bird family

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bird family - a family of warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings Craniata, subphylum Craniata, subphylum Vertebrata, Vertebrata - fishes; amphibians; reptiles; birds; mammals family Struthionidae, Struthionidae - tall terrestrial birds: ostriches Casuaridae, family Casuaridae - a family of large ostrich-like birds including cassowaries Apterygidae, family Apterygidae - coextensive with the order Apterygiformes family Rheidae, Rheidae - a family of birds coextensive with the order Rheiformes Aepyornidae, family Aepyornidae - coextensive with the order Aepyorniformes Dinornithidae, family Dinornithidae - moas family Meliphagidae, Meliphagidae - honey eaters family Prunellidae, Prunellidae - hedge sparrow Alaudidae, family Alaudidae - larks family Motacillidae, Motacillidae - pipits and wagtails family Fringillidae, Fringillidae - finches: goldfinches; bullfinches; chaffinches; siskins; canaries; cardinals; grosbeaks; crossbills; linnets; buntings Carduelinae, subfamily Carduelinae - used in some classifications for a subgroup of finches Emberizidae, subfamily Emberizidae, subfamily Emberizinae - buntings and some New World sparrows Coerebidae, Dacninae, family Coerebidae, family Dacninae - the honeycreepers family Passeridae, Passeridae - true sparrows: Old world birds formerly considered weaverbirds family Ploceidae, Ploceidae - weaverbirds Drepanididae, family Drepanididae - Hawaiian honeycreepers family Menuridae, Menuridae - lyrebirds Atrichornithidae, family Atrichornithidae - scrubbirds Eurylaimidae, family Eurylaimidae - coextensive with the suborder Eurylaimi superfamily Tyrannidae, Tyrannidae - New World tyrant flycatchers most numerous in Central America and South America but also in the United States and Canada Cotingidae, family Cotingidae - cotingas; umbrella birds family Pipridae, Pipridae - manakins family Furnariidae, Furnariidae - e.g. ovenbirds family Formicariidae, Formicariidae - antbirds Dendrocolaptidae, family Dendrocolaptidae - woodhewers or woodcreepers family Pittidae, Pittidae - pittas family Muscicapidae, Muscicapidae - Old World (true) flycatchers family Turdidae, Turdidae - thrushes; in some classifications considered a subfamily (Turdinae) of the family Muscicapidae subfamily Turdinae, Turdinae - alternative classification for the thrushes family Sylviidae, Sylviidae - in some classifications considered a subfamily (Sylviinae) of the family Muscicapidae: Old World (true) warblers; American kinglets and gnatcatchers subfamily Sylviinae, Sylviinae - alternative classification for the Old World warblers family Timaliidae, Timaliidae - babblers family Parulidae, Parulidae - New World warblers family Paradisaeidae, Paradisaeidae - birds of paradise family Icteridae, Icteridae - American orioles; American blackbirds; bobolinks; meadowlarks family Oriolidae, Oriolidae - Old World orioles family Sturnidae, Sturnidae - Old World starlings Corvidae, family Corvidae - crow; raven; rook; jackdaw; chough; magpie; jay