#clade level

[best-bird-tournament]

Nine-primaried oscine clade - round 2

Which is the best bird?

'I'iwi

Rose-bellied bunting

Cerulean warbler

Red-winged blackbird

Chestnut-backed tanager

Voting ended onJan 4

[best-bird-tournament]

Nine-primaried oscine clade - round 1, section 1

Which is the best bird?

Cerulean warbler

Dark-eyed junco

Chestnut-backed tanager

Hispaniolan spindalis

Rosy thrush-tanager

Red-winged blackbird

Snow bunting

Yellow-breasted chat

Voting ended onDec 26, 2025

The Passeroidea superfamily is enormous, so this mid-level clade is included to help us narrow things down! The nine-primaried oscine group is named because these birds have only nine easily visible primary feathers visible on each wing.

[best-bird-tournament]

Non-erectile Phasianinae pheasants

Which is the best bird?

Crimson-headed partridge

Green-legged partridge

Painted spurfowl

Indian peafowl

Red junglefowl/Chicken

Palawan peacock pheasant

Voting ended onSep 21, 2025

This is one of two clades in the large subfamily Phasianinae.

[best-bird-tournament]

Nine-primaried oscine clade - round 1, section 2

Which is the best bird?

Somali bunting

Oriente warbler

Black-crowned palm tanager

Eurasian bullfinch

Rose-bellied bunting

Wrenthrush

Red-billed pied tanager

'I'iwi

Puerto Rican tanager

Crested bunting

Voting ended onDec 27, 2025

The Passeroidea superfamily is enormous, so this mid-level clade is included to help us narrow things down! The nine-primaried oscine group is named because these birds have only nine easily visible primary feathers visible on each wing.

[best-bird-tournament]

Erectile Phasianinae pheasants

Which is the best bird?

Common pheasant

Golden pheasant

Willow ptarmigan

Greater sage-grouse

Himalayan monal

Snow partridge

Blood pheasant

Tibetan pheasant

Long-billed partridge

Koklass pheasant

Voting ended onSep 21, 2025

This is one of two clades in the large subfamily Phasianinae.