Sperlingsvogel

Definitions of Sperlingsvogel
  1. noun
    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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    Sperling
    any of several small dull-colored singing birds feeding on seeds or insects
    Dornkönig, Vogelkönig, Winterkönig, Zaunkönig, Zaunschlüpfer
    any of several small active brown birds of the northern hemisphere with short upright tails; they feed on insects
    Fink, finkenartiger Sperlingsvogel
    any of numerous small songbirds with short stout bills adapted for crushing seeds
    Haussperling, Spatz
    small hardy brown-and-grey bird native to Europe
    Drossel
    songbirds characteristically having brownish upper plumage with a spotted breast
    blauer Paradiesvogel
    any of numerous brilliantly colored plumed birds of the New Guinea area
    Star
    gregarious birds native to the Old World
    Rabe, Rabenvogel
    birds of the crow family
    Kleiber
    any of various small short-tailed songbirds with strong feet and a sharp beak that feed on small nuts and insects
    Meise
    small insectivorous birds
    Schwalbe
    small long-winged songbird noted for swift graceful flight and the regularity of its migrations
    Seidenschwanz
    brown velvety-plumaged songbirds of the northern hemisphere having crested heads and red waxy wing tips
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    Vogel
    warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings
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