User blog:StaraptorEmpoleon/Introduction to birds, part three

This is a continuation from my previous post, since the previous one got a bit long.

Neoaves
(nee-OH-ay-veez) - more modern birds, such as crows, woodpeckers, thrushes, parrots.

Example: Banded broadbill.

'Land birds'
(Informal name, not really recognised).

Passeriformes
(pass-er-ih-FOR-meez). Perching birds, songbirds, passerines.

Example: Common green magpie.

Acanthisitti
This group only contains one family: Acanthisittidae, sometimes known as the New Zealand wrens.

Example: Rifleman.

Tyranni
They have a pantropical distribution and have a simple voice box. Sometimes called suboscines.

They are further divided into Eurylaimides (Old World suboscines) and Tyrannides (New World suboscines except the broad-billed sapayoa).

Example: Garnet pitta.

Passeri
They have a more complex voice box and have a worldwide distribution.

Example: White-throated dipper.

Psittaciformes
(sih-TAS-ih-FOR-meez). Parrots, cockatoos, psittacines.

There are three families: Strigopidae, Cacatuidae, Psittacidae.