passerine

Of or relating to birds of the order Passeriformes, which have feet specialized for grasping branches and similar structures, with the first toe facing backward. The order includes the songbirds and certain other groups, such as the flycatchers of the Americas.

A bird of the order Passeriformes.

Resembling or related to a sparrow; of or pertaining to the Passerinæ, in any sense, or the Passeres; passeriform.

About as large as a sparrow: as, the passerine parrot, Psittacula passerina; the passerine ground-dove, Chamæpelia passerina; the passerine owl, Glaucidium passerinum. Also passeroid.

A member of the Passerinæ, Passeres, or Passeriformes.

Of or pertaining to the Passeres.

One of the Passeres.

Any bird of the order Passeriformes, which comprises more than half of all bird species.

Of, or relating to a passerine or perching bird.

relating to or characteristic of the passeriform birds