| Noun | 1. | suborder Passeres - two names for the suborder of typical songbirds animal order - the order of animals order Passeriformes, Passeriformes - largest order of birds comprising about half the known species; rooks; finches; sparrows; tits; warblers; robins; wrens; swallows; etc.; the four suborders are Eurylaimi and Tyranni and Menurae and Oscines or Passeres oscine, oscine bird - passerine bird having specialized vocal apparatus 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 family Passeridae, Passeridae - true sparrows: Old world birds formerly considered weaverbirds family Ploceidae, Ploceidae - weaverbirds Drepanididae, family Drepanididae - Hawaiian honeycreepers family Muscicapidae, Muscicapidae - Old World (true) flycatchers family Turdidae, Turdidae - thrushes; in some classifications considered a subfamily (Turdinae) of the family Muscicapidae family Sylviidae, Sylviidae - in some classifications considered a subfamily (Sylviinae) of the family Muscicapidae: Old World (true) warblers; American kinglets and gnatcatchers 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 Cracticidae, family Cracticidae - Australian birds formerly included in the family Laniidae family Mimidae, Mimidae - sometimes considered a subfamily of Troglodytidae: mockingbirds; catbirds; thrashers Acanthisittidae, family Acanthisittidae, family Xenicidae, Xenicidae - alternative names for the family comprising the New Zealand wrens Certhiidae, family Certhiidae - creepers family Sittidae, Sittidae - nuthatches family Paridae, Paridae - titmice and chickadees family Irenidae, Irenidae - a family of birds of the suborder Oscines family Hirundinidae, Hirundinidae - swallows and martins Artamidae, family Artamidae - wood swallows family Thraupidae, Thraupidae - tanagers family Laniidae, Laniidae - shrikes family Ptilonorhynchidae, Ptilonorhynchidae - bowerbirds Cinclidae, family Cinclidae - water ouzels family Vireonidae, Vireonidae - small insectivorous American songbirds Bombycillidae, family Bombycillidae - a family of birds of the suborder Oscines |