Birds Guide

Passerida
House Sparrow
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia   Phylum: Chordata   Class: Aves   Order: Passeriformes   Suborder: Passeri   Parvorder: Passerida
Families
Many, see text

Passerida is under the Sibley-Ahlquist taxonomy, one of two parvorders contained within the suborder Passeri. While more recent research suggests that its sister parvorder, Corvida is not a singular grouping, the existence of Passerida as a distince clade is well accepted.

Families

• Alaudidae: larks
  Chloropseidae: leafbirds
  Aegithinidae: ioras
  Picathartidae: rockfowl
  Bombycillidae: waxwings and allies
  Ptilogonatidae: silky flycatchers
  Cinclidae: dippers
  Motacillidae: wagtails and pipits
  Prunellidae: accentor
  Melanocharitidae: berrypeckers and longbills
  Paramythiidae: tit berrypecker and crested berrypeckers
  Passeridae: true sparrows
  Estrildidae: estrildid finches (waxbills, munias, etc)
  Parulidae: New World warblers
  Thraupidae: tanagers and allies
  Peucedramidae: Olive Warbler
  Fringillidae: true finches
  Drepanididae: Hawaiian honeycreepers
  Emberizidae: buntings and American sparrows
  Nectariniidae: sunbirds
  Dicaeidae: flowerpeckers
  Mimidae: mockingbirds and thrashers
  Sittidae: nuthatches
  Certhiidae: treecreepers
  Troglodytidae: wrens
  Polioptilidae: gnatcatchers
  Paridae: tits, chickadees and titmice
  Aegithalidae: long-tailed tits
  Hirundinidae: swallows and martins
  Regulidae: kinglets
  Pycnonotidae: bulbuls
  Sylviidae: Old World warblers
  Hypocoliidae: Hypocolius
  Cisticolidae: cisticolas and allies
  Zosteropidae: White-eyes
  Timaliidae: babblers
  Muscicapidae: Old World flycatchers and chats
  Turdidae: thrushes and allies
  Sturnidae: starlings

See also

• list of birds