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 continued in Passeriformes #2 and Passeriformes #3.
- Suborder Tyranni
- Infraorder Tyrannides: New World suboscines
- Parvorder Furnariida
- Parvorder Tyrannida
- Infraorder Tyrannides: New World suboscines
- Suborder Passeri
- Infraorder Corvides
- Superfamily Orioloidea
- Superfamily Malaconotoidea
- Superfamily Corvoidea
- Infraorder Passerides
- Parvorder Sylviida
- Family Paridae – Tits, Chickadees and Titmice
- Family Alaudidae – Larks
- Family Cisticolidae – Cisticolas and Allies
- Superfamily Locustelloidea
- Superfamily Sylvioidea
- Parvorder Sylviida
- Infraorder Corvides
Suborder Tyranni
Infraorder Tyrannides
Parvorder Furnariida
Family Furnariidae – Ovenbirds and Woodcreepers
Scaled Woodcreeper Lepidocolaptes squamatus |
Rufous Hornero Furnarius rufus |
Stout-billed Cinclodes Cinclodes excelsior |
Parvorder Tyrannida
Family Cotingidae – Cotingas
Guianan Cock-of-the-rock Rupicola rupicola |
Plum-throated Cotinga Cotinga maynana |
Family Tyrannidae – Tyrant Flycatchers
Loggerhead Kingbird Tyrannus caudifasciatus |
Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus |
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Masked Water-tyrant Fluvicola nengeta |
Social Flycatcher Myiozetetes similis |
Suborder Passeri
Family Meliphagidae – Honeyeaters
Blue-faced Honeyeater Entomyzon cyanotis |
Infraorder Corvides
Superfamily Orioloidea
Family Vireonidae – Vireos
Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus |
Family Oriolidae – Old World Orioles and Figbirds
Black-headed Oriole Oriolus larvatus |
Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus |
Superfamily Malaconotoidea
Family Malaconotidae – Puffback Shrikes, Bush Shrikes, Tchagras, and Boubous
Crimson-breasted Shrike Laniarius atrococcineus |
Superfamily Corvoidea
Family Dicruridae – Drongos
Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis |
Family Laniidae – Shrikes
Family Corvidae – Crows, Ravens, and Jays
Infraorder Passerides
Parvorder Sylviida
Family Paridae – Tits, Chickadees and Titmice
Family Alaudidae – Larks
Family Cisticolidae – Cisticolas and Allies
Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis |
Superfamily Locustelloidea
Family Acrocephalidae – Reed Warblers, Grauer’s Warbler and Allies
Family Locustellidae – Grassbirds
Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia |
Family Hirundinidae – Swallows and Martins
Superfamily Sylvioidea
Family Pycnonotidae – Bulbuls
White-spectacled Bulbul Pycnonotus xanthopygos |
Black-eyed Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus |
Ayeyarwady Bulbul Pycnonotus blanfordi |
Red-whiskered Bulbul Pycnonotus jocosus |
Family Sylviidae – Sylviid Babblers
Family Zosteropidae – White-eyes
Pale-bellied (Sulawesi) White-eye Zosterops consobrinorum |
African Yellow White-eye Zosterops senegalensis |
Oriental White-eye Zosterops palpebrosus |