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
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)
- 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
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)
- Tribe:
Estrildini
(
)
- Genus:
Cryptospiza
(
)
- Sharpe, 1902
- Specific name:
reichenovii
- Subspecies:
kilimensis
- Scientific name: - Cryptospiza reichenovii kilimensis
- Subspecies:
kilimensis
- Specific name:
reichenovii
- Genus:
Cryptospiza
(
- 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 Cryptospiza
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 16 species and subspecies in this genus:
C. ansorgei · C. australis · C. capistrata · C. jacksoni (Dusky Crimson-Wing) · C. ocularis · C. reichenovii (Red-Faced Crimson-Wing) · C. reichenovii australis · C. reichenovii kilimensis · C. reichenowi · C. reichenowi ocularis · C. salvadorii (Abyssinian Crimson-Wing) · C. salvadorii kilimensis · C. salvadorii ruwenzori · C. salvadorii salvadorii (Abyssinian Crimson-Wing) · C. sharpei · C. shelleyi (Shelley's Crimson-Wing)
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Notes
Identifiers
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 2596055
