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Order: Passeriformes (part 4)
142 families, 6595 species (53 extinct)
Passeriformes Family Groups on this page:
- Basal Passerid Oscines, 8 families, 76 species (2 extinct)
Family #168
Satinbirds (Cnemophilidae)
- Species: 3
- Distribution: Australasian endemic (New Guinea)
- IOC family #137, HBW family #168, H&M family #138
- Passeriformes Family Group: Basal Passerid Oscines
- wf250 status: 25% members ticked
- OH: 1 seen and photographed, first seen in Papua New Guinea, 2022
- Finding Hints
| Loria’s Satinbird | Cnemophilus loriae | |
| Crested Satinbird | Cnemophilus macgregorii | |
| Yellow-breasted Satinbird | Loboparadisea sericea |
Loria’s Satinbird, Papua New Guinea 2022
Family #169
Berrypeckers and Longbills (Melanocharitidae)
- Species: 12
- Distribution: Australasian endemic (New Guinea)
- IOC family #138, HBW family #167, H&M family #13
- Passeriformes Family Group: Basal Passerid Oscines
- wf250 status: 33% members ticked
- OH: 6 seen, 3 photographed, first seen in Papua New Guinea, 2022
- Finding Hints
| Obscure Berrypecker | Melanocharis arfakiana | .. |
| Black Berrypecker | Melanocharis nigra | .. |
| Mid-mountain Berrypecker | Melanocharis longicauda | . |
| Fan-tailed Berrypecker | Melanocharis versteri | .. |
| Satin Berrypecker | Melanocharis citreola | |
| Streaked Berrypecker | Melanocharis striativentris | |
| Thick-billed Berrypecker | Melanocharis crassirostris | |
| Spotted Berrypecker | Melanocharis piperata | |
| Yellow-bellied Longbill | Toxorhamphus novaeguineae | . |
| Slaty-chinned Longbill | Toxorhamphus poliopterus | |
| Spectacled Longbill | Oedistoma iliolophus | |
| Pygmy Longbill | Oedistoma pygmaeum | . |
1 Obscure Berrypecker, Papua New Guinea; 2 Fan-tailed Berrypecker, Papua New Guinea; 3 Black Berrypecker, Papua New Guinea
Family #170
Wattlebirds (Callaeidae)
- Species: 5 (2 extinct)
- Distribution: Australasian endemic (New Zealand)
- IOC family #140 (New Zealand Wattlebirds), HBW family #165 (New Zealand Wattlebirds), H&M family #139
- Passeriformes Family Group: Basal Passerid Oscines
- wf250 status: 39% members ticked
- OH: 3 seen and photographed, first seen in New Zealand, 2014
- Finding Hints
| North Island Kokako | Callaeas wilsoni | .. |
| South Island Kokako | Callaeas cinereus | (extinct) |
| North Island Saddleback | Philesturnus rufusater | .. |
| South Island Saddleback | Philesturnus carunculatus | .. |
| Huia | Heteralocha acutirostris | (extinct) |
Huia (skin, extinct since 1907, Auckland natural museum, New Zealand)
1 North Island Saddleback, New Zealand; 2 North Island Kokako, New Zealand; 3 South Island Saddleback, New Zealand
Family #171
Stitchbird (Notiomystidae)
- Species: 1
- Distribution: Australasian endemic (New Zealand)
- IOC family #141, HBW family #166, H&M family #140
- Passeriformes Family Group: Basal Passerid Oscines
- wf250 status: 36% members ticked
- OH: 1 seen and photographed, first seen in New Zealand, 2014
- Finding Hints
| Stitchbird | Notiomystis cincta | .. |
Stitchbird, New Zealand 2014a
Family #172
Australasian Robins (Petroicidae)
- Species: 50
- Distribution: Australasian endemic
- IOC family #171, HBW family #172, H&M family #171
- Passeriformes Family Group: Basal Passerid Oscines
- wf250 status: 58% members ticked
- OH: 27 seen, 23 photographed, first seen in Australia, 2013
| Greater Ground-Robin | Amalocichla sclateriana | |
| Lesser Ground-Robin | Amalocichla incerta | .. |
| White-eyed Robin | Pachycephalopsis poliosoma | |
| Green-backed Robin | Pachycephalopsis hattamensis | |
| Garnet Robin | Eugerygone rubra | . |
| Tomtit | Petroica macrocephala | .. |
| Chatham Robin | Petroica traversi | |
| North Island Robin | Petroica longipes | .. |
| South Island Robin | Petroica australis | .. |
| Subalpine Robin | Petroica bivittata | |
| Snow Mountain Robin | Petroica archboldi | |
| Norfolk Robin | Petroica multicolor | |
| Red-capped Robin | Petroica goodenovii | .. |
| Pacific Robin | Petroica pusilla | |
| Rose Robin | Petroica rosea | .. |
| Pink Robin | Petroica rodinogaster | |
| Flame Robin | Petroica phoenicea | |
| Scarlet Robin | Petroica boodang | .. |
| Canary Flyrobin | Devioeca papuana | .. |
| Olive Flyrobin | Kempiella flavovirescens | .. |
| Yellow-legged Flyrobin | Kempiella griseoceps | |
| Yellow-bellied Flyrobin | Cryptomicroeca flaviventris | |
| Torrent Flyrobin | Monachella muelleriana | .. |
| Golden-bellied Flyrobin | Microeca hemixantha | |
| Lemon-bellied Flyrobin | Microeca flavigaster | .. |
| Jacky-winter | Microeca fascinans | .. |
| Southern Scrub-Robin | Drymodes brunneopygia | .. |
| Northern Scrub-Robin | Drymodes superciliaris | |
| Papuan Scrub-Robin | Drymodes beccarii | . |
| Gray-headed Robin | Heteromyias cinereifrons | .. |
| Black-capped Robin | Heteromyias armiti | .. |
| Arfak Robin | Heteromyias albispecularis | |
| Black-chinned Robin | Heteromyias brachyurus | |
| Black-throated Robin | Plesiodryas albonotata | . |
| Black-sided Robin | Poecilodryas hypoleuca | |
| White-browed Robin | Poecilodryas superciliosa | |
| Buff-sided Robin | Poecilodryas cerviniventris | |
| Dusky Robin | Melanodryas vittata | |
| Hooded Robin | Melanodryas cucullata | .. |
| White-rumped Robin | Melanodryas bimaculata | |
| Mangrove Robin | Melanodryas pulverulenta | . |
| White-winged Robin | Melanodryas sigillata | .. |
| Blue-gray Robin | Melanodryas cyanus | .. |
| Smoky Robin | Melanodryas cryptoleuca | |
| Banded Yellow Robin | Eopsaltria placens | |
| Eastern Yellow Robin | Eopsaltria australis | .. |
| Western Yellow Robin | Eopsaltria griseogularis | .. |
| White-breasted Robin | Eopsaltria georgiana | .. |
| Pale-yellow Robin | Eopsaltria capito | .. |
| White-faced Robin | Eopsaltria leucops | .. |
1 South Island Robin, New Zealand; 2 Scarlet Robin, Australia; 3 Red-capped Robin, Australia; 4 Lemon-bellied Flycatcher, Australia; 5 Gray-headed Robin, Australia; 6 Rose Robin, Australia; 7 Southern Scrub Robin, Australia; 8 Eastern Yellow Robin, Australia; 9 Yellow-bellied Flyrobin, New Caledonia; 10 Pale-yellow Robin, Australia; 11 Western Yellow Robin, Australia; 12 Hooded Robin, Australia; 13 White-breasted Robin, Australia; 14 Jacky Winter, Australia; 15 North Island Robin, New Zealand; 16 Tomtit, New Zealand
17 Papuan Flycatcher, Papua New Guinea; 18 White-winged Robin, PNG; 19 White-faced Robin, PNG; 20 Lesser Ground-Robin, PNG; 21 Ashy Robin, PNG; 22 Blue-gray Robin, PNG; 23 Olive Flyrobin, PNG; 24 Torrent Flycatcher, PNG
Family #173
Rockfowl (Picathartidae)
- Species: 2
- Distribution: Afrotropical endemic (West Africa)
- IOC family #172, HBW family #169, H&M family #170 (Rockfowl, Rockjumper and Rail-babbler)
- Passeriformes Family Group: Basal Passerid Oscines
- wf250 status: 45% members ticked
- OH: 1 seen and photographed, first seen in Ghana, 2016
- Finding Hints
| White-necked Rockfowl | Picathartes gymnocephalus | .. |
| Gray-necked Rockfowl | Picathartes oreas |
White-necked Rockfowl, Ghana 2016
Family #174
Rockjumpers (Chaetopidae)
- Species: 2
- Distribution: Afrotropical endemic (South Africa)
- IOC family #173, HBW family #171, H&M family #170 (Rockfowl, Rockjumper and Rail-babbler)
- Passeriformes Family Group: Basal Passerid Oscines
- wf250 status: 48% members ticked
- OH: 1 seen and photographed, first seen in South Africa, 2014
- Finding hints
| Cape Rockjumper | Chaetops frenatus | .. |
| Drakensberg Rockjumper | Chaetops aurantius |
Cape Rockjumper, South Africa 2014
Family #175
Rail-babbler (Eupetidae)
- Species: 1
- Distribution: Indomalayan endemic
- IOC family #174, HBW family #170, H&M family #170 (Rockfowl, Rockjumper and Rail-babbler)
- Passeriformes Family Group: Basal Passerid Oscines
- wf250 status: 29% members ticked
- OH: 1 seen and photographed, first seen in Sarawak, Borneo, 2023
- Finding Hints
| Malaysian Rail-babbler | Eupetes macrocerus | .. |
Malaysian Rail-babbler, Sarawak, Borneo 2023
