passerine
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- noun
- /ˈpæsəˌriːn/
- Specialized
:
pájaro paseriforme
- But larger blades have raised concerns for migrating passerines, says Michael Fry, the American Bird Conservancy's director of conservation advocacy.
- passerine birds
Examples
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The colorful song of the passerine filled the forest as dozens of small birds flitted among the branches.
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I have never made a set specifically for passerines, but it might be something to try in the future.
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The endangered Hawaiian forest birds are passerines, mostly honeycreepers, on the larger islands.
Academic text (2012) -
And then finally, we move to the most elaborate nest, those of the passerines, which include the songbirds, which are really one of the most diverse avian groups.
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Of the factors potentially explaining this pattern, the relative abundance of passerine or perching birds to nonpasserine birds was the most important explanatory variable.
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I estimate that twenty-four out of forty-two families of passerine (perching) birds include species dependent on silk for nest building.
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The Northwestern Hawaiian Island passerines present a hopeful contrast to the other endangered Hawaiian birds because they might be recoverable under traditional delisting criteria.
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All three species have small population sizes, and the two Nihoa Island passerines were limited to that single island, although the millerbird was recently introduced to Laysan, and the Laysan finch breeds on two islands.
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The bowerbirds are a monophyletic family of passerines (perching birds) consisting of eighteen species in eight genera whose distribution is limited to New Guinea and Australia.
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Many passerines, including sparrows and finches, are known for their remarkable vocal abilities.
Synonyms
A small or medium bird like a robin that sits on branches and often sings
A large group of songbirds that includes sparrows and robins
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Passerine comes from the Latin word passer meaning 'sparrow', so a passerine is a 'sparrow-like' bird. That explains why the word is used for the many small perching and singing birds, like sparrows and robins, that sit on branches.