Near passerine
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Near passerine is a term often given to those land birds most closely related to the true passerines in the order Passeriformes, which corresponds to some extent with the Anomalogonatae of Beddard. Whether all of these orders represent relatives of the Passeriformes or not is uncertain.
Rainbow Bee-eater
They comprise:
Order Pterocliformes
Order Columbiformes
Order Psittaciformes
Order Cuculiformes
Order Strigiformes
Order Caprimulgiformes
Order Apodiformes
Order Coliformes
Order Trogoniformes
Order Coraciiformes
- kingfishers, todies, motmots, bee-eaters, Cuckoo Rollers, ground rollers, rollers hornbills, and Hoopoe.
Order Piciformes