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Brisson, 1760
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Passeridae (Family) - sparrows, snowfinches and allies
..Carpospiza (Genus)
..Gymnoris (Genus)
..Histurgops (Genus)
..Montifringilla (Genus)
..Onychostruthus (Genus)
..Petronia (Genus)
..Philetairus (Genus)
..Plocepasser (Genus)
..Pseudonigrita (Genus)
..Pyrgilauda (Genus)
..Passer (Genus)
....Passer ammodendri (Species)
....Passer castanopterus (Species)
....Passer diffusus (Species)
....Passer domesticus (Species) - house sparrow
....Passer eminibey (Species)
....Passer euchlorus (Species)
....Passer flaveolus (Species)
....Passer griseus (Species)
....Passer hispaniolensis (Species)
....Passer iagoensis (Species)
....Passer luteus (Species)
....Passer melanurus (Species)
....Passer moabiticus (Species)
....Passer montanus (Species) - Eurasian sparrow
....Passer motitensis (Species)
....Passer pyrrhonotus (Species)
....Passer rutilans (Species)
....Passer simplex (Species)
Authorship
Original name
:
Brisson, 1760. Ornith., 3, 72.
Gender
Masculine
Ref:
ICZN, 1999.
Int. Code Zool. Nomencl.
(ed. 4)
: Art. 30.1.1 (Examples).
Types
Type of
:
Passerida
(Parvorder)
(C. Linnaeus, 1758) Sibley
et al.
, 1988
Ref:
B.L. Monroe Jr. & C.G. Sibley, 1993
: 288.
[implicit]
Type of
:
Passeridae
(Family)
Rafinesque, 1815
Type of
:
Passerimorphae
(Superorder)
Sibley
et al.
, 1988
Ref:
B.L. Monroe Jr. & C.G. Sibley, 1993
: 288.
[implicit]
Type of
:
Passeroidea
(Superfamily)
Ref:
B.L. Monroe Jr. & C.G. Sibley, 1993
: 288.
[implicit]
Synonyms
Including
:
Auripasser
(Genus)
Bonaparte, 1850
Including
:
Sorella
(Genus)
Hartlaub, 1880
Vernacular Names (Dutch)
Full name
:
mussen s.s.
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