bird family

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bird family - a family of warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wingsCraniata, subphylum Craniata, subphylum Vertebrata, Vertebrata - fishes; amphibians; reptiles; birds; mammalsfamily Struthionidae, Struthionidae - tall terrestrial birds: ostrichesCasuaridae, family Casuaridae - a family of large ostrich-like birds including cassowariesApterygidae, family Apterygidae - coextensive with the order Apterygiformesfamily Rheidae, Rheidae - a family of birds coextensive with the order RheiformesAepyornidae, family Aepyornidae - coextensive with the order AepyorniformesDinornithidae, family Dinornithidae - moasfamily Meliphagidae, Meliphagidae - honey eatersfamily Prunellidae, Prunellidae - hedge sparrowAlaudidae, family Alaudidae - larksfamily Motacillidae, Motacillidae - pipits and wagtailsfamily Fringillidae, Fringillidae - finches: goldfinches; bullfinches; chaffinches; siskins; canaries; cardinals; grosbeaks; crossbills; linnets; buntingsCarduelinae, subfamily Carduelinae - used in some classifications for a subgroup of finchesEmberizidae, subfamily Emberizidae, subfamily Emberizinae - buntings and some New World sparrowsCoerebidae, Dacninae, family Coerebidae, family Dacninae - the honeycreepersfamily Passeridae, Passeridae - true sparrows: Old world birds formerly considered weaverbirdsfamily Ploceidae, Ploceidae - weaverbirdsDrepanididae, family Drepanididae - Hawaiian honeycreepersfamily Menuridae, Menuridae - lyrebirdsAtrichornithidae, family Atrichornithidae - scrubbirdsEurylaimidae, family Eurylaimidae - coextensive with the suborder Eurylaimisuperfamily Tyrannidae, Tyrannidae - New World tyrant flycatchers most numerous in Central America and South America but also in the United States and CanadaCotingidae, family Cotingidae - cotingas; umbrella birdsfamily Pipridae, Pipridae - manakinsfamily Furnariidae, Furnariidae - e.g. ovenbirdsfamily Formicariidae, Formicariidae - antbirdsDendrocolaptidae, family Dendrocolaptidae - woodhewers or woodcreepersfamily Pittidae, Pittidae - pittasfamily Muscicapidae, Muscicapidae - Old World (true) flycatchersfamily Turdidae, Turdidae - thrushes; in some classifications considered a subfamily (Turdinae) of the family Muscicapidaesubfamily Turdinae, Turdinae - alternative classification for the thrushesfamily Sylviidae, Sylviidae - in some classifications considered a subfamily (Sylviinae) of the family Muscicapidae: Old World (true) warblers; American kinglets and gnatcatcherssubfamily Sylviinae, Sylviinae - alternative classification for the Old World warblersfamily Timaliidae, Timaliidae - babblersfamily Parulidae, Parulidae - New World warblersfamily Paradisaeidae, Paradisaeidae - birds of paradisefamily Icteridae, Icteridae - American orioles; American blackbirds; bobolinks; meadowlarksfamily Oriolidae, Oriolidae - Old World oriolesfamily Sturnidae, Sturnidae - Old World starlingsCorvidae, family Corvidae - crow; raven; rook; jackdaw; chough; magpie; jayGarrulinae, subfamily Garrulinae - subfamily of the crow family: jaysCracticidae, family Cracticidae - Australian birds formerly included in the family Laniidaefamily Troglodytidae, Troglodytidae - wrensfamily Mimidae, Mimidae - sometimes considered a subfamily of Troglodytidae: mockingbirds; catbirds; thrashersAcanthisittidae, family Acanthisittidae, family Xenicidae, Xenicidae - alternative names for the family comprising the New Zealand wrens