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Passeriformes

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
ORDER

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
class
Aves
order
Passeriformes

Name

Homonyms
Passeriformes
Passeriformes
Common names
Broadbills, Songbirds in English
Broadbills, Songbirds in English
Passereaux in French
Passerines in English
Passerines in English
Perching Bird in English
Perching Bird in English
Perching Birds in English
Perching Birds in English
Perching Birds in English
Perching Birds in English
Perching Birds in English
Spurvefugle in Danish
broadbills, songbirds in English
passereaux in French
passereaux in French
passereaux in French
passerines in English
perching bird in English
perching bird in English
varpuslinnut in Finnish
Perching birds in English
cihcelottit in Northern Sami
sporvefuglar in Nynorsk, Norwegian
spurvefugler in Norwegian Bokmål
tättingar in Swedish
tättingar in Swedish
tättingar in Swedish
Горобцеподібні in Ukrainian
Горобцеподібні in Ukrainian
スズメ目 in Japanese
スズメ目 in Japanese

Bibliographic References

  1. (2026) "The Taxonomicon "
  2. Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, and A. L. Gardner, 1987: Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada. Resource Publication, no. 166. 79.
  3. Cracraft (1981) Toward a Phylogenetic Classification of the Recent Birds of the World (Class Aves)
  4. Dickinson, E. C., and L. Christidis, eds., 2014: null. The Howard and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World, 4th Edition, Vol. 2 Passerines. lii + 752.
  5. Gill, Donsker & Rasmussen (2025) IOC World Bird List, version 15.1
  6. Gärdenfors, Hall, Hallingbäck, Hansson & Hedström (2003) Djur, svampar och växter i Sverige 2003. Förteckning över antal arter per familj.
  7. Lagerqvist, Jirle, Asplund & Stervander (2025) Officiella svenska namn på alla världens fågelarter, version 2025.
  8. Linnæus (Linnaeus) (1758) Systema naturae. Ed. 10. Tomus I, Regnum Animale
  9. Oldřich Sychra,Ivan Literák,Podzemný, P.,Benedikt, V. (Jan-12-2008) Insect ectoparasites from wild passerine birds in the Czech Republic
  10. Oldřich Sychra,Ivan Literák,Podzemný, P.,Harmat, P.,Hrabák, R. (Jan-02-2011) Insect ectoparasites on wild birds in the Czech Republic during the pre-breeding period
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