Definition of passeres Passeres

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Noun
passeres - two names for the suborder of typical songbirds
		Oscines, suborder Oscines, Passeres, suborder Passeres
		animal order the order of animals
		order passeriformes, 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
		oscine, oscine bird passerine bird having specialized vocal apparatus
		family meliphagidae, meliphagidae honey eaters
		family prunellidae, prunellidae hedge sparrow
		alaudidae, family alaudidae larks
		family motacillidae, motacillidae pipits and wagtails
		family fringillidae, fringillidae finches: goldfinches; bullfinches; chaffinches; siskins; canaries; cardinals; grosbeaks; crossbills; linnets; buntings
		coerebidae, dacninae, family coerebidae, family dacninae the honeycreepers
		family passeridae, passeridae true sparrows: Old world birds formerly considered weaverbirds
		family ploceidae, ploceidae weaverbirds
		drepanididae, family drepanididae Hawaiian honeycreepers
		family muscicapidae, muscicapidae Old World (true) flycatchers
		family turdidae, turdidae thrushes; in some classifications considered a subfamily (Turdinae) of the family Muscicapidae
		family sylviidae, sylviidae in some classifications considered a subfamily (Sylviinae) of the family Muscicapidae: Old World (true) warblers; American kinglets and gnatcatchers
		family timaliidae, timaliidae babblers
		family parulidae, parulidae New World warblers
		family paradisaeidae, paradisaeidae birds of paradise
		family icteridae, icteridae American orioles; American blackbirds; bobolinks; meadowlarks
		family oriolidae, oriolidae Old World orioles
		family sturnidae, sturnidae Old World starlings
		corvidae, family corvidae crow; raven; rook; jackdaw; chough; magpie; jay
		cracticidae, family cracticidae Australian birds formerly included in the family Laniidae
		family mimidae, mimidae sometimes considered a subfamily of Troglodytidae: mockingbirds; catbirds; thrashers
		acanthisittidae, family acanthisittidae, family xenicidae, xenicidae alternative names for the family comprising the New Zealand wrens
		certhiidae, family certhiidae creepers
		family sittidae, sittidae nuthatches
		family paridae, paridae titmice and chickadees
		family irenidae, irenidae a family of birds of the suborder Oscines
		family hirundinidae, hirundinidae swallows and martins
		artamidae, family artamidae wood swallows
		family thraupidae, thraupidae tanagers
		family laniidae, laniidae shrikes
		family ptilonorhynchidae, ptilonorhynchidae bowerbirds
		cinclidae, family cinclidae water ouzels
		family vireonidae, vireonidae small insectivorous American songbirds

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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

passeres (n. pl.)
An order, or suborder, of birds, including more that half of all the known species. It embraces all singing birds (Oscines), together with many other small perching birds.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

passeres
pas′e-rez, n.pl. the name given by Cuvier to the order of birds otherwise called Insessores, comprising more than half of all the birds.—adj. Pass′erine, relating to the Passeres, an order of which the sparrow is the type. [L. passer, a sparrow.]