Order

Passeriformes (Perching birds)

Pheucticus melanocephalus. Photo: (c) Greg Lasley, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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A passerine is any bird of the order Passeriformes, which includes more than half of all bird species. Passerines are distinguished from other orders of Aves by the arrangement of their toes, three pointing forward and one back, which facilitates perching.

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Subtaxa

Family: Troglodytidae (Wrens)

Family: Cardinalidae (Cardinals and allies)

Family: Passerellidae (New world sparrows)

Family: Mimidae (Mockingbirds and thrashers)

Family: Parulidae (New world warblers)

Family: Hirundinidae (Swallows and martins)

Family: Fringillidae (Finches, euphonias, and allies)

Family: Tyrannidae (Tyrant flycatchers)

Family: Turdidae (Thrushes)

Family: Icteridae (New world blackbirds and orioles)

Family: Vireonidae (Vireos, shrike-babblers, and erpornis)

Family: Polioptilidae (Gnatcatchers and gnatwrens)

Family: Icteriidae (Yellow-breasted chats)

Family: Certhiidae (Treecreepers)

Family: Aegithalidae (Long-tailed tits)

Family: Muscicapidae (Old world flycatchers and chats)

Family: Calcariidae (Longspurs and snow buntings)

Family: Sittidae (Nuthatches)

Family: Corvidae (Crows, jays, and magpies)

Family: Paridae (Tits, chickadees, and titmice)

Family: Laniidae (Shrikes)

Family: Sylviidae (Sylviid warblers and parrotbills)

Family: Alaudidae (Larks)

Family: Regulidae (Kinglets)

Family: Bombycillidae (Waxwings)

Family: Cinclidae (Dippers)

Family: Motacillidae (Wagtails and pipits)

Family: Emberizidae (Old world buntings)

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