Paroidea
| Paroidea | |
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| Blue Tit, Cyanistes caeruleus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| (unranked): | Eupasseres |
| Suborder: | Passeri |
| Clade: | Euoscines |
| Infraorder: | Passerida |
| Superfamily: | Paroidea Informal |
| Diversity | |
| 3 families, 16 genera, 80 species | |
Paroidea is a superfamily of birds containing the fairy-flycatchers, penduline-tits and tits, chickadees and titmice. All of these birds are small, around 5" (12.7 cm)[1] , although some such as the Mouse-coloured Penduline-Tit are around 2.5-3.25" (6.35-8.25 cm)[2].
For a list of species, see List of Paroids.
References[edit]
- ^ Dunn, Jon L. and Alderfer, Jonathan (2011). National Geographic Guide to the Birds of North America. National Geographic Society. ISBN 1426200722.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Zimmerman, Dale A.; et al. (1999). Birds of Kenya and Northern Tanzania. Princeton University Press. p. 432. ISBN 0691010226.
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