English > Passeres: 1 sense > noun 1, animal| Meaning | Two names for the suborder of typical songbirds. |
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| Synonyms | Oscines, suborder Oscines, suborder Passeres |
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| Member of | Passeriformes, order Passeriformes | largest order of birds comprising about half the known species |
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| Members | Alaudidae, family Alaudidae | Larks |
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| Artamidae, family Artamidae | wood swallows |
| Bombycillidae, family Bombycillidae | A family of birds of the suborder Oscines |
| Certhiidae, family Certhiidae | creepers |
| Cinclidae, family Cinclidae | water ouzels |
| Coerebidae, family Coerebidae, Dacninae, family Dacninae | The honeycreepers |
| Corvidae, family Corvidae | crow |
| Cracticidae, family Cracticidae | Australian birds formerly included in the family Laniidae |
| Drepanididae, family Drepanididae | Hawaiian honeycreepers |
| Fringillidae, family Fringillidae | finches |
| Hirundinidae, family Hirundinidae | swallows and martins |
| Icteridae, family Icteridae | American orioles |
| Irenidae, family Irenidae | A family of birds of the suborder Oscines |
| Laniidae, family Laniidae | shrikes |
| Meliphagidae, family Meliphagidae | honey eaters |
| Mimidae, family Mimidae | sometimes considered a subfamily of Troglodytidae |
| Motacillidae, family Motacillidae | pipits and wagtails |
| Muscicapidae, family Muscicapidae | Old World (true) flycatchers |
| Oriolidae, family Oriolidae | Old World orioles |
| Paradisaeidae, family Paradisaeidae | birds of paradise |
| Paridae, family Paridae | titmice and chickadees |
| Parulidae, family Parulidae | New World warblers |
| Passeridae, family Passeridae | true sparrows |
| Ploceidae, family Ploceidae | weaverbirds |
| Prunellidae, family Prunellidae | hedge sparrow |
| Ptilonorhynchidae, family Ptilonorhynchidae | bowerbirds |
| Sittidae, family Sittidae | nuthatches |
| Sturnidae, family Sturnidae | Old World starlings |
| Sylviidae, family Sylviidae | In some classifications considered a subfamily (Sylviinae) of the family Muscicapidae |
| Thraupidae, family Thraupidae | tanagers |
| Timaliidae, family Timaliidae | babblers |
| Turdidae, family Turdidae | thrushes |
| Vireonidae, family Vireonidae | small insectivorous American songbirds |
| Xenicidae, family Xenicidae, Acanthisittidae, family Acanthisittidae | Alternative names for the family comprising the New Zealand wrens |
| oscine, oscine bird | passerine bird having specialized vocal apparatus |
| Broader | animal order | The order of animals |
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| Spanish | Oscines, paseriformes, Passeres, suborden Oscines, suborden Passeres |
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| Catalan | passeriformes |
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