Commons:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds/Passeriformes

Gallery of Passeriformes (Passerines) This page is a gallery of featured pictures that the community has chosen to be highlighted as some of the finest on Commons. Other galleries containing featured pictures of birds: Accipitriformes Anseriformes Charadriiformes Coraciiformes Passeriformes  · Corvidae · Fringillidae · Hirundinidae · Meliphagidae  · Muscicapidae · Passerellidae · Tyrannidae · Other Passeriformes Pelecaniformes Other birds IOC Classification: Domain: Eukaryota • Regnum: Animalia • Phylum: Chordata • Cladus: Reptilia • Cladus: Archosauria • Classis: Aves • Superordo: Neognathae • Ordo: Passeriformes Linnaeus, 1758 Order : Passeriformes (Passerines) Family : Acanthizidae (Australasian Warblers) Acanthiza apicalis (Inland Thornbill) ♀ Sericornis frontalis (White-browed Scrubwren) ♀ Sericornis frontalis (White-browed Scrubwren) Dunnock on a fence post Brown creeper at a banding station (90455) Top See also: Acanthizidae (category) Galleries   Family : Acrocephalidae (Leaf, or Marsh Warblers) Sedge warbler (Acrocephalus schoenobaenus) 3 Hypolais polyglotte Haouaria012 Top See also: Acrocephalidae (category) Galleries   Family : Aegithalidae (Long-tailed Tits) Aegithalos caudatus (Long-tailed Tit) Long-tailed tit Gennevilliers 01 Long-tailed tit Gennevilliers 2022 02 25 Long-tailed tit Gennevilliers 2022 03 18 Aegithalos caudatus (with feathers to pad the nest), Lodz (Poland) Top See also: Aegithalidae (category) Galleries   Family : Alaudidae (Larks) Alauda arvensis (Eurasian Skylark) Galerida cristata (Crested Lark) North African Thekla's lark (Galerida theklae carolinae) Gabes Ammomane élégante Jbil Alouette de Clotbey Jebil NP Cochevis huppé Gbollat ভরতপক্ষী (Alauda gulgula), লালগঞ্জ, দক্ষিণ চব্বিশ পরগনা, পশ্চিমবঙ্গ, DSC6316 Top See also: Alaudidae (category) Galleries   Family : Artamidae (Black-faced Woodswallow) Artamus superciliosus male 2 - Bushells Lagoon Strepera fuliginosa (Black Currawong) Artamus superciliosus female - Bushells Lagoon Black-faced Woodswallow 1 - Sturt National Park Top See also: Artamidae (category) Galleries   Family : Bombycillidae (Waxwings and allies) Bombycilla cedrorum (Cedar Waxwing) Cedar waxwing in pokeweed (10132) Top See also: Bombycillidae (category) Galleries   Family : Buphagidae (Oxpeckers) Buphagus africanus africanus (Yellow-billed oxpeckers) on zebra Buphagus erythrorhynchus (Red-billed oxpecker) on impala Top See also: Buphagidae (category) Galleries   Family : Callaeidae (New Zealand Wattlebirds) Philesturnus rufusater (North Island Saddleback) Top See also: Callaeidae (category) Galleries   Family : Cardinalidae (Cardinals, Grosbeaks, Saltators and Allies) ♂ Pheucticus ludovicianus (Rose-breasted Grosbeak) ♀ Pheucticus ludovicianus (Rose-breasted Grosbeak) Western tanager in Chelsea (75305)2-2 Northern cardinal female in CP (02035) Male northern cardinal in Central Park (52612) Cardinal (86755) Top See also: Cardinalidae (category) Galleries   Family : Cisticolidae (Cisticolas) Zitting cisticola feeding its chicks Plain prinia (49385881393) Top See also: Cisticolidae (category) Galleries   Family : Corcoracidae (Australian mudnesters) Apostlebird - Bimbi Top See also: Corcoracidae (category) Galleries   Family : Cotingidae (Cotingas) Top See also: Cotingidae (category) Galleries   Family : Dasyornithidae (Bristlebirds) Eastern Bristlebird - Penrith Top See also: Dasyornithidae (category) Galleries   Family : Dicaeidae (Flowerpeckers) ♂ Dicaeum ignipectus (Fire-breasted flowerpecker) Phulchowki Dicaeum hirundinaceum (Mistletoebird, Round Hill Nature Reserve) Top See also: Dicaeidae (category) Galleries   Family : Emberizidae (Buntings) Emberiza hortulana (Ortolan Bunting) ♂ Emberiza melanocephala (Black-headed Bunting) Emberiza spodocephala (Black-faced Bunting) Top See also: Emberizidae (category) Galleries   Family : Estrildidae (Estrildid Finch) Stagonopleura guttata (Diamond Firetail) ♂ Amadina erythrocephala (Red-headed Finch) Neochmia temporalis (Red-browed Finch) Taeniopygia bichenovii (Double-barred Finch) Taeniopygia bichenovii 2 - Glen Davis Lavender waxbill (Estrilda caerulescens) Red-browed Finch - Penrith Australian Zebra Finch 0A2A3013 Top See also: Estrildidae (category) Galleries   Family : Eupetidae (Rail-babblers) Spotted Quail-thrush male - Blackheath Top See also: Eupetidae (category) Galleries   Family : Eurylaimidae (Broadbills) Psarisomus dalhousiae (Long-tailed Broadbill) Silver-breasted Broadbill 0A2A9641 Black-and-yellow Broadbill 0A2A8552 Top See also: Eurylaimidae (category) Galleries   Family : Grallariidae (Antpittas) Chestnut-naped antpitta (Grallaria nuchalis) Caldas Crescent-faced antpitta (Grallaricula lineifrons) Caldas Slaty-crowned antpitta (Grallaricula nana occidentalis) Caldas Brown-banded antpitta (Grallaria milleri) Caldas Chestnut-crowned antpitta (Grallaria ruficapilla ruficapilla) Caldas Top See also: Grallariidae (category) Galleries   Family : Icteridae (Icterids) ♂ Agelaius phoeniceus (Red-winged Blackbird) Icterus icterus (Venezuelan Troupial) Icterus icterus (Venezuelan Troupial) Molothrus ater (Brown-headed Cowbird), immature Agelaioides badius )(Baywing) Brown headed cowbird female in JBWR (25487) Common grackle iridescence in CP (43218) Baltimore oriole in GWC (21861) Red-winged blackbird singing (94019) Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus GNP 04 Sturnella neglecta GNP 02 Common grackle in PP (36732) Brown-headed cowbird male (71126) Top See also: Icteridae (category) Galleries   Family : Laniidae (Shrikes) Corvinella corvina (Yellow Billed Shrike) Lanius cabanisi (Long-tailed Fiscals), juveniles Lanius collurio (Red-backed Shrike) Corvinella corvina corvina (Yellow-billed shrike) Lanius collurio (Red-backed Shrike) Neuntöter mit erbeutetem Heupferd im Geo-Naturpark Bergstraße-Odenwald Alcaudón culiblanco (Eurocephalus ruppelli), parque nacional de Tarangire, Tanzania, 2024-05-25, DD 71 Top See also: Laniidae (category) Galleries   Family : Leiothrichidae (Laughingthrushes) ♀ Leiothrix argentauris (Silver-eared Mesia) ♂ Leiothrix argentauris (Silver-eared Mesia) Minla strigula (Bar-throated Minla) Black-crowned Barwing 0A2A7804 Chestnut-eared Laughingthrush 0A2A1831 Red-tailed Laughingthrush 0A2A2723 Top See also: Leiothrichidae (category) Galleries   Family : Locustellidae (Warblers) Rufous Songlark 5779 Top See also: Locustellidae (category) Galleries   Family : Maluridae (Australasian wrens) Variegated Fairy-wren - Kurnell Splendid Fairywren 8352 Dusky Grasswren 0A2A9591 Top See also: Maluridae (category) Galleries   Family : Mimidae (Mockingbirds and Thrashers) Mimus polyglottos (Northern Mockingbird) Brown thrasher in CP (02147) Mockingbird in Bay Ridge (85082) Catbird in Central Park (14585) Northern mockingbird in Green-Wood Cemetery (55669) Gray catbird (85315) Mockingbird on the North Lake Trail (36851) Gray catbird with a berry (16665) Gray catbird watching hawk (42953) Top See also: Mimidae (category) Galleries   Family : Monarchidae (Monarch Flycatchers) Terpsiphone paradisi (Indian Paradise Flycatcher) Black-naped Monarch 0A2A8267 Top See also: Monarchidae (category) Galleries   Family : Motacillidae (Wagtails, Longclaws and Pipits) Anthus novaeseelandiae (Australasian Pipit), chicks Motacilla alba subsp. lugens (White Wagtail) Motacilla cinerea (Grey Wagtail) Anthus rufulus rufulus (Paddyfield pipit) Top See also: Motacillidae (category) Galleries   Family : Nectariniidae (Sunbirds and Spiderhunters) ♂ Cinnyris osea (Palestine sunbird) ♀ Chalcomitra senegalensis lamperti (Scarlet-chested sunbird) ♂ Anabathmis hartlaubii (Príncipe sunbird) ♀ Anabathmis hartlaubii (Príncipe sunbird) ♀ Cinnyris cupreus (Copper sunbird) on Persian silk tree (Albizia julibrissin) Flowerish Sunbird ♀ Cinnyris jugularis flammaxillaris (Olive-backed sunbird) on Phi Phi Island, Thailand Western olive sunbird (Cyanomitra olivacea obscura) juvenile Ankasa 001 Olive-bellied Sunbird starting to fly at Kibale National Park Photo by Giles Laurent 076 Olive-bellied sunbird flying at Kibale National Park Photo by Giles Laurent Top See also: Nectariniidae (category) Galleries   Family : Pachycephalidae (Typical Whistlers) Pachycephala rufiventris (Rufous Whistler) Red-lored Whistler 0A2A8896 Grey Shrikethrush 4084 Top See also: Pachycephalidae (category) Galleries   Family : Panuridae (Bearded Tits) ♂ Panurus biarmicus (Bearded Reedling) Top See also: Panuridae (category) Galleries   Family : Pardalotidae (Pardalotes) Acanthiza pusilla (Austin's Ferry) ♂ Pardalotus punctatus (Spotted Pardalote) Pardalotus striatus (Striated Pardalote) Pardalotus punctatus - Glen Davis Striated Pardalote 0012 Top See also: Pardalotidae (category) Galleries   Family : Paridae (Tits) Cyanistes caeruleus (Eurasian Blue Tit) Cyanistes caeruleus (Eurasian Blue Tit) Cyanistes caeruleus (Eurasian Blue Tit) Cyanistes caeruleus (Eurasian Blue Tit) Lophophanes cristatus (European Crested Tit) Lophophanes cristatus (European Crested Tit) Parus major (Great Tit) Parus minor (Japanese Tit) Poecile montanus (Willow Tit) Sittiparus varius (Varied Tit) Tufted titmouse in Prospect Park (53493) Tufted titmouse fluffed up (46418)crop Black-capped chickadee (33729) Black-capped chickadee (41417) Tufted titmouse (84917) Top See also: Paridae (category) Galleries   Family : Parulidae (New World Warblers) Myioborus torquatus (Collared Whitestart) Setophaga coronata (Yellow-rumped Warbler) Setophaga coronata (Yellow-rumped Warbler) Setophaga pensylvanica (Chestnut-sided Warbler) ♂ Setophaga aestiva (American Yellow Warbler) Blackpoll warbler in GWC (24942) Bay-breasted warbler in Central Park (43472) Black-and-white warbler in Prospect Park (06193)2 Northern waterthrush in Central Park (14717) Ovenbird (90497) Cape May warbler (47145) Leiothlypis peregrina Malus sp JRVdH 01 Yellow-rumped warbler singing (41612) Palm warbler (41597) Black-throated green warbler in PP (14050) Pine warbler (90070) Palm warbler (90385) Top See also: Parulidae (category) Galleries   Family : Passeridae (Old world sparrows) 2016.10.04.-04-Mannheim Vogelstang--Haussperling-Maennchen Montifringilla nivalis (White-winged Snowfinch) Passer domesticus (House Sparrow) Passer montanus (Eurasian Tree Sparrow) Passer montanus malaccensis (Eurasian Tree Sparrow) head Sperling Weibchen-20201025-RM-163340 House sparrow feeding behaviour House sparrows in CP (60060) House sparrow male in Prospect Park (53532) House sparrow Nepal Top See also: Passeridae (category) Galleries   Family : Platysteiridae (Wattle-eyes, batises and shrike-flycatchers) 022 Brown-throated wattle-eye at Kibale forest National Park Photo by Giles Laurent Top See also: Platysteiridae (category) Galleries   Family : Petroicidae (Australasian Robins) Petroica boodang (Scarlet Robin) Petroica longipes (North Island Robin) Petroica longipes (North Island Robin) Petroica phoenicea (Flame Robin) Tregellasia capito subsp. capito (Pale-yellow Robin) Eopsaltria australis - Mogo Campground Pink Robin - Mount Field National Park Red-capped Robin - Bimbi Scarlet Robin female - Blackheath Flame Robin male 1 - Jenolan Caves Eopsaltria australis - Brunkerville Jacky Winter - Glen Davis Scarlet Robin- Mortimer Bay Scarlet Robin - Mortimer Bay Yellow-bellied Flyrobin 0A2A7419 Hooded Robin female 0A2A5956 Melanodryas cucullata - Glen Davis Southern Scrub-Robin 0A2A1672 Top See also: Petroicidae (category) Galleries   Family : Phylloscopidae (Leaf warblers) 2017.05.17.-03-Kirschgartshaeuser Schlaege-Mannheim--Zilpzalp Top See also: Phylloscopidae (category) Galleries   Family : Pittidae (Pittas) Pitta versicolor - Kembla Heights Hydrornis irena (Malayan Banded Pitta) ♀ Pitta moluccensis (Blue-winged Pitta) ♂ Pitta oatesi (Rusty-naped Pitta) Pitta sordida (Hooded Pitta) Pitta megarhyncha (Mangrove pitta) Commons:Featured picture candidates/Set/Bornean Banded Pitta Commons:Featured picture candidates/Set/Bornean Banded Pitta Graceful Pitta 0A2A8564 Bar-bellied Pitta Top See also: Pittidae (category) Galleries   Family : Ploceidae (Weavers) Euplectes orix (Southern Red Bishop) ♂ Ploceus cucullatus bohndorffi (Black-headed weaver), nest building Ploceus taeniopterus (Northern masked weaver) female Ploceus cucullatus cucullatus (Village weaver) female ♂ Foudia madagascariensis (Madagascar fody) Ploceus velatus (Southern Masked Weaver) Sociable weaver (Philetairus socius) Príncipe golden weaver (Ploceus princeps) female 2 Vieillot's black weaver (Ploceus nigerrimus castaneofuscus) male on nest Village weaver (Ploceus cucullatus cucullatus) male with leaf Village weaver (Ploceus cucullatus cucullatus) female and male Red-headed weaver (Anaplectes rubriceps leuconotus) male Baglafecht weaver (Ploceus baglafecht baglafecht) male non-breeding Spotted-backed weaver (Ploceus cucullatus spilonotus) male Mauritius Mauritius fody (Foudia rubra) male 2 002 Black-headed weaver building its nest at Kibale forest National Park Photo by Giles Laurent Spectacled weaver (Ploceus ocularis ocularis) male Mbombela 072 Vieillot's black weaver building the start of a nest at Kibale forest National Park Photo by Giles Laurent 074 Black-headed weaver gathering nest material at Kibale forest National Park Photo by Giles Laurent Spectacled Weaver - South Africa - 2023-1 Tejedor de Speke (Ploceus spekei), parque nacional del lago Nakuru, Kenia, 2024-05-18, DD 09 Top See also: Ploceidae (category) Galleries   Family : Pomatostomidae (Australo-Papuan babblers) Pomatostomus superciliosus (White-browed Babbler) Pomatostomus temporalis (Grey-crowned Babblers) Top See also: Pycnonotidae (category) Galleries   Family : Prunellidae (Accentors) Prunella modularis occidentalis (Dunnock) Prunella modularis occidentalis (Dunnock) Top See also: Prunellidae (category) Galleries   Family : Ptilonorhynchidae (Bowerbirds) Western Bowerbird 0A2A0436 Top See also: Ptilonorhynchidae (category) Galleries   Family : Pycnonotidae (Bulbuls) Hypsipetes amaurotis (Brown-eared Bulbul) African Red-Eyed Bulbul 2019-07-25 Hypsipetes amaurotis (Brown-eared Bulbul) Red-whiskered bulbul (Pycnonotus jocosus) Reunion 070 Dark-capped bulbul at Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park Photo by Giles Laurent Black-crested Bulbul West Garo Meghalaya Oct24 A7CR 03835 Top See also: Pycnonotidae (category) Galleries   Family : Regulidae (Kinglets) Regulus regulus (Goldcrest) Golden-crowned kinglet at JBWR (11835) Ruby-crowned kinglet in Green-Wood Cemetery (55761) Golden-crowned kinglet at a banding station (90437) Golden-Crowned Kinglet EBFNWR Top See also: Regulidae (category) Galleries   Family : Scotocercidae (Scrub warblers) Dromoique du désert BouHedma NP Top See also: Scotocercidae (category) Galleries   Family : Sittidae (Nuthatches) Kleiber Sitta europaea-0447 Sitta canadensis (Red-breasted Nuthatch) Sitta canadensis (Red-breasted Nuthatch) Sitta carolinensis (White-breasted Nuthatch) Sitta carolinensis (White-breasted Nuthatch) Sitta europaea (Eurasian Nuthatch) Sitta europaea (Eurasian Nuthatch) White-breasted nuthatch (31195) White-breasted nuthatch (26471) Top See also: Sittidae (category) Galleries   Family : Stenostiridae (Fairy flycatchers) 020 African blue flycatcher at Kibale forest National Park Photo by Giles Laurent 071 African blue flycatcher at Kibale forest National Park Photo by Giles Laurent Top See also: Stenostiridae (category) Galleries   Family : Sturnidae (Starlings) Lamprotornis hildebrandti (Hildebrandt's Starling) Lamprotornis nitens (Cape starling) Lamprotornis nitens (Cape starling) Spodiopsar cineraceus (White-cheeked Starling) Sturnus cineraceus (White-cheeked Starling) Sturnus vulgaris (Common Starling) Gracupica contra (Asian pied starlings) Acridotheres ginginianus (Bank Myna) ♂ Cinnyricinclus leucogaster verreauxi (Violet-backed starling) Chestnut-tailed starling - কাঠ শালিক European starling in CP (33849) European starling at Bodega Head-1209 Bali Myna 0A2A9443 Greater blue-eared starling (Lamprotornis chalybaeus nordmanni) Kruger Violet-backed starling (Cinnyricinclus leucogaster verreauxi) female Giovane storno nel nido Two Chestnut-tailed Starling (Sturnia malabarica) kissing, Satchari National Park (alt) Top See also: Sturnidae (category) Galleries   Family : Sylviidae (Sylviid Warblers) ♂ Sylvia melanocephala (Sardinian Warbler) Fauvette pitchou Ichkeul064 Fauvette du désert Jebil NP Fauvette de l'Atlas Femelle Jebil NP Fauvette à lunettes Aqueduc de Zaghouan Fauvette pitchou Ichkeul NP Top See also: Sylviidae (category) Galleries   Family : Timaliidae (Old World Babblers) White-bibbed Babbler 0A2A3060 Top See also: Timaliidae (category) Galleries   Family : Thraupidae (Tanagers and Allies) Emberizoides herbicola (Wedge-tailed Grass Finch) Sicalis flaveola (Saffron Finch) Sicalis citrina (Stripe-tailed Yellow Finch) Sicalis flaveola (Saffron finch) male Dacnis cayana (Blue Dacnis) White-lined tanager (Tachyphonus rufus) female Paroaria capitata (Yellow-billed Cardinal) Paroaria capitata (Yellow-billed Cardinal) ♀ Sporophila sp. (Seedeater) Cinnamon-bellied flowerpiercer (Diglossa baritula) male on Indian shot (Canna indica) Finca El Pilar Flame-faced tanager (Tangara parzudakii parzudakii) Cundinamarca Hooded mountain tanager (Buthraupis montana cucullata) Caldas Flame-rumped tanager (Ramphocelus flammigerus) female Las Tanagaras Blue-gray tanager (03108)2 Top See also: Thraupidae (category) Galleries   Family : Troglodytidae (Wrens) Cistothorus palustris (Marsh Wren) House wren in JBWR (50039) Marsh wren at Hammonasset Beach (12908) Marsh wren at Hammonasset Beach (12893) Eurasian wren (Troglodytes troglodytes) Eurasian wren Franconville 04 Winter wren on a tree (90538) Eurasian wren 2023 12 31 02 Top See also: Troglodytidae (category) Galleries   Family : Turdidae (Thrushes) Zorzal litsitsirupa (Turdus litsitsirupa), Santuario de Rinocerontes Khama, Botsuana, 2018-08-02, DD 13 ♂ Sialia mexicana (Western Bluebird) ♀ Turdus merula (Common Blackbird) Turdus merula (Common Blackbird) ♀ Turdus merula mauritanicus (Common Blackbird) Turdus merula (Common Blackbirds), 2 days old chicks Turdus merula (Common Blackbird) Juvenile robin (12336) Veery in CP (43277) American robin squeaking (30126) American robin (71307) Hermit thrush (10787) Top See also: Turdidae (category) Galleries   Family : Zosteropidae (White-eyes) Zosterops lateralis (Silvereye) Zosterops japonicus (Japanese White-eye) Zosterops japonicus (Japanese White-eye) Zosterops japonicus (Japanese White-eye) Zosterops japonicus (Japanese White-eye) Mauritius grey white-eye (Zosterops mauritianus) Indian White-eye Sasatgre Meghalaya Oct24 A7CR 03698 Top See also: Zosteropidae (category) Galleries   Unsorted The FPCBot will place images here, they can manually be sorted into more specific sections. When moving away images do not remove the gallery itself and let this section be the last on the page. Warbling vireo (82141)