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Order Passeriformes - perching birds >5700 species

Acanthisittidae - New Zealand Wrens, sister to all others

Suborder Tyranni - “suboscines” Tyrannides - New World suboscines Eurylaimides - Old World suboscines

Suborder Passeri - “oscines” or “songbirds” Corvida (paraphyletic to Passerida)

various Australian families (e.g., Ptilonorhynchidae, Menuridae, Meliphagidae)

core-Corvoidea - “crow relatives” Passerida

Passeroidea - “weaver relatives”Muscicapoidea - “thrush relatives”Sylvioidea - “Old World insect eaters”

Suborder Tyranni - “suboscines” Tyrannides - New World suboscines - 1150 spp.

primarily in South American, only one family in No. Americanumerous examples of convergence with oscines

Families:Tyrannidae - tyrant flycatchersTityridae - tityrasPipridae - manakinsCotingidae - cotingasFurnariidae - ovenbirdsFormicariidae - ground antbirdsThanmnophilidae - antbirdsDendrocolaptidae - woodcreepersConopophagidae - gnat eatersRhinocryptidae - tapaculos

Eurylaimides - Old World suboscines

Eurylaimidae - broadbills 14 spp Africa, Asia, IndonesiaPhilepittidae - asities 4 spp MadagascarPittidae - pittas 31 spp Africa, Asia, Australia

Suborder Passeri - “oscines” or “songbirds” Corvida

core-Corvoidea - “crow relatives”

for example, families:

Corvidae - crows and jays 102 spp. worldwideVireonidae - vireos 51 spp. New WorldLaniidae - shrikes 30 spp. No. America, Eurasia, AfricaIrenidae - fairy-bluebirds, leafbirds 10 spp. Southeast AsiaDicruridae - drongos 24 spp. Africa, Asia, Australia, MalaysiaCracticidae - butcherbirds 10 spp. Australia, New GuineaGrallinidae - mudnest-builders 4 spp. Australia, New GuineaParadisaeidae - birds-of-paradise 40 spp. Australia, New Guinea

Superfamily Passeroidea - “weaver relatives”Alaudidae - larksFringillidae - seedeaters

Fringillinae - finchesFringillini - chaffinches Carduelini - goldfinches, crossbills, canaries, evening grosbeakDrepanidini - Hawaiian honeycreepers

Emberizinae - nine-primaried oscinesCardinalini - cardinals, typical grosbeaks, saltatorsEmberizini - sparrows, flower-piercers, Galapagos finchesIcterini - blackbirds, cowbirds, grackles, caciquesParulini - wood warblers, chatsThraupini - tanagers, honeycreepers

Peucedraminae - olive warblerNectariniidae - sunbirdsPasseridae

EstrildinaeEstrildini - waxbills, mannikinsViduini - whydahs

Motacillinae - wagtails, pipitsPasserinae - Old World sparrowsPloceinae - weavers

Alaudidae - larks 91 spp nearly worldwide Insectivorous, terrestrial, straight claw on digit ISuperficially sparrow-like, many crested

Fringillidae - seedeatersFringillinae - finches

Fringillini - chaffinches Carduelini - goldfinches, crossbills , canaries, evening grosbeakDrepanidini - Hawaiian honeycreepers

Peucedraminae - olive warbler

Fringillinae - finchesFringillini - chaffinches 3 sp. Northern Eurasia

Fringillinae - Carduelini - goldfinches, crossbills , canaries, evening grosbeak136 spp. Worldwide except Australia, granivorous, short cone-shaped bill, some nest in loose colonies

Carduelini - continued

Fringillinae - Drepanidini - Hawaiian honeycreepers 30 spp Hawaiian archipelago

Fringillinae - Drepanidini - continued

Emberizinae - nine-primaried oscines - a New World radiationCardinalini - cardinals, typical grosbeaks, saltatorsEmberizini - sparrows, flower-piercers, Galapagos finchesIcterini - blackbirds, cowbirds, grackles, caciquesParulini - wood warblers, chatsThraupini - tanagers, honeycreepers

Peucedraminae - olive warbler

Fringillidae - Emberizinae - Cardinalini - cardinals, grosbeaks, saltators, 42 spp. the Americas, granivorous, large cone-shaped bills

Fringillidae - Emberizinae - Cardinalini - continuedBuntings, dicksissel

Fringillidae - Emberizinae - Emberizini - sparrows, Galapagos finches, towhees156 spp. the Americas, granivorous, small cone-shaped bill, many drab brown, melodious

Fringillidae - Emberizinae - Emberizini - sparrows, Galapagos finches, towhees

Fringillidae - Emberizinae - Emberizini - sparrows, Galapagos finches, towheesbill varied, endemic to Galapagos archipelago

Fringillidae - Emberizinae - Emberizini - sparrows, Galapagos finches, towheesground litter foragers

Fringillidae - Emberizinae - Icterini - blackbirds, cowbirds, grackles, caciques97 spp. the Americas, narrow cone-shaped bill, gapers, weave pendulous nests, some colonial,strongly sexually dimorphic, some brood parasites, temperate species migratory, gregarious

Fringillidae - Emberizinae - Icterini - blackbirds, cowbirds, grackles, caciques97 spp. the Americas, narrow cone-shaped bill, gapers, weave pendulous nests, Cowbirds are brood parasites

Fringillidae - Emberizinae - Icterini - blackbirds, cowbirds, grackles, caciques, oropendolas97 spp. the Americas, narrow cone-shaped bill, gapers, weave pendulous nests, Medium sized, black and yellow, colonial

Fringillidae - Emberizinae - Icterini - blackbirds, cowbirds, grackles, caciques, oropendolas97 spp. the Americas, narrow cone-shaped bill, gapers, weave pendulous nests, large, black and yellow, colonial

Fringillidae - Emberizinae - Icterini - blackbirds, cowbirds, grackles, caciques, orioles97 spp. the Americas, narrow cone-shaped bill, gapers, weave pendulous nests, build pendulous nests, black and white and yellow or orange, frugivorous

Fringillidae - Emberizinae - Icterini - blackbirds, cowbirds, grackles, caciques, oriolesmeadowlarks - terrestrial gapers

Bobolink

Longclaw(Not Fringillidae!)

Fringillidae - Emberizinae - Parulini - wood warblers, chats 115 spp. the Americassmall, insectivorous, shrap narrow bill, active, colorful, strongly sexually dichromatic, Neotropical migrants

Emberizinae - Parulini - wood warblers continued

Fringillidae - Emberizinae - Thraupini - tanagers, Neotropical honeycreepers, flower-piercers, 413 spp the Americassmall, highly colorful, most sexually dimorphic, temperate species migratoryeat fruits, berries, flowers, nectar, and insects

Fringillidae - Emberizinae - Thraupini - tanagers continued

Fringillidae - Emberizinae - Thraupini - the incredible genus Tangara

Fringillidae - Emberizinae - Thraupini - the incredible genus Tangara - continued

Fringillidae - Emberizinae - Thraupini - swallow tanager - convergent on swallows

Fringillidae - Emberizinae - Thraupini - Neotropical honeycreepers and dacnis - nectivores

Fringillidae - Emberizinae - Thraupini, flower-piercersnectivorous, hypertropied upper bill

Emberizinae - nine-primaried oscines - a New World radiationCardinalini - cardinals, typical grosbeaks, saltatorsEmberizini - sparrows, flower-piercers, Galapagos finchesIcterini - blackbirds, cowbirds, grackles, caciquesParulini - wood warblers, chatsThraupini - tanagers, honeycreepers

Peucedraminae - olive warbler 1 sppreviously thought to be a Paruline

Nectariniidae - sunbirds 169 spp Africa, Asia, AustraliaSmall, coloful, long narrow bills, iridescent plumages, sexually dimorphic, nectivorous, convergent with hummingbirds

Nectariniidae - sunbirds continued

Passeridae Estrildinae Estrildini - waxbills, mannikins 140 spp Africa, So. Asia, AustraliaSmall, colorful, finch-like, ground feeding,primarily seed-eaters, highly gregarious, sometimes in tremendous flocks,many nest colonially

Passeridae Estrildinae Viduini - whydahs 15 spp Africabrood parasites of waxbills, polygynous, display flight by long-tailed male

Passeridae Motacillinae - wagtails, pipits65 spp. Worldwidepipits streaked brown, wagtails black, white and yellow, open prairies, deserts, cultivated fields,Walk on ground, never hop, nest a cup on ground, mostly insectivorous

Passeridae Passerinae - Old World sparrows 36 spp. Eurasia, Africa, Malaysiaprimarily seed eaters, most build bulky nest, some colonial, gregarious

Passeridae Ploceinae - weavers 104 spp. Africa, Eurasia, Madagascar, Malaysiagregarious, many colonial, some social, colors varied, polygamy common

Ploceinae - weavers continuedPhiletairus - the social weaver

Ploceinae - weavers continued

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