Alternative spelling: Passeri
Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Editio Decima 1:1-824
Parent taxon: Passeriformes according to B. C. Livezey and R. L. Zusi 2007
See also Boles 1995, Hay 1902, Jaekel 1911, Wetmore 1940, Wetmore 1956, Wetmore 1960 and Worthy and Nguyen 2020
Sister taxa: 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, Formicaroidae, Fringillidae, Fringilloidae, Furnariidae, Hirundinidae, Icteridae, Laniidae, Locustellidae, Macrosphenidae, Maluridae, Meliphagidae, Menurae, Mimidae, Mohoidae, Mohouidae, Monarchidae, Motacillidae, Muscicapidae, Nectariniidae, Oriolidae, Orthonychidae, Oscines, Pachycephalidae, Paradisaeidae, Paridae, Parulidae, Passerellidae, 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
Subtaxa: Chamaeidae Neosittidae Palaeoscinidae Palaeospizidae Passerides Tyrannides
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore