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American Dipper
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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Ring Ouzel
0.020MB  MP3  Hear Sound
Oiseaux.net
Ring Ouzel sound
Goldcrest
0.020MB  MP3  Hear Sound
Oiseaux.net
Goldcrest sound
Firecrest
0.010MB  MP3  Hear Sound
Oiseaux.net
Firecrest sound
Common Nightingale
0.020MB  MP3  Hear Sound
Oiseaux.net
Common Nightingale sound
Northern Wheatear
0.000MB  MP3  Hear Sound
Oiseaux.net
Northern Wheatear sound
Bohemian Waxwing
0.010MB  MP3  Hear Sound
Oiseaux.net
Bohemian Waxwing sound
Chucao Tapaculo
0.160MB  AU  Hear Sound
Aves de Chile
Chucao Tapaculo sound
Andean Tapaculo
0.040MB  AU  Hear Sound
Aves de Chile
Andean Tapaculo sound
White-Crested Elaenia
0.050MB  AU  Hear Sound
Aves de Chile
White-Crested Elaenia sound
White-Crested Elaenia
0.040MB  AU  Hear Sound
Aves de Chile
White-Crested Elaenia sound
Black-Throated Huet-Huet
0.050MB  AU  Hear Sound
Aves de Chile
Black-Throated Huet-Huet sound
Thorn-Tailed Rayadito
0.030MB  AU  Hear Sound
Aves de Chile
Thorn-Tailed Rayadito sound
Thorn-Tailed Rayadito
0.040MB  AU  Hear Sound
Aves de Chile
Thorn-Tailed Rayadito sound
White-Troated Tapaculo
0.040MB  AU  Hear Sound
Aves de Chile
White-Troated Tapaculo sound
Chilean Mockingbird
0.040MB  AU  Hear Sound
Aves de Chile
Chilean Mockingbird sound
Plain-Mantled Tit-Spinetail
0.060MB  AU  Hear Sound
Aves de Chile
Plain-Mantled Tit-Spinetail sound
Wren-Like Rushbird
0.020MB  AU  Hear Sound
Aves de Chile
Wren-Like Rushbird sound
Moustached Turca
0.050MB  AU  Hear Sound
Aves de Chile
Moustached Turca sound
Moustached Turca
0.100MB  AU  Hear Sound
Aves de Chile
Moustached Turca sound
Nightingale
Streaming  RAM  Hear Sound
The British Library
This recording, made in 1910, is the first published recording of a bird
White-cheeked Starling
Streaming  RAM  Hear Sound
Bird Listening Café - A collection of wildbird songs
White-cheeked Starling
Variable Antshrike
0.040MB  MP3  Hear Sound
John van der Woude's birding trip reports
Variable Antshrike call
Rufous-faced Antpitta
0.050MB  MP3  Hear Sound
John van der Woude's birding trip reports
Rufous-faced Antpitta call
White-tipped Plantcutter
0.040MB  MP3  Hear Sound
John van der Woude's birding trip reports
White-tipped Plantcutter call
White-backed Fire-eye
0.090MB  MP3  Hear Sound
John van der Woude's birding trip reports
White-backed Fire-eye call
Great Kiskadee
0.090MB  MP3  Hear Sound
John van der Woude's birding trip reports
Great Kiskadee call
Chestnut-backed Antshrike
0.040MB  MP3  Hear Sound
John van der Woude's birding trip reports
Chestnut-backed Antshrike call
Blackish Antbird
0.080MB  MP3  Hear Sound
John van der Woude's birding trip reports
Blackish Antbird call
Buff-throated Woodcreeper
0.050MB  MP3  Hear Sound
John van der Woude's birding trip reports
Buff-throated Woodcreeper call
Red-headed Manakin
0.040MB  MP3  Hear Sound
John van der Woude's birding trip reports
Red-headed Manakin call
Cinnamon Attila
0.050MB  MP3  Hear Sound
John van der Woude's birding trip reports
Cinnamon Attila call
Warbling Antbird
0.070MB  MP3  Hear Sound
John van der Woude's birding trip reports
Warbling Antbird call
White-eyed Attila
0.080MB  MP3  Hear Sound
John van der Woude's birding trip reports
White-eyed Attila call
Bar-winged Cinclodes
0.080MB  MP3  Hear Sound
John van der Woude's birding trip reports
Bar-winged Cinclodes call
Yungas Manakin
0.080MB  MP3  Hear Sound
John van der Woude's birding trip reports
Yungas Manakin call
Barred Woodcreeper
0.010MB  MP3  Hear Sound
John van der Woude's birding trip reports
Barred Woodcreeper call
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