Passerine Sounds


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
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Ring Ouzel
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Oiseaux.net
Ring Ouzel sound

Goldcrest
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Oiseaux.net
Goldcrest sound

Firecrest
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Oiseaux.net
Firecrest sound

Common Nightingale
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Oiseaux.net
Common Nightingale sound

Northern Wheatear
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Oiseaux.net
Northern Wheatear sound

Bohemian Waxwing
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Oiseaux.net
Bohemian Waxwing sound

Chucao Tapaculo
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Aves de Chile
Chucao Tapaculo sound

Andean Tapaculo
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Aves de Chile
Andean Tapaculo sound

White-Crested Elaenia
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Aves de Chile
White-Crested Elaenia sound

White-Crested Elaenia
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Aves de Chile
White-Crested Elaenia sound

Black-Throated Huet-Huet
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Aves de Chile
Black-Throated Huet-Huet sound

Thorn-Tailed Rayadito
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Aves de Chile
Thorn-Tailed Rayadito sound

Thorn-Tailed Rayadito
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Aves de Chile
Thorn-Tailed Rayadito sound

White-Troated Tapaculo
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Aves de Chile
White-Troated Tapaculo sound

Chilean Mockingbird
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Aves de Chile
Chilean Mockingbird sound

Plain-Mantled Tit-Spinetail
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Aves de Chile
Plain-Mantled Tit-Spinetail sound

Wren-Like Rushbird
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Aves de Chile
Wren-Like Rushbird sound

Moustached Turca
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Aves de Chile
Moustached Turca sound

Moustached Turca
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Aves de Chile
Moustached Turca sound

Nightingale
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The British Library
This recording, made in 1910, is the first published recording of a bird

White-cheeked Starling
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Bird Listening Café - A collection of wildbird songs
White-cheeked Starling

Variable Antshrike
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John van der Woude's birding trip reports
Variable Antshrike call

Rufous-faced Antpitta
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John van der Woude's birding trip reports
Rufous-faced Antpitta call

White-tipped Plantcutter
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John van der Woude's birding trip reports
White-tipped Plantcutter call

White-backed Fire-eye
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John van der Woude's birding trip reports
White-backed Fire-eye call

Great Kiskadee
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John van der Woude's birding trip reports
Great Kiskadee call

Chestnut-backed Antshrike
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John van der Woude's birding trip reports
Chestnut-backed Antshrike call

Blackish Antbird
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John van der Woude's birding trip reports
Blackish Antbird call

Buff-throated Woodcreeper
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John van der Woude's birding trip reports
Buff-throated Woodcreeper call

Red-headed Manakin
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John van der Woude's birding trip reports
Red-headed Manakin call

Cinnamon Attila
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John van der Woude's birding trip reports
Cinnamon Attila call

Warbling Antbird
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John van der Woude's birding trip reports
Warbling Antbird call

White-eyed Attila
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John van der Woude's birding trip reports
White-eyed Attila call

Bar-winged Cinclodes
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John van der Woude's birding trip reports
Bar-winged Cinclodes call

Yungas Manakin
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John van der Woude's birding trip reports
Yungas Manakin call

Barred Woodcreeper
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John van der Woude's birding trip reports
Barred Woodcreeper call

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