BIO A simplified phylogeny of major groups of North American passerines (based on Gill 3 rd edition) You are responsible for knowing the following families, as well as the general phylogenetic relationships shown below. Note that these are only North American families To determine the position of other families relative to these see the text website 9-primaried oscines = Parulidae, Icteridae Emberizidae, Thraupidae, Cardinalidae, Fringillidae Motacillidae Passeridae Sittidae, Certhiidae, Troglodytidae, Polioptilidae Bombycillidae, Cinclidae, Turdidae, Sturnidae, Mimidae Regulidae Paridae, Remizidae, Alaudidae, Hirundinidae Vireonidae, Laniidae, Corvidae Tyrannidae (and 12 other families in other parts of the world) Suboscines Oscines Non-passerines
F. Passeridae Old World Sparrows
Motacillidae - Pipits and wagtails
Emberizidae - New World sparrows and relatives Towhees
Emberizidae - New World sparrows and relatives
F Parulidae Wood warblers
Cardinalidae
Family Thraupidae (?) Black and grey bill Dusky auriculars Summer tanager Hepatic Tanager Western Tanager
F. Icteridae -Meadowlarks and bobolink Open grasslands Eastern Western Bobolink
F. Icteridae - Cowbirds Brood parasites Brown-headed male Brown-headed female Bronzed male
F. Icteridae - Marsh-dwelling blackbirds Yellow-headed Red-winged
F. Icteridae - Associated with human modified landscapes Brewer’s blackbird Great-tailed grackle
F. Icteridae - Orioles Desert (Scott’s) and deciduous tree associates Scott’s Hooded Bullock’s