Perching Birds
Passeriformes
Passeriformes (perching birds) is an order in the class Aves, containing 6,752 described species.
Scientific classification
Families
- Tyrannidae442
- TanagersThraupidae389
- Muscicapidae353
- Furnariidae321
- FinchesFringillidae254
- Thamnophilidae238
- Meliphagidae197
- ThrushesTurdidae194
- Cisticolidae164
- Pycnonotidae161
- Nectariniidae151
- Zosteropidae150
- Leiothrichidae143
- Crows, Jays and MagpiesCorvidae141
- Estrildidae138
- Passerellidae138
- StarlingsSturnidae127
- Ploceidae123
- Parulidae116
- Campephagidae108
- Icteridae106
- Monarchidae105
- Alaudidae98
- Troglodytidae96
- Swallows and MartinsHirundinidae92
- Phylloscopidae81
- Grallariidae70
- Motacillidae70
- Locustellidae67
- Acanthizidae66
- Vireonidae66
- Cotingidae65
- Pellorneidae65
- Rhinocryptidae65
- Rhipiduridae65
- Paridae62
- Pachycephalidae61
- Acrocephalidae60
- Timaliidae58
- Dicaeidae56
- Pipridae55
- Cardinalidae52
- Petroicidae51
- Malaconotidae50
- Pittidae46
- BuntingsEmberizidae45
- Birds-of-paradiseParadisaeidae44
- Old World SparrowsPasseridae43
- Oriolidae41
- Vangidae40
- Paradoxornithidae38
- Tityridae36
- Mimidae35
- Laniidae34
- Maluridae33
- Cettiidae32
- Platysteiridae32
- Sylviidae32
- Sittidae29
- Dicruridae28
- Artamidae24
- Ptilonorhynchidae23
- Polioptilidae22
- Viduidae20
- Macrosphenidae18
- Cinclosomatidae13
- Formicariidae13
- Chloropseidae12
- Conopophagidae12
- Melanocharitidae12
- Prunellidae12
- Long-tailed TitsAegithalidae11
- Bernieridae11
- Remizidae11
- Eurylaimidae10
- Certhiidae9
- Phaenicophilidae9
- Stenostiridae9
- Acanthisittidae7
- Climacteridae7
- Onychorhynchidae7
- Calcariidae6
- Calyptomenidae6
- Regulidae6
- Callaeidae5
- Cinclidae5
- Mohoidae5
- Pomatostomidae5
- Psophodidae5
- Aegithinidae4
- Hyliotidae4
- Melanopareiidae4
- Mitrospingidae4
- Orthonychidae4
- Pardalotidae4
- Philepittidae4
- Pnoepygidae4
- Ptiliogonatidae4
- Bombycillidae3
- Cnemophilidae3
- Dasyornithidae3
- Erythrocercidae3
- Falcunculidae3
- Irenidae3
- Modulatricidae3
- Mohouidae3
- Neosittidae3
- Nicatoridae3
- Oreoicidae3
- Paramythiidae3
- Atrichornithidae2
- Buphagidae2
- Calyptophilidae2
- Chaetopidae2
- Corcoracidae2
- Hyliidae2
- Machaerirhynchidae2
- Melampittidae2
- Menuridae2
- Picathartidae2
- Promeropidae2
- Salpornithidae2
- Teretistridae2
- Donacobiidae1
- Dulidae1
- Elachuridae1
- Eulacestomatidae1
- Eupetidae1
- Hylocitreidae1
- Hypocoliidae1
- Icteriidae1
- Ifritidae1
- Notiomystidae1
- Oxyruncidae1
- Panuridae1
- Peucedramidae1
- Pityriasidae1
- Platylophidae1
- Rhagologidae1
- Rhodinocichlidae1
- Sapayoidae1
- Tichodromidae1
- Urocynchramidae1
- Zeledoniidae1