paseriforme

Definitions of paseriforme
  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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    gorrión
    any of several small dull-colored singing birds feeding on seeds or insects
    chochita, chochín
    any of several small active brown birds of the northern hemisphere with short upright tails; they feed on insects
    ave canora, cantor, pájaro cantor
    any bird having a musical call
    aguzanieves, chirivía, lavandera
    Old World bird having a very long tail that jerks up and down as it walks
    bisbita
    a songbird that lives mainly on the ground in open country; has streaky brown plumage
    tejedor
    finch-like African and Asian colonial birds noted for their elaborately woven nests
    agateador
    any of numerous South American and Central American birds with a curved bill and stiffened tail feathers that climb and feed like woodpeckers
    túrdido
    songbirds characteristically having brownish upper plumage with a spotted breast
    mosquitero
    a small active songbird
    ave del Paraíso, pájaro del Sol
    any of numerous brilliantly colored plumed birds of the New Guinea area
    ictérido
    American songbird; male is black and orange or yellow
    estornino
    gregarious birds native to the Old World
    córvido
    birds of the crow family
    sinsonte
    long-tailed grey-and-white songbird of the southern United States able to mimic songs of other birds
    agateador
    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
    trepador, trepador azul
    any of various small short-tailed songbirds with strong feet and a sharp beak that feed on small nuts and insects
    carbonero, herrerillo, paro
    small insectivorous birds
    alcaudón, desollador
    any of numerous Old World birds having a strong hooked bill that feed on smaller animals
    ampelis
    brown velvety-plumaged songbirds of the northern hemisphere having crested heads and red waxy wing tips
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    ave
    warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings
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