#order_Passeriformes__Passeriformes  largest order of birds comprising about half the known species: rooks; finches; sparrows; tits; warblers; robins; wrens; swallows; etc.; in four suborders: Eurylaimi; Tyranni; Menurae: Oscines or Passeres
  supertype:  #animal_order  the order of animals
  member of:  #class_Aves
  member:  #passerine__passeriform_bird__passeriformbird  perching birds mostly small and living near the ground with feet having 4 toes arranged to allow for gripping the perch; most are songbirds; hatchlings are helpless
  member:  #suborder_Oscines__Oscines__Passeres__suborder_Passeres  two names for the suborder of typical songbirds
     member:  #oscine_bird__oscine  passerine bird having specialized vocal apparatus
     member:  #family_Meliphagidae__Meliphagidae  honey eaters
        member:  #honey_eater__honeyeater__honeysucker  Australasian bird with tongue and bill adapted for extracting nectar
     member:  #family_Prunellidae__Prunellidae  hedge sparrow
        member:  #genus_Prunella__Prunella  type genus of the Prunellidae
           member:  #accentor  small sparrow-like songbird of mountainous regions of Eurasia
     member:  #family_Alaudidae__Alaudidae  larks
        member:  #lark  any of numerous predominantly Old World birds noted for their singing
        member:  #genus_Alauda__Alauda  type genus of the Alaudidae: skylarks
           member:  #skylark__alaudaarvensi  brown-speckled European lark noted for singing while hovering at a great height
     member:  #family_Motacillidae__Motacillidae  pipits and wagtails
        member:  #genus_Motacilla__Motacilla  type genus of the Motacillidae: wagtails
           member:  #wagtail  Old World bird having a very long tail that jerks up and down as it walks
        member:  #genus_Anthus__Anthus  pipits
           member:  #pipit__titlark__lark  small songbirds resembling larks
     member:  #family_Fringillidae__Fringillidae  finches: goldfinches; bullfinches; chaffinches; siskins; canaries; cardinals; grosbeaks; crossbills; linnets; buntings
        member:  #finch  any of numerous small songbirds with short stout bills adapted for crushing seeds
        member:  #genus_Fringilla__Fringilla  type genus of the Fringillidae: chaffinch, brambling
           member:  #chaffinch__Fringilla_coelebs  small European finch with a cheerful song
           member:  #brambling__Fringilla_montifringilla  Eurasian finch
        member:  #subfamily_Carduelinae__Carduelinae  used in some classifications for a subgroup of finches
        member:  #genus_Carduelis__Carduelis  in some classifications considered the type genus of a subfamily Carduelinae of the Fringillidae: goldfinches; siskins; redpolls; linnets
           member:  #goldfinch__Carduelis_carduelis  small European finch having a crimson face and yellow-and-black wings
           member:  #linnet__Carduelis_cannabina  small Old World finch whose male has a red breast and forehead
           member:  #red_siskin__redsiskin__Carduelis_cucullata  South American species of scarlet finch with black head and wings and tail
           member:  #Carduelis_flammea__redpoll  small siskin-like finch with a red crown
           member:  #redpoll__Carduelis_hornemanni  small siskin-like finch with a red crown
        member:  #genus_Spinus__Spinus  in some classifications considered a subgenus of Carduelis: siskins and New World goldfinches
           member:  #New_world_goldfinch__goldfinch__yellowbird__Spinus_tristis  American finch whose male has yellow body plumage in summer
           member:  #pine_siskin__pine_finch__Spinus_pinus  small finch of North American coniferous forests
        member:  #genus_Carpodacus__Carpodacus  house finches and purple finches
           member:  #house_finch__housefinch__linnet__Carpodacus_mexicanus  small finch originally of the western United States and Mexico
           member:  #purple_finch__Carpodacus_purpureus  North American finch having a raspberry-red head and breast and rump
        member:  #genus_Serinus__Serinus  Old World finches: e.g. canaries and serins
           member:  #canary_bird__canary  any of several small Old World finches
           member:  #serin  any of various brown and yellow finches of pats of Europe
        member:  #genus_Loxia__Loxia  crossbill
           member:  #crossbill__Loxia_curvirostra  finch with a bill whose tips cross when closed
        member:  #genus_Pyrrhula__Pyrrhula  bullfinches
           member:  #bullfinch__Pyrrhula_pyrrhula  common European finch mostly black and white with red throat and breast
        member:  #genus_Junco  American finches
           member:  #junco__snowbird  small North American finch seen chiefly in winter
        member:  #genus_Pooecetes__Pooecetes  a genus of Fringillidae
           member:  #vesper_sparrow__grass_finch__grassfinch__Pooecetes_gramineus  common North American finch noted for its evening song
        member:  #genus_Zonotrichia__Zonotrichia  large New World sparrows
           member:  #white-throated_sparrow__whitethroat__Zonotrichia_albicollis  common North American finch with a white patch on the throat and black-and-white striped crown
           member:  #white-crowned_sparrow__whitecrownedsparrow__Zonotrichia_leucophrys  finch with black-and-white striped crown
        member:  #genus_Spizella__Spizella  chipping sparrow; field sparrow; tree sparrow
           member:  #chipping_sparrow__Spizella_passerina  small North American finch common in urban areas
           member:  #field_sparrow__fieldsparrow__Spizella_pusilla  common North American finch of brushy pasturelands
           member:  #Spizella_arborea__tree_sparrow  finch common in winter in the northern U.S.
        member:  #genus_Melospiza__Melospiza  American song sparrow and swamp sparrow
           member:  #song_sparrow__Melospiza_melodia  small songbird common in North America
           member:  #swamp_sparrow__swampsparrow__Melospiza_georgiana  North American finch of marshy area
        member:  #subfamily_Emberizidae__Emberizidae__subfamily_Emberizinae  buntings and some New World sparrows
           member:  #genus_Passerina__genuspasserina__Passerina  small North American bush-loving finches: New World buntings
              member:  #indigo_bunting__indigo_finch__indigo_bird__Passerina_cyanea  small deep blue North American bunting
           member:  #genus_Emberiza__Emberiza  Old World buntings
              member:  #ortolan_bunting__ortolanbunting__ortolan__Emberiza_hortulana  brownish Old World bunting often eaten as a delicacy
              member:  #reed_bunting__Emberiza_schoeniclus  European bunting inhabiting marshy areas
              member:  #yellowhammer__yellow_bunting__Emberiza_citrinella  European bunting the male being bright yellow
              member:  #yellow-breasted_bunting__Emberiza_aureola  common in Russia and Siberia
           member:  #genus_Plectrophenax__Plectrophenax  snow bunting
              member:  #snow_bunting__snowbird__snowflake__Plectrophenax_nivalis  white arctic bunting
        member:  #genus_Hesperiphona__Hesperiphona  evening grosbeak
           member:  #evening_grosbeak__eveninggrosbeak__Hesperiphona_vespertina  North American grosbeak
        member:  #genus_Coccothraustes__Coccothraustes  large finches
           member:  #hawfinch__Coccothraustes_coccothraustes  a common large finch of Eurasia
        member:  #genus_Pinicola__Pinicola  a genus of Fringillidae
           member:  #pine_grosbeak__Pinicola_enucleator  large grosbeak of coniferous forests of Old and New Worlds
        member:  #genus_Richmondena__Richmondena  cardinals
           member:  #cardinal_grosbeak__cardinal__Richmondena_Cardinalis__Cardinalis_cardinalis__redbird  crested thick-billed North American finch having bright red plumage in the male
        member:  #genus_Pyrrhuloxia  large showy finches related to cardinals
           member:  #pyrrhuloxia__Pyrrhuloxia_sinuata  crested gray-and-red bird of southwest United States and Mexico
        member:  #genus_Pipilo__Pipilo  towhees
           member:  #chewink__Pipilo_erythrophthalmus  common towhee of eastern North America
        member:  #genus_Chlorura__Chlorura  towhees
           member:  #green-tailed_towhee__Chlorura_chlorura  towhee of the Rocky mountain region
     member:  #family_Coerebidae__Coerebidae__Dacninae__family_Dacninae  the honeycreepers
        member:  #honeycreeper  small bright-colored tropical American songbird with a curved bill for sucking nectar
        member:  #genus_Coereba__Coereba  type genus of the Coerebidae
           member:  #banana_quit  any of several honeycreepers
     member:  #family_Passeridae__Passeridae  true sparrows: Old world birds formerly considered weaverbirds
        member:  #true_sparrow__sparrow  any of several small dull-colored singing birds feeding on seeds or insects
        member:  #genus_Passer__Passer  type genus of the Passeridae
           member:  #English_sparrow__house_sparrow__housesparrow__Passer_domesticus  small hardy brown-and-gray bird native to Europe
           member:  #tree_sparrow__Passer_montanus  Eurasian sparrow smaller than the house sparrow
     member:  #family_Ploceidae__Ploceidae  weaverbirds
        member:  #weaver_finch__weaver__weaverbird  finch-like African and Asian colonial birds noted for their elaborately woven nests
        member:  #genus_Ploceus__Ploceus  type genus of the Ploceidae
        member:  #genus_Vidua__Vidua  whydahs
           member:  #whydah__whidah__widow_bird__widowbird  mostly black African weaverbird
        member:  #genus_Padda__Padda  a genus of Ploceidae
           member:  #Java_sparrow__Java_finch__ricebird__Padda_oryzivora  small finch-like Indonesian weaverbird that frequents rice fields
        member:  #genus_Estrilda__Estrilda  avadavats
           member:  #avadavat__amadavat  red Asian weaverbirds often kept as cage birds
        member:  #genus_Poephila__Poephila  grassfinches
           member:  #grassfinch__grass_finch__grassfinch  usually brightly-colored Australian weaverbirds; often kept as cage birds
           member:  #zebra_finch__zebrafinch__Poephila_castanotis  small Australian weaverbird with markings like a zebra's
     member:  #family_Drepanididae__Drepanididae  Hawaiian honeycreepers
        member:  #Hawaiian_honeycreeper__honeycreeper  small to medium-sized finches of the Hawaiian islands
        member:  #genus_Drepanis__Drepanis  a genus of Drepanididae
           member:  #mamo  black honeycreepers with yellow feathers around the tail; now extinct
     member:  #family_Muscicapidae__Muscicapidae  Old World (true) flycatchers
        member:  #Old_World_flycatcher__true_flycatcher__flycatcher  any of a large group of small songbirds that feed on insects taken on the wing
        member:  #genus_Muscicapa__Muscicapa  type genus of the Muscicapidae
           member:  #spotted_flycatcher__spottedflycatcher__Muscicapa_striata__Muscicapa_grisola  common European woodland flycatcher with grayish-brown plumage
        member:  #genus_Pachycephala__Pachycephala  arboreal insectivorous birds
           member:  #thickhead__whistler  Australian and southeastern Asian birds with a melodious whistling call
        member:  #subfamily_Turdinae__Turdinae  alternative classification for the thrushes
           member:  #genus_Sialia__Sialia  North American bluebirds
              member:  #bluebird  blue North American songbird
        member:  #subfamily_Sylviinae__Sylviinae  alternative classification for the Old World warblers
     member:  #family_Turdidae__Turdidae  thrushes; in some classifications considered a subfamily (Turdinae) of the family Muscicapidae
        member:  #thrush  songbirds characteristically having brownish upper plumage with a spotted breast
        member:  #genus_Turdus__Turdus  type genus of the Turdidae
           member:  #missel_thrush__mistle_thrush__mistletoe_thrush__mistletoethrush__Turdus_viscivorus  large European thrush that feeds on mistletoe berries
           member:  #song_thrush__mavis__mavi__throstle__Turdus_philomelos  common Old World thrush noted for its song
           member:  #fieldfare__snowbird__Turdus_pilaris  medium-sized Eurasian thrush seen chiefly in winter
           member:  #redwing__Turdus_iliacus  small European thrush having reddish flanks
           member:  #European_blackbird__blackbird__merl__merle__ouzel__ousel__Turdus_merula  common black European thrush
           member:  #ring_ouzel__ring_blackbird__ring_thrush__Turdus_torquatus  European thrush common in rocky areas; the male has blackish plumage with a white band around the neck
           member:  #American_robin__robin__Turdus_migratorius  large American thrush having a rust-red breast and abdomen
           member:  #clay-colored_robin__Turdus_grayi  robin of Mexico and Central America
        member:  #genus_Hylocichla__Hylocichla  American thrushes: wood thrush; hermit thrush; veery
           member:  #hermit_thrush__Hylocichla_guttata  North American thrush noted for its complex and appealing song
           member:  #veery__Wilson's_thrush__Hylocichla_fuscescens  tawny brown North American thrush noted for its song
        member:  #genus_Luscinia__Luscinia  nightingales
           member:  #nightingale__lusciniamegarhyncho  European songbird noted for its melodious nocturnal song
           member:  #thrush_nightingale__Luscinia_luscinia  large nightingale of eastern Europe
        member:  #genus_Saxicola__Saxicola  Old World chats
           member:  #Old_World_chat__chat  songbirds having a chattering call
        member:  #genus_Myadestes__Myadestes  solitaires
           member:  #solitaire  dull gray North American thrushes noted for its beautiful song
        member:  #genus_Phoenicurus__Phoenicurus  Old World thrushes
           member:  #redstart__redtail  European songbird with a reddish breast and tail; related to Old World robins
        member:  #genus_Oenanthe__Oenanthe  wheatears
           member:  #wheatear  small songbird of northern America and Eurasia having a distinctive white rump
        member:  #genus_Erithacus__Erithacus  Old World thrushes
           member:  #robin_redbreast__robinredbreast__robin__redbreast__Old_World_robin__Erithacus_rubecola  small Old World songbird with a reddish breast
           member:  #bluethroat__Erithacus_svecicus  songbird of northern Europe and Asia
     member:  #family_Sylviidae__Sylviidae  in some classifications considered a subfamily (Sylviinae) of the family Muscicapidae: Old World (true) warblers; American kinglets and gnatcatchers
        member:  #genus_Polioptila__Polioptila  New World gnatcatchers
           member:  #gnatcatcher  very small North and South American warblers
        member:  #genus_Regulus__Regulus  a genus of birds of the family Sylviidae including kinglets
           member:  #kinglet  small birds resembling warblers but having some of the habits of titmice
        member:  #Old_World_warbler__true_warbler  small active brownish or grayish Old World birds
        member:  #genus_Silvia__Silvia  type genus of the Sylviidae: warblers
           member:  #blackcap__Silvia_atricapilla  small brownish-gray warbler with a black crown
        member:  #genus_Phylloscopus__Phylloscopus  warblers
        member:  #genus_Acrocephalus__Acrocephalus  a genus of Sylviidae
        member:  #genus_Prinia__Prinia  a genus of Sylviidae
           member:  #wren_warbler  small Asiatic and African bird; constructs nests like those of tailorbirds
        member:  #genus_Orthotomus__Orthotomus  tailorbirds
           member:  #tailorbird__Orthotomus_sutorius  tropical Asian warbler that stitches leaves together to form and conceal its nest
     member:  #family_Timaliidae__Timaliidae  babblers
        member:  #genus_Timalia__Timalia  type genus of the Timaliidae
           member:  #babbler__cackler  any of various insectivorous Old World birds with a loud incessant song; in some classifications considered members of the family Muscicapidae
     member:  #family_Parulidae__Parulidae  New World warblers
        member:  #New_World_warbler__wood_warbler  small bright-colored American songbird with a weak unmusical song
        member:  #genus_Parula__Parula  type genus of the Parulidae: wood warblers
           member:  #parula_warbler__northern_parula__Parula_americana  small gray-blue wood warbler with yellow throat and breast; of eastern North America
        member:  #genus_Setophaga__Setophaga  a genus of Parulidae
        member:  #genus_Dendroica__Dendroica  a genus of Parulidae
           member:  #Cape_May_warbler__Dendroica_tigrina  North American wood warbler; olive green and yellow striped with black
           member:  #yellow_warbler__golden_warbler__yellowbird__Dendroica_petechia  yellow-throated American wood warbler
           member:  #Blackburn__Blackburnian_warbler__Dendroica_fusca  black-and-white North American wood warbler having an orange-and-black head and throat
           member:  #Audubon's_warbler__Audubon_warbler__Dendroica_auduboni  common warbler of western North America
           member:  #myrtle_warbler__myrtle_bird__Dendroica_coronata  similar to Audubon's warbler
           member:  #blackpoll__Dendroica_striate  North American warbler having a black-and-white head
        member:  #genus_Icteria__Icteria  New World chats
           member:  #New_World_chat__chat  birds having a chattering call
        member:  #genus_Seiurus__Seiurus  ovenbirds and water thrushes
           member:  #Seiurus_aurocapillus__ovenbird  American warbler; builds a dome-shaped nest on the ground
           member:  #water_thrush__waterthrush  brownish North American warbler found near streams
        member:  #genus_Geothlypis__Geothlypis  yellowthroats
           member:  #yellowthroat  small olive-colored American warblers with yellow breast and throat
     member:  #family_Paradisaeidae__Paradisaeidae  birds of paradise
        member:  #bird_of_paradise  any of numerous brilliantly colored plumed birds of the New Guinea area
        member:  #genus_Ptloris__Ptloris  a genus of Paradisaeidae
     member:  #family_Icteridae__Icteridae  American orioles; American blackbirds; bobolinks; meadowlarks
        member:  #New_World_oriole__American_oriole__oriole  American songbird; male is black and orange or yellow
        member:  #genus_Icterus__Icterus  type genus of the Icteridae
           member:  #northern_oriole__Icterus_galbula  a kind of New World oriole
           member:  #orchard_oriole__orchardoriole__Icterus_spurius  the male is chestnut-and-black
        member:  #genus_Sturnella__Sturnella  a genus of passerine birds including the meadowlarks
           member:  #meadowlark__lark  North American yellow-breasted songbirds
        member:  #genus_Cacicus__Cacicus  a genus of tropical American orioles
           member:  #cacique__cazique  black-and-red or black-and-yellow orioles of the American tropics
        member:  #genus_Dolichonyx__Dolichonyx  bobolinks
           member:  #bobolink__ricebird__reedbird__Dolichonyx_oryzivorus  migratory American songbird
        member:  #genus_Quiscalus__Quiscalus  grackles
           member:  #grackle__crowblackbird  long-tailed American blackbird having iridescent black plumage
        member:  #genus_Euphagus__Euphagus  a genus of Icteridae
           member:  #rusty_blackbird__rusty_grackle__rustygrackle__Euphagus_carilonus  North American blackbird whose bluish-black plumage is rusty-edged in the fall
        member:  #genus_Molothrus__Molothrus  cowbirds
           member:  #cowbird  North American blackbird that follows cattle and lays eggs in other birds' nests
        member:  #genus_Agelaius__Agelaius  red-winged blackbirds
           member:  #red-winged_blackbird__redwing__Agelaius_phoeniceus  North American blackbird with scarlet patches on the wings
     member:  #family_Oriolidae__Oriolidae  Old World orioles
        member:  #Old_World_oriole__oriole  mostly tropical songbird; the male is usually bright orange and black
        member:  #genus_Oriolus__Oriolus  type genus of the Oriolidae
           member:  #golden_oriole__Oriolus_oriolus  bright yellow songbird with black wings
        member:  #genus_Sphecotheres__Sphecotheres  a genus of Old World orioles
           member:  #fig-bird__figbird  greenish-yellow Australian oriole feeding chiefly on figs and other fruits
     member:  #family_Sturnidae__Sturnidae  Old World starlings
        member:  #starling  gregarious birds native to the Old World
        member:  #genus_Sturnus__Sturnus  type genus of the Sturnidae: common starlings
           member:  #common_starling__Sturnus_vulgaris  gregarious bird having plumage with dark metallic gloss; builds nests around dwellings and other structures; naturalized worldwide
           member:  #subgenus_Pastor__Pastor  only the rose-colored starlings; in some classifications considered a separate genus
              member:  #rose-colored_starling__rose-colored_pastor__Pastor_sturnus__Pastor_roseus  glossy black bird with pink back and abdomen; chiefly Asian
        member:  #genus_Acridotheres__Acridotheres  mynas
           member:  #crested_myna__crestedmyna__Acridotheres_tristis  dark brown crested bird of southeastern Asia
        member:  #genus_Gracula__Gracula  mynas
     member:  #family_Corvidae__Corvidae  crow; raven; rook; jackdaw; chough; magpie; jay
        member:  #corvine_bird__corvinebird  birds of the crow family
        member:  #genus_Corvus__Corvus  type genus of the Corvidae: crows and ravens
           member:  #crow  black birds having a raucous call
           member:  #raven__Corvus_corax  large black bird with a straight bill and long wedge-shaped tail
           member:  #Corvus_frugilegus__rook  common gregarious Old World bird about the size and color of the American crow
           member:  #jackdaw__daw__Corvus_monedula  common black-and-gray Eurasian bird noted for thievery
        member:  #subfamily_Garrulinae__Garrulinae  subfamily of the crow family: jays
           member:  #jay  crested largely blue bird
           member:  #genus_Garrulus__Garrulus  type genus of the Garrulinae: Old World jays
              member:  #Old_World_jay  a European jay
           member:  #genus_Cyanocitta__Cyanocitta  New World jays
              member:  #blue_jay__jaybird__Cyanocitta_cristata  common jay of eastern North America; bright blue with grey breast
           member:  #genus_Perisoreus__Perisoreus  Canada jays
              member:  #Canada_jay__gray_jay__camp_robber__whisker_jack__whiskerjack__Perisoreus_canadensis  gray jay of northern North America with black-capped head and no crest; noted for boldness in thievery
        member:  #genus_Nucifraga__Nucifraga  nutcrackers
           member:  #nutcracker  speckled birds that feed on nuts
        member:  #genus_Pica__Pica  magpies
           member:  #magpie  long-tailed black-and-white bird that utters a chattering call
     member:  #family_Cracticidae__Cracticidae  Australian birds formerly included in the family Laniidae
        member:  #Australian_magpie  black-and-white oscine birds that resemble magpies
        member:  #genus_Cracticus__Cracticus  type genus of the Cracticidae: Australian butcherbirds
           member:  #butcherbird.Australian_magpie  large carnivorous Australian bird with the shrike-like habit of impaling prey on thorns
        member:  #genus_Strepera__Strepera  bell magpies
           member:  #currawong__bell_magpie  bluish black fruit-eating bird with a bell-like call
        member:  #genus_Gymnorhina__Gymnorhina  in some classifications placed in the family Laniidae: Australian piping crows
           member:  #piping_crow-shrike__piping_crow__Gymnorhina_tibicen  crow-sized black-and-white bird; a good mimic often caged
     member:  #family_Mimidae__Mimidae  sometimes considered a subfamily of Troglodytidae: mockingbirds; catbirds; thrashers
        member:  #genus_Mimus__Mimus  type genus of the family Mimidae: mockingbirds
           member:  #mockingbird__mocker__Mimus_polyglotktos  long-tailed gray-and-white songbird of the southern United States able to mimic songs of other birds
        member:  #genus_Melanotis__Melanotis  a genus of Mimidae
           member:  #blue_mockingbird__Melanotis_caerulescens  mockingbird of Mexico
        member:  #genus_Dumetella__Dumetella  catbirds
           member:  #gray_catbird__catbird__Dumetella_carolinensis  North American songbird whose call resembles a cat's mewing
        member:  #genus_Toxostoma__Toxostoma  thrashers
           member:  #thrasher__mocking_thrush__mockingthrush  thrush-like American songbird able to mimic other birdsongs
     member:  #family_Xenicidae__Xenicidae__Acanthisittidae__family_Acanthisittidae  alternative names for the family comprising the New Zealand wrens
        member:  #New_Zealand_wren  birds of New Zealand that resemble wrens
        member:  #genus_Xenicus__Xenicus  type genus for the Xenicidae
           member:  #rock_wren__Xenicus_gilviventris  short-tailed bird resembling a wren
        member:  #genus_Acanthisitta__Acanthisitta  a genus of Xenicidae
           member:  #rifleman_bird__Acanthisitta_chloris  small green-and-bronze bird
     member:  #family_Certhiidae__Certhiidae  creepers
        member:  #tree_creeper__creeper  any of various small insectivorous birds of the northern hemisphere that climb about on trees
        member:  #genus_Certhia__Certhia  type genus of the Certhiidae
           member:  #brown_creeper__browncreeper__American_creeper__Certhia_americana  common American brown creeper with down-curved bill
        member:  #genus_Tichodroma__Tichodroma  wall creepers; in some classifications placed in family Sittidae
           member:  #wall_creeper__tichodrome__Tichodroma_muriaria  crimson-and-gray songbird that inhabits town walls and mountain cliffs of southern Eurasia and northern Africa
     member:  #family_Sittidae__Sittidae  nuthatches
        member:  #nuthatch__nutcracker  any of various small short-tailed sharp-beaked birds that creep on trees and feed on small nuts and insects
        member:  #genus_Sitta__Sitta  type genus of the Sittidae
           member:  #European_nuthatch__Sitta_europaea  a kind of nuthatch
           member:  #red-breasted_nuthatch__Sitta_canadensis  bluish-gray nuthatch with reddish breast; of northern coniferous forests
           member:  #white-breasted_nuthatch__Sitta_carolinensis  bluish-gray nuthatch with black head and white breast; of eastern North America
     member:  #family_Paridae__Paridae  titmice and chickadees
        member:  #titmouse__tit  small insectivorous birds
        member:  #genus_Parus__Parus  type genus of the family Paridae
           member:  #chickadee  any of various small gray-and-black songbirds of North America
           member:  #tufted_titmouse__Parus_bicolor  crested titmouse of eastern and midwestern United States
           member:  #blue_tit__tomtit__Parus_caeruleus  widely distributed European titmouse with bright cobalt blue wings and tail and crown of the head
        member:  #genus_Psaltriparus__Psaltriparus  a genus of Paridae
           member:  #bushtit__bush_tit  active gray titmice of western North America
        member:  #genus_Chamaea__Chamaea  a genus of Paridae
           member:  #wren-tit__Chamaea_fasciata  small brown bird of California resembling a wren
        member:  #genus_Auriparus__Auriparus  a genus of Paridae
           member:  #verdin__Auriparus_flaviceps  very small yellow-headed titmouse of Western North America
     member:  #family_Irenidae__Irenidae  a family of birds of the suborder Oscines
        member:  #genus_Irena__Irena  type genus of the Irenidae: fairy bluebirds
           member:  #fairy_bluebird__fairybluebird__bluebird  fruit-eating mostly brilliant blue songbird of the East Indies
     member:  #family_Hirundinidae__Hirundinidae  swallows and martins
        member:  #genus_Hirundo__Hirundo  type genus of the Hirundinidae
           member:  #barn_swallow__chimney_swallow__chimneyswallow__Hirundo_rustica  common swallow of North America and Europe that nests in barns etc.
           member:  #cliff_swallow__cliffswallow__Hirundo_pyrrhonota  North American swallow that lives in colonies and builds bottle-shaped mud nests on cliffs and walls
           member:  #tree_swallow__tree_martin__Hirundo_nigricans  of Australia and Polynesia; nests in tree cavities
        member:  #genus_Iridoprocne__Iridoprocne  a genus of Hirundinidae
        member:  #genus_Delichon__Delichon  a genus of Hirundinidae
           member:  #house_martin__housemartin__Delichon_urbica  common small European martin that builds nests under the eaves of houses
        member:  #genus_Riparia__Riparia  a genus of Hirundinidae
           member:  #bank_martin__bank_swallow__sand_martin__Riparia_riparia  swallow of the northern hemisphere that nests in tunnels dug in clay or sand banks
        member:  #genus_Progne__Progne  a genus of Hirundinidae
           member:  #purple_martin__Progne_subis  large North American martin of which the male is blue-black
     member:  #family_Artamidae__Artamidae  wood swallows
        member:  #genus_Artamus__Artamus  type genus of the Artamidae
           member:  #wood_swallow__swallow_shrike__swallowshrike  Australasian and Asiatic bird related to the shrikes and resembling a swallow
     member:  #family_Thraupidae__Thraupidae  tanagers
        member:  #tanager  any of numerous New World woodland birds having brightly colored males
        member:  #genus_Piranga__Piranga  a genus of Thraupidae
           member:  #scarlet_tanager__scarlettanager__Piranga_olivacea__redbird__firebird  the male is bright red with black wings and tail
           member:  #western_tanager__westerntanager__Piranga_ludoviciana  of western North America; male is black and yellow and orange-red
           member:  #summer_tanager__summer_redbird__Piranga_rubra  of middle and southern United States; male is deep rose-red the female mostly yellow
           member:  #hepatic_tanager__hepatictanager__Piranga_flava_hepatica  common tanager of southwestern United States and Mexico
     member:  #family_Laniidae__Laniidae  shrikes
        member:  #shrike  any of numerous Old World birds having a strong hooked bill that feed on smaller animals
        member:  #genus_Lanius__Lanius  type genus of the Laniidae: typical shrikes
           member:  #butcherbird  shrikes that impale their prey on thorns
           member:  #loggerhead_shrike__Lanius_lucovicianus  common shrike of southeastern United States having black eye-bands
        member:  #subfamily_Malaconotinae__Malaconotinae  African bush shrikes
           member:  #bush_shrike  African shrike
           member:  #genus_Chlorophoneus__Chlorophoneus  a genus of Malaconotinae
              member:  #black-fronted_bush_shrike__Chlorophoneus_nigrifrons  a kind of bush shrike
     member:  #family_Ptilonorhynchidae__Ptilonorhynchidae  bowerbirds
        member:  #bowerbird__catbird  any of various birds of the Australian region whose males build ornamented structures resembling bowers in order to attract females
        member:  #genus_Ptilonorhynchus__Ptilonorhynchus  type genus of the Ptilonorhynchidae
           member:  #satin_bowerbird__satinbowerbird__satin_bird__satinbird__Ptilonorhynchus_violaceus  of southeast Australia; male is glossy violet blue; female is light gray-green
        member:  #genus_Chlamydera__Chlamydera  a genus of Ptilonorhynchidae
           member:  #great_bowerbird__greatbowerbird__Chlamydera_nuchalis  large bowerbird of northern Australia
     member:  #family_Cinclidae__Cinclidae  water ouzels
        member:  #water_ouzel__waterouzel__dipper  small stocky diving bird without webbed feet; frequents fast-flowing streams and feeds along the bottom
        member:  #genus_Cinclus__Cinclus  type genus of the family Cinclidae
           member:  #European_water_ouzel__Cinclus_aquaticus  a water ouzel of Europe
           member:  #American_water_ouzel__Cinclus_mexicanus  a water ouzel of western North America
     member:  #family_Vireonidae__Vireonidae  small insectivorous American songbirds
        member:  #genus_Vireo  type genus of the Vireonidae
           member:  #vireo  any of various small insectivorous American birds chiefly olive-gray in color
     member:  #family_Bombycillidae__Bombycillidae  a family of birds of the suborder Oscines
        member:  #Bombycilla__genus_bombycilla__genusbombycilla  waxwings
           member:  #waxwing  brown velvety-plumaged songbirds of the northern hemisphere having crested heads and red waxy wing tips
  member:  #suborder_Menurae__Menurae  lyrebirds and scrubbirds
     member:  #family_Menuridae__Menuridae  lyrebirds
        member:  #genus_Menura__Menura  type and sole genus of the family Menuridae
           member:  #lyrebird  Australian bird that resembles a pheasant; the courting male displays long tail feathers in a lyre shape
     member:  #family_Atrichornithidae__Atrichornithidae  scrubbirds
        member:  #genus_Atrichornis__Atrichornis  type genus of the Atrichornithidae
           member:  #scrubbird__scrub_bird__scrubbird  small fast-running Australian bird resembling a wren and frequenting brush or scrub
  member:  #suborder_Eurylaimi__Eurylaimi  broadbills
     member:  #family_Eurylaimidae__Eurylaimidae  coextensive with the suborder Eurylaimi
        member:  #broadbill  small birds of the Old World tropics having bright plumage and short wide bills
  member:  #suborder_Tyranni__Tyranni  New World flycatchers; antbirds; oven birds; woodhewers
     member:  #tyrannid  a passerine bird of the suborder Tyranni
     member:  #superfamily_Tyrannidae__Tyrannidae  New World tyrant flycatchers most numerous in Central and South America but also in the United States and Canada
        member:  #New_World_flycatcher__flycatcher__tyrant_flycatcher__tyrant_bird  large American birds that characteristically catch insects on the wing
        member:  #genus_Tyrannus__Tyrannus  type genus of the Tyrannidae: tyrant flycatchers
           member:  #kingbird__Tyrannus_tyrannus  large American flycatcher
        member:  #genus_Contopus__Contopus  pewees
           member:  #wood_pewee__pewee__peewit__pewit__Contopus_virens  small olive-colored woodland flycatchers of eastern North America
        member:  #genus_Sayornis__Sayornis  phoebes
           member:  #Sayornis_phoebe__phoebe__phoebe_bird  small dun-colored North American flycatcher
        member:  #genus_Pyrocephalus__Pyrocephalus  a genus of Tyrannidae
           member:  #vermillion_flycatcher__firebird__Pyrocephalus_rubinus_mexicanus  tropical American flycatcher found as far north as southern Texas and Arizona; adult male has bright scarlet and black plumage
        member:  #family_Cotingidae__Cotingidae  cotingas; umbrella birds
           member:  #genus_Cotinga  type genus of the Cotingidae: cotingas
              member:  #cotinga__chatterer  passerine bird of New World tropics
           member:  #genus_Rupicola__Rupicola  cock of the rocks
              member:  #Rupicola_rupicola__cock_of_the_rock  tropical bird of northern South America the male having brilliant red or orange plumage and an erectile disklike crest
           member:  #genus_Procnias__Procnias  bellbirds
              member:  #bellbird  any of several tropical American birds of the genus Procnias having a bell-like call
           member:  #genus_Cephalopterus__Cephalopterus  a genus of Cotingidae
              member:  #umbrella_bird__Cephalopterus_ornatus  black tropical American bird having a large overhanging crest and long feathered wattle
        member:  #family_Pittidae__Pittidae  pittas
           member:  #genus_Pitta  type genus of the Pittidae; a large genus of birds of southern Asia and Australia and adjacent islands
        member:  #genus_Muscivora__Muscivora  a genus of Tyrannidae
           member:  #scissortail__scissortailed_flycatcher__scissortailedflycatcher__Muscivora-forficata  gray flycatcher of the southwestern United States and Mexico and Central America having a long forked tail and white breast and salmon and scarlet markings
     member:  #family_Pipridae__Pipridae  manakins
        member:  #genus_Pipra__Pipra  type genus of the Pipridae containing the typical manakins
           member:  #manakin  any of numerous small bright-colored birds of Central and South America having short bills and elaborate courtship behavior
     member:  #family_Furnariidae__Furnariidae  e.g. ovenbirds
        member:  #genus_Furnarius__Furnarius  type genus of the family Furnariidae: ovenbirds
           member:  #ovenbird  small brownish South American birds that build oven-shaped clay nests
     member:  #family_Formicariidae__Formicariidae  antbirds
        member:  #antbird__ant_bird__antbird  any of various dull-colored South American birds that feeding on ants some following army ant swarms
        member:  #genus_Formicarius__Formicarius  type genus of the Formicariidae
           member:  #ant_thrush__antthrush  a kind of antbird
        member:  #genus_Thamnophilus__Thamnophilus  a genus of Formicariidae
           member:  #ant_shrike__antshrike  antbirds superficially resembling shrikes
        member:  #genus_Hylophylax__Hylophylax  a genus of Formicariidae
           member:  #spotted_antbird__spottedantbird__Hylophylax_naevioides  a kind of antbird
     member:  #family_Dendrocolaptidae__Dendrocolaptidae  woodhewers or woodcreepers
        member:  #genus_Dendrocolaptes__Dendrocolaptes  type genus of the Dendrocolaptidae
        member:  #woodhewer__woodcreeper__tree_creeper  any of numerous South and Central American birds with a curved bill and stiffened tail feathers that climb and feed like woodpeckers
  member:  #suborder_Clamatores__Clamatores  used in some classification systems; a suborder or superfamily nearly coextensive with suborder Tyranni; Passeriformes having relatively simple vocal organs and little power of song: clamatorial birds
  member:  #family_Troglodytidae__Troglodytidae  wrens
     member:  #jenny_wren__jennywren__wren  and of several small active brown birds of the northern hemisphere with short upright tails; they feed on insects
     member:  #genus_Troglodytes__Troglodytes  type genus of the Troglodytidae
        member:  #winter_wren__Troglodytes_troglodytes  small wren of coniferous forests of northern hemisphere
        member:  #house_wren__housewren__Troglodytes_aedon  common American wren that nests around houses
     member:  #genus_Cistothorus__Cistothorus  marsh wrens
        member:  #marsh_wren__marshwren  a wren of the genus Cistothorus that frequents marshes
     member:  #genus_Salpinctes__Salpinctes  a genus of Troglodytidae
        member:  #Salpinctes_obsoletus__rock_wren  wren inhabiting badlands and mesa country of western United States and Mexico
     member:  #genus_Thryothorus__Thryothorus  Carolina wrens
        member:  #Carolina_wren__Thryothorus_ludovicianus  large United States wren with a musical call
     member:  #genus_Campylorhynchus__Campylorhynchus__Heleodytes__genus_Heleodytes  alternative classifications for the cactus wrens
        member:  #cactus_wren  large harsh-voiced American wren of arid regions of the United States southwest and Mexico

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