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Passeriformes

Bird Orders

The perching birds (songbirds and their relatives): the largest bird order by a wide margin, defined by a foot with three toes forward and one back, well suited to gripping a branch. Passeriformes accounts for well over half of all living bird species, including crows, sparrows, finches and thrushes.

Facts
Disputed
Member Species/Taxa Count
6500 2
Approximate described-species (or, for a genus, described-taxon) count; continually revised as species are newly described, reclassified or synonymized.
Taxonomic Rank
Order 2
Scientific Name
Passeriformes 2
Classification
Living or Extinct
Yes 1
Connections

Child Taxon Of

Aves, Taxa
Source Catalogue of Life

Long-Form Articles

Parent Taxon Of

Source Catalogue of Life
Source Common Firecrest (Wikidata)
Common iora, Species
Source Common iora (Wikidata)
Common Myna, Species
Source Catalogue of Life
Source Catalogue of Life
Source Catalogue of Life
Corvidae, Taxa
Source Catalogue of Life
Source Catalogue of Life
Fringillidae, Taxa
Source Catalogue of Life
Goldcrest, Species
Source Goldcrest (Wikidata)
Hirundinidae, Taxa
Source Catalogue of Life
House Sparrow, Species
Source Catalogue of Life
Source Catalogue of Life
Source Catalogue of Life
Paridae, Taxa
Source Catalogue of Life
Source Catalogue of Life
Source Catalogue of Life
Snow Bunting, Species
Source Snow Bunting (Wikidata)
Source Catalogue of Life
Turdidae, Taxa
Source Catalogue of Life
Sources
1. Passeriformes (Wikipedia)
some 6,500 identified speciesView the Source
2. Catalogue of Life
Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of LifeView the Source
Wikidata: Passeriformes
Wikidata Q25341, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
Snow Bunting (Wikidata)
WikidataParent Taxon Of: Snow Bunting, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chainView the Source
Common Firecrest (Wikidata)
WikidataParent Taxon Of: Common Firecrest, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chainView the Source
Goldcrest (Wikidata)
WikidataParent Taxon Of: Goldcrest, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chainView the Source
Common iora (Wikidata)
WikidataParent Taxon Of: Common iora, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chainView the Source
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