Editing Passerine (section)

===Suborder [[Passeri]] (oscines or songbirds)===
[[File:Male stitchbird.JPG|thumb|Male [[stitchbird]] or ''hihi'' (''Notiomystis cincta'') showing [[convergent evolution|convergence]] with honeyeaters]]
:::* [[Atrichornithidae]]: scrub-birds
:::* [[Menuridae]]: lyrebirds
:::* [[Climacteridae]]: Australian treecreepers
:::* [[Ptilonorhynchidae]]: bowerbirds
:::* [[Pomatostomidae]]: pseudo-babblers
:::* [[Orthonychidae]]: logrunners
:*Superfamily [[Meliphagoidea]]
::* [[Acanthizidae]]: scrubwrens, thornbills, and gerygones
::* [[Meliphagidae]]: honeyeaters
::* [[Maluridae]]: fairywrens, emu-wrens and grasswrens
::* [[Dasyornithidae]]: bristlebirds
::* [[Pardalotidae]]: pardalotes
[[File:Regentbowerbirdmale.jpg|thumb|Male [[regent bowerbird]] (''Sericulus chrysocephalus'', [[Ptilonorhynchidae]])]]
* '''Infraorder [[Corvides]]''' – previously known as the parvorder [[Corvida]]<ref name=Cracraft/>
:::* [[Cinclosomatidae]]: jewel-babblers, quail-thrushes
:::* [[Campephagidae]]: cuckooshrikes and trillers
:::* [[Mohouidae]]: whiteheads
:::* [[Neosittidae]]: sittellas
::*Superfamily Orioloidea{{efn|The order of the families within the superfamily Orioloidea is uncertain.<ref name=oliveros/>}}
:::* [[Psophodidae]]: whipbirds
:::* [[Eulacestomatidae]]: wattled ploughbill
:::* [[Falcunculidae]]: shriketit
:::* [[Oreoicidae]]: Australo-Papuan bellbirds
:::* [[Paramythiidae]]: painted berrypeckers
:::* [[Vireonidae]]: vireos
:::* [[Pachycephalidae]]: whistlers
:::* [[Oriolidae]]: Old World orioles and figbirds
::*Superfamily [[Malaconotoidea]]{{efn|The order of the families within the superfamily Malaconotoidea is uncertain.<ref name=oliveros/>}}
[[File:Goldcrest 1.jpg|thumb|Tiny [[goldcrest]] (''Regulus regulus'') belongs to a minor but highly distinct lineage of Passeri]]
:::* [[Machaerirhynchidae]]: boatbills
:::* [[Artamidae]]: woodswallows, butcherbirds, currawongs, and Australian magpie
:::* [[Rhagologidae]]: mottled berryhunter
:::* [[Malaconotidae]]: puffback shrikes, bush shrikes, tchagras, and boubous
:::* [[Pityriaseidae]]: bristlehead
:::* [[Aegithinidae]]: ioras
:::* [[Platysteiridae]]: wattle-eyes and batises
:::* [[Vangidae]]: vangas
::*Superfamily [[Corvoidea]]{{efn|The order of the families within the superfamily Corvoidea is uncertain.<ref name=oliveros/>}}
:::* [[Rhipiduridae]]: fantails
:::* [[Dicruridae]]: drongos
:::* [[Monarchidae]]: monarch flycatchers
:::* [[Ifritidae]]: blue-capped ifrit
:::* [[Paradisaeidae]]: birds-of-paradise
:::* [[Corcoracidae]]: white-winged chough and apostlebird
:::* [[Melampittidae]]: melampittas
:::* [[Laniidae]]: shrikes
:::* [[Crested jayshrike|Platylophidae]]: jayshrike
:::* [[Corvidae]]<!--(includes Platylophidae)-->: crows, ravens, and jays
[[File:Acrocephalus dumetorum.jpg|thumb|[[Reed warbler]]s, such as this [[Blyth's reed warbler]] (''Acrocephalus dumetorum''), are now in the [[Acrocephalidae]]]]
* '''Infraorder [[Passerides]]''' – previously known as the parvorder Passerida<ref name=Cracraft/>
:::* [[Cnemophilidae]]: satinbirds
:::* [[Melanocharitidae]]: berrypeckers and longbills
:::* [[Callaeidae]]: New Zealand wattlebirds
:::* [[Notiomystidae]]: stitchbird
:::* [[Petroicidae]]: Australian robins
:::* [[Eupetidae]]: rail-babbler
:::* [[Picathartidae]]<!--family not in H&M4-->: rockfowl
:::* [[Chaetopidae]]<!--family not in H&M4-->: rock-jumpers
[[File:Eurasian blue tit Lancashire 2.jpg|thumb|[[Eurasian blue tit]] (''Cyanistes caeruleus'') and its relatives stand well apart from the rest of the [[Sylvioidea]] ''sensu lato'']]
:* '''Parvorder Sylviida'''{{efn|The taxonomic sequence of the superfamilies Locustelloidea, Sylvioidea and Aegithaloidea is uncertain, although the order of the families within each of the superfamilies is well determined.<ref name=oliveros/>}} – previously known as the superfamily Sylviodea<ref name=Cracraft/>
:::* [[Hyliotidae]]: hyliotas
:::* [[Stenostiridae]]: fairy flycatchers
:::* [[Paridae]]: tits, chickadees and titmice
:::* [[Remizidae]]: penduline tits
:::* [[Panuridae]]: bearded reedling
:::* [[Alaudidae]]: larks
:::* [[Nicatoridae]]: nicators
:::* [[Macrosphenidae]]: crombecs and African warblers
:::* [[Cisticolidae]]: cisticolas and allies
[[File:Brown-headed Nuthatch-27527-4c.jpg|thumb|[[Brown-headed nuthatch]] (''Sitta pusilla''), [[nuthatch]]es can climb downwards head-first]]
::*Superfamily Locustelloidea
:::* [[Acrocephalidae]]<!--(includes Graueriidae)-->: reed warblers, Grauer's warbler and allies
:::* [[Locustellidae]]: grassbirds and allies
:::* [[Donacobiidae]]: black-capped donacobius
:::* [[Bernieridae]]: Malagasy warblers
:::—
<!--use mdash to indicate that Pnoepygidae and Hirundinidae are not part of superfamily Locustelloidea-->
:::* [[Pnoepygidae]]: wren-babblers
:::* [[Hirundinidae]]: swallows and martins
[[File:Einsiedlerdrossel.jpg|thumb|[[Hermit thrush]] (''Catharus guttatus''), like many [[Muscicapoidea]] a stout and [[crypsis|cryptic]] bird with complex vocalizations.]]
::*Superfamily [[Sylvioidea]]
:::* [[Pycnonotidae]]: bulbuls
:::* [[Sylviidae]]: sylviid warblers
:::* [[Paradoxornithidae]]: parrotbills and myzornis
:::* [[Zosteropidae]]: white-eyes
:::* [[Timaliidae]]: tree babblers
:::* [[Leiothrichidae]]: laughingthrushes and allies
:::* [[Alcippeidae]]: Alcippe fulvettas
:::* [[Pellorneidae]]: ground babblers
[[File:GouldianFinches.jpg|thumb|Like these male (right) and female [[Gouldian finch]]es (''Erythrura gouldiae''), many [[Passeroidea]] are very colorful]]
::*Superfamily Aegithaloidea
:::* [[Phylloscopidae]]: leaf-warblers and allies
:::* [[Hyliidae]]: hylias
:::* [[Aegithalidae]]: long-tailed tits or bushtits
:::* [[Scotocercidae]]: streaked scrub warbler
:::* [[Cettiidae]]<!--not included in H&M4-->: Cettia bush warblers and allies
:::* [[Erythrocercidae]]<!--not included in H&M4-->: yellow flycatchers
[[File:Hirundo abyssinica.jpg|thumb|[[Lesser striped swallow]] (''Cecropis abyssinica''), showing some [[apomorph]]ies of its ancient yet highly advanced lineage.]]
:* '''Parvorder [[Muscicapida]]''' – previously treated as superfamily Muscicapoidea<ref name=Cracraft/>
::*Superfamily [[Bombycilloidea]]
:::* [[Dulidae]]: palmchat
:::* [[Bombycillidae]]: waxwings
:::* [[Ptiliogonatidae]]: silky flycatchers
:::* [[Hylocitreidae]]: hylocitrea
:::* [[Hypocoliidae]]: hypocolius
:::* †[[Mohoidae]]: oos
[[File:Pinzón azul de Gran Canaria (macho), M. A. Peña.jpg|thumb|[[Gran Canaria blue chaffinch]] (male)]]
::*Superfamily [[Muscicapoidea]]
:::* [[Elachuridae]]: spotted elachura
:::* [[Cinclidae]]: dippers
:::* [[Muscicapidae]]: Old World flycatchers and chats
:::* [[Turdidae]]: thrushes and allies
:::* [[Buphagidae]]: oxpeckers
:::* [[Sturnidae]]: starlings and rhabdornis
:::* [[Mimidae]]: mockingbirds and thrashers
:::—
<!--use mdash to indicate that Regulidae is not a member of superfamily Muscicapoidea-->
:::* [[Regulidae]]: goldcrests and kinglets
::*Superfamily [[Certhioidea]]
:::* [[Tichodromidae]]: wallcreeper
:::* [[Sittidae]]: nuthatches
:::* [[Certhiidae]]: treecreepers
:::* [[Salpornithidae]]: spotted creepers
:::* [[Polioptilidae]]: gnatcatchers
:::* [[Troglodytidae]]: wrens
:* '''Parvorder Passerida''' – previously known as the superfamily Passeroidea<ref name=Cracraft>{{ cite book | last=Cracraft | first=Joel | chapter=Avian higher-level relationships and classification: passeriformes | editor-last1=Dickinson | editor-first1=E.C. | editor1-link=Edward C. Dickinson  | editor-last2=Christidis | editor-first2=L. | editor2-link=Leslie Christidis | year=2014 | title=The Howard & Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World | volume=2: Passerines | edition=4th | place=Eastbourne, UK | publisher=Aves Press | isbn=978-0-9568611-2-2 | pages=xvii-xxxiii [xxiv]}}</ref>
:::* [[Promeropidae]]: sugarbirds
:::* [[Modulatricidae]]<!--not in H&M4 Oliveros merge into Promeropidae-->: dapple-throat and allies
:::* [[Nectariniidae]]: sunbirds
:::* [[Dicaeidae]]: flowerpeckers
:::* [[Chloropseidae]]: leafbirds
:::* [[Irenidae]]: fairy-bluebirds
:::* [[Peucedramidae]]: olive warbler
:::* [[Urocynchramidae]]: Przewalski's finch
:::* [[Ploceidae]]: weavers
:::* [[Viduidae]]: indigobirds and whydahs
:::* [[Estrildidae]]: waxbills, munias and allies
:::* [[Prunellidae]]: accentors
:::* [[Passeridae]]: Old World sparrows and snowfinches
:::* [[Motacillidae]]: wagtails and pipits
:::* [[Fringillidae]]: finches and euphonias
::*Superfamily Emberizoidea – previously known as the New World [[nine-primaried oscines]]<ref name=barker2013/>{{efn|The order of some of the families within the superfamily Emberizoidea is uncertain.<ref name=oliveros/>}}
:::* [[Rhodinocichlidae]]: rosy thrush-tanager
:::* [[Calcariidae]]: longspurs and snow buntings
:::* [[Emberizidae]]: buntings
:::* [[Cardinalidae]]: cardinals
:::* [[Mitrospingidae]]: mitrospingid tanagers
:::* [[Thraupidae]]: tanagers and allies
:::* [[Passerellidae]]: New World sparrows, bush tanagers
:::* [[Parulidae]]: New World warblers
:::* [[Icteriidae]]<!--not in H&M4 but included by Oliveros as Icteria virens in Icteridae-->: yellow-breasted chat
:::* [[Icteridae]]: grackles, New World blackbirds, and New World orioles
:::* [[Calyptophilidae]]: chat-tanagers
:::* [[Zeledoniidae]]: wrenthrush
:::* [[Teretistridae]]<!--not in H&M4 - and not in study-->: Cuban warblers{{efn|The family [[Teretistridae]] (Cuban warblers) is tentatively placed here. The family was not included in the analysis published by Oliveros et al (2019).<ref name=oliveros/> Dickinson and Christidis (2014) considered the genus ''Teretistris'' ''[[Incertae sedis]]''.<ref>{{ cite book | editor-last1=Dickinson | editor-first1=E.C. | editor1-link=Edward C. Dickinson  | editor-last2=Christidis | editor-first2=L. | editor2-link=Leslie Christidis | year=2014 | title=The Howard & Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World | volume=2: Passerines | edition=4th | place=Eastbourne, UK | publisher=Aves Press | isbn=978-0-9568611-2-2 | page=358 }}</ref> Barker et al (2013) found that Teretistridae is closely related to [[Zeledoniidae]].<ref name=barker2013>{{ cite journal | last1=Barker | first1=F.K. | last2=Burns | first2=K.J. | last3=Klicka | first3=J. | last4=Lanyon | first4=S.M. | last5=Lovette | first5=I.J. | year=2013 | title=Going to extremes: contrasting rates of diversification in a recent radiation of New World passerine birds | journal=Systematic Biology | volume=62 | issue=2 | pages=298–320 | doi=10.1093/sysbio/sys094 | pmid=23229025 | doi-access=free }}</ref>}}
:::* [[Nesospingidae]]<!--not in H&M4 but included by Oliveros as Neospingus speculiferus in Phaenicophilidae-->: Puerto Rican tanager
:::* [[Spindalidae]]<!--not in H&M4 but included by Oliveros as Spindalius zena in Phaenicophilidae-->: spindalises
:::* [[Phaenicophilidae]]: Hispaniolan tanagers
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I need to check these
*** [[Arcanatoridae]]: dapplethroat and allies - not in ioc
*** [[Prionopidae]]: helmetshrikes and woodshrikes - not in ioc
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