Near passerine
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Near passerine or higher land-bird assemblage are terms often given to arboreal birds or those most often believed to be related to the true passerines (order Passeriformes) due to ecological similarities; the group corresponds to some extent with the Anomalogonatae of Beddard. All near passerines are land birds. Whether all of these orders represent relatives of the Passeriformes is uncertain, but not supported by modern genetics.
They comprise the following orders
- Pterocliformes
- Columbiformes
- Psittaciformes
- Cuculiformes
- Strigiformes
- Caprimulgiformes
- Apodiformes
- Coliiformes
- Trogoniformes
- Coraciiformes
- Piciformes
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