Definition of Passeriformes

1. Noun. 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.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Passeriformes

Paspalum dilatatum
Paspalum distichum
Paspalum notatum

Literary usage of Passeriformes

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Hand-book to the Birds of Great Britain by Richard Bowdler Sharpe (1896)
"PERCHING BIRDS-ORDER passeriformes. To this order belong the bulk of the known species of birds in the world The characters which distinguish Passerine or ..."

2. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum by Richard Bowdler Sharpe, British Museum (Natural History). Dept. of Zoology (1894)
"Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum—continued. Vol. VI. Catalogue of the passeriformes, or Perching Birds, in the Collection of the British Museum. ..."

3. Catalogue by Bernard Quaritch (Firm) (1894)
"VI : passeriformes, 18 coloured plates, 20s 1881 the same, Vol. VIII : passeriformes, by Hans ... XIV : Catalogue of the passeriformes or Perching Birds ..."

4. Birds' Nests: An Introduction to the Science of Caliology by Charles Dixon (1902)
"... of the passeriformes —Of Crows and Allied Birds—Of the Birds of Paradise—Of the Drongos—Of the Orioles—Open Nest of a ..."

5. Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History) by George Albert Boulenger (1894)
"Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum—continued. Vol. VI. Catalogue of the passeriformes, or Perching Birds, in the Collection of the British Museum. ..."

6. Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History) by George Albert Boulenger (1893)
"Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum—continued. Vol. VI. Catalogue of the passeriformes, or Perching Birds, in the Collection of the British Museum. ..."

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