Taxonomy of the Passeriformes re-aligned with the guidelines of the Taxonomy in Flux Checklist 3.08 on jboyd.net – 3 August 2018. Only families for which there are blog entries, together with their supra-taxonomic units, are included. Remainder of order to be found in Passeriformes #1 and Passeriformes #2.
- Suborder Passeri
- Infraorder Passerides
- Parvorder Passerida
- Family Nectariniidae – Sunbirds
- Family Irenidae – Fairy-bluebirds
- Family Ploceidae – Weavers
- Family Estrildidae – Waxbills, Munias and Allies
- Family Prunellidae – Accentors
- Family Passeridae – Old World Sparrows and Snowfinches
- Family Motacillidae – Wagtails and Pipits
- Family Fringillidae – Finches and Euphonias
- Superfamily Emberizoidea
- Family Calcariidae – Longspurs and Snow Buntings
- Family Emberizidae – Buntings
- Family Mitrospingidae – Mitrospingid Tanagers
- Family Thraupidae – Tanagers and Allies
- Family Passerellidae – New World Sparrows, Bush Tanagers
- Family Parulidae – New World Warblers
- Family Icteridae – Grackles, New World Blackbirds, and New World Orioles
- Parvorder Passerida
- Infraorder Passerides
Suborder Passeri
Infraorder Passerides
Parvorder Passerida
Family Nectariniidae – Sunbirds
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| White-bellied Sunbird Cinnyris talatala |
Splendid Sunbird Cinnyris coccinigastrus |
Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis |
Family Irenidae – Fairy-bluebirds
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| Asian Fairy-bluebird #1 Irena puella |
Asian Fairy-bluebird #2 Irena puella |
Family Ploceidae – Weavers
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| African Golden Weaver Ploceus subaureus |
Black-necked Weaver Ploceus nigricollis |
Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus |
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| Red-billed Buffalo Weaver Bubalornis niger |
Southern Red Bishop Euplectes orix |
Family Estrildidae – Waxbills, Munias and Allies
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| Blue Waxbill #1 Uraeginthus angolensis |
Blue Waxbill #2 (right) Uraeginthus angolensis |
Jameson’s Firefinch (left) Lagonosticta rhodopareia |
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| Java Sparrow #1 Lonchura oryzivora |
Java Sparrow #2 Lonchura oryzivora |
Bengalese Finch Lonchura striata domestica |
Family Prunellidae – Accentors
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| Dunnock #1 Prunella modularis |
Dunnock #2 Prunella modularis |
Dunnock #3 Prunella modularis |
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| Dunnock #4 Prunella modularis |
Dunnock #5 Prunella modularis |
Dunnock #6 Prunella modularis |
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| Dunnock #7 Prunella modularis |
Dunnock #8 Prunella modularis |
Dunnock #9 Prunella modularis |
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| Dunnock #10 Prunella modularis |
Family Passeridae – Old World Sparrows and Snowfinches
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| House Sparrow #1 Passer domesticus |
House Sparrow #2 Passer domesticus |
House Sparrow #3 Passer domesticus |
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| House Sparrow #4 Passer domesticus |
House Sparrow #5 Passer domesticus |
House Sparrow #6 Passer domesticus |
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| House Sparrow #7 Passer domesticus |
House Sparrow #8 Passer domesticus |
House Sparrow #9 Passer domesticus |
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| House Sparrow #10 Passer domesticus |
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| Tree Sparrow #1 Passer montanus |
Tree Sparrow #2 Passer montanus |
Tree Sparrow #3 Passer montanus |
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| Spanish Sparrow Passer hispaniolensis |
Maltese Sparrow Passer hispaniolensis maltae |
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| Italian Sparrow #1 Passer italiae |
Italian Sparrow #2 Passer italiae |
Family Motacillidae – Wagtails and Pipits
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| Grey Wagtail #1 Motacilla cinerea |
Grey Wagtail #2 Motacilla cinerea |
Grey Wagtail #3 Motacilla cinerea |
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| Grey Wagtail #4 Motacilla cinerea |
Grey Wagtail #5 Motacilla cinerea |
Grey Wagtail #6 Motacilla cinerea |
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| Grey Wagtail #7 Motacilla cinerea |
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| Pied Wagtail #1 Motacilla alba yarrellii |
Pied Wagtail #2 Motacilla alba yarrellii |
Pied Wagtail #3 Motacilla alba yarrellii |
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| Pied Wagtail #4 Motacilla alba yarrellii |
Pied Wagtail #5 Motacilla alba yarrellii |
Pied Wagtail #6 Motacilla alba yarrellii |
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| Pied Wagtail #7 Motacilla alba yarrellii |
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| White Wagtail #1 Motacilla alba alba |
White Wagtail #2 Motacilla alba alba |
White Wagtail #3 Motacilla alba alba |
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| Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava flavissima |
African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp |
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| Meadow Pipit #1 Anthus pratensis |
Meadow Pipit #2 Anthus pratensis |
Meadow Pipit #3 Anthus pratensis |
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| Meadow Pipit #4 Anthus pratensis |
Meadow Pipit #5 Anthus pratensis |
Meadow Pipit #6 Anthus pratensis |
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| Meadow Pipit #7 Anthus pratensis |
Meadow Pipit #8 Anthus pratensis |
Meadow Pipit #9 Anthus pratensis |
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| Rock Pipit #1 Anthus petrosus |
Rock Pipit #2 Anthus petrosus |
Rock Pipit #3 Anthus petrosus |
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| Rock Pipit #4 Anthus petrosus |
Rock Pipit #5 Anthus petrosus |
Rock Pipit #6 Anthus petrosus |
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| Rock Pipit #7 Anthus petrosus |
Rock Pipit #8 Anthus petrosus |
Rock Pipit #9 Anthus petrosus |
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| Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta |
Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis |
Plain-backed Pipit Anthus leucophrys |
Family Fringillidae – Finches and Euphonias
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| Greenfinch #1 Chloris chloris |
Greenfinch #2 Chloris chloris |
Greenfinch #3 Chloris chloris |
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| Greenfinch #4 Chloris chloris |
Greenfinch #5 Chloris chloris |
Greenfinch #6 Chloris chloris |
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| Greenfinch #7 Chloris chloris |
Greenfinch #8 Chloris chloris |
Greenfinch #9 Chloris chloris |
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| Hawfinch #1 Coccothraustes coccothraustes |
Hawfinch #2 Coccothraustes coccothraustes |
Hawfinch #3 Coccothraustes coccothraustes |
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| Goldfinch #1 Carduelis carduelis |
Goldfinch #2 Carduelis carduelis |
Goldfinch #3 Carduelis carduelis |
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| Goldfinch #4 Carduelis carduelis |
Goldfinch #5 Carduelis carduelis |
Goldfinch #6 Carduelis carduelis |
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| Goldfinch #7 Carduelis carduelis |
Goldfinch #8 Carduelis carduelis |
Goldfinch #9 Carduelis carduelis |
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| Serin #1 Serinus serinus |
Serin #2 Serinus serinus |
Serin #3 Serinus serinus |
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| Serin #4 Serinus serinus |
Serin #5 Serinus serinus |
Serin #6 Serinus serinus |
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| Linnet #1 Linaria cannabina |
Linnet #2 Linaria cannabina |
Linnet #3 Linaria cannabina |
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| Linnet #4 Linaria cannabina |
Linnet #5 Linaria cannabina |
Linnet #6 Linaria cannabina |
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| Linnet #7 Linaria cannabina |
Linnet #8 Linaria cannabina |
Linnet #9 Linaria cannabina |
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| Twite #1 Linaria flavirostris |
Twite #2 Linaria flavirostris |
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| Chaffinch #1 Fringilla coelebs |
Chaffinch #2 Fringilla coelebs |
Chaffinch #3 Fringilla coelebs |
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| Chaffinch #4 Fringilla coelebs |
Chaffinch #5 Fringilla coelebs |
Chaffinch #6 Fringilla coelebs |
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| Chaffinch #7 Fringilla coelebs |
Chaffinch #8 Fringilla coelebs |
Chaffinch #9 Fringilla coelebs |
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| Chaffinch #10 Fringilla coelebs |
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| Bullfinch #1 Pyrrhula pyrrhula |
Bullfinch #2 Pyrrhula pyrrhula |
Bullfinch #3 Pyrrhula pyrrhula |
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| Bullfinch #4 Pyrrhula pyrrhula |
Bullfinch #5 Pyrrhula pyrrhula |
Bullfinch #6 Pyrrhula pyrrhula |
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| Bullfinch #7 Pyrrhula pyrrhula |
Bullfinch #8 Pyrrhula pyrrhula |
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| Siskin #1 Spinus spinus |
Siskin #2 Spinus spinus |
Siskin #3 Spinus spinus |
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| Siskin #4 Spinus spinus |
Siskin #5 Spinus spinus |
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| Common Redpoll #1 Acanthis flammea |
Common Redpoll #2 Acanthis flammea |
Common Redpoll #3 Acanthis flammea |
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| Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra |
Superfamily Emberizoidea
Family Calcariidae – Longspurs and Snow Buntings
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| Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis |
Family Emberizidae – Buntings
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| Reed Bunting #1 Emberiza schoeniclus |
Reed Bunting #2 Emberiza schoeniclus |
Reed Bunting #3 Emberiza schoeniclus |
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| Reed Bunting #4 Emberiza schoeniclus |
Reed Bunting #5 Emberiza schoeniclus |
Reed Bunting #6 Emberiza schoeniclus |
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| Reed Bunting #7 Emberiza schoeniclus |
Reed Bunting #8 Emberiza schoeniclus |
Reed Bunting #9 Emberiza schoeniclus |
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| Rock Bunting Emberiza cia |
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| Yellowhammer #1 Emberiza citrinella |
Yellowhammer #2 Emberiza citrinella |
Yellowhammer #3 Emberiza citrinella |
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| Corn Bunting #1 Emberiza calandra |
Corn Bunting #2 Emberiza calandra |
Corn Bunting #3 Emberiza calandra |
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| Cirl Bunting #1 Emberiza cirlus |
Cirl Bunting #2 Emberiza cirlus |
Cirl Bunting #3 Emberiza cirlus |
Family Mitrospingidae – Mitrospingid Tanagers
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| Olive-green Tanager Orthogonys chloricterus |
Family Thraupidae – Tanagers and Allies
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| Masked Flowerpiercer Diglossa cyanea |
Saffron Finch Sicalis flaveola |
Azure-shouldered Tanager Thraupis cyanoptera |
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| Grassland Yellow Finch Sicalis luteola |
Medium Ground Finch Geospiza fortis |
Small Ground Finch Geospiza fuliginosa |
Family Passerellidae – New World Sparrows, Bush Tanagers
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| Rufous-collared Sparrow Zonotrichia capensis |
Family Parulidae – New World Warblers
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| Yellow Warbler #1 Setophaga petechia |
Yellow Warbler #2 Setophaga petechia |
Golden-crowned Warbler Basileuterus culicivorus |
Family Icteridae – Grackles, New World Blackbirds, and New World Orioles
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| Greater Antillean Grackle Quiscalus niger |
Montserrat Oriole Icterus oberi |
Marnix's Bird Gallery 