List of passerines: Acanthisitti-Eurylaimides

The passerines are a large order of birds, with over 5000 species. It includes many of the familiar birds. Most passerines tend to be small; however, the oropendulas, crows, ravens and lyrebirds tend to be large.p:330; p:358; p:390 Most passerines are in the Passeri suborder. They are joined by seriemas, falcons, caracaras, parrots and cockatoos in Australaves.



1 family, 2 genera, 4 species

The New Zealand wrens are endemic to New Zealand.

Acanthisittidae


2 genera, 4 species



The remaining passerines are in the Eupasseres suborder. It includes Tyranni and Passeri.

=Tyranni= 

The suboscines, the more primitive passerines; many are found in Central and South America.

Eurylamides


The Eurylamides is a group of birds called the Old World suboscines; however, the Sapayoa is the only one in this group that is found in the New World.

Smithornithidae


1 genus, 3 species

African broadbills were split from the Calyptomenidae family.

Calyptomenidae


2 genera, 6 species

Asian green broadbills are found in Southeast Asia.

Sapayoidae: Sapayoa Irestedt et al., 2006
1 genus, 1 species

The Sapayoa may have likely had many more members of its clade, and it being the only survivor of its clade.

Sapayoa
1 species
 * Sapayoa, Sapayoa aenigma

Philepittidae
4 species

The asities are only found Madagascar.

Philepitta
2 species
 * Velvet Asity, Philepitta castanea
 * Schlegel's Asity, Philepitta schlegeli

Neodrepanis
2 species
 * Common Sunbird-Asity, Neodrepanis coruscans
 * Yellow-bellied Sunbird-Asity, Neodrepanis hypoxantha

Eurylaimidae
7 genera, 9 species

This family is mainly Indo-Malayan, except the Grauer's Broadbill.

Pseudocalyptomena
1 species
 * Grauer's Broadbill, Pseudocalyptomena graueri

Psarisomus
1 species
 * Long-tailed Broadbill, Psarisomus dalhousiae

Corydon
1 species
 * Dusky Broadbill, Corydon sumatranus

Sarcophanops
2 species
 * Wattled Broadbill, Sarcophanops steerii
 * Visayan Broadbill, Sarcophanops samarensis

Serilophus
1 species
 * Silver-breasted Broadbill, Serilophus lunatus

Cymbirhynchus
1 species
 * Black-and-red Broadbill, Cymbirhynchus macrorhynchos

Eurylaimus
2 species
 * Banded Broadbill, Eurylaimus javanicus
 * Black-and-yellow Broadbill, Eurylaimus ochromalus

Pittidae
3 genera, 34 species

Pittas are terrestrial birds of tropical forests of Africa, Asia and Australasia.

Erythropitta
7 species
 * Whiskered Pitta, Erythropitta kochi
 * Northern Red-bellied Pitta, Erythropitta erythrogaster
 * Southern Red-bellied Pitta, Erythropitta macklotii
 * Blue-banded Pitta, Erythropitta arquata
 * Garnet Pitta, Erythropitta granatina
 * Black-crowned Pitta, Erythropitta ussheri
 * Graceful Pitta, Erythropitta venusta

Hydrornis
13 species
 * Eared Pitta, Hydrornis phayrei
 * Rusty-naped Pitta, Hydrornis oatesi
 * Blue-naped Pitta, Hydrornis nipalensis
 * Blue-rumped Pitta, Hydrornis soror
 * Giant Pitta, Hydrornis caeruleus
 * Schneider's Pitta, Hydrornis schneideri
 * Blue Pitta, Hydrornis cyaneus
 * Bar-bellied Pitta, Hydrornis elliotii
 * Gurney's Pitta, Hydrornis gurneyi
 * Blue-headed Pitta, Hydrornis baudii
 * Malayan Banded-Pitta, Hydrornis irena
 * Bornean Banded-Pitta, Hydrornis schwaneri
 * Javan Banded-Pitta, Hydrornis guajanus

Pitta
14 species
 * African Pitta, Pitta angolensis
 * Green-breasted Pitta, Pitta reichenowi
 * Indian Pitta, Pitta brachyura
 * Mangrove Pitta, Pitta megarhyncha
 * Blue-winged Pitta, Pitta moluccensis
 * Hooded Pitta, Pitta sordida
 * Fairy Pitta, Pitta nympha
 * Azure-breasted Pitta, Pitta steerii
 * Noisy Pitta, Pitta versicolor
 * Ivory-breasted Pitta, Pitta maxima
 * Elegant Pitta, Pitta elegans
 * Black-faced Pitta, Pitta anerythra
 * Superb Pitta, Pitta superba
 * Rainbow Pitta, Pitta iris

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