passerines
Most common birds
Passerines are perching birds—the order Passeriformes, comprising more than half of all bird species.
The group includes songbirds like sparrows, finches, robins, and crows.
Their defining feature is feet adapted for gripping branches, with three toes forward and one back.
Most birds you see at a backyard feeder are passerines.
Small orange-breasted thrush
- finchSmall seed-eating songbird
- warblerSmall melodious bird
- thrushSpotted woodland vocalist
- starlingGlossy gregarious passerine
oriole · wren · chickadee · titmouse · nuthatch · jay · blackbird · crow
Perching birds with musical calls
- ornithologyScientific study of birds
- classificationSystematic grouping by traits
- phylogenyEvolutionary relationships among organisms
- speciesFinest taxonomic rank
biodiversity · evolution · morphology · genetics · endemism · biogeography · adaptation · avifauna
Producing sounds with voice
- chirpingHigh repeated animal calls
- warbleSing with tremolo
- trillRapid pitch oscillation
- whistleShrill air-blown sounder
tweet · melody · birdsong · chorus · syrinx · call · mimicry · dawn chorus
robin
Small orange-breasted thrush
starling · oriole · wren · chickadee · titmouse · nuthatch · jay · blackbird · crow · magpie
songbirds
Perching birds with musical calls
- ornithologyScientific study of birds
- classificationSystematic grouping by traits
- phylogenyEvolutionary relationships among organisms
species · biodiversity · evolution · morphology · genetics · endemism · biogeography · adaptation · avifauna · systematics
vocalization
Producing sounds with voice
whistle · tweet · melody · birdsong · chorus · syrinx · call · mimicry · dawn chorus · territorial
branch
Division or woody limb
feet · claw · balance · alight · perch · wire · fencepost · arboreal · canopy · foliage
flock
Animals gathered together
aerial · navigation · migration · murmuration · irruption · dispersal · flyway · stopover · vagrant · resident
- birdsrobin, crow, eagle, owl, duck
- Cladesmammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, insects
- ornithologyornithology, ornithologist, birding, bird watching, bird species
- vertebratesmammals, mammal, birds, bird, reptiles
passerinesraptors
Carnivorous birds of prey
birds of prey · waterfowl · penguins · flightless birds · ostriches
passerinesraptors
Carnivorous birds of prey
birds of prey · eagles · hawks · falcons · owls
passerinesostriches
Largest living birds
emus · cassowaries · rheas · condors · albatrosses