Neornithes Gadow, 1893 - living birds
   Neognathae Pycraft 1900 see Cohort Neognathae Pycraft, 1900
     Neoaves Sibley et al. 1988 see Subcohort Neoaves Sibley et al., 1988
       [Order] Passeriformes Linnaeus, 1758
         oscines see Suborder Oscines
           1 Family Menuridae Lesson, 1828 - lyrebirds
           2 Family Atrichornithidae Stejneger, 1885 - scrubbirds
           3.1.1 Family Ptilonorhynchidae Gray, 1841 - bowerbirds
           3.1.2 Family Climacteridae de Selys Longchamps, 1839 - Australian treecreepers
           3.2 Family Maluridae Swainson, 1831 - Australasian wrens
           3.3.1 Family Meliphagidae Vigors, 1825 - honeyeaters
           3.3.2 Family Dasyornithidae (Sibley & Ahlquiest, 1985) - bristlebirds
           3.3.3 Family Pardalotidae Strickland, 1842 - pardalotes
           3.3.4 Family Acanthizidae Bonaparte, 1854 - thornbills, gerygones
           3.3.5.1? Family Pomatostomidae Schodde, 1975 - Australasian babblers
           3.3.5.2? Family Orthonychidae Gray, 1840 - logrunners
           3.3.5.3 "Corvida" - corvidans see Parvorder Corvida Sibley et al., 1988
           3.3.5.3.n.1? Family Petroicidae Mathews, 1920 - Australasian robins
           3.3.5.3.n.2 Family Picathartidae Lowe, 1938 - bald crows
           3.3.5.3.n.3 Passerida - passeridans see Parvorder Passerida (C. Linnaeus, 1758) Sibley et al., 1988