Passerida (lat.) - the infraorder of the songbird , which is part of the suborder of songbirds (Passeri). It unites several dozen families, traditionally belonging to 3 superfamilies: Muscicapoidea , Sylvioidea and Passeroidea .
| Passerida |
 European Blue Tit (Cyanistes caeruleus) |  Green Mockingbird (Hippolais icterina) |
|
| Scientific classification |
|---|
| No rank : | Bilateral symmetrical |
| Infrastructure : | Passerida |
|
| International scientific name |
|---|
Passerida |
|
The superfamily Muscicapoidea includes less than 10 families (the position of some of them is in doubt) [1] [2] :
- Family Bombycillidae - Waxwing
- Family Cinclidae - Olapovye
- Family Minidae
- Muscicapidae Family - Flycatcher
- Family Paridae - Titmouse [3]
- Saxicolidae family
- Family Sturnidae - Starling (combined with Regulidae [3] )
- Family Turdidae - Thrush
The superfamily Sylvioidea consists of 20 small families [4] :
- Acrocephalidae Family - Reed
- Aegithalidae Family - Long Tailed Tits
- Alaudidae Family - Larks
- Family Bernieridae
- Family Cettiidae
- Family Cisticolidae - Cystic
- Family Donacobiidae
- Erythrocercidae Family
- Hirundinidae Family - Swallow
- Hyliidae Family
- Family Leiothrichidae - Comical thimelias
- Locustellidae Family - Crickets
- Macrosphenidae Family - African Warblers
- Family Nicatoridae
- Family Panuridae - Mustachioed Tits
- Pellorneidae Family - Earthen Thymelia
- Pnoepygidae Family
- Family Phylloscopidae - Chamomile
- Family Pycnonotidae - Bulbul
- Family Scotocercidae - Cattle Church
- Family Sylviidae - Slavkovye
- Family Timaliidae - Timelium
- Zosteropidae Family - White - Eyed
The superfamily Passeroidea unites about 15 families [1] [2] :
- Family Calcariidae - Plantain
- Family Cardinalidae - Cardinal
- Emberizidae Family - Oatmeal
- Estrildidae Family - Reel Weavers
- Fringillidae Family - Reel
- Icteridae Family - Trupial
- Family Nectariniidae - Nectarnitz
- Family Modulatricidae
- Family Motacillidae - Wagtails
- Family Parulidae - Woody
- Family Passeridae - Passerines
- Family peucedramidae
- Ploceidae Family - Weaver
- Family Prunellidae - Curly
- Family Thraupidae - Tanagra
- Urocynchramidae Family
- Viduidae Family - Dowager