Passeriformes
Translingual
Passer montanus (Eurasian tree sparrow)
Etymology
Passer + -iformes
Proper noun
Passeriformes
- A taxonomic order within the subclass Aves – all passerines, including the perching birds or songbirds.
Usage notes
Family Acanthisittidae is sometimes removed from Passeriformes and placed in the monotypic suborder Acanthisittidi (syn. Acanthisitti).
Hypernyms
- (order): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata - subphylum; Gnathostomata - infraphylum; Reptilia - class; Aves - subclass; Neognathae - infraclass; Neoaves - superorder[1]
Hyponyms
- (order): Passeri, Tyranni (suborders)
- Acanthisittidae, Acanthizidae, Acrocephalidae, Aegithalidae, Aegithinidae, Alaudidae, Arcanatoridae, Artamidae, Atrichornithidae, Bernieridae, Bombycillidae, Buphagidae, Calcariidae, Callaeidae, Campephagidae, Cardinalidae, Certhiidae, Cettiidae, Chaetopidae, Chloropseidae, Cinclidae, Cisticolidae, Climacteridae, Cnemophilidae, Coerebidae, Conopophagidae, Corcoracidae, Corvidae, Cotingidae, Cracticidae, Dasyornithidae, Dicaeidae, Dicruridae, Donacobiidae, Dulidae, Emberizidae, Erythrocercidae, Estrildidae, Eupetidae, Eurylaimidae, Formicariidae, Fringillidae, Furnariidae, Grallariidae, Hirundinidae, Hyliotidae, Hylocitreidae, Hypocoliidae, Icteridae, Irenidae, Laniidae, Leiothrichidae, Locustellidae, Machaerirhynchidae, Macrosphenidae, Malaconotidae, Maluridae, Melanocharitidae, Melanopareiidae, Meliphagidae, Menuridae, Mimidae, Mohoidae, Mohouidae, Monarchidae, Motacillidae, Muscicapidae, Nectariniidae, Neosittidae, Nicatoridae, Notiomystidae, Oriolidae, Orthonychidae, Pachycephalidae, Panuridae, Paradisaeidae, Paramythiidae, Pardalotidae, Paridae, Parulidae, Passeridae, Pellorneidae, Petroicidae, Peucedramidae, Phylloscopidae, Picathartidae, Pipridae, Pittidae, Pityriaseidae, Platysteiridae, Ploceidae, Pnoepygidae, Polioptilidae, Pomatostomidae, Prionopidae, Promeropidae, Prunellidae, Psophodidae, Ptilogonatidae, Ptilonorhynchidae, Pycnonotidae, Regulidae, Remizidae, Rhinocryptidae, Rhipiduridae, Scotocercidae, Sittidae, Stenostiridae, Sturnidae, Sylviidae, Tephrodornithidae, Thamnophilidae, Thraupidae, Tichodromidae, Timaliidae, Tityridae, Troglodytidae, Turdidae, Tyrannidae, Urocynchramidae, Vangidae, Viduidae, Vireonidae, Zosteropidae - families
References
Passerine on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Passeriformes on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Passeriformes on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Passeriformes at Aves - Taxonomy in Flux
- Passeriformes at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Passeriformes at Encyclopedia of Life
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