Phylum Chordata Bateson, 1885 - chordates
Class Aves Linnaeus, 1758 - birds
see Subclass Aves Linnaeus, 1758
Subclass Neornithes Gadow, 1893
see Clade Neornithes Gadow, 1893
Superorder Neognathae Pycraft, 1900
see Cohort Neognathae Pycraft, 1900
Order Passeriformes Linnaeus, 1758
Suborder Oscines
see Suborder Passeres (C. Linnaeus, 1758) C. Linnaeus, 1766
01 Family Alaudidae Vigors, 1825 - larks
02 Family Hirundinidae Rafinesque, 1815 - swallows, martins
02.0 Family "Herundinidae"
see Family Hirundinidae Rafinesque, 1815
03 Family Motacillidae Horsfield, 1821 - wagtails, pipits
04 Family Campephagidae Vigors, 1825 - cuckoo-shrikes
05 Family Pycnonotidae Gray, 1840 - bulbuls
06 Family Aegithinidae Gray, 1869 - ioras
07 Family Irenidae Jerdon, 1863 - fairy-bluebirds
08 Family Laniidae Rafinesque, 1815 - shrikes
09 Family Pityriasidae - bristlehead
10 Family Prionopidae Swainson, 1824
see Family Malaconotidae Swainson, 1824
11 Family Vangidae Swainson, 1832 - vangas
12 Family Bombycillidae Swainson, 1831 - waxwings and allies
13 Family Dulidae Sclater, 1862 - palmchat
14 Family Cinclidae Sundevall, 1836 - dippers
15 Family Troglodytidae Swainson, 1832 - wrens
16 Family Mimidae Bonaparte, 1853 - mockingbirds, thrashers
17 Family Prunellidae Richmond, 1908 - accentors
18.01 Family Turdidae Rafinesque, 1815 - thrushes
18.02 Family Orthonychidae Gray, 1840 - logrunners
18.03 Family Timaliidae Vigors & Horsfield, 1827 - babblers and parrotbills
18.04 Family Paradoxornithidae
see Tribe Timaliini
18.05 Family Sylviidae Leach, 1820 - Old World warblers
18.06 Family Muscicapidae Fleming, 1822 - chats and Old World flycatchers
18.07 Family Monarchidae Bonaparte, 1854 - monarchs
18.08 Family Maluridae Swainson, 1831 - Australasian wrens
18.09 Family Acanthizidae Bonaparte, 1854 - thornbills, gerygones
18.10 Family Pachycephalidae Swainson, 1831 - whistlers
19 Family Aegithalidae Reichenbach, 1850 - long-tailed tits
20 Family Remizidae Olphe-Galliard, 1891 - penduline tits
21 Family Paridae Vigors, 1825 - tits, chickadees
22 Family Sittidae Lesson, 1828 - nuthatches and wallcreeper
23 Family Certhiidae Leach, 1820 - treecreepers
24 Family Rhabdornithidae Greenway, 1967 - Philippine creepers
25 Family Climacteriidae
see Family Climacteridae de Selys Longchamps, 1839
26 Family Dicaeidae Bonaparte, 1853 - flowerpeckers
27 Family Pardalotidae Strickland, 1842 - pardalotes
28 Family Nectariniidae Vigors, 1825 - sunbirds
29 Family Zosteropidae Bonaparte, 1853 - white eyes
30 Family Meliphagidae Vigors, 1825 - honeyeaters
31 Family Ephthianuridae
32 Family Promeropidae Vigors, 1825 - sugarbirds
33 Family Emberizidae Vigors, 1825 - buntings, American sparrows and allies
34 Family Parulidae Wetmore et al., 1947 - New World warblers
35 Family Vireonidae Swainson, 1837 - vireos and allies
36 Family Icteridae Vigors, 1825 - New World blackbirds
36.0 Family "Icteriidae" Baird, 1858
see Family Icteridae Vigors, 1825
37 Family Fringillidae Leach, 1820 - finches and Hawaiian honeycreepers
38 Family Estrildidae Bonaparte, 1850 - waxbills, grass finches, munias and allies
39 Family Ploceidae Sundevall, 1836 - weavers, sparrows
40 Family Passeridae Rafinesque, 1815 - sparrows, snowfinches and allies
41 Family Sturnidae Rafinesque, 1815 - starlings
42 Family Oriolidae Vigors, 1825 - orioles and figbirds
43 Family Dicruridae Vigors, 1825 - drongos
44 Family Callaeidae Sundevall, 1836
see Family Callaeatidae Sundevall, 1836
45 Family Grallinidae Mayr, 1950
46 Family Corcoracidae Mathews, 1925 - Australian mudnesters
47 Family Artamidae Vigors, 1825 - woodswallows
48 Family Cracticidae Chenu & Des Murs, 1853 - butcher birds
49 Family Ptilonorhynchidae Gray, 1841 - bowerbirds
50 Family Paradisaeidae Vigors, 1825 - manucodes and birds of paradise
51 Family Corvidae Vigors, 1825 - crows, jays