Songbirds
Query URLs
https://term.museum-digital.de/md-de/tag/10533
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- MenuridaeAtrichornithidaeClimacteridaePtilonorhynchidaeMaluridaeMeliphagidaeDasyornithidaePardalotidaeAcanthizidaePomatostomidaeOrthonychidaeCnemophilidaeMelanocharitidaeCallaeidaeNotiomystidaeCorvidesPasserida
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A songbird is a bird belonging to the suborder Passeri of the perching birds (Passeriformes). Another name that is sometimes seen as the scientific or vernacular name is Oscines, from Latin oscen, "songbird". The Passeriformes contains 5,000 or so species found all over the world, in which the vocal organ typically is developed in such a way as to produce a diverse and elaborate bird song.
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