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    A passerine (/ˈpæsəraɪn/) is any bird of the order Passeriformes (/ˈpæsərɪfɔːrmiːz/; from Latin passer 'sparrow' and formis '-shaped') which includes...
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  • Near passerines and higher land-bird assemblage are terms of traditional, pre-cladistic taxonomy that have often been given to tree-dwelling birds or those...
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  • Coraciiformes   Family: Meropidae The bee-eaters are a group of near passerine birds in the family Meropidae. They are characterized by richly colored...
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    This is the list of the brood parasites in order Passeriformes, the perching birds. Instead of making nests of their own, and feeding their young, brood...
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    Songbird (redirect from Oscine passerine)
    Edwards, Scott V. and John Harshman. 2013. Passeriformes. Perching Birds, Passerine Birds. Version 06 February 2013 (under construction). http://tolweb...
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  • This is a list of all birds recorded in the wild in the Korean Peninsula and its islands. Order: Gaviiformes   Family: Gaviidae The loons migrate to Korea...
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    A raven is any of several larger-bodied passerine bird species in the genus Corvus. These species do not form a single taxonomic group within the genus...
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  • medium-sized passerine birds restricted to the New World. Order: Passeriformes   Family: Oriolidae The orioles are medium-sized passerines, mostly with...
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  • medium-sized insectivorous passerines which hunt by flycatching. Order: Passeriformes   Family: Laniidae Shrikes are passerine birds known for their habit...
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  • Coraciiformes   Family: Meropidae The bee-eaters are a group of near passerine birds. Most species are found in Africa but others occur in southern Europe...
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  • Coraciiformes   Family: Meropidae The bee-eaters are a group of near passerine birds in the family Meropidae. Most species are found in Africa but others...
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  • large family of passerine birds Penduline tit or Remizidae, sometimes included in Paridae as Remizinae Bearded tit, a small reed-bed passerine bird Long-tailed...
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    The carrion crow (Corvus corone) is a passerine bird of the family Corvidae, native to western Europe and the eastern Palearctic. The carrion crow was...
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    The coal tit (Periparus ater), is a small passerine bird in the tit family, Paridae. It is a widespread and common resident breeder in forests throughout...
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  • Bullfinch is a name given to two groups of passerine birds. The true bullfinches are thick-billed finches in the passerine family Fringillidae. They comprise...
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    Nyctibiidae The potoos (sometimes called poor-me-ones) are large near passerine birds related to the nightjars and frogmouths. They are nocturnal insectivores...
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  • Coraciiformes   Family: Meropidae The bee-eaters are a group of near-passerine birds. Most species are found in Africa but others occur in southern Europe...
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  • World babbler, a large family of mostly Old World passerine birds Australo-Papuan babbler, passerine birds endemic to Australia-New Guinea Babbler (software)...
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    The Carolina chickadee (Poecile carolinensis) is a small passerine bird in the tit family Paridae. The Carolina chickadee was often placed in the genus...
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    necessary, and some parasitic cuckoos which have to match the passerine host's egg. Most passerines, in contrast, lay coloured eggs, even if there is no need...
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    The swallows, martins, and saw-wings, or Hirundinidae are a family of passerine songbirds found around the world on all continents, including occasionally...
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    The capuchinbird or calfbird (Perissocephalus tricolor) is a large passerine bird of the family Cotingidae. It is monotypic within the genus Perissocephalus...
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    treatment). Looking at variation in the behavioural responses of 22 different passerine species to a potential predator, the Eurasian Pygmy Owl, extent of mobbing...
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    Starlings are small to medium-sized passerine birds in the family Sturnidae, common name of Sturnid. The Sturnidae are named for the genus Sturnus, which...
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    The goldcrest (Regulus regulus) is a very small passerine bird in the kinglet family. Its colourful golden crest feathers, as well as being called the...
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    Slate, J.; Birkhead, T. R. (2012). "Inbreeding causes early death in a passerine bird". Nat Commun. 3: 863. Bibcode:2012NatCo...3..863H. doi:10.1038/ncomms1870...
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    The thrushes are a passerine bird family, Turdidae, with a worldwide distribution. The family was once much larger before biologists reclassified the...
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    any of the world's passerines, ranging over 251 million square kilometres globally.[not verified in body] It is a distinctive passerine bird with blue upperparts...
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    southbound passerine migrants, which it feeds to its young. A similar strategy is adopted by the greater noctule bat, which preys on nocturnal passerine migrants...
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    The buntings are a group of Old World passerine birds forming the genus Emberiza, the only genus in the family Emberizidae. The family contains 44 species...
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