Definition of tyrannids Tyrannids

We found 1 definitions of tyrannids from 1 different sources.

What does tyrannids mean?

🔤

Noun Plural: tyrannids
tyrannid - a passerine bird of the suborder Tyranni
		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
		suborder tyranni, tyranni New World flycatchers; antbirds; oven birds; woodhewers
		new world flycatcher, tyrant bird, tyrant flycatcher, 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
		wood-creeper, woodcreeper, woodhewer, tree creeper any of numerous South American and Central American birds with a curved bill and stiffened tail feathers that climb and feed like woodpeckers