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Passeriformes  
Taxonomic Serial No.: 178265

 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Order  
  Synonym(s): Eurylami
 
    Menurae
 
    Tyranni
 
  Common Name(s): passereaux [French]
  
    Perching Birds [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete    
  Latest Record Review: 2001    
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  -- Animal, animals, animaux  
    PhylumChordata  -- chordates, cordado, cordés  
       SubphylumVertebrata  -- vertebrado, vertebrates, vertébrés  
          ClassAves  -- Birds, oiseaux  
             OrderPasseriformes  -- passereaux, Perching Birds  
    Direct Children:  
                Family Acanthisittidae   
                Family Aegithalidae  -- Bushtits, Long-tailed Tits 
                Family Aegithinidae   
                Family Alaudidae  -- Larks 
                Family Artamidae  -- Wood-Swallows 
                Family Atrichornithidae   
                Family Bombycillidae  -- Waxwings 
                Family Callaeatidae Sundevall, 1836 -- Wattled Crows 
                Family Campephagidae  -- Cuckoo-Shrikes 
                Family Cardinalidae  -- Cardinal-Grosbeaks, Cardinals, Grosbeaks, Saltators 
                Family Certhiidae  -- Creepers, grimpereaux 
                Family Cinclidae  -- Dippers 
                Family Cisticolidae   
                Family Climacteridae   
                Family Cnemophilidae Mayr, 1862  
                Family Coerebidae  -- Bananaquit, Bananaquits 
                Family Conopophagidae   
                Family Corcoracidae   
                Family Corvidae  -- corneilles, Crows, geais, Jays, Magpies, pies 
                Family Cotingidae   
                Family Cracticidae   
                Family Dicruridae  -- Drongos 
                Family Dulidae   
                Family Emberizidae  -- American Sparrows, Buntings, Emberizid Finches, New World Sparrows, Towhees 
                Family Estrildidae  -- Waxbills 
                Family Eupetidae   
                Family Eurylaimidae   
                Family Formicariidae   
                Family Fringillidae Leach, 1820 -- Finches, gros-becs, Hawaiian Honeycreepers, moineaux, Old World Finches, roselins 
                Family Furnariidae   
                Family Hirundinidae  -- Swallows 
                Family Hypocolidae   
                Family Icteridae  -- American Blackbirds, New World Blackbirds, Orioles 
                Family Irenidae   
                Family Laniidae  -- Shrikes 
                Family Malaconotidae   
                Family Maluridae   
                Family Melanocharitidae   
                Family Meliphagidae  -- Honeyeaters 
                Family Menuridae   
                Family Mimidae  -- Mockingbirds, Thrashers 
                Family Monarchidae   
                Family Motacillidae  -- Pipits, Wagtails 
                Family Muscicapidae  -- Old World Flycatchers 
                Family Nectariniidae   
                Family Neosittidae   
                Family Oriolidae   
                Family Orthonychidae   
                Family Pachycephalidae   
                Family Paradisaeidae   
                Family Paramythiidae   
                Family Pardalotidae   
                Family Paridae  -- Chickadees, Titmice 
                Family Parulidae  -- New World Warblers, Wood-Warblers 
                Family Passeridae   
                Family Petroicidae   
                Family Peucedramidae  -- Olive Warbler 
                Family Philepittidae   
                Family Picathartidae   
                Family Pipridae   
                Family Pittidae   
                Family Platysteiridae   
                Family Ploceidae  -- Bishops, Weavers 
                Family Pomatostomidae   
                Family Prunellidae  -- Accentors 
                Family Ptilogonatidae  -- Silky-Flycatchers 
                Family Ptilonorhynchidae   
                Family Pycnonotidae  -- bulbuls 
                Family Regulidae   
                Family Remizidae  -- Penduline Tits, Verdins 
                Family Rhinocryptidae   
                Family Rhipiduridae   
                Family Sapayoaidae   
                Family Sittidae  -- Nuthatches 
                Family Sturnidae  -- étourneaux, Starlings 
                Family Sylviidae  -- fauvettes, Gnatcatchers, gobe-mouches, Kinglets, Old World Warblers, roitelets 
                Family Thamnophilidae   
                Family Thraupidae  -- Tanagers 
                Family Timaliidae   
                Family Troglodytidae  -- Wrens 
                Family Turdidae   
                Family Tyrannidae  -- tyrans gobe-mouches, Tyrant Flycatchers 
                Family Vangidae   
                Family Viduidae   
                Family Vireonidae  -- Vireos 
                Family Zosteropidae  -- White-eyes 
                Suborder Oscines   
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Alan P. Peterson, M.D.  
  Notes: PO Box 1999 Walla Walla, Washington 99362-0999   
  Reference for: Passeriformes   
       
  Expert: Richard C. Banks  
  Notes: Chief, Bird Section, U.S.G.S. - B.R.D. - P.W.R.C.   
  Reference for: Passeriformes   
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: ITIS*ca, website (version 2002)  
  Acquired: 2003   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: passereaux [French]   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Passeriformes   
       
  Source: Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource, website (version 1998)  
  Acquired: 1998   
  Notes: Alan P. Peterson; http://www.zoonomen.net/   
  Reference for: Passeriformes   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, A. L. Gardner, and W. C. Starnes  
  Publication Date: 2003   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada   
  Page(s):    
  Publisher:    
  Publication Place:    
  ISBN/ISSN:    
  Notes: As-yet (2003) unpublished manuscript from 1998   
  Reference for: Passeriformes   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, and A. L. Gardner  
  Publication Date: 1987   
  Article/Chapter Title: Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Resource Publication, no. 166   
  Page(s): 79   
  Publisher: United States Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service   
  Publication Place: Washington, D.C., USA   
  ISBN/ISSN:    
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Passeriformes, Perching Birds   
       

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