oscines

Definitions of oscines
  1. noun
    passerine bird having specialized vocal apparatus
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    oiseau chanteur
    any bird having a musical call
    bergeronette
    Old World bird having a very long tail that jerks up and down as it walks
    pinson
    any of numerous small songbirds with short stout bills adapted for crushing seeds
    tisserin
    finch-like African and Asian colonial birds noted for their elaborately woven nests
    grive
    songbirds characteristically having brownish upper plumage with a spotted breast
    loriot
    mostly tropical songbird; the male is usually bright orange and black
    étourneau
    gregarious birds native to the Old World
    corvidés
    birds of the crow family
    moqueur
    long-tailed grey-and-white songbird of the southern United States able to mimic songs of other birds
    sitelle
    any of various small short-tailed songbirds with strong feet and a sharp beak that feed on small nuts and insects
    mésange
    small insectivorous birds
    hirondelle
    small long-winged songbird noted for swift graceful flight and the regularity of its migrations
    linotte
    small Old World finch whose male has a red breast and forehead
    tarin
    small yellow-and-black Eurasian finch with a sharp beak
    linotte
    small finch originally of the western United States and Mexico
    bouvreuil
    common European finch mostly black and white with red throat and breast
    grive musicienne
    common Old World thrush noted for its song
    rouge-gorge
    small Old World songbird with a reddish breast
    loriot
    bright yellow songbird with black wings
    choucas
    common black-and-grey Eurasian bird noted for thievery
    mésange bleue
    widely distributed European titmouse with bright cobalt blue wings and tail and crown of the head
    martinet
    any of various swallows with squarish or slightly forked tail and long pointed wings; migrate around Martinmas
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    psophode
    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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