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Kodiak Island, Alaska
American Dipper
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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
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AUDIO CLIPS
Western Wood-Pewee
0.070MB  WAV  Hear Sound
Naturesongs.com
Western Wood-Pewee song and call
Cassin's Kingbird
0.140MB  WAV  Hear Sound
Naturesongs.com
Cassin's Kingbird chasing a Sharp-shinned Hawk away from his hunting territory
Cassin's Kingbird
0.210MB  WAV  Hear Sound
Naturesongs.com
Cassin's Kingbird calling and singing
Verdin
0.120MB  WAV  Hear Sound
Naturesongs.com
Male Verdin chatter
Verdin
0.080MB  WAV  Hear Sound
Naturesongs.com
Verdin cheep note
Verdin
0.070MB  WAV  Hear Sound
Naturesongs.com
Verdin - spring mating song
Verdin
0.140MB  WAV  Hear Sound
Naturesongs.com
Verdin - nesting call
Kingbird
0.020MB  AU  Hear Sound
iBiblio - the public's library and digital archive
Kingbird
Red Wattlebird
0.020MB  AU  Hear Sound
iBiblio - the public's library and digital archive
Red Wattlebird
North Island Kokako
0.050MB  MP3  Hear Sound
Kiwi Wildlife Tours
North Island Kokako
Saddleback
0.040MB  MP3  Hear Sound
Kiwi Wildlife Tours
Saddleback
Tui
0.030MB  MP3  Hear Sound
Kiwi Wildlife Tours
Tui
Capuchinbird
0.130MB  WAV  Hear Sound
Wild Sanctuary - The voice of the living world
Listen to a male calling as a female enters a lek, or breeding territory
Ivory-breasted Pitta
0.170MB  MOV  Hear Sound
Birding in Sulawesi
Ivory-breasted Pitta
Western Wood-Pewee
0.220MB  MP3  Hear Sound
Birds of Bolivia
Agitated calls of Western Wood-Pewee
Bolivian Recurvebill
0.010MB  WAV  Hear Sound
Birds of Bolivia
Bolivian Recurvebill
Great Antshrike
0.220MB  WAV  Hear Sound
Birds of Bolivia
Great Antshrike
Masked Antpitta
0.120MB  WAV  Hear Sound
Birds of Bolivia
Masked Antpitta
Masked Antpitta
0.030MB  WAV  Hear Sound
Birds of Bolivia
Masked Antpitta
Thrush Nightingale
0.100MB  RA  Hear Sound
Western Palearctic Birdsounds
Thrush Nightingale Song
White-crowned Black Wheatear
0.280MB  RA  Hear Sound
Western Palearctic Birdsounds
White-crowned Black Wheatear Song
Blackstart
0.080MB  RA  Hear Sound
Western Palearctic Birdsounds
Blackstart Song
Goldcrest
0.020MB  RA  Hear Sound
Western Palearctic Birdsounds
Goldcrest Calls
Goldcrest
0.130MB  RA  Hear Sound
Western Palearctic Birdsounds
Goldcrest Calls
Goldcrest
0.080MB  RA  Hear Sound
Western Palearctic Birdsounds
Goldcrest Calls of juveniles
Firecrest
0.040MB  RA  Hear Sound
Western Palearctic Birdsounds
Firecrest Calls
Firecrest
0.020MB  RA  Hear Sound
Western Palearctic Birdsounds
Firecrest Short calls
Tristram's Starling
0.110MB  RA  Hear Sound
Western Palearctic Birdsounds
Tristram's Starling Call
Veery
Streaming  RAM  Hear Sound
NatureSound Studio
RealAudio Samples of beautiful thrush songs taken from the compact disc that accompanies the book "Music of the Birds: A Celebration of Bird Song" by Lang Elliott
White-throated Dipper
0.020MB  MP3  Hear Sound
Oiseaux.net
White-throated Dipper sound
Common Starling
0.020MB  MP3  Hear Sound
Oiseaux.net
Common Starling sound
Bluethroat
0.020MB  MP3  Hear Sound
Oiseaux.net
Bluethroat sound
Eurasian Tree-Creeper
0.020MB  MP3  Hear Sound
Oiseaux.net
Eurasian Tree-Creeper sound
Short-toed Tree-Creeper
0.010MB  MP3  Hear Sound
Oiseaux.net
Short-toed Tree-Creeper sound
Fieldfare
0.020MB  MP3  Hear Sound
Oiseaux.net
Fieldfare sound
Redwing
0.010MB  MP3  Hear Sound
Oiseaux.net
Redwing sound
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