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tyrannid

DEFINITIONS OF: tyrannid

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n a passerine bird of the suborder Tyranni

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New World flycatcher, flycatcher, tyrant bird, tyrant flycatcher
large American birds that characteristically catch insects on the wing
manakin
any of numerous small bright-colored birds of Central America and South America having short bills and elaborate courtship behavior
ovenbird
small brownish South American birds that build oven-shaped clay nests
ant bird, antbird
any of various dull-colored South American birds that feeding on ants some following army ant swarms
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
pitta
any bird of the genus Pitta; brilliantly colored chiefly terrestrial birds with short wings and tail and stout bills
Tyrannus tyrannus, kingbird
large American flycatcher
Contopus virens, peewee, peewit, pewee, pewit, wood pewee
small olive-colored woodland flycatchers of eastern North America
Sayornis phoebe, phoebe, phoebe bird
small dun-colored North American flycatcher
Pyrocephalus rubinus mexicanus, firebird, vermillion flycatcher
tropical American flycatcher found as far north as southern Texas and Arizona; adult male has bright scarlet and black plumage
chatterer, cotinga
passerine bird of New World tropics
ant thrush
a kind of antbird
ant shrike
antbirds superficially resembling shrikes
Hylophylax naevioides, spotted antbird
a kind of antbird
Muscivora-forficata, scissortail, scissortailed flycatcher
grey flycatcher of the southwestern United States and Mexico and Central America having a long forked tail and white breast and salmon and scarlet markings
Type of:
passeriform bird, passerine
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
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