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Turdidae
Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  Turdidae - thrushes; in some classifications considered a subfamily (Turdinae) of the family Muscicapidaefamily Turdidaebird family - a family of warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wingsOscines, Passeres, suborder Oscines, suborder Passeres - two names for the suborder of typical songbirdsthrush - songbirds characteristically having brownish upper plumage with a spotted breastgenus Turdus, Turdus - type genus of the Turdidaegenus Hylocichla, Hylocichla - American thrush: wood thrush; hermit thrush; veerygenus Luscinia, Luscinia - nightingalesgenus Saxicola, Saxicola - Old World chatsgenus Myadestes, Myadestes - solitairesgenus Phoenicurus, Phoenicurus - Old World thrushesgenus Oenanthe, Oenanthe - wheatearsErithacus, genus Erithacus - Old World thrushes |
Turdidae
Turdidae[′tər·də‚dē] (vertebrate zoology) The thrushes, a family of passeriform birds in the suborder Oscines. Turdidae a family of birds of the order Passeriformes. As a rule, the tarsus is covered not by individual scales, but by a solid plate. The fledglings are speckled. The family Turdidae includes thrushes, wheatears, chats, sparrows, and robins. There are approximately 300 species. They are found all over the world except in Antarctica and New Zealand; there are 51 species in the USSR. They live under the most varied conditions—in the tundra, tropical forests, and high mountains. Their diet consists of insects, worms, mollusks, berries, and small fruits. Turdidae
Synonyms for Turdidaenoun thrushesSynonymsRelated Words- bird family
- Oscines
- Passeres
- suborder Oscines
- suborder Passeres
- thrush
- genus Turdus
- Turdus
- genus Hylocichla
- Hylocichla
- genus Luscinia
- Luscinia
- genus Saxicola
- Saxicola
- genus Myadestes
- Myadestes
- genus Phoenicurus
- Phoenicurus
- genus Oenanthe
- Oenanthe
- Erithacus
- genus Erithacus
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