Passeriformes

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Translingual[edit]

Passer montanus (Eurasian tree sparrow)

Etymology[edit]

Passer +‎ -iformes

Proper noun[edit]

Passeriformes

  1. A taxonomic order within the subclass Aves – all passerines, including the perching birds or songbirds.

Usage notes[edit]

Family Acanthisittidae is sometimes removed from Passeriformes and placed in the monotypic suborder Acanthisittidi (syn. Acanthisitti).

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References[edit]

  1. ^ Ruggiero MA, Gordon DP, Orrell TM, Bailly N, Bourgoin T, Brusca RC, et al. (2015) A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248. PMID 25923521, doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248