#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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