Passeriform: References & Edit History
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Specialized works and technical review articles include Peter L. Ames, The Morphology of the Syrinx in Passerine Birds (1971); Charles G. Sibley, A Comparative Study of the Egg-White Proteins of Passerine Birds (1970); K.E.L. Simmons, “Anting and the Problem of Self-Stimulation,” Journal of Zoology, 149:145–162 (1966); and E.F. Potter, “Anting in Wild Birds: Its Frequency and Probable Purpose,” Auk, 87:692–713 (1970). Taxonomic works include Jean Delacour and Charles Vaurie, A Classification of the Oscines (Aves) (1957); and Ernst Mayr and J.C. Greenway, Jr., “Sequence of Passerine Families,” Breviora, vol. 58 (1956).
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Article History
| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Article title updated for style. | Nov 13, 2026 | ||
| Invalidated site: The University of New Mexico - Searchable Ornithological Research Archive - Monophyly of the Passeriformes: Test of a Phylogenetic Hypothesis. | Sep 04, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: BMC Ecology and Evolution - Dating the diversification of the major lineages of Passeriformes (Aves). | Aug 29, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: BMC Ecology and Evolution - Dating the diversification of the major lineages of Passeriformes (Aves). | Jan 30, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Dating the diversification of the major lineages of Passeriformes (Aves). | Nov 21, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: PNAS - Biological Sciences - Earth history and the passerine superradiation. | Sep 25, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: CORE - A comparison of success rates of introduced passeriform birds in New Zealand, Australia and the United States (PDF). | Aug 16, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Cell Press - Current Biology - Passerine birds. | Jul 04, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: New Hampshire Public Television - Wildlife Journal Junior - Passeriformes - Perching Birds. | May 22, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Nature - The earliest Tyrannida (Aves, Passeriformes), from the Oligocene of France. | Feb 02, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: The University of New Mexico - Searchable Ornithological Research Archive - Monophyly of the Passeriformes: Test of a Phylogenetic Hypothesis. | Nov 17, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Academia - Evolution, biogeography, and patterns of diversification in passerine birds (PDF). | Mar 25, 2023 | ||
| Added cross-reference. | Feb 10, 2023 | ||
| Changed “wood warblers (Parulidae) were established by the this time” to “wood warblers (Parulidae) were established by this time.” | Jan 20, 2021 | ||
| Media added. | Aug 01, 2016 | ||
| Added video. | May 27, 2015 | ||
| Replaced photograph. | May 28, 2014 | ||
| Added video and image of red-billed queleas. | Mar 04, 2014 | ||
| Added image of a greater double-collared sunbird. | Apr 19, 2012 | ||
| Geologic time data updated. | Sep 11, 2009 | ||
| Table comparing three different ways passeriforms are classified added. | Mar 24, 2009 | ||
| Added new Web site: Zipcode Zoo - Passeriformes. | Feb 05, 2009 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Jul 10, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: Integrated Taxonomic Information System - Passeriformes. | Oct 09, 2007 | ||
| Article revised. | Dec 01, 2000 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Aug 23, 1998 |
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