Description
Family Passeridae
A Family of small passerines with plum brown or grey bodies, short tails, and stubby, powerful beaks .
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
)
- Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
)
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
)
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
)
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
)
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
)
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
)
- Auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
)
- Goodrich, 1930
- Class:
Aves
(
)
- Linnaeus, 1758
- Birds
- Subclass:
Neornithes
(
)
- Gadow, 1893
- Infraclass:
Neoaves
(
)
- Superorder:
Passerimorphae
(
)
- Order:
Passeriformes
(
)
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- Perching Birds
- Suborder:
Passeri
(
)
- Parvorder:
Passerida
(
)
- Superfamily:
Passeroidea
(
)
- Family:
Passeridae
(
)
- True Sparrows
- Subfamily:
Estrildinae
(
)
- Tribe:
Estrildini
(
)
- Genus:
Amadina
(
)
- (J.F. Gmelin, 1789)
- Specific name:
poensis
- Fraser 1843
- Scientific name: - Amadina poensis Fraser 1843
- Specific name:
poensis
- Fraser 1843
- Genus:
Amadina
(
- Tribe:
Estrildini
(
- Subfamily:
Estrildinae
(
- Family:
Passeridae
(
- Superfamily:
Passeroidea
(
- Parvorder:
Passerida
(
- Suborder:
Passeri
(
- Order:
Passeriformes
(
- Superorder:
Passerimorphae
(
- Infraclass:
Neoaves
(
- Subclass:
Neornithes
(
- Class:
Aves
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Similar Species
Members of the genus Amadina
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 16 species and subspecies in this genus:
A. bicolor · A. cantans · A. castanotis · A. erythrocephala (Red-Headed Finch) · A. erythrocephala erythrocephala (Red-Headed Finch) · A. erythrocephala ssp · A. fasciata (Cut-Throat Weaver) · A. fasciata alexanderi · A. fasciata fasciata (Out Throat Weaver) · A. fasciata meridionalis · A. insularis · A. marginalis · A. modesta · A. poensis · A. sharpii · A. sudanensis
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Further Reading
- Arsberattelse om Zoologiens Framsteg till Kongl. Vetenskaps Akademien afgiven af Zoologiae Intendenterna. url p. 191.
- Birds from Gabon and Moyen Congo [by] Austin L. Rand, Herbert Friedmann [and] Melvin A. Traylor, Jr. [Chicago]Chicago Natural History Museum, 1959. ENG url p. 402.
- Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. London, 1874-98. ENG url p. 262.
- Ibis. [London]Published for the British Ornithologists' Union by Academic Press. ENG url p. 309, p. 310.
- Memorie della Reale accademia delle scienze di Torino Torino: Stamperia reale, 1818-1942. ITA url p. 100.
- Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. [Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia] ENG url p. 138.
Notes
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 268043
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 2104053
