PASSERIFORMES

Needs updating!

The SAM comparison pages compare the current TiF checklist with the modified Sibley-Ahlquist-Monroe list from Gill (1995). This helps show the changes that have taken place.

On the left-hand side, new taxa are shown in blue. On the right-hand side, taxa that are lost are in red, while taxa that are gained are in blue. Other annotations are in green.

Modern List

  • New Zealand Wrens (Acanthisittidae)

TYRANNI (Suboscines)

Eurylaimides (Old World Suboscines)

  • Calyptomenid Broadbills (Calyptomenidae)
  • Sapayoa (Sapayoidae)
  • Asities (Philepittidae)
  • Eurylaimid Broadbills (Eurylaimidae)
  • Pittas (Pittidae)

Tyrannides (New World Suboscines)

Furnariida

  • Crescent-chests (Melanopareiidae)
  • Gnateaters (Conopophagidae)
  • Antbirds (Thamnophilidae)
  • Antpittas (Grallariidae)
  • Tapaculos (Rhinocryptidae)
  • Ant-thrushes (Formicariidae)
  • Ovenbirds (Furnariidae)
    • Leaftossers and Miners (Sclerurinae)
    • True Ovenbirds (Furnariinae)
    • Woodcreepers (Dendrocolaptinae)

Tyrannida

  • Cotingas (Cotingidae)
  • Manakins (Pipridae)
  • Tityras, Becards (Tityridae)
  • Tyrant Flycatchers (Tyrannidae)

PASSERI (Oscines)

Menurida

  • Lyrebirds (Menuridae)
  • Scrub-birds (Atrichornithidae)

Climacterida

  • Australian Treecreepers (Climacteridae)
  • Bowerbirds (Ptilonorhynchidae)

Meliphagida

  • Australasian Wrens (Maluridae)
  • Bristlebirds (Dasyornithidae)
  • Thornbills, Gerygones (Acanthizidae)
  • Pardalotes (Pardalotidae)
  • Honeyeaters (Meliphagidae)

Pomatostomida

  • Logrunners (Orthonychidae)
  • Australian Babblers (Pomatostomidae)

Corvida

  • Shrike-tits, Whipbirds, Jewel-babblers, Quail-thrushes (Falcunculidae)
  • Cuckooshrikes (Campephagidae)
  • Woodswallows (Artamidae)
  • Butcherbirds (Cracticidae)
  • Helmet-shrikes, Vangas (Vangidae)
  • Boatbills (Machaerirhynchidae)
  • Wattle-eyes, Batises (Platysteiridae)
  • Bristlehead (Pityriaseidae)
  • Ioras (Aegithinidae)
  • Bush-shrikes, Puffbacks (Malaconotidae)
  • Sittellas (Neosittidae)
  • Vireos (Vireonidae)
  • Painted Berrypeckers (Paramythiidae)
  • Orioles, Figbirds (Oriolidae)
  • Whistlers (Pachycephalidae)
  • Drongos (Dicruridae)
  • Fantails (Rhipiduridae)
  • Australian Mudnesters (Corcoracidae)
  • Shrikes (Laniidae)
  • Manucodes, Birds-of-Paradise (Paradisaeidae)
  • Monarchs (Monarchidae)
  • Crows, Jays (Corvidae)

Modified SAM List (Gill, 1995)

TYRANNI (Suboscines)

Old World Suboscines

  • New Zealand Wrens (Xenicidae) [=Acanthisittidae]
  • Pittas (Pittidae)
  • Broadbills (Eurylaimidae) includes Calyptomenidae
  • Asities (Philepittidae)

Tyrant Flycatchers and allies

  • Tyrant Flycatchers (Tyrannidae) includes Sapayoa
  • Cotingas (Cotingidae)
  • Sharpbill (Oxyruncidae) to Tityridae
  • Plantcutters (Phytotomidae) to Cotingidae
  • Manakins (Pipridae)

Woodcreepers and allies

  • Ovenbirds (Furnariidae)
  • Woodcreepers (Dendrocolaptidae) to Furnariidae
  • Antbirds (Thamnophilidae)
  • Ant-thrushes (Formicariidae) includes Grallariidae
  • Gnateaters (Conopophagidae)
  • Tapaculos (Rhinocryptidae) includes Melanopareiidae

PASSERI (Oscines)

Corvida

  • Australian Treecreepers (Climacteridae)
  • Lyrebirds (Menuridae)
  • Scrub-birds (Atrichornithidae)
  • Bowerbirds (Ptilonorhynchidae) excludes Turnagra (Pachycephalidae)
  • Australasian Wrens (Maluridae)
  • Honeyeaters (Meliphagidae) includes Notiomystidae; Apalopteron (Zosteropidae); excludes Macgregoria (Paradisaeidae)
  • Pardalotes (Pardalotidae) includes Dasyornithidae
  • Thornbills, Gerygones (Acanthizidae) excludes Mohoua, Finschia (Pachycephalidae)
  • Australasian Robins (Eopsaltriidae) [=Petroicidae] to Passerida
  • Fairy Bluebirds (Irenidae) Irenidae to Passeroidea; Chloropsis to Passeroidea:Chloropseidae
  • Ioras (Aegithinidae)
  • Logrunners (Orthonychidae)
  • Australian Babblers (Pomatostomidae)
  • Shrikes (Laniidae) excludes Platylophus (Corvidae)
  • Vireos (Vireonidae) excludes Erpornis, Pteruthius (Sylviidae)
  • Quail-thrushes, Whipbirds (Cinclosomatidae) to Falcunulidae; includes Passerida:Eupetidae; also Ifrita (Corcoracidae)
  • Australian Mudnesters (Corcoracidae) to Passerida; excludes Ifrita (Cinclosomatidae)
  • Whistlers, Sitellas (Pachycephalidae) includes Eulacestoma, Falcunculus (Falcunculidae), Neosittidae; also Mohoua and Finschia (Acanthizidae), Turnagra (Ptilonorhynchidae), Oreoica, Rhaglologus, Aleadryas (Campephagiae), and Hylocitrea (Passerida:Bombycilloidea). Also portions of Pitohui that belong to Campephagidae and Oriolidae
  • Crows, Jays (Corvidae) includes Platylophus (Laniidae), Pseudopodoces (Passerida:Paridae)
  • Manucodes, Birds-of-Paradise (Paradisaeidae) includes Passerida:Cnemophilidae; also Macgregoria (Meliphagidae), Melampitta (Monarchidae)
  • Woodswallows, Currawongs (Artamidae) includes Cracticidae and Pityriaseidae
  • Orioles, Figbirds (Oriolidae)
  • Cuckooshrikes (Campephagidae) excludes Oreoica, Rhagologus, Aleadryas, Pitohui (in part) (all Pachycephalidae)
  • Fantails (Rhipiduridae) excludes Chaetorhynchus (Dicruridae) and Lamprolia (Monarchidae)
  • Drongos (Dicruridae) includes Chaetorhynchus (Rhipiduridae)
  • Monarchs (Monarchidae) includes Machaerirhynchidae; also Lamprolia (to Rhipiduridae), Elminia (to Sylvioidea:Stenostiridae), and Erythrocercus (to Sylvioidea:Cettiidae); excludes Melampitta (Paradisaeidae)
  • Bush-shrikes, Puffbacks (Malaconotidae) includes Lanioturdus (Platysteiridae)
  • Helmet-shrikes, Batises (Prionopidae) Batis, Platysteira, and Dyaphorophyia join Lanioturdus to become Platysteiridae; rest to Vangidae
  • Vangas (Vangidae) excludes Prionops, Bias, Megabyas, Pseudobias, Tephrodornis, Philentoma from Prionopidae; Hemipus from Campephagidae; Newtonia, Mystacornis from Passerida:Sylviidae
  • New Zealand Wattlebirds (Callaeidae) to Passerida
  • Rockjumper, Rockfowl (Picathartidae) to Passerida; includes Chaetopidae (Passerida:Chaetopidae)