Passerea

Passerea is a taxon of neoavian birds that was proposed by Jarvis et al. (2014).^[3] Their genomic analysis recovered two major clades within Neoaves, Passerea and Columbea, and concluded that both clades appear to have many ecologically driven convergent traits.

Phylum:Chordata

Class:Aves

Infraclass:Neognathae

Clade:Neoaves

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Passerea Temporal range: Early Paleocene–Holocene 62–0 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N Possible an early origin based on molecular clock[1]
Beautiful firetail (Stagonopleura bella)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Infraclass:	Neognathae
Clade:	Neoaves
Clade:	Passerea Jarvis et al., 2014
Clades
Strisores Opisthocomiformes Gruimorphae Phaethoquornithes Telluraves Otidimorphae (excluded in the Stiller et al. 2024 analysis)[2]

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According to Jarvis (2014), these convergences include the foot-propelled diving trait of grebes in Columbea with loons and cormorants in Passerea; the wading-feeding trait of flamingos in Columbea with ibises and egrets in Passerea; and pigeons and sandgrouse in Columbea with shorebirds (killdeer) in Passerea. For Jarvis (2014), these long-known trait and morphological alliances suggest that some of the traditional nongenomic trait classifications are based on polyphyletic assemblages.

Passerea was not recovered in other studies.^[4][1]