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Family
Passeridae
Rafinesque, 1815
- sparrows, snowfinches and allies
(bird)
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Passeroidea (Superfamily)
..Calyptophilus (Genus)
..Cardinalidae (Family) - cardinal, grosbeaks, saltators and allies
..Catamblyrhynchus (Genus)
..Chlorophonia (Genus)
..Chloropseidae (Family) - leafbirds
..Chlorospingus (Genus)
..Chlorothraupis (Genus)
..Coerebidae (Family) - bananaquit
..Dicaeidae (Family) - flowerpeckers
..Emberizidae (Family) - buntings, American sparrows and allies
..Estrildidae (Family) - waxbills, grass finches, munias and allies
..Euphonia (Genus)
..Fringillidae (Family) - finches and Hawaiian honeycreepers
..Granatellus (Genus)
..Habia (Genus)
..Icteridae (Family) - New World blackbirds
..Motacillidae (Family) - wagtails, pipits
..Nectariniidae (Family) - sunbirds
..Nesospingus (Genus)
..Parulidae (Family) - New World warblers
..Peucedramidae (Family) - olive warbler
..Phaenicophilus (Genus)
..Piranga (Genus)
..Ploceidae (Family) - weavers, sparrows
..Promeropidae (Family) - sugarbirds
..Prunellidae (Family) - accentors
..Rhodinocichla (Genus)
..Spindalis (Genus)
..Thraupidae (Family) - tanagers
..Viduidae (Family) - indigobirds and allies
..Xenoligea (Genus)
..Passeridae (Family) - sparrows, snowfinches and allies
....Carpospiza (Genus)
....Gymnoris (Genus)
....Histurgops (Genus)
....Montifringilla (Genus)
....Onychostruthus (Genus)
....Passer (Genus)
....Petronia (Genus)
....Philetairus (Genus)
....Plocepasser (Genus)
....Pseudonigrita (Genus)
....Pyrgilauda (Genus)
Authorship
Unavailable original name
:
Illiger, C. 1811. Prodr. Syst. Mamm. Avium
: 220.
Types
Nominotypical taxon [ICZN]
:
Passerinae
(Subfamily)
Ref:
B.L. Monroe Jr. & C.G. Sibley, 1993
: 288.
[implicit]
Type
:
Passer
(Genus)
Brisson, 1760
Variants
Different rank
:
Passerinae
(Subfamily)
Synonyms
Including
:
Plocepasserinae
(Subfamily)
Vernacular Names (Dutch)
Full name
:
mussen en sneeuwvinken
Ref:
C.M. Perrins (ed.), 1991 (1990)
Vernacular Names (English)
Full name
:
sparrows, snowfinches and allies
Ref:
E.C. Dickinson (ed.), 2003
: 715.
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28 Aug 2026