passerines

Also known as Passeriform, Passeriforms, passerine, passerine bird, passerine birds, perching bird, perching birds

A passerine () is any bird of the order Passeriformes (; from Latin 'sparrow' and '-shaped'), which includes more than half of all bird species. Sometimes known as perching birds, passerines generally have an anisodactyl arrangement of their toes (three pointing forward and one back), which facilitates perching.

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Passeriformes is a taxonomic order within the phylum Chordata and class Aves. The group includes species inhabiting marine, brackish, and freshwater environments. The taxonomic type for this order is the House Sparrow.

The order originated during the Ypresian stage, approximately 53 million years ago. It is described in the Gujin Tushu Jicheng. Common names for the group include spurvefugler, воробьинообразные, Сырддонцъиухуызтӕ, and tättingar.

Scientific literature references 3,738 PubMed entries regarding passerines. The topic appears in 9,385 other encyclopedia articles. It is listed on the Wikipedia Vital articles Level/4 focus list.

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Species

tättingar

Order

PhylumChordata
ClassAves
OrderPasseriformes

Habitatmarine, brackish, freshwater

雀形目（学名：Passeriformes），是鸟纲中的一个目。多样性非常高，有5400个种左右，占鸟类种数的一半。雀形目的鸟类鸣肌鸣管发达，多啼声婉转，通常所说的鸣禽就是指這一目的鸟。雀形目鸟善于筑巢，雀形目鸟类多为晚成雏，常有复杂的占区、营巢、求偶行为。体形大小不一，大者如鸦科部分种类体长可达50cm以上，小者如鹟科莺亚科部分种类体长仅6-7cm。在雀形目中大部分都是候鸟，留鸟少。

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Research

3,738 papers

Physical examination of passerines.ReviewThe veterinary clinics of North America. Exotic animal practice · 1999Massey JGDOI: 10.1016/s1094-9194(17)30128-7
Trace metal transfer to passerines inhabiting wastewater treatment wetlands.The Science of the total environment · 2024Werner CS, Chapman M, Skaggs J et al.DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.172373
Parasite Screening in Wild Passerines: Enhancing Diagnostic Approaches in Wildlife Rehabilitation Centers.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2024Rebelo CF, Ruiz AC, Alvarado-Piqueras A et al.DOI: 10.3390/ani14243664
Passerine birds.Current biology : CB · 2022Schmitt CJ, Edwards SVDOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2022.08.061
Metatranscriptomic Comparison of Viromes in Endemic and Introduced Passerines in New Zealand.Viruses · 2022French RK, Filion A, Niebuhr CN et al.DOI: 10.3390/v14071364
Offshore vagrancy in passerines is predicted by season, wind-drift, and species characteristics.Movement ecology · 2024Brooks WEDOI: 10.1186/s40462-024-00504-7
Feather growth and quality across passerines is explained by breeding rather than moulting latitude.Proceedings. Biological sciences · 2022Horák K, Bobek L, Adámková M et al.DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2021.2404
Avian Bornavirus Research-A Comprehensive Review.ReviewViruses · 2022Rubbenstroth DDOI: 10.3390/v14071513

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Encyclopedic overview

19 sections

Contents

Etymology
Description
Anatomy
Eggs and nests
Origin and evolution
Fossil record
Earliest passerines
Early European passerines
American fossils
Systematics and taxonomy
Taxonomic list of Passeriformes families
Suborder [[Acanthisitti]]
Suborder [[Tyranni]] (suboscines)
Suborder [[Passeri]] (oscines or songbirds)
Phylogeny
Explanatory notes
References
Further reading
External links

With more than 140 families and some 6,500 identified species, Passeriformes is the largest order of birds and one of the most diverse clades of terrestrial vertebrates, representing 60% of birds. Passerines are divided into three suborders: New Zealand wrens; Suboscines, primarily found in North and South America; and songbirds. Passerines originated in the Southern Hemisphere around 60 million years ago.

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