Definition of order passeriformes Order passeriformes
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What does order passeriformes mean?
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| order passeriformes - largest order of birds comprising about half the known species; rooks; finches; sparrows; tits; warblers; robins; wrens; swallows; etc.; the four suborders are Eurylaimi and Tyranni and Menurae and Oscines or Passeres | ||
| Passeriformes, order Passeriformes | ||
| animal order the order of animals | ||
| aves, class aves (ornithology) the class of birds | ||
| 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 | ||
| oscines, passeres, suborder oscines, suborder passeres two names for the suborder of typical songbirds | ||
| menurae, suborder menurae lyrebirds and scrubbirds | ||
| eurylaimi, suborder eurylaimi broadbills | ||
| suborder tyranni, tyranni New World flycatchers; antbirds; oven birds; woodhewers | ||
| clamatores, suborder clamatores used in some classification systems; a suborder or superfamily nearly coextensive with suborder Tyranni; Passeriformes having relatively simple vocal organs and little power of song; clamatorial birds | ||
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