Passeriformes

This is classification for the Passeriformes to the one displayed in Wikipedia in July 2022. Families marked in blue indicate photos available in blogs.

  1. Suborder Acanthisitti
    • Acanthisittidae: New Zealand wrens
  2. Suborder Tyranni (suboscines)
    1. Infraorder Eurylaimides: Old World suboscines
      • Philepittidae: asities
      • Eurylaimidae: typical broadbills
      • Smithornithidae: African broadbills
      • Calyptomenidae: Asian green broadbills
      • Sapayoidae: broad-billed sapayoa
      • Pittidae: pittas
    2. Infraorder Tyrannides: New World suboscines
      1. Parvorder Furnariida
        • Melanopareiidae: crescentchests
        • Conopophagidae: gnateaters and gnatpittas
        • Thamnophilidae: antbirds
        • Myrmotheridae: antpittas
        • Rhinocryptidae: typical tapaculos
        • Formicariidae: antthrushes
        • Furnariidae: ovenbirds and woodcreepers
      2. Parvorder Tyrannida
        • Pipridae: manakins
        • Cotingidae: cotingas
        • Tityridae: tityras and allies
        • Oxyruncidae: sharpbill
        • Onychorhynchidae: royal-flycatcher & allies
        • Pipritidae: piprites
        • Platyrinchidae: spadebills
        • Tachurididae: many-colored rush tyrant
        • Rhynchocyclidae: mionectine flycatchers
        • Tyrannidae: tyrant flycatchers
  3. Suborder Passeri (oscines)
    • Atrichornithidae: scrub-birds
    • Menuridae: lyrebirds
    • Climacteridae: Australian treecreepers
    • Ptilonorhynchidae: bowerbirds
    • Maluridae: fairywrens, emu-wrens and grasswrens
    • Dasyornithidae: bristlebirds
    • Pardalotidae: pardalotes
    • Acanthizidae: scrubwrens, thornbills, and gerygones
    • Meliphagidae: honeyeaters
    • Pomatostomidae: pseudo-babblers
    • Orthonychidae: logrunners
    1. Infraorder Corvides – previously known as the parvorder Corvida
      • Cinclosomatidae: jewel-babblers, quail-thrushes
      • Campephagidae: cuckooshrikes and trillers
      • Mohouidae: whiteheads
      • Neosittidae: sittellas
      • Superfamily Orioloidea
        • Psophodidae: whipbirds
        • Eulacestomidae: wattled ploughbills
        • Falcunculidae: shriketit
        • Oreoicidae: Australo-Papuan bellbirds
        • Paramythiidae: painted berrypeckers
        • Pteruthiidae: shrike-babblers
        • Vireonidae: vireos
        • Pachycephalidae: whistlers
        • Oriolidae: Old World orioles and figbirds
      • Superfamily Malaconotoidea
        • Machaerirhynchidae: boatbills
        • Artamidae: woodswallows, butcherbirds, currawongs, and Australian magpie
        • Rhagologidae: mottled berryhunter
        • Malaconotidae: puffback shrikes, bush shrikes, tchagras, and boubous
        • Pityriaseidae: bristlehead
        • Aegithinidae: ioras
        • Platysteiridae: wattle-eyes and batises
        • Vangidae: vangas
      • Superfamily Corvoidea
        • Rhipiduridae: fantails
        • Lamproliidae: silktail, drongo fantail
        • Dicruridae: drongos
        • Monarchidae: monarch flycatchers
        • Ifritidae: blue-capped ifrit
        • Paradisaeidae: birds-of-paradise
        • Corcoracidae: white-winged chough and apostlebird
        • Melampittidae: melampittas
        • Laniidae: shrikes
        • Platylophidae: jayshrike
        • Corvidae: crows, ravens, and jays
    2. Infraorder Passerides – previously known as the parvorder Passerida
      • Cnemophilidae: satinbirds
      • Melanocharitidae: berrypeckers and longbills
      • Callaeidae: New Zealand wattlebirds
      • Notiomystidae: stitchbird
      • Petroicidae: Australian robins
      • Eupetidae: rail-babbler
      • Picathartidae: rockfowl
      • Chaetopidae: rock-jumpers
      1. Parvorder Sylviida – previously known as the superfamily Sylviodea
        • Hyliotidae: hyliotas
        • Stenostiridae: fairy flycatchers
        • Paridae: tits, chickadees and titmice
        • Remizidae: penduline tits
        • Panuridae: bearded reedling
        • Alaudidae: larks
        • Nicatoridae: nicators
        • Macrosphenidae: crombecs and African warblers
        • Cisticolidae: cisticolas and allies
        • Superfamily Locustelloidea
          • Acrocephalidae: reed warblers, Grauer’s warbler and allies
          • Locustellidae: grassbirds and allies
          • Donacobiidae: black-capped donacobius
          • Bernieridae: Malagasy warblers
          • Pnoepygidae: wren-babblers
          • Hirundinidae: swallows and martins
        • Superfamily Sylvioidea
          • Pycnonotidae: bulbuls
          • Sylviidae: sylviid babblers
          • Paradoxornithidae: parrotbills and myzornis
          • Zosteropidae: white-eyes
          • Timaliidae: tree babblers
          • Leiothrichidae: laughingthrushes and allies
          • Alcippeidae: Alcippe fulvettas
          • Pellorneidae: ground babblers
        • Superfamily Aegithaloidea
          • Phylloscopidae: leaf-warblers and allies
          • Hyliidae: hylias
          • Aegithalidae: long-tailed tits or bushtits
          • Scotocercidae: streaked scrub warbler
          • Cettiidae: Cettia bush warblers and allies
          • Erythrocercidae: yellow flycatchers
      2. Parvorder Muscicapida – previously known as the superfamily Muscicapoidea
        • Superfamily Bombycilloidea
          • Dulidae: palmchat
          • Bombycillidae: waxwings
          • Ptiliogonatidae: silky flycatchers
          • Hylocitreidae: hylocitrea
          • Hypocoliidae: hypocolius
          • Mohoidae: Hawaiian honeyeaters
        • Superfamily Muscicapoidea
          • Elachuridae: spotted elachura
          • Cinclidae: dippers
          • Muscicapidae: Old World flycatchers and chats
          • Turdidae: thrushes and allies
          • Buphagidae: oxpeckers
          • Sturnidae: starlings and rhabdornis
          • Mimidae: mockingbirds and thrashers
          • Regulidae: goldcrests and kinglets
        • Superfamily Certhioidea
          • Tichodromidae: wallcreeper
          • Sittidae: nuthatches
          • Certhiidae: treecreepers
          • Polioptilidae: gnatcatchers
          • Troglodytidae: wrens
      3. Parvorder Passerida – previously known as the superfamily Passeroidea
        • Promeropidae: sugarbirds
        • Modulatricidae: dapple-throat and allies
        • Nectariniidae: sunbirds
        • Dicaeidae: flowerpeckers
        • Chloropseidae: leafbirds
        • Irenidae: fairy-bluebirds
        • Peucedramidae: olive warbler
        • Urocynchramidae: Przewalski’s finch
        • Ploceidae: weavers
        • Viduidae: indigobirds and whydahs
        • Estrildidae: waxbills, munias and allies
        • Prunellidae: accentors
        • Passeridae: Old World sparrows and snowfinches
        • Motacillidae: wagtails and pipits
        • Fringillidae: finches and euphonias
        • Superfamily Emberizoidea – previously known as the New World nine-primaried oscines
          • Rhodinocichlidae: rosy thrush-tanager
          • Calcariidae: longspurs and snow buntings
          • Emberizidae: buntings
          • Cardinalidae: cardinals
          • Mitrospingidae: mitrospingid tanagers
          • Thraupidae: tanagers and allies
          • Passerellidae (Arremonidae): New World sparrows, bush tanagers
          • Parulidae: New World warblers
          • Icteriidae: yellow-breasted chat
          • Icteridae: grackles, New World blackbirds, and New World orioles
          • Calyptophilidae: chat-tanagers
          • Zeledoniidae: wrenthrush
          • Teretistridae: Cuban warblers
          • Nesospingidae: Puerto Rican tanager
          • Spindalidae: spindalises
          • Phaenicophilidae: Hispaniolan tanagers

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