Passeridae

Passer domesticus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Passeroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Archosauromorpha Cladus: Crurotarsi Cladus: Archosauria Cladus: Avemetatarsalia Cladus: Ornithodira Cladus: Dinosauromorpha Cladus: Dinosauriformes Cladus: Dracohors Cladus: Dinosauria Cladus: Saurischia Cladus: Eusaurischia Subordo: Theropoda Cladus: Neotheropoda Cladus: Averostra Cladus: Tetanurae Cladus: Avetheropoda Cladus: Coelurosauria Cladus: Tyrannoraptora Cladus: Maniraptoromorpha Cladus: Maniraptoriformes Cladus: Maniraptora Cladus: Pennaraptora Cladus: Paraves Cladus: Eumaniraptora Cladus: Avialae Classis/Infraclassis: Aves Cladus: Avebrevicauda Cladus: Pygostylia Cladus: Ornithothoraces Cladus: Ornithuromorpha Cladus: Carinatae Subclassis/Parvclassis: Neornithes Infraclassis/Cohors: Neognathae Cladus: Neoaves Cladus: Telluraves Cladus: Australaves Ordo: Passeriformes Subordo: Passeri Infraordo: Passerida Superfamilia: Passeroidea

Familia: Passeridae
Genera: Carpospiza – Gymnoris – Hypocryptadius – Montifringilla – Onychostruthus – Passer – Petronia – Pyrgilauda

Genera transferred to Ploceidae: Histurgops – Philetairus – Plocepasser – Pseudonigrita

Name

Passeridae Illiger, 1811

• Typus: Passer Brisson, 1760

Note:

• Others consider author Rafinesque, 1815

References

Primary references

• Illiger, J.K.W. 1811. Prodromus systematis mammalium et avium additis terminis zoographicis utriusque classis, eorumque versione germanica. C. Salfield: Berolini. xviii + 302 pp. BHL Reference page.  p. 220 as Passerini BHL
• Rafinesque, C.S. 1815. Analyse de la nature, ou tableau de l'univers et des corps organisés. Palerme: L'Imprimerie de Jean Barravecchia. 224 pp. BHL Reference page.  p. 68 as Passernia BHL

Additional references

• Qu, Y.; Ericson, P.G.P.; Lei, F.; Gebauer, A.; Kaiser, M. & Helbig, A.J. 2006. Molecular phylogenetic relationship of snow finch complex (genera Montifringilla, Pyrgilauda, and Onychostruthus) from the Tibetan plateau. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 40(1): 218–226. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2006.02.020 PDF Reference page. 
• Fjeldså, J.; Irestedt, M.; Ericson, P.G.P.; & Zuccon, D. 2010. The Cinnamon Ibon Hypocryptadius cinnamomeus is a forest canopy sparrow. Ibis 152: 747–760. DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2010.01053.x PDF Reference page. 
• De Silva, T.N., Peterson, A.T., Bates, J.M., Fernando, S.W. & Girard, M.G. 2017. Phylogenetic relationships of weaverbirds (Aves: Ploceidae): A first robust phylogeny based on mitochondrial and nuclear markers. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 109: 21–32. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2016.12.013 PDF Reference page. 

Vernacular names

Boarisch: Spootzen
беларуская: Вераб’іныя
Deutsch: Sperlinge
English: Sparrows
Esperanto: Paseredoj
Nordfriisk: Sparger
français: Passéridés
hrvatski: Vrapci
한국어: 참새과
македонски: Врапчиња
Nederlands: Mussen
ไทย: นกกระจอก
Türkçe: Serçegiller
中文: 雀科

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