Eupasserine
| Eupasserine | |
|---|---|
| A Sri Lanka blue magpie (Urocissa ornata), representing suborder Passeri, the Songbirds or Oscines. | |
| An Indian pitta (Pitta brachyura), representing suborder Tyranni, the Suboscines. | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Clade: | Eupasseres Ericson, et al. (2002) |
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Eupasserines are passerines in the clade Eupasseres. The clade contains all passerines except the New Zealand wrens (Acanthisitti), to which they are sister.
The origin of the word is the prefix 'eu-', meaning 'true' or 'genuine', and 'passeres', referring to passerines. So Eupasseres means 'true passerines', as an exception to the ancient lineage of Acanthisitti.
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