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Passerine Sounds

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American Dipper
Kodiak Island, Alaska

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A passerine is a bird of the giant order Passeriformes. More than half of all species of bird are passerines. Sometimes known as perching birds or, less accurately, as songbirds, the passerines are one of the most spectacularly successful vertebrate orders: with around 5,400 species, they are roughly twice as diverse as the most successful of the mammal orders, the Rodentia.

The group gets its name from the Latin name for the House Sparrow, Passer domesticus.

Many passerines are songbirds and have complex muscles to control their syrinx; all of them gape in the nest as infants to beg for food.

The order is divided into two suborders, Tyranni, and Passeri (oscines). Oscines have the most control of their syrinx muscles and are true songbirds (though some of them, such as the crow, do not sound like it). Most passerines are smaller than typical members of other avian orders.

The evolutionary history of and relationships among the passerine families remained rather mysterious until around the end of the 20th century. Many passerine families were grouped together on the basis of morphological similarities which, it is now known, are the result of convergent evolution, not a close genetic relationship. For example, the "wrens" of the northern hemisphere, of Australia, and of New Zealand all look very similar and behave in similar ways, and yet belong to three far-flung branches of the passerine family tree: they are as unrelated as it is possible to be while yet remaining Passeriformes.

Much research remains to be done, but a series of biochemical studies are gradually revealing a clearer picture of passerine origins and evolution. It is now thought that the early passerines evolved in Gondwana at about the time that the southern supercontinent was breaking up. This led to the Tyranni and, a little later, to a great radiation of forms in Australia-New Guinea (the Passeri or songbirds). A major branch of the passerine tree, the Passerida (or sparrow-like forms), emerged either as the sister group to another (the Corvida, or crow-like birds), or more likely as a subgroup of the Corvida, and reached the northern hemisphere, where there was a further explosive radiation of new species. Since then, there has been extensive mixing, with northern forms returning to the south, southern forms moving north, and so on.

Taxonmony

Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family:

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Cedar Waxwing
WAV Hear Sound
Les Oiseaux du Québec
audio clip of Cedar Waxwing

Eastern Kingbird
WAV Hear Sound
Les Oiseaux du Québec
audio clip of Eastern Kingbird

MockingBird
RA Hear Sound
Common Backyard Bird List
audio clip of MockingBird

Starling
RA Hear Sound
Common Backyard Bird List
audio clip of Starling

Starling
Streaming RAM Hear Sound
BBC
Song

Saddleback
Streaming RAM Hear Sound
NWF
Saddleback sound

Kokako
Streaming RAM Hear Sound
NWF
Kokako sound

Tui
Streaming RAM Hear Sound
NWF
Tui sound

Eastern Kingbird
MOV Hear Sound
Pat's Backyard BirdCam
Eastern Kingbird

Northern Mockingbird
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Pat's Backyard BirdCam
Northern Mockingbird

Black-Tailed Gnatcatcher
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Bird Friends Of Lake Murray And San Diego County
Black-Tailed Gnatcatcher call

California Thrasher
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Bird Friends Of Lake Murray And San Diego County
California Thrasher call

Cassin's Kingbird
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Bird Friends Of Lake Murray And San Diego County
Cassin's Kingbird call

Greater Pewee
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Bird Friends Of Lake Murray And San Diego County
Greater Pewee call

Northern Mockingbird
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Bird Friends Of Lake Murray And San Diego County
Northern Mockingbird call

Phainopepla
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Phainopepla call

Thick-Billed Kingbird
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Bird Friends Of Lake Murray And San Diego County
Thick-Billed Kingbird call

Western Kingbird
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Bird Friends Of Lake Murray And San Diego County
Western Kingbird call

White-spotted Bluethroat
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Vogelkundliche Beobachtungsstation Untermain e.V.
White-spotted Bluethroat call

Short-toed Treecreeper
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Vogelkundliche Beobachtungsstation Untermain e.V.
Short-toed Treecreeper call

Common Nightingale
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Vogelkundliche Beobachtungsstation Untermain e.V.
Common Nightingale call

Bohemian Waxwing
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Vogelkundliche Beobachtungsstation Untermain e.V.
Bohemian Waxwing call

Firecrest
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Vogelkundliche Beobachtungsstation Untermain e.V.
Firecrest call

Common Starling
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Vogelkundliche Beobachtungsstation Untermain e.V.
Common Starling call

Common Nightingale
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Vogelkundliche Beobachtungsstation Untermain e.V.
Common Nightingale call

American Dipper
Streaming RAM Hear Sound
Cornell Lab of Ornithology
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Bendire's Thrasher
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Cornell Lab of Ornithology
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Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
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Cornell Lab of Ornithology
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Bluethroat
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Cornell Lab of Ornithology
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Bohemian Waxwing
Streaming RAM Hear Sound
Cornell Lab of Ornithology
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Brown Thrasher
Streaming RAM Hear Sound
Cornell Lab of Ornithology
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California Thrasher
Streaming RAM Hear Sound
Cornell Lab of Ornithology
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Cassin's Kingbird
Streaming RAM Hear Sound
Cornell Lab of Ornithology
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Cedar Waxwing
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Cornell Lab of Ornithology
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