Near passerine - Definition and Overview

Near passerine is a term often given to those land birds most closely related to the true passerines in the order Passeriformes

Rainbow Bee-eater

They comprise

Order Pterocliformes

• sandgrouse

Order Columbiformes

• dodos, pigeons and doves

Order Psittaciformes

• cockatoos and parrots

Order Cuculiformes

• turacos and cuckoos

Order Strigiformes

• owls

Order Caprimulgiformes

• Oilbird, frogmouths, potoos, owlet nightjars and nightjars

Order Apodiformes

• swifts, tree swifts and hummingbirds

Order Coliformes

• mousebirds

Order Trogoniformes

• trogons

Order Coraciiformes

• kingfishers, todies, motmots, bee-eaters, Cuckoo Rollers, ground rollers, rollers hornbills, and Hoopoe.

Order Piciformes

• jacamars, puffbirds, barbets, honeyguides, toucans and woodpeckers

See also

• List of birds