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.

The Sylviidae underwent major restructuring. I've created a separate page to help sort out the changes.

TiF List

Passerida

Melanocharitoidea

  • Berrypeckers (Melanocharitidae)

Cnemophiliodea

  • Satinbirds (Cnemophilidae)

Callaeoidea

  • Stitchbird (Notiomystidae)
  • New Zealand Wattlebirds (Callaeidae)

Petroicoidea

  • Australasian Robins (Petroicidae)

Picathartoidea

  • Rockfowl (Picathartidae)
  • Rockjumpers (Chaetopidae)
  • Rail-babbler (Eupetidae

Hyliotoidea

  • Hyliotas (Hyliotidae)

Sylvioidea

  • Fairy Flycatcher, Canary-Flycatchers, Crested-Flycatchers (Stenostiridae)
  • Penduline-Tits (Remizidae)
  • Tits, Chickadees (Paridae)
  • Bearded Reedling (Panuridae)
  • Larks (Alaudidae)
  • Nicators (Nicatoridae)
  • Crombecs, African Warblers (Macrosphenidae)
  • Martins, Swallows (Hirundinidae)
  • Reed-Warblers (Acrocephalidae)
  • Donacobius (Donacobiidae)
  • Malagasy Warblers (Bernieridae)
  • Grassbirds (Locustellidae)
  • Wren-Babblers (Pnoepygidae)
  • Bulbuls, Greenbuls (Pycnonotidae)
  • African Warblers (Cisticolidae)
  • Hylia, Tit-Hylia (Hyliidae)
  • Long-tailed Tits, Bushtit (Aegithalidae)
  • Cettiid Bush-Warblers (Cettiidae)
  • Leaf-Warblers (Phylloscopidae)
  • Sylvia Warblers, Parrotbills, Wrentit, Fulvettas (Sylviidae)
  • White-eyes (Zosteropidae)
  • Babblers, Tit-Babblers, Scimitar-Babblers (Timaliidae)
  • Fulvettas, Ground Babblers (Pellorneidae)
  • Laughingthrushes (Leiothrichidae)

Reguloidea

  • Kinglets (Regulidae)

Bombycilloidea

  • Palmchat (Dulidae)
  • Hypocolius and Hylocitrea (Hypocoliidae)
  • Hawaiian Honeyeaters (Mohoidae)
  • Waxwings (Bombycillidae)
  • Silky-flycatchers (Ptiliogonatidae)

Certhioidea

  • Wallcreeper (Tichodromidae)
  • Nuthatches (Sittidae)
  • Tree-Creepers (Certhiidae)
  • Gnatcatchers, Gnatwrens (Polioptilidae)
  • Wrens (Troglodytidae)

Muscicapoidea

  • Oxpeckers (Buphagidae)
  • Mockingbirds, Thrashers (Mimidae)
  • Starlings, Mynas (Sturnidae)
  • Dippers (Cinclidae)
  • Thrushes (Turdidae)
  • Chats, Wheatears, Old World Flycatchers (Muscicapidae)

Modified SAM List (Gill, 1995)

Crow Relatives

  • Rockfowl, Rockjumper (Picathartidae) to Passerida
    • includes Chaetopidae

Thrush relatives

  • Waxwings, Silky-flycatchers (Bombycillidae)
    • includes Ptilogionatidae
  • Palmchat (Dulidae)
  • Dippers (Cinclidae)
  • Thrushes (Turdidae)
    • includes Alethe, Brachypteryx, Heinrichia, Monticola, Myophonus, Pseudalethe, and Pseudocossyphus (Muscicapidae)
    • excludes Cochoa and Grandala (Muscicapidae)
  • Old World Flycatchers, Chats (Muscicapidae) see Turdidae above
    • includes Culicicapa (Stenostiridae)
    • includes Horizorhinus (Incertae sedis)
  • Starlings, Mynas (Sturnidae)
    • includes Buphagidae
    • excludes Rhabdoris (Sylviidae)
  • Mimic Thrushes, Thrashers (Mimidae)

Old World Insect Eaters

  • Nuthatches, Wallcreeper (Sittidae)
    • includes Tichodromidae
    • excludes Salpornis (Certhiidae)
  • Creepers (Certhiidae)
    • includes Salpornis (Sittidae)
  • Wrens (Troglodytidae)
    • includes Donacobiidae
  • Gnatcatchers, Verdin (Polioptilidae)
    • includes Auriparus (Remizidae)
  • Chickadees, Titmice (Paridae)
    • excludes Pseudopodoces (Corvidae)
  • Penduline-tits (Remizidae)
    • includes Pholidornis (Hyliidae)
    • excludes Auriparus (Polioptilidae)
  • Long-tailed Tits (Aegithalidae)
    • excludes Leptopoecile (Sylviidae)
  • Swallows, Martins (Hirundinidae)
  • Kinglets (Regulidae)
  • Bulbuls (Pycnonotidae)
    • includes Nicatoridae
    • includes Bernieria and Xanthomixis (Bernieridae)
    • includes Malia and Neolestes (Incertae sedis)
  • Hypocolius (Hypocoliidae)
  • African Warblers (Cisticolidae)
    • includes Scotocerca (Cettiidae)
    • includes Rhopophilus (Sylviidae)
    • excludes Artisornis, Bathmocercus, Eremomela, Neomixis, Phyllolais, Poliolais, Scepomycter, part of Orthotomus (Sylviidae)
  • White-eyes (Zosteropidae)
    • excludes Apalopteron (Meliphagidae)
    • excludes most of Yuhina and part of Stachyris (Sylviidae)
  • Old World Warblers, Babblers, Wrentit, Laughingthrush (Sylviidae)
    • includes Mystacornis and Newtonia (Vangidae)
    • includes Erpornis and Pteruthius (Vireonidae)
    • includes Hyliota (Hyliotidae)
    • includes Stenostira (Stenostiridae)
    • includes Panuridae
    • includes Macrosphenidae
    • includes Acrocephalidae
    • includes Bernieridae (except Bernieria and Xanthomixis)
    • includes Locustellidae
    • includes Pnoepygidae
    • includes Artisornis, Bathmocercus, Eremomela, Orthotomus, Neomixis, Phyllolais, Poliolais, Scepomycter (Cisticolidae)
    • includes Hylia (Hyliidae)
    • includes Leptopoecile (Aegithalidae)
    • includes Cettiidae (except Erythrocercus, Scotocerca)
    • includes Phylloscopidae
    • includes Dasycrotapha, Sterrhoptilus, Yuhina, Zosterornis (Zosteropidae)
    • includes Timaliidae
    • includes Pellorneidae
    • includes Leiothrichidae
    • includes Rhabdornis (Sturnidae)
    • includes Promeropidae (except Promerops)
    • includes Amaurocichla (Motacillidae)
    • excludes Rhopophilus (Cisticolidae)