Basal Passeroidea

Basal Passeroidea is a grouping of six families of birds. It is shown to show the relationships between the other group of passeroids, the nine-primaried oscines.

Families

 * Promeropidae: Sugarbirds
 * Arcanatoridae: Dapple-throat and allies
 * Dicaeidae: Flowerpeckers
 * Nectariniidae: Sunbirds
 * Irenidae: Fairy-bluebirds
 * Chloropseidae: Leafbirds