Near passerine is a term often given to those birds most closely related to the true passerines (order Passeriformes); 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 or not is uncertain.

They comprise the following orders

• Pterocliformes
• Columbiformes
• Psittaciformes
• Cuculiformes
• Strigiformes
• Caprimulgiformes
• Apodiformes
• Coliiformes
• Trogoniformes
• Coraciiformes
• Piciformes

See also

• List of birds

Birds