The feet of the black-capped chickadee coming to your feeder this morning are those of a passerine, a perching bird. About half of the birds in the world are passerines.

We now have a well resolved and well sampled molecular framework, including more than 700 passerine bird species. This is ideal for advancing the understanding of island biogeography, island evolution ...

Birds were an important source of food for hunter-gatherer communities in Upper Mesopotamia at the beginning of the Neolithic period, around 9,000 years BCE. This is shown in a new study by SNSB ...

Passerine bird takes advantage of human settlements. ScienceDaily. Retrieved April 7, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2023 / 02 / 230222115916.htm. Max-Planck-Gesellschaft.