Cedar Waxwing   37-XII
AVES
Passeriformes
 
 
The White-Breasted Nuthatch is one of many perching birds found in the order Passeriformes.



Chapter Outline
  1. Description of Aves
  2. Classification of Aves
  3. Palaeognathae
  4. Neognathae
  5. Neoaves I
  6. Neoaves II
  7. NeoavesIII
  8. Neoaves IV
  9. Telluraves
  10. Coraciimorphae
  11. Australaves
  12. Passeriformes

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The order of Perching Birds. Passeriformes is so large, with so many families, that it gets a page of its own.

As of 2024, 536 species of Passeriformes have been observed in iNaturalist in the US and 6,352 throughout the world.

  • FAMILY ACANTHISITTIDAE - NEW ZEALAND WRENS
  • FAMILY ACANTHIZIDAE
  • FAMILY BOMBYCILLIDAE
    Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum)
    Kansas, 4/3/2020
    iNat

  • FAMILY CERTHIIDAE
    Blue-Gray Gnatcatcher (Polioptila caerulea)
    Kansas, 5/2/2012
    iNat
    • Verdin (Auriparus flaviceps) - 9 (Saguaro, Chiricahua)
    • Cactus Wren (Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus) - 9 (Saguaro, Chiricahua)

  • FAMILY CINCLIDAE
  • FAMILY CLIMACTERIDAE
  • FAMILY CONOPOPHAGIDAE
  • FAMILY COTINGIDAE
    • Spangled Cotinga (Cotinga cayana) - 6 (SCZ)
  • FAMILY CRACTICIDAE
  • FAMILY DENDROCOLAPTIDAE
  • FAMILY EURYLAIMIDAE
  • FAMILY FORMICARIIDAE
  • FAMILY FURNARIIDAE
  • FAMILY HYPOCOLIDAE
  • FAMILY MALURIDAE
  • FAMILY MENURIDAE
  • FAMILY MIMIDAE
    • Sage Thrasher (Oreoscoptes montanus) - 1 (Dinwoody Valley, Wind River Range)
    • Curve-Billed Thrasher (Toxostoma curvirostre) - 9 (Saguaro, Chiricahua)
  • FAMILY MOHOIDAE
  • FAMILY MUSCICAPIDAE
    • Snowy-Headed Robin Chat (Cossypha niveicapilla) - 6 (SCZ)
  • FAMILY PARDALOTIDAE
  • FAMILY PARIDAE
    • Tufted Titmouse (Baeolophus bicolor) - Perry Lake, KS
    • Black-Capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus) - Perry Lake, KS
  • FAMILY PASSERELLIDAE
    Lark Sparrow (Chondestes grammacus)
    Konza Prairie, 6/3/2018
    iNat
    • Black-Throated Sparrow (Amphispiza bilineata) - 9 (Saguaro)
    • Dark-Eyed Junco (Junco hyemalis) - Perry Lake, KS, New Mexico
    • Yellow-Eyed Junco (Junco phaeonotus) - 9 (Chiricahua)
    • Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia) - Cincinnati Zoo
    • Spotted Towhee (Pipilo maculatus) - 9 (Chiricahua, Bandalier NM)
    • Clay-Colored Sparrow (Spizella pallida) - 6 (Quivira)
    • Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina) - Kansas
    • White-Crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophrys) - 9 (Chiricahua), Kanopolis Lake, KS, Colorado

  • FAMILY PETROICIDAE
  • FAMILY PHILEPITTIDAE
  • FAMILY PICATHARTIDAE
  • FAMILY PIPRIDAE
  • FAMILY PITTIDAE
  • FAMILY PTILONORHYNCHIDAE
  • FAMILY PYCNONOTIDAE
  • FAMILY REGULIDAE
    • Ruby-Crowned Kinglet (Regulus calendula) - 9 (Chiricahua)
    • Golden-Crowned Kinglet (Regulus satrapa) - Widespread
  • FAMILY RHABDORNITHIDAE
  • FAMILY RHINOCRYPTIDAE
  • FAMILY SITTIDAE
    White-Breasted Nuthatch (Sitta carolinensis)
    Perry Lake, 3/3/2017
    iNat
    Pygmy Nuthatch (Sitta pygmaea)
    Bandalier NM, 8/28/2020
    iNat
    • Red-Breasted Nuthatch (Sitta canadensis) - 1 (Yellowstone)
  • FAMILY STENOSTIRIDAE
  • FAMILY STURNIDAE
    • Violet-Backed Starling (Cinnyricinclus leucogaster) - SCZ - 2018
    • Emerald Starling (Lamprotornis iris) - SCZ - 2019
    • Golden-Breasted Starling (Lamprotornis regius) - 6 (SCZ & Omaha Zoos - 2021), Cincinnati Zoo - 2023
    • Bali Mynah (Leucopsar rothschildi) - 9 (ABQ Biopark Zoo - 2020), Cincinnati Zoo - 2023
    • Grosbeak Starling (Scissirostrum dubium) - SCZ - 2019
    • European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris) - Kansas - 3/16/2021
  • FAMILY THAMNOPHILIDAE
  • FAMILY THRAUPIDAE
    Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra)
    Perry Lake, Kansas, 5/22/2021
    Konza Prairie, 6/3/2018
    • Black-Faced Dacnis (Dacnis lineata) - SCZ - 2021
    • Red-Capped Cardinal (Paroaria gularis) - SCZ - 2019
    • Western Tanager (Piranga ludoviciana) - 6 (Perry Lake - 2025)
    • Blue-Gray Tanager (Thraupis episcopus) - SCZ - 2019
  • FAMILY TIMALIIDAE
  • FAMILY TURDIDAE
    Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis)
    Perry Lake, Kansas
    NOAH EOL
    • Chestnut-Backed Thrush (Geokichla dohertyi) - SCZ - 2021
    • American Robin (Turdus migratorius) - most iNat observations in the US for Passeriformes
  • FAMILY TYRANNIDAE
    Eastern Wood-Pewee (Contopus virens)
    Perry Lake - 7/19/2025
    Acadian Flycatcher (Empidonax virescens)
    Perry Lake - 7/19/2025
    Great Crested Flycatcher (Myiarchus crinitus)
    Perry Lake - 2025
    Kanopolis Lake - 2022
    Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe)
    Perry Lake - 2023, 2025
    Scissor-Tailed Flycatcher (Tyrannus forficatus)
    Wilson Lake - 9/26/2022
    Eastern Kingbird (Tyrannus tyrannus)
    Perry Lake, 5/23/2021
    Western Kingbird (Tyrannus verticalis)
    Perry Lake - 5/17/2025
  • SUPERFAMILY CORVOIDEA
    • FAMILY AEGITHALIDAE
      • Bushtit (Psaltriparus minimus) - 9 (Chiricahua - 3/27/2025)
    • FAMILY CALLAEATIDAE
    • FAMILY CAMPEPHAGIDAE
    • FAMILY CINCLOSOMATIDAE
    • FAMILY CORCORACIDAE
    • FAMILY CORVIDAE
      Western Scrub Jay (Aphelocoma californica)
      Oregon
      iNat
      Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos)
      Raven (Corvus corax)
      Yellowstone, 9/19/2017
      Steller's Jay (Cyanocitta stelleri)
      Colorado
      iNat
      • Mexican Jay (Aphelocoma wollweberi) - 9 (Chiricahua - 3/26/2025)
      • White-Breasted Woodswallow (Artamus leucorynchus) - SCZ
      • White-Necked Raven (Corvus albicollis) - Albuquerque Zoo
      • Northwestern Crow (Corvus caurinus) - Olympic, Glacier Bay
      • Chihuahuan Raven (Corvus cryptoleucus) - Big Bend, Carlsbad, White Sands
      • Fish Crow (Corvus ossifragus) - Everglades, Assateague Island
      • Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) - Widespread
      • Azure-Winged Magpie (Cyanopica cyanus) - Denver Zoo
      • Pinyon Jay (Gymnorhinus cyanocephalus) - Trips 1, 4, 6, 7 & 9
      • Clark's Nutcracker (Nucifraga columbiana) - Yosemite (Lower Lee Vining CG)
      • Gray Jay (Perisoreus canadensis) - Colorado, New Mexico
      • Black-Billed Magpie (Pica hudsonia) - Sinks Canyon, Wind River Range
      • Yellow-Billed Magpie (Pica nuttalli) - Yosemite
      • Eurasian Magpie (Pica pica) - Yosemite, RMNP
      • Red-Billed Blue Magpie (Urocissa erythroryncha) - St. Louis Zoo
    • FAMILY DICRURIDAE
    • FAMILY IRENIDAE
      • Fairy Bluebird (Irena puella) - SCZ
    • FAMILY LANIIDAE
      • Magpie Shrike (Urolestes melanoleucus) - Tulsa Zoo
    • FAMILY MALACONOTIDAE
    • FAMILY MONARCHIDAE
    • FAMILY ORTHONYCHIDAE
    • FAMILY PACHYCEPHALIDAE
    • FAMILY PARADISAEIDAE
    • FAMILY PLATYSTEIRIDAE
    • FAMILY PRIONOPIDAE
    • FAMILY VANGIDAE
    • FAMILY VIREONIDAE
      • Warbling Vireo (Vireo gilvus) - 6 (Perry Lake - 7/19/2025)
      • Red-Eyed Vireo (Vireo olivaceus) - 6 (Perry Lake - 7/18/2025)
  • SUPERFAMILY MELIPHAGIDES
    • FAMILY MELIPHAGIDAE
      • Bluefaced Honeyeater (Entomyzon cyanotis) - SCZ
  • SUPERFAMILY PASSEROIDEA
    • FAMILY DICAEIDAE
    • FAMILY ESTRILDIDAE
      • Cut-Throat Finch (Amadina fasciata) - Omaha Zoo
      • Long-Tailed Grass Finch (Poephila acuticauda)
      • Paradise Whydah (Vidua paradisaea)
    • FAMILY FRINGILLIDAE
      • SUBFAMILY CARDUELINAE
        Cassin's Finch (Haemorhous cassinii)
        St. Elmo, CO, 6/29/2019
        iNat
        House Finch (Haemorhous mexicanus)
        Oregon iNat
        Tallgrass Prairie NP
        Pine Grosbeak (Pinicola enucleator)
        Colorado, 6/30/2019
        iNat
        Pine Siskin (Spinus pinus)
        Chiricahua, 3/26/2025
        St. Elmo, CO, 6/29/2019
        iNat
        • Brown-Capped Rosy Finch (Leucosticte australis) - RMNP
        • Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) - 9 (Chiricahua - 3/26/2025, Bandalier NM)
        • American Goldfinch (Spinus tristis) - Kansas (Perry and Kanopolis Lakes)
      • SUBFAMILY DREPANIDINAE
      • SUBFAMILY EMBERIZINAE
        Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis)
        Perry Lake, KS
        Beaver Lake, AR
        Dickcissel (Spiza americana)
        Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve, 6/19/2018 iNat
        Konza Prairie, 6/3/2018
        • Pyrrhuloxia (Cardinalis sinuatus) - 9 (Saguaro - 3/24/2025)
        • Red-Legged Honeycreeper (Cyanerpes cyaneus) - SCZ
        • Blue Grosbeak (Passerina caerulea) - Konza
        • Indigo Bunting (Passerina cyanea) - 6 (Perry Lake - 2020, 2025, Konza - 2018)
      • SUBFAMILY FRINGILLINAE
      • SUBFAMILY PEUCEDRAMINAE
    • FAMILY ICTERIDAE
      Baltimore Oriole (Icterus galbula)
      Perry Lake, 5/23/2021
      Brown-Headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater)
      Baker Wetlands, 5/24/2017 NOAH
      Perry Lake, KS
      Loess Bluffs NWR
      • Red-Winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) - 6 (Cheyenne Bottoms, Quivira NWR), Baker Wetlands
      • Yellow-Rumped Cacique (Cacicus cela) - Cincinnati Zoo - 2023
      • Brewer's Blackbird (Euphagus cyanocephalus) - California (Eastern Sierra)
      • Hooded Oriole (Icterus cucullatus) - Omaha Zoo - 2021
      • Venezuelan Troupial (Icterus icterus) - Cincinnati Zoo - 2023
      • Scott's Oriole (Icterus parisorum) - Omaha Zoo - 2021
      • Orchard Oriole (Icterus spurius) - Missouri (Loess Bluff NWR)
      • Great-Tailed Grackle (Quiscalus mexicanus) - Sedgwick County, KS
      • Meadowlark (Sturnella) - Konza - 6/3/2018
      • Yellow-Headed Blackbird (Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus) - Cheyenne Bottoms - 5/2/2022
    • FAMILY MELANOCHARITIDAE
    • FAMILY MOTACILLIDAE
      American Pipit (Anthus rubescens)
      Rocky Mountain National Park, 9/21/2017 iNat
    • FAMILY NECTARINIIDAE
    • FAMILY PARAMYTHIIDAE
    • FAMILY PARULIDAE - NEW WORLD WARBLERS
      Wilson's Warbler (Cardellina pusilla)
      New Mexico, 8/29/2020
      Yellow-Rumped Warbler (Setophaga coronata)
      Chiricahua, 3/26/2025
      Rocky Mountain National Park, 9/22/2017 iNat
    • FAMILY PASSERIDAE - OLD WORLD SPARROWS
      All species of Old World Sparrows in the U.S., while quite common, were introduced.
      • House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) - Kansas - 3/16/2021
    • FAMILY PLOCEIDAE
      • White-Headed Buffalo Weaver (Dinemellia dinemelli) - Omaha & St. Louis Zoo - 2022
      • Yellow-Crowned Bishop (Euplectes afer) - Omaha Zoo - 2016
      • Bishop Weavers (Euplectes) - Omaha Zoo - 2016
      • Black-Headed Weaver (Ploceus melanocephalus) - Omaha Zoo - 2021
      • Chestnut Weaver (Ploceus rubiginosus) - Omaha Zoo - 2016
  • SUPERFAMILY SYLVIOIDEA
    • FAMILY ALAUDIDAE
      Horned Lark (Eremophila alpestris)
      Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve, 9/15/2021
    • FAMILY CETTIIDAE
      • Japanese Bush-Warbler (Horornis diphone) - Haleakala NP (non-native, common)
    • FAMILY CISTICOLIDAE
      • Oriole Warbler (Hypergerus atriceps) - SCZ - 2021
    • FAMILY HIRUNDINIDAE - SWALLOWS
      Cliff Swallow (Petrochelidon pyrrhonota)
      Perry Lake, KS, 5/14/2019
      Loess Bluffs NWR, 5/19/2020
      Tree Swallow (Tachycineta bicolor)
      Baker Wetlands, 5/5/2018
      iNat
      • Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) - Widespread
      • Cave Swallow (Petrochelidon fulva) - Big Bend, Carlsbad
      • Purple Martin (Progne subis) - Kansas (Baker Wetlands), Arkansas - 4/12/2021
      • Bank Swallow (Riparia riparia) - Widespread
      • Southern Rough-Winged Swallow (Stelgidopteryx ruficollis) - Florida Keys, Great Basin, Redwoods
      • Northern Rough-Winged Swallow (Stelgidopteryx serripennis) - Widespread
      • Violet-Green Swallow (Tachycineta thalassina) - Mono Lake
    • FAMILY LEIOTHRICHIDAE
      • Hwamei (Garrulax canorus) - Haleakala NP (non-native), San Diego Zoo
      • Blue-Crowned Laughing Thrush (Garrulax courtoisi) - Cincinnati Zoo, 2023
      • White-Crested Laughing Thrush (Garrulax leucolophus) - Omaha Zoo - 2017
    • FAMILY PYCNONOTIDAE
      • Arctic Warbler (Seicercus borealis) - Bering LB & Denali
      • Common Bulbul (Pycnonotus barbatus) - SCZ - 2019
      • White-Cheeked Bulbul (Pycnonotus leucotis) - St. Louis Zoo - 2022
      • Collared Finch-Billed Bulbul (Spizixos semitorques) - SCZ - 2019
    • FAMILY TIMALIIDAE
      • Taiwan Yuhina (Yuhina brunneiceps) - SCZ - 2018
    • FAMILY ZOSTEROPIDAE
      • Haleakala NP (non-native, abundant), Denver Zoo
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