passerine in English

adjective
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of, relating to, or denoting birds of a large order distinguished by feet that are adapted for perching, including all songbirds.
These animals include rodents, passerine birds and arthropods.
noun
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a passerine bird; a perching bird.
Divers, grebes, geese, ducks, raptors, auks and passerines are the most affected especially in very hard weather which results in the surface of lakes and reservoirs freezing.

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1. The results showed that the acoustic structures of non-passerine, sub-oscine passerine and oscine passerine's songs have significant differences.

2. Bunting (bird) or Emberizidae, a family of Eurasian and African passerine birds New World Buntings or Passerina, a genus of American passerine birds in the family Cardinalidae; Blue bunting, a species of American passerine bird in the family Cardinalidae; Snow Buntings or Plectrophenax, a genus of Arctic passerine birds in the family Calcariidae

3. Laniarius (Boubous or gonoleks), a genus of passerine birds

4. The Antbirds are a large passerine bird family, the Thamnophilidae

5. Altricial birds include passerine birds, hummingbirds, swallows, woodpeckers, among others.

6. The true Bullfinches are thick-billed finches in the passerine family Fringillidae

7. Chickadee is a passerine bird that originates from the family of tit

8. The Babblers are a diverse group of passerine birds comprising 452 species

9. The Bananaquit (Coereba flaveola) is a species of passerine bird of uncertain relation

10. Asity (plural asities) Any of the family Philepittidae of small suboscine passerine birds

11. Altricial birds include pigeons, passerine birds (that is, perching/ songbirds), and raptors (owls, eagles, falcons).

12. We studied the post-fledging survival of the Whinchat, an altricial grassland passerine.

13. Bulbuls are a family of medium-sized passerine songbirds. Many forest species are known as greenbuls

14. Synonyms for Avifauna include bird, birdie, fowl, songbird, warbler, chick, fledgling, passerine, raptor and nestling

15. Bulbuls are a family of medium-sized passerine songbirds. Many forest species are known as greenbuls

16. The Alpine Accentors (Prunella collaris) are small passerine birds that occur naturally in Europe and Asia.

17. The dusky Antbird or tyrannine Antbird (Cercomacroides tyrannina) is a passerine bird in the Antbird family

18. The Anis are the three species of near-passerine birds in the genus Crotophaga of the cuckoo family

19. The combination of these conditions provides an ideal refuge, especially for passerine migrants in early spring.

20. Bullfinches are a genus of passerine birds in the finch family (Fringillidae).They belong to the genus Pyrrhula.

21. Passerine migrants would benefit from dispersed resources which allow the avoidance of crowding and exhaustion of supply.

22. The karyotypes of 8 species of Passerine birds were studied and compared with the data reported before.

23. The Bushtits or long-tailed tits, Aegithalidae, are a family of small, drab passerine birds with moderately long tails

24. The Cuckoos are a family of near-passerine birds.They are the main part of the order called Cuculiformes

25. Bluethroat (plural Bluethroats) A small Old World passerine bird, Luscinia svecica, the male in spring having a bright blue throat

26. 11 rows  · The Old World Babblers or Timaliidae are a family of mostly Old World passerine birds

27. The Antbirds are a large family of insect-eating passerine birds, Thamnophilidae, known for habitually following columns of marching ants

28. Crow definition is - any of various large usually entirely glossy black passerine birds (family Corvidae and especially genus Corvus)

29. Chough definition: a large black passerine bird, Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax, of parts of Europe , Asia , and Meaning, pronunciation, translations and examples

30. Family Formicariidae: several genera ‘Here we report an 8-year study of this system in a tropical passerine bird, the dusky Antbird.’

31. Ant thrush definition: any of various dull-coloured South American passerine birds of the family Formicariidae, Meaning, pronunciation, translations and examples

32. What does Bulbul mean? Any of various passerine, chiefly tropical Old World songbirds of the family Pycnonotidae, most of which have grayish or

33. Scientists surveyed 82 species of passerine birds, including sparrows, pigeons and anything that perches, in and around 12 cities in central Europe.

34. Any of various Old World passerine birds of the family Oriolidae, of which the males are characteristically black and bright yellow or orange.

35. The Welcome Swallow is a small passerine bird in the swallow family native to Australia and nearby islands, but not until recently to New Zealand.

36. Chough - There are two species of passerine birds commonly called Chough ( CHUF) that constitute the genus Pyrrhocorax of the Corvidae (crow) family of birds

37. Every nest type in spectrum has own advantages and disadvantages, and genetic a nd environmental factors confine what kind of nest type passerine adopts.

38. The white-bellied Antbird (Myrmeciza longipes), is a passerine bird which breeds in the tropical New World from Panama to northern Brazil and in Trinidad

39. The western jackdaw (Coloeus monedula), also known as the Eurasian jackdaw, the European jackdaw, or simply the jackdaw, is a passerine bird in the crow family

40. The Bluethroat (Luscinia svecica) is a small passerine bird that was formerly classed as a member of the thrush family Turdidae, but is now more generally considered to be an …

41. The hooded Butcherbird (Cracticus cassicus) is a species of passerine bird in the family Artamidae.It is found in New Guinea.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest.

42. Forest passerine migrators in the East of and the west of Heilongjiang province were observed and banded in the springs of 1998 and 19 6882 individuals of 71 species were banded .

43. The Bluethroat (Luscinia svecica) is a small passerine bird that was formerly classed as a member of the thrush family Turdidae, but is now more generally considered to be an Old World flycatcher, Muscicapidae

44. Antipress aperients Apertness arsenites arsepines episterna irateness paintress parenesis passerine peatiness perinates pinasters pineaster pistareen præsents pristanes resinates sin-eaters sin␣eaters sparteine star␣pines stearines taperness teariness Teresians tessarine

45. Bulbul (bŏŏl´bŏŏl), bird, common name for members of the family Pycnonotidae, comprising 119 species of medium-sized, dull-colored passerine birds with short necks and wings, native to Africa and S Asia.

46. The Bananaquit (Coereba flaveola) is a species of passerine bird of uncertain relation.It is tentatively placed in the tanager family, but classified as incertae sedis by other authorities such as the American Ornithologists' Union

47. The Bluethroat (Luscinia svecica) is a small passerine bird that was formerly classed as a member of the thrush family Turdidae, but is now more generally considered to be an Old World flycatcher, Muscicapidae

48. The Japanese tit (Parus minor), also known as the Oriental tit, is a passerine bird which replaces the similar great tit in Japan and the Russian Far East beyond the Amur River, including the Kuril Islands.

49. Accentor - small sparrow-like songbird of mountainous regions of Eurasia oscine, oscine bird - passerine bird having specialized vocal apparatus genus Prunella, Prunella - type genus of the Prunellidae dunnock, hedge sparrow, Prunella modularis, sparrow - small brownish European songbird

50. Definition of Bunting (Entry 1 of 3) : any of various stout-billed passerine birds (families Cardinalidae and Emberizidae) of which some are grouped with the cardinal and some with the New World sparrows — compare indigo Bunting, painted Bunting