Order: Passeriformes
Worldwide; 5000 species.

Superorder: Neonaves
Suborder: Passeri
Infraorder:		Infraorders:
Passerida	Corvida	Eurylaimides	Tyrannides
Superfamilies: Sylvioidea Muscicapoidea Passeroidea	Superfamily: Corvoidea	Superfamilies: Eurylaimoidea Pittoidea	Superfamilies: Furnariidae Thamnophilidae Tyrannidae

A songbird is a bird belonging to the suborder Passeri of the perching birds, order Passeriformes.
Another name that is sometimes seen as scientific or vernacular name is Oscines, from Latin oscen, "a songbird".
This group contains some 4,000 species found all over the world, in which the vocal organ typically is developed
in such a way as to produce a diverse and elaborate bird song.

Songbirds form one of the two major lineages of extant perching birds, the other being the Tyranni which are most
diverse in the Neotropics and absent from many parts of the world. These have a simpler syrinx musculature,
and while their vocalizations are often just as complex and striking as those of songbirds, they are altogether more mechanical sounding. There is a third perching bird lineage, the Acanthisitti "living fossils" from New Zealand,
of which only two species remain alive today.

Suborder: Acanthisitti Acanthisittidae: New Zealand wrens Tyranni: suboscines Eurylaimidae: broadbills Philepittidae: asities Pittidae: pittas Hooded Pitta, Pitta sordida Ivory-breasted Pitta, Pitta maxima Superb Pitta, Pitta superba Azure-breasted Pitta, Pitta steerii Sula Pitta, Pitta dohertyi African Pitta, Pitta angolensis Green-breasted Pitta, Pitta reichenowi Indian Pitta, Pitta brachyura Fairy Pitta, Pitta nympha Blue-winged Pitta, Pitta moluccensis Mangrove Pitta, Pitta megarhyncha Elegant Pitta, Pitta elegans Noisy Pitta, Pitta versicolor Black-faced Pitta, Pitta anerythra Rainbow Pitta, Pitta iris ------------end Pittidae Sapayoidae: Sapayoa Tyrannidae: tyrant flycatchers Tityridae: becards and tityras Furnariidae: ovenbirds Thamnophilidae: antbirds Formicariidae: ground antbirds and tapaculos Conopophagidae: gnateaters Cotingidae: cotingas Pipridae: manakins Melanopareiidae: crescent-chests Passeri: oscines Atrichornithidae: scrub-birds Menuridae: lyrebirds Alaudidae: larks Hirundinidae: swallows and martins Motacillidae: wagtails and pipits Campephagidae: cuckoo-shrikes Eupetidae: Rail-Babbler Pycnonotidae: bulbuls Regulidae: kinglets Hyliotidae: hyliotas Chloropseidae: leafbirds Aegithinidae: ioras Ptilogonatidae: silky-flycatchers Bombycillidae: waxwings Hypocoliidae: Hypocolius Dulidae: Palmchat Cinclidae: dippers Troglodytidae: wrens Donacobiidae: Donacobius Mimidae: mockingbirds and thrashers Prunellidae: accentors Turdidae: thrushes and relatives Cisticolidae: cisticolas and relatives Sylviidae: true warblers Stenostiridae: fairy warblers Macrosphenidae: african warblers Cettiidae: bush warblers Phylloscopidae: leaf warblers Megaluridae: grass warblers Acrocephalidae: marsh warblers Bernieridae: malagasy warblers Pnoepygidae: pygmy wren-babblers Polioptilidae: gnatcatchers Muscicapidae: flycatchers and relatives Platysteiridae: wattle-eyes and batises Petroicidae: Australasian robins Pachycephalidae: whistlers and relatives Colluricinclidae: shrike-thrushes and relatives Picathartidae: rockfowl Chaetopidae: rock-jumpers Timaliidae: babblers and relatives Panuridae: Bearded Reedling Nicatoridae: nicators Pomatostomidae: australasian babblers Orthonychidae: logrunners Cinclosomatidae: whipbirds and quail-thrushes Aegithalidae: bushtits Maluridae: australasian wrens Neosittidae: sittellas Climacteridae: Australasian treecreepers Paridae: chickadees and true tits Sittidae: nuthatches Tichodromidae: Wallcreeper Certhiidae: treecreepers Rhabdornithidae: Philippine creepers Remizidae: penduline tits Nectariniidae: sunbirds Genus Aethopyga Genus Nextarinia Genus Anthreptes: Plain-backed Sunbird, Anthreptes reichenowi Anchieta's Sunbird, Anthreptes anchietae Plain Sunbird, Anthreptes simplex Brown-throated Sunbird, Anthreptes malacensis Grey-throated Sunbird, Anthreptes griseigularis Red-throated Sunbird, Anthreptes rhodolaemus Mouse-brown Sunbird, Anthreptes gabonicus Western Violet-backed Sunbird, Anthreptes longuemarei Eastern Violet-backed Sunbird, Anthreptes orientalis Uluguru Violet-backed Sunbird, Anthreptes neglectus Violet-tailed Sunbird, Anthreptes aurantium Green Sunbird, Anthreptes rectirostris Banded Sunbird, Anthreptes rubritorques Ruby-cheeked Sunbird, Anthreptes singalensis The Little Green Sunbird (Nectarinia seimundi) is sometimes placed herein too, as are the genera Chalcoparia, Deleornis and Hedydipna. .........end Nectariniidae Melanocharitidae: berrypeckers Paramythiidae: painted berrypeckers Dicaeidae: flowerpeckers Dasyornithidae: bristlebirds Pardalotidae: pardalotes Acanthizidae: australasian warblers Zosteropidae: white-eyes Promeropidae: sugarbirds see here Meliphagidae: honeyeaters and relatives Notiomystidae: Stitchbird Oriolidae: Old World orioles Irenidae: fairy-bluebirds Laniidae: shrikes Malaconotidae: bushshrikes and relatives Prionopidae: helmetshrikes and relatives Vangidae: vangas Dicruridae: drongos Rhipiduridae: fantails Monarchidae: monarch flycatchers Callaeidae: wattlebirds Corcoracidae: mudnesters Artamidae: woodswallows and butcherbirds Pityriaseidae: bristlehead Paradisaeidae: birds-of-paradise Cnemophilidae: satinbirds Ptilonorhynchidae: bowerbirds Corvidae: jays and crows Sturnidae: starlings and mynas Buphagidae: oxpeckers Passeridae: Old World sparrows Ploceidae: weavers and relatives see here Estrildidae: weaver finches Viduidae: whydahs and indigobirds Vireonidae: vireos and relatives Fringillidae: finches and relatives Urocynchramidae: Pink-tailed Bunting Peucedramidae: Olive Warbler Parulidae: wood warblers Coerebidae: Bananaquit Thraupidae: tanagers and relatives Emberizidae: Old World buntings and New World sparrows Cardinalidae: cardinals, grosbeaks, and New World buntings Icteridae: New World blackbirds and New World orioles