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Passeriformes (perching birds)

Scientific Classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Aves
Order:Passeriformes
Common:perching birds

The Passeriformes is an order of birds which includes more than half of all bird species. Commonly referred to as the "perching birds".

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Species
Kingdom: Animalia (animals)
Phylum: Chordata (vertebrates, sea squirts)
Class: Aves (birds)
Order: Accipitriformes (diurnal birds of prey)
Order: Anseriformes (waterfowl)
Order: Apodiformes (swifts, treeswifts, hummingbirds)
Order: Caprimulgiformes (nightjars, frogmouths)
Order: Charadriiformes (shorebirds)
Order: Ciconiiformes (storks, herons, egrets, ibises, spoonbills)
Order: Coliiformes (mousebirds)
Order: Columbiformes (doves, pigeons)
Order: Coraciiformes (kingfishers, hornbills)
Order: Cuculiformes (cuckoos, turacos)
Order: Falconiformes (falcons, caracaras)
Order: Galliformes (fowl)
Order: Gaviiformes (loons)
Order: Gruiformes (cranes)
Order: Opisthocomiformes (hoatzin)
Order: Passeriformes (perching birds)
Family: Acanthizidae (Australasian warblers)
Family: Aegithalidae (long-tailed tits)
Family: Artamidae (Australasian crows)
Family: Bombycillidae (waxwings)
Family: Cardinalidae (cardinals)
Family: Corcoracidae (apostlebird, chough)
Family: Corvidae (crows, jays)
Family: Dicaeidae (flowerpeckers)
Family: Emberizidae (American sparrows)
Family: Estrildidae (weaver-finches)
Family: Fringillidae (finches)
Family: Hirundinidae (swallows)
Family: Icteridae (blackbirds, orioles)
Family: Maluridae (Australian wrens)
Family: Mimidae (thrasher, mockingbirds, tremblers)
Family: Monarchidae (monarch flycatchers)
Family: Motacillidae (pipits, longclaws, wagtails)
Family: Paridae (chickadees, tits, titmice)
Family: Parulidae (New world warblers)
Family: Passeridae (old world sparrows)
Family: Ptilogonatidae (silky-flycatchers)
Family: Regulidae (kinglets)
Family: Rhipiduridae (fantails)
Family: Sittidae (nuthatches)
Family: Sturnidae (starlings)
Family: Thraupidae (tanagers)
Family: Turdidae (thrushes)
Family: Tyrannidae (tyrant flycatchers)
Family: Vireonidae (vireos)
Order: Pelecaniformes (pelicans)
Order: Phaethontiformes (tropicbirds)
Order: Phoenicopteriformes (flamingos)
Order: Piciformes (woodpeckers, toucans)
Order: Podicipediformes (grebes)
Order: Procellariiformes (albatrosses, petrels)
Order: Psittaciformes (parrots)
Order: Pteroclidiformes (sandgrouse)
Order: Sphenisciformes (penguins)
Order: Strigiformes (owls)
Order: Struthioniformes (ratites)
Order: Trogoniformes (trogons)