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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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AUDIO CLIPS
Starling
Streaming  RAM  Hear Sound
Wildsong
Starling mimicry
Starling
Streaming  RAM  Hear Sound
Wildsong
Starling mimicry elaborations - Several birds playing around with the same themes
Nightingale
Streaming  RAM  Hear Sound
Wildsong
Nightingale - Male Song, with the calls of a pair of tawny owls in the background
Dipper
Streaming  RAM  Hear Sound
Wildsong
Male song. Not often thought of as a song bird, the dipper's a close relative of the wren. Song is heard all through the winter.
Nightingale
Streaming  RAM  Hear Sound
Wildsong
East Anglia after midnight in spring on the brecklands with nightingale and tawny owls.
Bali Starling
0.070MB  WAV  Hear Sound
Ingrids Welt
Bali Starling call
Eastern Spinebill
0.190MB  AU  Hear Sound
Australian National Botanic Gardens
Eastern Spinebill call
Goldcrest
0.030MB  WAV  Hear Sound
Bird Population in Taivalkoski
Goldcrest audio clip
Red-Flanked Bluetail
0.080MB  WAV  Hear Sound
Bird Population in Taivalkoski
Red-Flanked Bluetail audio clip
Redwing
0.050MB  WAV  Hear Sound
Bird Population in Taivalkoski
Redwing audio clip
Thrush Nightingale
0.160MB  WAV  Hear Sound
Bird Population in Taivalkoski
Thrush Nightingale audio clip
Waxwing
0.040MB  WAV  Hear Sound
Bird Population in Taivalkoski
Waxwing audio clip
Common Starling
0.060MB  RM  Hear Sound
Ceský rozhlas Online
Common Starling - ©paček obecný
Dipper
0.040MB  RM  Hear Sound
Ceský rozhlas Online
Dipper - Skorec vodní
Eurasian Treecreeper
0.180MB  RM  Hear Sound
Ceský rozhlas Online
Eurasian Treecreeper - Zpěv ąoupálka dlouhoprstého
Goldcrest
0.040MB  RM  Hear Sound
Ceský rozhlas Online
Goldcrest - Zpěv králíčka obecného
Goldcrest
0.040MB  RM  Hear Sound
Ceský rozhlas Online
Goldcrest - Králíček ohnivý
Nightingale
0.040MB  RM  Hear Sound
Ceský rozhlas Online
Nightingale - Hlas slavíka obecného
Northern Wheatear
0.050MB  RM  Hear Sound
Ceský rozhlas Online
Northern Wheatear - Bělořit ąedý
Short-toed Treecreeper
0.060MB  RM  Hear Sound
Ceský rozhlas Online
Short-toed Treecreeper - ©oupálek krátkoprstý
Short-toed Treecreeper
0.040MB  RM  Hear Sound
Ceský rozhlas Online
Short-toed Treecreeper - ©oupálek dlouhoprstý
Thrush Nightingale
0.060MB  RM  Hear Sound
Ceský rozhlas Online
Thrush Nightingale - Zpěv slavíka tmavého
Waxwing
0.040MB  RM  Hear Sound
Ceský rozhlas Online
Waxwing - Zpěv brkoslava severního
Golden-Crowned Kinglet
0.140MB  WAV  Hear Sound
Minnesota's Pine to Prairie Birding Trail
Golden-Crowned Kinglet call
Ruby-Crowned Kinglet
0.110MB  WAV  Hear Sound
Minnesota's Pine to Prairie Birding Trail
Ruby-Crowned Kinglet call
Cedar Waxwing
0.080MB  WAV  Hear Sound
Minnesota's Pine to Prairie Birding Trail
Cedar Waxwing call
Eastern Wood-Pewee
0.030MB  WAV  Hear Sound
Minnesota's Pine to Prairie Birding Trail
Eastern Wood-Pewee call
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
0.470MB  WAV  Hear Sound
Minnesota's Pine to Prairie Birding Trail
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher call
Eastern Kingbird
0.200MB  WAV  Hear Sound
Minnesota's Pine to Prairie Birding Trail
Eastern Kingbird call
European Starling
0.390MB  WAV  Hear Sound
Minnesota's Pine to Prairie Birding Trail
European Starling call
Brown Thrasher
0.090MB  WAV  Hear Sound
Minnesota's Pine to Prairie Birding Trail
Brown Thrasher call
Veery
0.480MB  WAV  Hear Sound
Minnesota's Pine to Prairie Birding Trail
Veery call
White-bearded Manakin
1.400MB  MP3  Hear Sound
EarthEar
White- Bearded Manakin Lek: This small understory bird has a very unique repertoire of sounds.. See details in the page below to buy the CD
White-throated Dipper
0.210MB  MP3  Hear Sound
The Virtual Bird
White-throated Dipper call
Red-flanked Bluetail
0.210MB  MP3  Hear Sound
The Virtual Bird
Red-flanked Bluetail call
Thrush Nightingale
0.260MB  MP3  Hear Sound
The Virtual Bird
Thrush Nightingale call
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