiobius, and ruddy-tailed flycatchers), Oreoicidae (rufous-naped, piping, and crested bellbirds), Oriolidae (Old World orioles, pitohuis, and figbirds), Orthonychidae (logrunners), Oxyruncidae (sharpbills), Pachycephalidae (whistlers, shrikethrushes, black pitohuis, rusty pitohuis, and white-bellied pitohuis), Panuridae (bearded tits), Paradisaeidae (birds-of-paradise), Paradoxornithidae (parrotbills), Paramythiidae (painted berrypeckers), Pardalotidae (pardalotes), Paridae (tits, chickadees and titmice), Parulidae (New World warblers), Passerellidae (New World sparrows), Passeridae (Old World sparrows), Pellorneidae (ground 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 white-tailed shrikes), 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), Salpornithidae (spotted creepers), Sapayoidae (sapayoas), Scotocercidae (streaked scrub warblers), Sittidae (nuthatches), Spindalidae (spindalises), Stenostiridae (fairy flycatchers), Sturnidae (starlings), Sylviidae (sylviid warblers), Teretistridae (Cuban warblers), Thamnophilidae (antbirds), Thraupidae (true tanagers), Tichodromidae (wallcreepers), Timaliidae (babblers), Tityridae (tityras, becards, 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) – extant 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.