Passeriformes of the World
This page is a snapshot of just a few of the beautiful birds that inhabit our world. This page is an ongoing work in progress.
Aegithalidae Family (Long-tailed Tits)
Long-tailed Tit (Aegithalos caudatus)
Alaudidae Family (Larks)
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Crested Lark (Galerida cristata)
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Eurasian Skylark (Alauda arvensis)
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Woodlark (Lullula arborea)
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Artamidae Family (Woodswallows)
Pied Currawong (Strepera graculina)
Bombycillidae Family (Waxwings)
Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum)
Buphagidae Family (Oxpeckers)
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Red-billed Oxpecker (Buphagus erythrorhynchus)
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Yellow-billed Oxpecker (Buphagus africanus)
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Campephagidae Family (Cuckoos and Shrikes)
Ryukyu Minivet (Pericrocotus tegimae)
Cardinalidae Family (Cardinals)
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Black-headed Grosbeak (Pheucticus melanocephalus)
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Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis)
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Painted Bunting (Passerina ciris)
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Certhiidae Family (Tree Creepers)
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Eurasian Treecreeper (Certhia familiaris)
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Short-toed Treecreeper (Certhia brachydactyla)
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Cinclidae Family (Dippers)
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Brown Dipper (Cinclus pallasii)
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White-throated Dipper (Cinclus cinclus)
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Cisticolidae Family (Cisticolas)
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Graceful Prinia (Prinia gracilis )
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Zitting Cisticola (Cisticola juncidis)
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Corvidae Family (Crows, Jays, and Magpies)
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Azure-winged Magpie (Cyanopica cyanus)
Carrion Crow (Corvus corone ) Eurasian Magpie (Pica pica) Large-billed Crow (Corvus macrorhynchos) Yellow-billed Chough (Pyrrhocorax graculus) |
Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata)
Eurasian Jay (Garrulus glandarius ) Hooded Crow (Corvus cornix) Maghreb Magpie (Pica mauritanica) |
California Scrub-Jay (Aphelocoma californica)
Eurasian Jackdaw (Corvus monedula) Iberian Magpie (Cyanopica cooki) Rook (Corvus frugilegus) |
Dicruridae Family (Drongos)
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Black Drongo (Dicrurus macrocercus)
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Fork-tailed Drongo (Dicrurus adsimilis)
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Emberizidae Family (Old World Buntings)
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Black-faced Bunting (Schoeniclus spodocephala)
Rustic Bunting (Schoeniclus rusticus) |
Common Reed Bunting (Emberiza schoeniclus)
Yellowhammer (Emberiza citrinella) |
Meadow Bunting (Emberiza cioides)
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Estrildidae Family (Waxbills & Finches)
Common Waxbill (Estrilda astrild)
Fringillidae Family (Finches)
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Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs)
European Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis) Grey-capped Greenfinch (Chloris sinica) Linnet (Linaria cannabina) |
Hirundinidae Family (Swallows)
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Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica)
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Northern House-Martin (Delichon urbicum)
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Icteridae Family (Orioles, Blackbirds, Grackles)
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Brewer's Blackbird (Euphagus cyanocephalus)
Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) |
Eastern Meadowlark (Sturnella magna)
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Great-tailed Grackle (Quiscalus mexicanus)
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Laniidae Family (Shrikes)
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Bull-headed Shrike (Lanius bucephalus)
Red-backed Shrike (Lanius collurio) |
Great Grey Shrike (Lanius excubitor)
Tiger Shrike (Lanius tigrinus) |
Loggerhead Shrike (Lanius ludovicianus)
Woodchat Shrike (Lanius senator) |
Leiothrichidae Family (Laughingthrush)
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Chinese Hwamei (Garrulax canorus)
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Red-billed Leiothrix (Leiothrix lutea)
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Meliphagidae Family (Honeyeaters)
Noisy Miner (Manorina melanocephala)
Mimidae Family (Mockingbirds and Thrashers)
Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos)
Monarchidae Family (Monarch Flycatchers)
Magpie-lark (Grallina cyanoleuca)
Motacillidae Family (Pipits and Wagtails)
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African Pied Wagtail (Motacilla aguimp)
Meadow Pipit (Anthus pratensis) Yellow Wagtail (Motacilla flava) |
Grey Wagtail (Motacilla cinerea)
Tree Pipit (Anthus trivialis) |
Japanese Wagtail (Motacilla grandis)
White Wagtail (Motacilla alba) |
Muscicapidae Family (Old World Flycatchers)
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African Stonechat (Saxicola torquatus)
Blue-and-white Flycatcher (Cyanoptila cyanomelana) European Robin (Erithacus rubecula) Pied Flycatcher (Ficedula hypoleuca) Ryukyu Robin (Larvivora komadori ) |
Black Redstart (Phoenicurus ochruros)
Common Redstart (Phoenicurus phoenicurusochruros) European Stonechat (Saxicola rubicola) Red-capped Robin-chat (Cossypha natalensis) Spotted Flycatcher (Muscicapa striata) |
Blue Rock-Thrush (Monticola solitarius)
Daurian Redstart (Phoenicurus auroreus) Narcissus Flycatcher (Ficedula narcissina) Red-flanked Bluetail (Tarsiger cyanu) Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe) |
Nectariniidae Family (Sunbirds)
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Purple Sunbird (Cinnyris asiaticus)
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Scarlet-chested Sunbird (Chalcomitra senegalensis)
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Paridae Family (Tits, Chickadees, and Titmice)
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Black-crested Titmouse (Baeolophus atricristatus)
Coal Tit (Periparus ater) Japanese Tit (Parus minor) |
Blue Tit (Cyanistes caeruleus)
Crested Tit (Lophophanes cristatus) Varied Tit (Sittiparus varius ) |
Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis)
Great Tit (Parus major ) Willow Tit (Poecile montanus) |
Parulidae Family (New World Warblers)
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Setophaga coronata )
Passerellidae (New World Sparrows)
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Dark-eyed Junco (Junco hyemalis)
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Lark Sparrow (Chondestes grammacus)
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Swamp Sparrow (Melospiza georgiana)
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Passeridae Family (Old World Sparrows)
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Eurasian Tree Sparrow (Passer montanus)
Rock Sparrow (Petronia petronia) |
House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)
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Indian House Sparrow (Passer indicus)
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Phylloscopidae Family (Leaf Warblers)
Chiffchaff (Phylloscopus collybita)
Ploceidae Family (Weavers)
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Holub's Golden-weaver (Ploceus xanthops)
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Red-billed Buffalo Weaver (Bubalornis niger)
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Pycnonotidae Family (Bulbuls)
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Brown-eared Bulbul (Hypsipetes amaurotis)
Light-vented Bulbul (Pycnonotus sinensis) |
Common Bulbul (Pycnonotus barbatus)
Red-vented Bulbul (Pycnonotus cafer) |
Dark-capped Bulbul (Pycnonotus tricolor)
White-eared Bulbul (Pycnonotus leucotis) |
Regulidae Family (Kinglets)
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Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Regulus calendula)
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Goldcrest (Regulus regulus)
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Rhipiduridae Family (Fantails)
Fantail (Rhipidura fuliginosa)
Scotocercidae Family (Bush Warblers and Allies)
Japanese Bush Warbler (Horornis diphone)
Sittidae Family (Nuthatches)
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Eurasian Nuthatch (Sitta europaea)
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Pygmy Nuthatch (Sitta pygmaea)
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White-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta carolinensis)
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Sturnidae Family (Mynas and Starlings)
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Burchell's Starling (Lamprotornis australis)
European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris) |
Common Myna (Acridotheres tristis)
Spotless Starling (Sturnus unicolor) |
Crested Myna (Acridotheres cristatellus)
White-cheeked Starling (Sturnus cineraceus) |
Sylviidae Family (Old World Warblers)
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Eurasian Blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla)
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Sedge Warbler (Acrocephalus schoenobaenus)
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Whitethroat (Sylvia communis)
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Thraupidae Family (Tanagers)
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Red-crested Cardinal (Paroaria coronata)
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Saffron Finch (Sicalis flaveola)
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Western Tanager (Piranga ludoviciana)
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Troglodytidae Family (Wrens)
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Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii)
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Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus)
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Eurasian Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)
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Turdidae Family (Thrushes)
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American Robin (Turdus migratorius)
Eurasian Blackbird (Turdus merula) Pale Thrush (Turdus pallidus) |
Dusky Thrush (Turdus eunomus)
Fieldfare (Turdus pilaris) Song Thrush (Turdus philomelos) |
Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis)
Mistle Thrush (Turdus viscivorus) |
Tyrannidae Family (Tyrant Flycatchers)
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Eastern Kingbird (Tyrannus tyrannus)
Western Kingbird (Tyrannus verticalis) |
Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe)
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Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (Tyrannus forficatus)
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Zosteropidae Family (White-eyes)
Japanese White Eye (Zosterops japonicus)