Bird Family (Noun)
Meaning
A family of warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings.
Classification
Nouns denoting animals.
Examples
- The sparrow is a member of the bird family Passeridae, which is found throughout the world.
- Ornithologists have identified over 10,000 different species within the bird family.
- The bird family has evolved to include a wide range of beak shapes and sizes, each adapted to a specific diet.
- Many species within the bird family are known for their beautiful songs, which are used for mating and territorial defense.
- The earliest known member of the bird family is Archaeopteryx, which lived during the Jurassic period.
Hyponyms
- Family Cracticidae
- Family Falconidae
- Family Glareolidae
- Family Fringillidae
- Family Podargidae
- Family Coerebidae
- Family Phoeniculidae
- Family Tetraonidae
- Family Pittidae
- Family Galbulidae
- Subfamily Garrulinae
- Family Cracidae
- Family Prunellidae
- Family Passeridae
- Family Ploceidae
- Family Apterygidae
- Family Meleagrididae
- Family Gavidae
- Family Megapodiidae
- Family Hydrobatidae
- Family Strigidae
- Family Otididae
- Subfamily Sylviinae
- Family Alaudidae
- Family Tinamidae
- Family Bucerotidae
- Family Psittacidae
- Family Dendrocolaptidae
- Family Paridae
- Family Dacninae
- Family Coraciidae
- Family Upupidae
- Family Caprimulgidae
- Family Anatidae
- Family Sagittariidae
- Family Phasianidae
- Family Cariamidae
- Family Cinclidae
- Family Sturnidae
- Acanthisittidae
- Family Momotidae
- Family Dinornithidae
- Family Musophagidae
- Family Struthionidae
- Family Todidae
- Family Troglodytidae
- Family Parulidae
- Family Artamidae
- Family Meliphagidae
- Family Laridae
- Subfamily Emberizidae
- Family Phalacrocoracidae
- Family Apodidae
- Family Phalaropidae
- Family Fregatidae
- Family Rynchopidae
- Subfamily Emberizinae
- Family Pteroclididae
- Family Certhiidae
- Family Motacillidae
- Family Steatornithidae
- Family Sylviidae
- Family Indicatoridae
- Family Columbidae
- Family Pandionidae
- Family Pelecanoididae
- Family Turdidae
- Family Irenidae
- Family Hemiprocnidae
- Family Capitonidae
- Family Atrichornithidae
- Perdicinae
- Subfamily Numidinae
- Family Burhinidae
- Family Pelecanidae
- Family Bombycillidae
- Family Gruidae
- Family Rheidae
- Family Cuculidae
- Family Threskiornithidae
- Subfamily Malaconotinae
- Family Cotingidae
- Dacninae
- Family Turnicidae
- Family Casuaridae
- Numidinae
- Family Corvidae
- Subfamily Numididae
- Subfamily Sterninae
- Family Opisthocomidae
- Subfamily Anserinae
- Family Anhimidae
- Family Diomedeidae
- Family Charadriidae
- Family Ramphastidae
- Family Icteridae
- Family Drepanididae
- Subfamily Turdinae
- Family Eurylaimidae
- Family Meropidae
- Family Stercorariidae
- Family Rallidae
- Family Furnariidae
- Family Ibidiidae
- Family Alcidae
- Subfamily Perdicinae
- Family Ptilonorhynchidae
- Family Sittidae
- Family Haematopodidae
- Family Mimidae
- Family Menuridae
- Family Recurvirostridae
- Family Spheniscidae
- Family Scolopacidae
- Family Balaenicipitidae
- Family Paradisaeidae
- Family Trochilidae
- Family Thraupidae
- Subfamily Carduelinae
- Family Accipitridae
- Family Trogonidae
- Family Acanthisittidae
- Family Podicipedidae
- Family Sulidae
- Family Anhingidae
- Family Raphidae
- Family Aepyornidae
- Subfamily Loriinae
- Family Formicariidae
- Family Vireonidae
- Family Cathartidae
- Family Phoenicopteridae
- Family Timaliidae
- Family Pipridae
- Family Ciconiidae
- Family Phaethontidae
- Family Laniidae
- Family Hirundinidae
- Family Picidae
- Family Bucconidae
- Superfamily Tyrannidae
- Family Muscicapidae
- Family Tytonidae
- Family Procellariidae
- Family Psophiidae
- Subfamily Perdicidae
- Subfamily Merginae
- Family Ardeidae
- Family Xenicidae
- Family Oriolidae
- Family Plataleidae
- Family Alcedinidae