oscine bird

Definitions of oscine bird

1. noun

   passerine bird having specialized vocal apparatus
   synonyms: oscine

   types:

   songbird, songster

   any bird having a musical call

   honey eater, honeysucker

   Australasian bird with tongue and bill adapted for extracting nectar

   accentor

   small sparrow-like songbird of mountainous regions of Eurasia

   lark

   any of numerous predominantly Old World birds noted for their singing

   wagtail

   Old World bird having a very long tail that jerks up and down as it walks

   lark, pipit, titlark

   a songbird that lives mainly on the ground in open country; has streaky brown plumage

   finch

   any of numerous small songbirds with short stout bills adapted for crushing seeds

   honeycreeper

   small bright-colored tropical American songbird with a curved bill for sucking nectar

   weaver, weaver finch, weaverbird

   finch-like African and Asian colonial birds noted for their elaborately woven nests

   Old World flycatcher, flycatcher, true flycatcher

   any of a large group of small songbirds that feed on insects taken on the wing

   thrush

   songbirds characteristically having brownish upper plumage with a spotted breast

   warbler

   a small active songbird

   babbler, cackler

   any of various insectivorous Old World birds with a loud incessant song; in some classifications considered members of the family Muscicapidae

   bird of paradise

   any of numerous brilliantly colored plumed birds of the New Guinea area

   American oriole, New World oriole, oriole

   American songbird; male is black and orange or yellow

   Old World oriole, oriole

   mostly tropical songbird; the male is usually bright orange and black

   starling

   gregarious birds native to the Old World

   corvine bird

   birds of the crow family

   Australian magpie

   black-and-white oscine birds that resemble magpies

   Mimus polyglotktos, mocker, mockingbird

   long-tailed grey-and-white songbird of the southern United States able to mimic songs of other birds

   Melanotis caerulescens, blue mockingbird

   mockingbird of Mexico

   Dumetella carolinensis, catbird, gray catbird, grey catbird

   North American songbird whose call resembles a cat's mewing

   mocking thrush, thrasher

   thrush-like American songbird able to mimic other birdsongs

   New Zealand wren

   birds of New Zealand that resemble wrens

   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

   nutcracker, nuthatch

   any of various small short-tailed songbirds with strong feet and a sharp beak that feed on small nuts and insects

   tit, titmouse

   small insectivorous birds

   bluebird, fairy bluebird

   fruit-eating mostly brilliant blue songbird of the East Indies

   swallow

   small long-winged songbird noted for swift graceful flight and the regularity of its migrations

   swallow shrike, wood swallow

   Australasian and Asiatic bird related to the shrikes and resembling a swallow

   tanager

   any of numerous New World woodland birds having brightly colored males

   shrike

   any of numerous Old World birds having a strong hooked bill that feed on smaller animals

   bowerbird, catbird

   any of various birds of the Australian region whose males build ornamented structures resembling bowers in order to attract females

   dipper, water ouzel

   small stocky diving bird without webbed feet; frequents fast-flowing streams and feeds along the bottom

   vireo

   any of various small insectivorous American birds chiefly olive-grey in color

   waxwing

   brown velvety-plumaged songbirds of the northern hemisphere having crested heads and red waxy wing tips

   Prunella modularis, dunnock, hedge sparrow, sparrow

   small brownish European songbird

   Alauda arvensis, skylark

   brown-speckled European lark noted for singing while hovering at a great height

   Anthus pratensis, meadow pipit

   a common pipit that is brown above and white below; widely distributed in northern and central Europe and in Asia

   Fringilla coelebs, chaffinch

   small European finch with a cheerful song

   Fringilla montifringilla, brambling

   Eurasian finch

   Carduelis carduelis, goldfinch

   small European finch having a crimson face and yellow-and-black wings

   Carduelis cannabina, linnet, lintwhite

   small Old World finch whose male has a red breast and forehead

   Carduelis spinus, siskin

   small yellow-and-black Eurasian finch with a sharp beak

   Carduelis cucullata, red siskin

   South American species of scarlet finch with black head and wings and tail

   Carduelis flammea, redpoll

   small siskin-like finch with a red crown and a rosy breast and rump

   Carduelis hornemanni, redpoll

   small siskin-like finch with a red crown

   New World goldfinch, Spinus tristis, goldfinch, yellowbird

   American finch whose male has yellow body plumage in summer

   Spinus pinus, pine finch, pine siskin

   small finch of North American coniferous forests

   Carpodacus mexicanus, house finch, linnet

   small finch originally of the western United States and Mexico

   Carpodacus purpureus, purple finch

   North American finch having a raspberry-red head and breast and rump

   canary, canary bird

   any of several small Old World finches

   serin

   any of various brown and yellow finches of parts of Europe

   Loxia curvirostra, crossbill

   finch with a bill whose tips cross when closed

   Pyrrhula pyrrhula, bullfinch

   common European finch mostly black and white with red throat and breast

   junco, snowbird

   small North American finch seen chiefly in winter

   New World sparrow

   sparrow-like North American finches

   bunting

   any of numerous seed-eating songbirds of Europe or North America

   banana quit

   any of several honeycreepers

   grosbeak, grossbeak

   any of various finches of Europe or America having a massive and powerful bill

   Cardinalis cardinalis, Richmondena Cardinalis, cardinal, cardinal grosbeak, redbird

   crested thick-billed North American finch having bright red plumage in the male

   Pyrrhuloxia sinuata, pyrrhuloxia

   crested grey-and-red bird of southwest United States and Mexico

   towhee

   any of numerous long-tailed American finches

   Ploceus philippinus, baya

   common Indian weaverbird

   whidah, whydah, widow bird

   mostly black African weaverbird

   Java finch, Java sparrow, Padda oryzivora, ricebird

   small finch-like Indonesian weaverbird that frequents rice fields

   amadavat, avadavat

   red Asian weaverbirds often kept as cage birds

   grass finch, grassfinch

   usually brightly-colored Australian weaverbirds; often kept as cage birds

   Hawaiian honeycreeper, honeycreeper

   small to medium-sized finches of the Hawaiian islands

   Muscicapa grisola, Muscicapa striata, spotted flycatcher

   common European woodland flycatcher with greyish-brown plumage

   thickhead, whistler

   Australian and southeastern Asian birds with a melodious whistling call

   Turdus viscivorus, missel thrush, mistle thrush, mistletoe thrush

   large European thrush that feeds on mistletoe berries

   Turdus philomelos, mavis, song thrush, throstle

   common Old World thrush noted for its song

   Turdus pilaris, fieldfare, snowbird

   medium-sized Eurasian thrush seen chiefly in winter

   Turdus iliacus, redwing

   small European thrush having reddish flanks

   European blackbird, Turdus merula, blackbird, merl, merle, ousel, ouzel

   common black European thrush

   Turdus torquatus, ring blackbird, ring ouzel, ring thrush

   European thrush common in rocky areas; the male has blackish plumage with a white band around the neck

   American robin, Turdus migratorius, robin

   large American thrush having a rust-red breast and abdomen

   Turdus greyi, clay-colored robin

   robin of Mexico and Central America

   Hylocichla guttata, hermit thrush

   North American thrush noted for its complex and appealing song

   Hylocichla fuscescens, Wilson's thrush, veery

   tawny brown North American thrush noted for its song

   Hylocichla mustelina, wood thrush

   large thrush common in eastern American woodlands; noted for its melodious song

   Luscinia megarhynchos, nightingale

   European songbird noted for its melodious nocturnal song

   Luscinia luscinia, thrush nightingale

   large nightingale of eastern Europe

   Old World chat, chat

   songbirds having a chattering call

   solitaire

   a dull grey North American thrush noted for its beautiful song

   redstart, redtail

   European songbird with a reddish breast and tail; related to Old World robins

   wheatear

   small songbird of northern America and Eurasia having a distinctive white rump

   bluebird

   blue North American songbird

   Erithacus rubecola, Old World robin, redbreast, robin, robin redbreast

   small Old World songbird with a reddish breast

   Erithacus svecicus, bluethroat

   songbird of northern Europe and Asia

   gnatcatcher

   very small North American and South American warblers

   kinglet

   small birds resembling warblers but having some of the habits of titmice

   Old World warbler, true warbler

   small active brownish or greyish Old World birds

   Sylvia communis, greater whitethroat, whitethroat

   greyish-brown Old World warbler with a white throat and underparts

   Sylvia curruca, lesser whitethroat, whitethroat

   Old World warbler similar to the greater whitethroat but smaller

   New World warbler, wood warbler

   small bright-colored American songbird with a weak unmusical song

   Ptloris paradisea, riflebird

   velvety black Australian bird of paradise with green and purple iridescence on head and tail

   Icterus galbula, northern oriole

   a kind of New World oriole

   Icterus spurius, orchard oriole

   the male is chestnut-and-black

   lark, meadowlark

   North American songbirds having a yellow breast

   cacique, cazique

   black-and-red or black-and-yellow orioles of the American tropics

   Dolichonyx oryzivorus, bobolink, reedbird, ricebird

   migratory American songbird

   New World blackbird, blackbird

   any bird of the family Icteridae whose male is black or predominantly black

   Oriolus oriolus, golden oriole

   bright yellow songbird with black wings

   fig-bird

   greenish-yellow Australian oriole feeding chiefly on figs and other fruits

   Sturnus vulgaris, common starling

   gregarious bird having plumage with dark metallic gloss; builds nests around dwellings and other structures; naturalized worldwide

   Pastor roseus, Pastor sturnus, rose-colored pastor, rose-colored starling

   glossy black bird with pink back and abdomen; chiefly Asian

   mina, minah, myna, myna bird, mynah, mynah bird

   tropical Asian starlings

   crow

   black birds having a raucous call

   Corvus corax, raven

   large black bird with a straight bill and long wedge-shaped tail

   Corvus frugilegus, rook

   common gregarious Old World bird about the size and color of the American crow

   Corvus monedula, daw, jackdaw

   common black-and-grey Eurasian bird noted for thievery

   chough

   a European corvine bird of small or medium size with red legs and glossy black plumage

   jay

   crested largely blue bird

   nutcracker

   speckled birds that feed on nuts

   magpie

   long-tailed black-and-white crow that utters a raucous chattering call

   butcherbird

   large carnivorous Australian bird with the shrike-like habit of impaling prey on thorns

   bell magpie, currawong

   bluish black fruit-eating bird with a bell-like call

   Gymnorhina tibicen, piping crow, piping crow-shrike

   crow-sized black-and-white bird; a good mimic often caged

   Toxostoma rufums, brown thrasher, brown thrush

   common large songbird of eastern United States having reddish-brown plumage

   Xenicus gilviventris, rock wren

   short-tailed bird resembling a wren

   Acanthisitta chloris, rifleman bird

   small green-and-bronze bird

   American creeper, Certhia americana, brown creeper

   a common creeper in North America with a down-curved bill

   Certhia familiaris, European creeper

   common European brown-and-buff tree creeper with down-curved bill

   Tichodroma muriaria, tichodrome, wall creeper

   crimson-and-grey songbird that inhabits town walls and mountain cliffs of southern Eurasia and northern Africa

   European nuthatch, Sitta europaea

   a kind of nuthatch

   Sitta canadensis, red-breasted nuthatch

   bluish-grey nuthatch with reddish breast; of northern coniferous forests

   Sitta carolinensis, white-breasted nuthatch

   bluish-grey nuthatch with black head and white breast; of eastern North America

   chickadee

   any of various small grey-and-black songbirds of North America

   Parus bicolor, tufted titmouse

   crested titmouse of eastern and midwestern United States

   Parus caeruleus, blue tit, tomtit

   widely distributed European titmouse with bright cobalt blue wings and tail and crown of the head

   bush tit, bushtit

   active grey titmice of western North America

   Chamaea fasciata, wren-tit

   small brown bird of California resembling a wren

   Auriparus flaviceps, verdin

   very small yellow-headed titmouse of western North America

   Hirundo rustica, barn swallow, chimney swallow

   common swallow of North America and Europe that nests in barns etc.

   Hirundo pyrrhonota, cliff swallow

   North American swallow that lives in colonies and builds bottle-shaped mud nests on cliffs and walls

   Hirundo nigricans, tree martin, tree swallow

   of Australia and Polynesia; nests in tree cavities

   Iridoprocne bicolor, tree swallow, white-bellied swallow

   bluish-green-and-white North American swallow; nests in tree cavities

   martin

   any of various swallows with squarish or slightly forked tail and long pointed wings; migrate around Martinmas

   Piranga olivacea, firebird, redbird, scarlet tanager

   the male is bright red with black wings and tail

   Piranga ludoviciana, western tanager

   of western North America; male is black and yellow and orange-red

   Piranga rubra, summer redbird, summer tanager

   of middle and southern United States; male is deep rose-red the female mostly yellow

   Piranga flava hepatica, hepatic tanager

   common tanager of southwestern United States and Mexico

   butcherbird

   shrikes that impale their prey on thorns

   Lanius lucovicianus, loggerhead shrike

   a common shrike of southeastern United States having black bands around the eyes

   Lanius ludovicianus migrans, migrant shrike

   a shrike of central North America; winters in Texas and the southern Mississippi valley

   bush shrike

   an African shrike

   Ptilonorhynchus violaceus, satin bird, satin bowerbird

   of southeast Australia; male is glossy violet blue; female is light grey-green

   Chlamydera nuchalis, great bowerbird

   large bowerbird of northern Australia

   Cinclus aquaticus, European water ouzel

   a water ouzel of Europe

   American water ouzel, Cinclus mexicanus

   a water ouzel of western North America

   Vireo olivaceous, red-eyed vireo

   of northern North America having red irises and an olive-grey body with white underparts

   Vireo solitarius, solitary vireo

   of eastern North America having a bluish-grey head and mostly green body

   Vireo solitarius solitarius, blue-headed vireo

   common vireo of northeastern North America with bluish slaty-grey head

   Bombycilla cedrorun, cedar waxwing, cedarbird

   widely distributed over temperate North America

   Bohemian waxwing, Bombycilla garrulus

   large waxwing of northern North America; similar to but larger than the cedar waxwing

   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