A passerine is a bird of the giant order Passeriformes. More than half of all species of bird are passerines. Sometimes known as perching birds or, less accurately, as songbirds, the passerines are one of the most spectacularly successful vertebrate orders: with around 5,400 species, they are roughly twice as diverse as the largest of the mammal orders, the Rodentia.

The group gets its name from the Latin name for the House Sparrow (Passer domesticus).

Characteristics

---

Many passerines are songbirds and have complex muscles to control their syrinx; many gape in the nest as infants to beg for food.

More on [ Passerine ]

Passeriformes - Twitter Search

Ibama realiza palestra para criadores de passeriformes no município de Venda Nova do Imigrante/ES: Vitória (23/.. http://bit.ly/4wbjx1
brasil_IBAMA (IBAMA) Fri, 23 Oct 2009 14:11:10 -0000
Ibama realiza palestra para criadores de passeriformes no município de Venda Nova do Imigrante/ES: Vitória (23/.. http://bit.ly/4wbjx1
New on Fotoglif - Birds. Robin: Aves/Passeriformes/Turdidae/Erithaucus rebecula. http://bit.ly/2iB59x #Fotoglif
fOTOGLIF (Mike Betts) Thu, 22 Oct 2009 04:33:09 -0000
New on Fotoglif - Birds. Robin: Aves/Passeriformes/Turdidae/Erithaucus rebecula. http://bit.ly/2iB59x #Fotoglif
New on Fotoglif - Birds. Pitta bird: Aves/Passeriformes/Pittidae/Pitta. http://bit.ly/4tMvv5 #Fotoglif
fOTOGLIF (Mike Betts) Thu, 22 Oct 2009 01:34:27 -0000
New on Fotoglif - Birds. Pitta bird: Aves/Passeriformes/Pittidae/Pitta. http://bit.ly/4tMvv5 #Fotoglif
He publicado 7 fotos en Facebook en el álbum "Passeriformes Suboscines II -Tyrannidae to Cotingidae-". http://bit.ly/2GI7fr
AvesPatagonia (Aves Patagonia) Mon, 19 Oct 2009 22:37:24 -0000
He publicado 7 fotos en Facebook en el álbum "Passeriformes Suboscines II -Tyrannidae to Cotingidae-". http://bit.ly/2GI7fr

Subscribe to Passeriformes RSS feed