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Fringillidae

Fringillidae

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A family of small birds like finches that eat seeds
  • noun
  • /frɪnˈdʒɪleɪdi/
  • Specialized
: Fringillidae
  • The Fringillidae are known for their distinct conical bills, which help them crack open hard seeds.

Examples

  • Birdwatchers love to observe Fringillidae species as they can often be seen feeding on seeds in gardens.

  • The Fringillidae family includes colorful birds like finches and goldfinches that often gather in flocks.

  • I am a professor of ornithology by trade—with a specialty in North American seedeaters (Passeriformes Fringillidae)—but an amateur lutanist at heart.

    Fiction book (1999)

Synonyms

family Fringillidae
vsFringillidae
  • Specialized
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A group of small to medium birds like finches that often eat seeds

focuses on small passerine birds with conical bills that eat seeds

Compounds

family Fringillidae
  • Specialized
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A group of small to medium birds like finches that often eat seeds

Surface Forms

Fringillidae singular
Fringillidaes plural

Morphology

Fringillidae = Fringilla (opaque) = Fringilla + idae

Formed by the Latin genus name 'Fringilla' plus the technical taxonomic suffix '-idae', which is not meaningful to average learners.

Etymology

Fringillidae comes from the Latin Fringilla meaning 'finch' and the family ending -idae. So Fringillidae is the 'finch family', a name that fits this group of small, seed-eating birds like finches and goldfinches.