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.
TiF List
Passeroidea
- Sugarbirds (Promeropidae)
- Flowerpeckers (Dicaeidae)
- Sunbirds, Spiderhunters (Nectariniidae)
- Fairy Bluebirds (Irenidae)
- Leafbirds (Chloropseidae)
- Przevalski's Finch (Urocynchramidae)
Ploceid Group
- Olive Warbler (Peucedramidae)
- Accentors (Prunellidae)
- Weavers (Ploceidae)
- Estrildid Finches (Estrildidae)
- Indigobirds, Whydahs (Viduidae)
Passerid Group
- Old World Sparrows, Snowfinches (Passeridae)
- Wagtails, Pipits (Motacillidae)
- Finches (Fringillidae)
- Longspurs, Snow Buntings (Calcariidae)
- Lamprospiza and Mitrospingus (Lamprospizidae)
- Wood-warblers (Parulidae)
- New World Blackbirds (Icteridae)
- Old World Sparrows (Emberizidae)
- American Sparrows (Arremonidae)
- Cardinals, Grosbeaks, Northern Tanagers, Ant-Tanagers (Cardinalidae)
- Tanagers (Thraupidae)
Modified SAM List (Gill, 1995)
Weaver relatives
- Larks (Alaudidae) to Sylvioidea
- Sugarbirds (Promeropidae)
- excludes Arcanator, Modulatrix and Kakamega (Sylviidae)
- Flowerpeckers (Dicaeidae)
- Sunbirds, Spiderhunters (Nectariniidae)
- Berrypeckers (Melanocharitidae)
basal Passerida,
- includes Corvida:Paramythiidae
- Old World Sparrows (Passeridae)
- Wagtails, Pipits (Motacillidae)
- excludes Amaurocichla (Sylviidae)
- Accentors (Prunellidae)
- Weavers (Ploceidae)
- includes Anomalospiza (Viduidae)
- Estrildid Finches, Indigobirds, Whydahs (Estrildidae)
- includes Vidua (Viduidae)
- Northern Finches (Fringillidae)
- includes Peucedramidae>
- excludes Drepanididae
- excludes Euphonia, Chlorophonia (Thraupidae)
- Hawaiian Honeycreepers (Drepanididae) to Fringillidae
- American Sparrows, Old World Buntings (Emberizidae)
- includes Urocynchramidae
- includes Calcariidae
- includes Arremonidae except for Chlorospingus and Oreothraupis (Thraupidae)
- includes Paroaria, Gubernatrix (Thraupidae)
- Wood-warblers (Parulidae)
- includes Granatellus (Cardinalidae)
- excludes Nesospingus, Phaenicophilus, Calyptophilus, and Spindalis (Thraupidae)
- Tanagers (Thraupidae)
- includes Lamprospizidae
- includes Euphonia and Chlorophonia (Fringillidae)
- includes Spindalis and Nesospingus (Parulidae)
- includes Chlorospingus and Oreothraupis (Arremonidae)
- includes Chlorothraupis, Habia, Piranga, and Amaurospiza (Cardinalidae)
- excludes Paroaria and Gubernatrix (Arremonidae)
- excludes excludes Pitylus, Saltator, Porphyrospiza. and Parkerthraustes (Cardinalidae)
- Cardinals, Grosbeaks (Cardinalidae)
- includes Pitylus, Saltator, Porphyrospiza, Parkerthraustes (Thraupidae
- excludes Chlorothraupis, Habia, Piranga, and Amaurospiza (Thraupidae)
- excludes Granatellus (Parulidae)
- Blackbirds (Icteridae)