Kingdom Animalia Order Passeriformes Infraorder Passerida Higher classification Passerida Wingspan Carolina wren: 29 cm | Phylum Chordata Suborder Passeri Scientific name Certhioidea Rank Superfamily | |
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Mass Carolina wren: 18 – 23 g, Sedge wren: 10 – 12 g Length Carolina wren: 12 – 14 cm, Bewick's wren: 14 cm, Sedge wren: 10 – 12 cm Lower classifications Wren, Treecreeper, Eurasian wren, Eurasian treecreeper | ||
Nuthatch in a dogwood tree november 14 2015
Certhioidea is a superfamily belonging to the infraorder Passerida containing wrens and their allies. It was created in 2004 by Cracraft et al. to house a clade of four families that were removed from the superfamily Sylvioidea.
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