PASSERINE

Passerine

A passerine is a bird of the order Passeriformes, which includes more than half of all bird species. Sometimes known as perching birds or, less accurately, as songbirds, the passerines form one of the most diverse terrestrial vertebrate orders; with over 5,000 identified species, it has roughly twice as many species as the largest of the mammal orders, the Rodentia. It contains more than 110 families, the second most of any order of vertebrates .

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passerine

Noun

  1. Any bird of the order Passeriformes, which comprises more than half of all bird species.

Adjective

  1. Of, or relating to a passerine or perching bird.


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