Near passerine is a term often given to those land birds most closely related to the true passerines in the order Passeriformes

They comprise

Order Pterocliformes

Order Columbiformes Order Psittaciformes Order Cuculiformes
  • turacos and cuckoos

Order Strigiformes
  • owls

Order Caprimulgiformes Order Apodiformes
  • swifts, tree swifts and hummingbirds

Order Coliformes
  • mousebirds

Order Trogoniformes
  • trogons

Order Coraciiformes
  • kingfishers, todies, motmots, bee-eaters, Cuckoo Rollers, ground rollers, rollers hornbills, and Hoopoe.

Order Piciformes
  • jacamars, puffbirds, barbets, honeyguides, toucans and woodpeckers

See also list of birds