Order Passeriformes Linnaeus 1758 (perching bird)

Aves - Passeriformes

Parent taxon: Neognathae according to A. Wetmore 1960

See also Carroll 1988, del Hoyo et al. 2014, Gadow 1898, Guthrie 1992, Hay 1902, Livezey and Zusi 2007, Mayr 2005, Mayr 2022, Parmalee 1992, Shoshani et al. 1989, Slack et al. 2006 and Wetmore 1940

Sister taxa: Alciformes, Anas benedeni, Anas creccoides, Caprimulgiformes, Eurolimnornithiformes, Gracilitarsidae, Juncitarsus, Neoaves, Odontoanserae, Pangalloanserae, Perplexicervix, Scandiavis, Vastanavis

Subtaxa: Acanthisittidae Acanthizidae Acrocephalidae Alaudidae Artamidae Atrichornithidae Bernieridae Bombycillidae Calcariidae Callaeidae Calyptophilidae Campephagidae Cardinalidae Certhiidae Cinclidae Cinclosomatidae Climacteridae Coerebidae Corvidae Corvitalusoides Cracticidae Dasyornithidae Dicaeidae Dulidae Emberizidae Eopsaltriidae Estrildidae Eurylaimidae Fringillidae Furnariidae Hirundinidae Icteridae Laniidae Locustellidae Macrosphenidae Maluridae Meliphagidae Menurae Mimidae Mohoidae Mohouidae Monarchidae Motacillidae Muscicapidae Nectariniidae Oriolidae Orthonychidae Oscines Pachycephalidae Paradisaeidae Paridae Parulidae Passerellidae Passeres Passeridae Petroicidae Phaenicophilidae Phylloscopidae Pipridae Ploceidae Polioptilidae Prunellidae Psophodidae Ptilonorhynchidae Pycnonotidae Rhinocryptidae Rhipiduridae Scotocercidae Scytalopidae Sittidae Spindalidae Sturnidae Sylviidae Thamnophilidae Thraupidae Tichodromidae Tityridae Troglodytidae Turdidae Tyrannidae Vangidae Vireonidae Wieslochia Winnicavis Yunnanus Zosteropidae

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Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

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