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oscine, oscine bird
passerine bird having specialized vocal apparatus
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sparrow, true sparrow
any of several small dull-colored singing birds feeding on seeds or insects
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lyrebird
Australian bird that resembles a pheasant; the courting male displays long tail feathers in a lyre shape
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scrub bird, scrub-bird, scrubbird
small fast-running Australian bird resembling a wren and frequenting brush or scrub
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broadbill
small birds of the Old World tropics having bright plumage and short wide bills
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tyrannid
a passerine bird of the suborder Tyranni
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jenny wren, wren
any of several small active brown birds of the northern hemisphere with short upright tails; they feed on insects
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songbird, songster
any bird having a musical call
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honey eater, honeysucker
Australasian bird with tongue and bill adapted for extracting nectar
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accentor
small sparrow-like songbird of mountainous regions of Eurasia
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lark
any of numerous predominantly Old World birds noted for their singing
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wagtail
Old World bird having a very long tail that jerks up and down as it walks
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lark, pipit, titlark
a songbird that lives mainly on the ground in open country; has streaky brown plumage
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finch
any of numerous small songbirds with short stout bills adapted for crushing seeds
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honeycreeper
small bright-colored tropical American songbird with a curved bill for sucking nectar
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English sparrow, Passer domesticus, house sparrow
small hardy brown-and-grey bird native to Europe
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Passer montanus, tree sparrow
Eurasian sparrow smaller than the house sparrow
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weaver, weaver finch, weaverbird
finch-like African and Asian colonial birds noted for their elaborately woven nests
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New World flycatcher, flycatcher, tyrant bird, tyrant flycatcher
large American birds that characteristically catch insects on the wing
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manakin
any of numerous small bright-colored birds of Central America and South America having short bills and elaborate courtship behavior
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ovenbird
small brownish South American birds that build oven-shaped clay nests
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ant bird, antbird
any of various dull-colored South American birds that feeding on ants some following army ant swarms
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tree creeper, wood-creeper, woodcreeper, woodhewer
any of numerous South American and Central American birds with a curved bill and stiffened tail feathers that climb and feed like woodpeckers
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pitta
any bird of the genus Pitta; brilliantly colored chiefly terrestrial birds with short wings and tail and stout bills
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Old World flycatcher, flycatcher, true flycatcher
any of a large group of small songbirds that feed on insects taken on the wing
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thrush
songbirds characteristically having brownish upper plumage with a spotted breast
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warbler
a small active songbird
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babbler, cackler
any of various insectivorous Old World birds with a loud incessant song; in some classifications considered members of the family Muscicapidae
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bird of paradise
any of numerous brilliantly colored plumed birds of the New Guinea area
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American oriole, New World oriole, oriole
American songbird; male is black and orange or yellow
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Old World oriole, oriole
mostly tropical songbird; the male is usually bright orange and black
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starling
gregarious birds native to the Old World
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corvine bird
birds of the crow family
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Australian magpie
black-and-white oscine birds that resemble magpies
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Troglodytes troglodytes, winter wren
small wren of coniferous forests of northern hemisphere
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Troglodytes aedon, house wren
common American wren that nests around houses
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marsh wren
a wren of the genus Cistothorus that frequents marshes
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Salpinctes obsoletus, rock wren
wren inhabiting badlands and mesa country of western United States and Mexico
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Carolina wren, Thryothorus ludovicianus
large United States wren with a musical call
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cactus wren
large harsh-voiced American wren of arid regions of the United States southwest and Mexico
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Mimus polyglotktos, mocker, mockingbird
long-tailed grey-and-white songbird of the southern United States able to mimic songs of other birds
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Melanotis caerulescens, blue mockingbird
mockingbird of Mexico
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Dumetella carolinensis, catbird, gray catbird, grey catbird
North American songbird whose call resembles a cat's mewing
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mocking thrush, thrasher
thrush-like American songbird able to mimic other birdsongs
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New Zealand wren
birds of New Zealand that resemble wrens
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creeper, tree creeper
any of various small insectivorous birds of the northern hemisphere that climb up a tree trunk supporting themselves on stiff tail feathers and their feet
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nutcracker, nuthatch
any of various small short-tailed songbirds with strong feet and a sharp beak that feed on small nuts and insects
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tit, titmouse
small insectivorous birds
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bluebird, fairy bluebird
fruit-eating mostly brilliant blue songbird of the East Indies
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swallow
small long-winged songbird noted for swift graceful flight and the regularity of its migrations
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swallow shrike, wood swallow
Australasian and Asiatic bird related to the shrikes and resembling a swallow
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tanager
any of numerous New World woodland birds having brightly colored males
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shrike
any of numerous Old World birds having a strong hooked bill that feed on smaller animals
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bowerbird, catbird
any of various birds of the Australian region whose males build ornamented structures resembling bowers in order to attract females
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dipper, water ouzel
small stocky diving bird without webbed feet; frequents fast-flowing streams and feeds along the bottom
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vireo
any of various small insectivorous American birds chiefly olive-grey in color
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waxwing
brown velvety-plumaged songbirds of the northern hemisphere having crested heads and red waxy wing tips
