Snakebunk – Animalia – Aves

Passeriformes

Songbirds

This is a giant order with about 5400 bird species, sometimes referred to as songbirds.

Families

• Oriolidae, orioles
• Laniidae, shrikes
• Corvidae, ravens and crows
• Bombycillidae, waxwings
• Paridae, tits
• Remizidae, penduline tits
• Panuridae, bearded reedlings
• Alaudidae, larks
• Hirundinidae, swallows
• Aegithalidae, long-tailed tits
• Phylloscopidae, small insectivors formerly placed in the warbler family
• Acrocephalidae, warblers
• Locustellidae, grass warblers
• Sylviidae, accomplished singers
• Regulidae, kinglets
• Troglodytidae, means "cave-dweller", mainly small and inconspicuous, except for their loud and often complex songs
• Sittidae, characterised by large heads, short tails, and powerful bills and feet
• Tichodromidae, wallcreeper
• Certhiidae, treecreepers
• Sturnidae, starlings
• Turdidae, small to medium size insectivors
• Muscicapidae, flycatchers
• Cinclidae, are unique among passerines for their ability to dive and swim underwater
• Passeridae, sparrows
• Prunellidae, completely endemic to the Palearctic
• Motacillidae, slender birds that feed from the ground
• Fringillidae, finches
• Calcariidae, longspurs and snow buntings
• Emberizidae, buntings
• Icteridae, oropendolas, orioles, blackbirds / trupialer