Songbirds of the World! The Passerines (Passeres)

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About Songbirds of the World! The Passerines (Passeres)

Pictures of Passerines and Songbirds from all over the World!

POSTING GUIDELINES:

1. Pictures of Songbirds only (Passeres) - Please do not post pictures of nests, birds in the nest or eggs in the nest...Thanks

2. Please tag if possible with the Common name of the bird as well as the Taxonomic (Clements 5th edition) name of the bird...

3. If possible share with us something about the bird: location, time of year etc.
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The order Passeriformes is by far the most successful group of birds on earth. They can be found on all continents and islands, except for Antarctica.

Passeriform, also called passerine , or perching bird any member of the order Passeriformes, the largest order of birds and the dominant avian group on Earth today. The passeriform birds are true perching birds, with four toes, three directed forward and one backward. Considered the most highly evolved of all birds, passerines have undergone an explosive evolutionary radiation in relatively recent geological time and now occur in abundance on all continents except Antarctica and on most oceanic islands. Their rapid evolution and adaptation to virtually all terrestrial environments have resulted in a large number of species, some 5,100, compared to only about 3,500 species for all other birds.

The order Passeriformes is divided by most taxonomists into four suborders: Eurylaimi, Tyranni, Menurae, and Passeres. The first three, containing about 1,100 species, are considered more primitive and are often grouped informally as the “suboscines” for convenient comparison with the very large fourth suborder, the Passeres or the oscines, or the Songbirds (about 4,000 species).

This group is for photo's of the latter sub-order, the oscines or the "Song Birds"