passeriform bird

Other forms: passeriform birds

Definitions of passeriform bird

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
   synonyms: passerine

   types:

   oscine, oscine bird

   passerine bird having specialized vocal apparatus

   sparrow, true sparrow

   any of several small dull-colored singing birds feeding on seeds or insects

   lyrebird

   Australian bird that resembles a pheasant; the courting male displays long tail feathers in a lyre shape

   scrub bird, scrub-bird, scrubbird

   small fast-running Australian bird resembling a wren and frequenting brush or scrub

   broadbill

   small birds of the Old World tropics having bright plumage and short wide bills

   tyrannid

   a passerine bird of the suborder Tyranni

   jenny wren, wren

   any of several small active brown birds of the northern hemisphere with short upright tails; they feed on insects

   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

   English sparrow, Passer domesticus, house sparrow

   small hardy brown-and-grey bird native to Europe

   Passer montanus, tree sparrow

   Eurasian sparrow smaller than the house sparrow

   weaver, weaver finch, weaverbird

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

   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

   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

   Troglodytes troglodytes, winter wren

   small wren of coniferous forests of northern hemisphere

   Troglodytes aedon, house wren

   common American wren that nests around houses

   marsh wren

   a wren of the genus Cistothorus that frequents marshes

   Salpinctes obsoletus, rock wren

   wren inhabiting badlands and mesa country of western United States and Mexico

   Carolina wren, Thryothorus ludovicianus

   large United States wren with a musical call

   cactus wren

   large harsh-voiced American wren of arid regions of the United States southwest and Mexico

   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

   type of:

   bird

   warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings