passerine bird
1Bird vocalization — Bird song redirects here. For other uses, see Birdsong (disambiguation). A male Blackbird (Turdus merula) singing. Bogense havn, Funen, Denmark.   …
2passerine Ornithology — [ pasərʌɪn, ri:n] adjective denoting birds of a large order (Passeriformes) distinguished by having feet adapted for perching and including all songbirds. noun a passerine bird. Origin C18: from L. passer sparrow + ine1 …
3bird — Synonyms and related words: Bronx cheer, Jane, atomic warhead, avifauna, baby bird, bastard, biddy, bird of Jove, bird of Juno, bird of Minerva, bird of night, bird of passage, bird of prey, birdie, birdlife, birdy, bitch, boo, broad, bugger,… …
4bird — I (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Any warm blooded vertebrate with feathers and wings] Syn. fowl, feathered creature, Avis (Latin), songbird, passerine bird, oscine bird, bird of prey, raptor, shorebird, seabird, wader, wading bird, waterfowl, ratite,… …
5bird of paradise — n. 1. any of a family (Paradisaeidae) of brightly colored passerine birds found in and near New Guinea 2. any of several tropical plants (genus Strelitzia) of the banana family, native to Africa, having orange and blue flowers protruding from a… …
6passerine — [pas′ər in, pas′ərīn΄] adj. [L passerinus < passer, a sparrow] of or pertaining to an order (Passeriformes) of small or medium sized, chiefly perching songbirds having grasping feet with the first toe directed backward: more than half of all… …
7Passerine — Taxobox name = Passerines fossil range = Early Eocene (Wangerripian) to Recent image width = 250px image caption = House Sparrow ( Passer domesticus ) regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Aves subclassis = Neornithes infraclassis =… …
8Bird migration — A flock of Barnacle Geese during autumn migration …
9Bird nest — For animal nests in general, see Nest. For other uses, see Bird s nest. Deep cup nest of the Great Reed warbler A bird nest is the spot in which a bird lays and incubates its eggs and raises its young. Although the term popularly refers to a… …
10Bird — For other uses, see Bird (disambiguation). Aves and Avifauna redirect here. For other uses, see Aves (disambiguation) or Avifauna (disambiguation). Birds Temporal range: Late Jurassic–Recent, 150–0 Ma …
