Near passerine or higher land-bird assemblage are terms of traditional, pre-cladistic taxonomy that have often been given to tree-dwelling birds or those most often believed to be related to the true passerines (order Passeriformes) due to ecological similarities; the group corresponds to some extent with the Anomalogonatae of Alfred Henry Garrod.
Video Near passerine
Biology
All near passerines are land birds. However, molecular data does not support the traditional arrangement; it is now clear that "near passerines" and "higher landbirds" are not synonymous.
Per Ericson and colleagues, in analysing genomic DNA, revealed a lineage comprising Passerines, Psittaciformes and Falconiformes.
Maps Near passerine
Orders
The near passerines traditionally comprise the following orders (with common names of some families in the orders):
- Pterocliformes: sandgrouse
- Columbiformes: pigeons
- Psittaciformes: parrots
- Cuculiformes: cuckoos
- Caprimulgiformes: nightjars
- Apodiformes: swifts, hummingbirds
- Coliiformes: mousebirds
- Trogoniformes: trogons, quetzals
- Coraciiformes: kingfishers, hornbills
- Piciformes: woodpeckers, toucans
Of these, the Pterocliformes (sandgrouse), Columbiformes (pigeons), Cuculiformes (cuckoos), Caprimulgiformes (nightjars), and Apodiformes (swifts, hummingbirds) are no longer recognized as near-passerines. The true near-passerine families are, in fact, the Psittaciformes (parrots), the Falconiformes (falcons), and the Cariamiformes (seriemas). These three orders, together with the Passeriformes make up the Australaves. Sister to the Australaves are the Afroaves (see Telluraves).
See also
- List of birds
References
- Johansson, Ulf S. & Ericson, Per G. P. (2003): Molecular support for a sister group relationship between Pici and Galbulae (Piciformes sensu Wetmore 1960). J. Avian Biol. 34(2): 185-197. doi:10.1034/j.1600-048X.2003.03103.x PDF fulltext
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