| Eupasserines | |
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| File:Eupasseres diversity.png | |
| Diversity of Eupasseres. | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Clade: | Inopinaves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| (unranked): | Eupasseres Ericson, et. al. (2002) |
| Type species | |
| Fringilla domestica Linnaeus, 1758 | |
| Groups | |
| Diversity | |
| Roughly 100 families, around 5,400 species | |
Eupasserines, Eupasseres is a suborder of passerines. It contains the suboscines and oscines. It is sister to Acanthisitti.
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From Greek ευ eu fine, good. Used to denote in English vernacular "true";[1] Latin passer, passeris sparrow.[2] |
References[]
- ^ eu-. (2017, April 27). Wiktionary, The Free Dictionary. Retrieved 08:45, May 5, 2017 from https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=eu-&oldid=42725660.
- ^ Jobling, J. (2015). In: del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.), eds. "Passer". Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
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