Acanthisittidae - New Zealand Wrens, sister to all others

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1 Order Passeriformes - perching birds >5700 species Acanthisittidae - New Zealand Wrens, sister to all others Suborder Tyranni - suboscines Tyrannides - New World suboscines Eurylaimides - Old World suboscines Suborder Passeri - oscines or songbirds Corvida (paraphyletic to Passerida) various Australian families (e.g., Ptilonorhynchidae, Menuridae, Meliphagidae) core-corvoidea - crow relatives Passerida Passeroidea - weaver relatives Muscicapoidea - thrush relatives Sylvioidea - Old World insect eaters

2 Suborder Tyranni - suboscines Tyrannides - New World suboscines spp. primarily in South American, only one family in No. America numerous examples of convergence with oscines Families: Tyrannidae - tyrant flycatchers Tityridae - tityras Pipridae - manakins Cotingidae - cotingas Furnariidae - ovenbirds Formicariidae - ground antbirds Thanmnophilidae - antbirds Dendrocolaptidae - woodcreepers Conopophagidae - gnat eaters Rhinocryptidae - tapaculos

3 Eurylaimides - Old World suboscines Eurylaimidae - broadbills 14 spp Africa, Asia, Indonesia Philepittidae - asities 4 spp Madagascar Pittidae - pittas 31 spp Africa, Asia, Australia

4 Suborder Passeri - oscines or songbirds Corvida (paraphyletic to Passerida) various Australian families (e.g., Ptilonorhynchidae, Menuridae, Meliphagidae) core-corvoidea - crow relatives Passerida Passeroidea - weaver relatives Muscicapoidea - thrush relatives Sylvioidea - Old World insect eaters

5 Suborder Passeri - oscines or songbirds Corvida core-corvoidea - crow relatives for example, families: Corvidae - crows and jays 102 spp. worldwide Vireonidae - vireos 51 spp. New World Laniidae - shrikes 30 spp. No. America, Eurasia, Africa Irenidae - fairy-bluebirds, leafbirds 10 spp. Southeast Asia Dicruridae - drongos 24 spp. Africa, Asia, Australia, Malaysia Cracticidae - butcherbirds 10 spp. Australia, New Guinea Grallinidae - mudnest-builders 4 spp. Australia, New Guinea Paradisaeidae - birds-of-paradise 40 spp. Australia, New Guinea

6 Suborder Passeri - oscines or songbirds Corvida (paraphyletic to Passerida) various Australian families (e.g., Ptilonorhynchidae, Menuridae, Meliphagidae) core-corvoidea - crow relatives Passerida Passeroidea - weaver relatives Muscicapoidea - thrush relatives Sylvioidea - Old World insect eaters

7 Superfamily Passeroidea - weaver relatives Alaudidae - larks Fringillidae - seedeaters Fringillinae - finches Fringillini - chaffinches Carduelini - goldfinches, crossbills, canaries, evening grosbeak Drepanidini - Hawaiian honeycreepers Emberizinae - nine-primaried oscines Cardinalini - cardinals, typical grosbeaks, saltators Emberizini - sparrows, flower-piercers, Galapagos finches Icterini - blackbirds, cowbirds, grackles, caciques Parulini - wood warblers, chats Thraupini - tanagers, honeycreepers Peucedraminae - olive warbler Nectariniidae - sunbirds Passeridae Estrildinae Estrildini - waxbills, mannikins Viduini - whydahs Motacillinae - wagtails, pipits Passerinae - Old World sparrows Ploceinae - weavers

8 Alaudidae - larks 91 spp nearly worldwide Insectivorous, terrestrial, straight claw on digit I Superficially sparrow-like, many crested

9 Fringillidae - seedeaters Fringillinae - finches Fringillini - chaffinches Carduelini - goldfinches, crossbills, canaries, evening grosbeak Drepanidini - Hawaiian honeycreepers Emberizinae - nine-primaried oscines Cardinalini - cardinals, typical grosbeaks, saltators Emberizini - sparrows, flower-piercers, Galapagos finches Icterini - blackbirds, cowbirds, grackles, caciques Parulini - wood warblers, chats Thraupini - tanagers, honeycreepers Peucedraminae - olive warbler

10 Fringillinae - finches Fringillini - chaffinches 3 sp. Northern Eurasia

11 Fringillinae - Carduelini - goldfinches, crossbills, canaries, evening grosbeak 136 spp. Worldwide except Australia, granivorous, short cone-shaped bill, some nest in loose colonies

12 Carduelini - continued

13 Fringillinae - Drepanidini - Hawaiian honeycreepers 30 spp Hawaiian archipelago

14 Fringillinae - Drepanidini - continued

15 Fringillidae - seedeaters Fringillinae - finches Fringillini - chaffinches Carduelini - goldfinches, crossbills, canaries, evening grosbeak Drepanidini - Hawaiian honeycreepers Emberizinae - nine-primaried oscines - a New World radiation Cardinalini - cardinals, typical grosbeaks, saltators Emberizini - sparrows, flower-piercers, Galapagos finches Icterini - blackbirds, cowbirds, grackles, caciques Parulini - wood warblers, chats Thraupini - tanagers, honeycreepers Peucedraminae - olive warbler

16 Fringillidae - Emberizinae - Cardinalini - cardinals, grosbeaks, saltators, 42 spp. the Americas, granivorous, large cone-shaped bills

17 Fringillidae - Emberizinae - Cardinalini - continued Buntings, dicksissel

18 Fringillidae - Emberizinae - Emberizini - sparrows, Galapagos finches, towhees 156 spp. the Americas, granivorous, small cone-shaped bill, many drab brown, melodious

19 Fringillidae - Emberizinae - Emberizini - sparrows, Galapagos finches, towhees

20 Fringillidae - Emberizinae - Emberizini - sparrows, Galapagos finches, towhees

21 Fringillidae - Emberizinae - Emberizini - sparrows, Galapagos finches, towhees bill varied, endemic to Galapagos archipelago

22 Fringillidae - Emberizinae - Emberizini - sparrows, Galapagos finches, towhees ground litter foragers

23 Fringillidae - Emberizinae - Icterini - blackbirds, cowbirds, grackles, caciques 97 spp. the Americas, narrow cone-shaped bill, gapers, weave pendulous nests, some colonial, strongly sexually dimorphic, some brood parasites, temperate species migratory, gregarious

24 Fringillidae - Emberizinae - Icterini - blackbirds, cowbirds, grackles, caciques 97 spp. the Americas, narrow cone-shaped bill, gapers, weave pendulous nests, Cowbirds are brood parasites

25 Fringillidae - Emberizinae - Icterini - blackbirds, cowbirds, grackles, caciques, oropendolas 97 spp. the Americas, narrow cone-shaped bill, gapers, weave pendulous nests, Medium sized, black and yellow, colonial

26 Fringillidae - Emberizinae - Icterini - blackbirds, cowbirds, grackles, caciques, oropendolas 97 spp. the Americas, narrow cone-shaped bill, gapers, weave pendulous nests, large, black and yellow, colonial

27 Fringillidae - Emberizinae - Icterini - blackbirds, cowbirds, grackles, caciques, orioles 97 spp. the Americas, narrow cone-shaped bill, gapers, weave pendulous nests, build pendulous nests, black and white and yellow or orange, frugivorous

28 Fringillidae - Emberizinae - Icterini - blackbirds, cowbirds, grackles, caciques, orioles meadowlarks - terrestrial gapers Longclaw (Not Fringillidae!) Bobolink

29 Fringillidae - Emberizinae - Parulini - wood warblers, chats 115 spp. the Americas small, insectivorous, shrap narrow bill, active, colorful, strongly sexually dichromatic, Neotropical migrants

30 Emberizinae - Parulini - wood warblers continued

31 Emberizinae - Parulini - wood warblers continued

32 Emberizinae - Parulini - wood warblers continued

33 Fringillidae - Emberizinae - Thraupini - tanagers, Neotropical honeycreepers, flower-piercers, 413 spp the Americas small, highly colorful, most sexually dimorphic, temperate species migratory eat fruits, berries, flowers, nectar, and insects

34 Fringillidae - Emberizinae - Thraupini - tanagers continued

35 Fringillidae - Emberizinae - Thraupini - the incredible genus Tangara

36 Fringillidae - Emberizinae - Thraupini - the incredible genus Tangara - continued

37 Fringillidae - Emberizinae - Thraupini - swallow tanager - convergent on swallows

38 Fringillidae - Emberizinae - Thraupini - Neotropical honeycreepers and dacnis - nectivores

39 Fringillidae - Emberizinae - Thraupini, flower-piercers nectivorous, hypertropied upper bill

40 Fringillidae - seedeaters Fringillinae - finches Fringillini - chaffinches Carduelini - goldfinches, crossbills, canaries, evening grosbeak Drepanidini - Hawaiian honeycreepers Emberizinae - nine-primaried oscines - a New World radiation Cardinalini - cardinals, typical grosbeaks, saltators Emberizini - sparrows, flower-piercers, Galapagos finches Icterini - blackbirds, cowbirds, grackles, caciques Parulini - wood warblers, chats Thraupini - tanagers, honeycreepers Peucedraminae - olive warbler 1 sp previously thought to be a Paruline

41 Superfamily Passeroidea - weaver relatives Alaudidae - larks Fringillidae - seedeaters Fringillinae - finches Fringillini - chaffinches Carduelini - goldfinches, crossbills, canaries, evening grosbeak Drepanidini - Hawaiian honeycreepers Emberizinae - nine-primaried oscines Cardinalini - cardinals, typical grosbeaks, saltators Emberizini - sparrows, flower-piercers, Galapagos finches Icterini - blackbirds, cowbirds, grackles, caciques Parulini - wood warblers, chats Thraupini - tanagers, honeycreepers Peucedraminae - olive warbler Nectariniidae - sunbirds Passeridae Estrildinae Estrildini - waxbills, mannikins Viduini - whydahs Motacillinae - wagtails, pipits Passerinae - Old World sparrows Ploceinae - weavers

42 Nectariniidae - sunbirds 169 spp Africa, Asia, Australia Small, coloful, long narrow bills, iridescent plumages, sexually dimorphic, nectivorous, convergent with hummingbirds

43 Nectariniidae - sunbirds continued

44 Superfamily Passeroidea - weaver relatives Alaudidae - larks Fringillidae - seedeaters Fringillinae - finches Fringillini - chaffinches Carduelini - goldfinches, crossbills, canaries, evening grosbeak Drepanidini - Hawaiian honeycreepers Emberizinae - nine-primaried oscines Cardinalini - cardinals, typical grosbeaks, saltators Emberizini - sparrows, flower-piercers, Galapagos finches Icterini - blackbirds, cowbirds, grackles, caciques Parulini - wood warblers, chats Thraupini - tanagers, honeycreepers Peucedraminae - olive warbler Nectariniidae - sunbirds Passeridae Estrildinae Estrildini - waxbills, mannikins Viduini - whydahs Motacillinae - wagtails, pipits Passerinae - Old World sparrows Ploceinae - weavers

45 Passeridae Estrildinae Estrildini - waxbills, mannikins 140 spp Africa, So. Asia, Australia Small, colorful, finch-like, ground feeding,primarily seed-eaters, highly gregarious, sometimes in tremendous flocks,many nest colonially

46 Passeridae Estrildinae Viduini - whydahs 15 spp Africa brood parasites of waxbills, polygynous, display flight by long-tailed male

47 Passeridae Motacillinae - wagtails, pipits65 spp. Worldwide pipits streaked brown, wagtails black, white and yellow, open prairies, deserts, cultivated fields, Walk on ground, never hop, nest a cup on ground, mostly insectivorous

48 Passeridae Passerinae - Old World sparrows 36 spp. Eurasia, Africa, Malaysia primarily seed eaters, most build bulky nest, some colonial, gregarious

49 Passeridae Ploceinae - weavers 104 spp. Africa, Eurasia, Madagascar, Malaysia gregarious, many colonial, some social, colors varied, polygamy common

50 Ploceinae - weavers continued Philetairus - the social weaver

51 Ploceinae - weavers continued

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