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Yellow-breasted Boatbill
Julatten, Qld
Yellow-breasted Boatbill
Wongabell, Qld
Passeriformes ...
passerines
More than half of all bird species are Passeriformes - more than 6500 known species in 140 families. Australia has about 340 passerines, Sri Lanka about 120. Curiously only one passerine, the Zitting Cisticola, is native to both countries. Also shared are the House Sparrow (feral in both countries), Nutmeg Mannikin or Scaly-breasted Munia (native to most of tropical Asia, feral in Australia) and the Common Mynah (native to India and several nearby countries, feral in Australia but descended from ancestors introduced from northern India and quite different to the Sri Lankan form). There are also rarities like the wagtails (reasonably common in Sri Lanka and very rare or vagrant in Australia), and several very similar recently split species, for example the Australasian Pippit which was only recently split from Richard’s Pippit.
Pittidae
pittas
Ptilonorhynchidae
catbirds and bowerbirds
Climacteridae
treecreepers
Maluridae
fairy-wrens
Dasyornithidae
bristlebirds
Meliphagidae
honeyeaters
Pardalotidae
pardalotes
Acanthizidae
thornbills, gerygones, scrubwrens and allies
Pomatostomidae
babblers
Neosittidae
sittellas
Oriolidae
orioles
Oreoicidae
bellbirds
Falcunculidae
shrike-tit
Pachycephalidae
whistlers, shrike-thrushes and allies
Psophodidae
whipbirds and wedgebills
Campephagidae
cuckoo-shrikes and trillers
Artamidae
woodswallows, butcherbirds, magpies and currawongs
Machaerirhynchidae
boatbills
Rhipiduridae
fantails
Dicruridae
drongos
Monarchidae
monarch flycatchers
Laniidae
shrikes
Corvidae
crows and ravens
Corcoracidae
White-winged Chough and Apostlebird
Petroicidae
robins
Dicaeidae
flowerpeckers
Nectariniidae
sunbirds
Estrildidae
estralid finches
Passeridae
finches and sparrows
Motacillidae
pipits and wagtails
Fringillidae
true finches
Alaudidae
larks
Cisticolidae
cisticolas, prinias, tailorbird
Locustillidae
songlarks and grassbirds
Acrocephalidae
reed warblers
Hirundinidae
swallows and martins
Pycnonotidae
bulbuls
Timaliidae
old-world babblers
Leiothrichidae
laughing thrushes
Sylviidiae
old-world warblers
Zosteropidae
white-eyes
Turdidae
thrushes
Muscicapidae
old-world flycatchers
Sturnidae
starlings and mynahs
Passeriformes
passerines (493)
Other birds
Songbirds
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