English > superfamily Tyrannidae: 1 sense > noun 1, animalMeaning | New World tyrant flycatchers most numerous in Central America and South America but also in the United States and Canada. |
---|
Synonym | Tyrannidae |
---|
Member of | Tyranni, suborder Tyranni | New World flycatchers |
---|
Members | Contopus, genus Contopus | pewees |
---|
Cotingidae, family Cotingidae | cotingas |
Muscivora, genus Muscivora | A genus of Tyrannidae |
New World flycatcher, flycatcher, tyrant flycatcher, tyrant bird | large American birds that characteristically catch insects on the wing |
Pittidae, family Pittidae | pittas |
Pyrocephalus, genus Pyrocephalus | A genus of Tyrannidae |
Sayornis, genus Sayornis | phoebes |
Tyrannus, genus Tyrannus | type genus of the Tyrannidae |
Broader | bird family | A family of warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings |
---|