Passerine
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(Redirected from Passeriformes)
Passerine | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom Information | |
Kingdom | Animalia |
Phylum Information | |
Phylum | Chordata |
Class Information | |
Class | Aves |
Order Information | |
Order | Passeriformes |
Population statistics |
A passerine (Latin: passer "sparrow") is a bird of the order Passeriformes, sometimes known as "perching birds" or "songbirds". More than half of all bird species are passerines: with approximately 5,400 species, it is twice as diverse as the largest of the mammal orders, Rodentia.