Oscine

Of Oscines and passerine.   May also be referred to as oscine bird.

Passerine bird having specialized vocal apparatus.

This concept's ID is @1~7615

Contains

  • finch 24 facts

    Any of numerous small songbirds with short stout bills adapted for crushing seeds.

  • thrush 20 facts

    Songbirds characteristically having brownish upper plumage with a spotted breast.

  • corvine bird 8 facts

    Birds of the crow family.

  • titmouse 6 facts

    Small insectivorous birds.

  • New World oriole 6 facts

    American songbird; male is black and orange or yellow.

  • warbler 6 facts

    A small active songbird.

  • swallow 5 facts

    Small long-winged songbird noted for swift graceful flight and the regularity of its mi...

  • weaver 5 facts

    Finch-like African and Asian colonial birds noted for their elaborately woven nests.

  • tanager 4 facts

    Any of numerous New World woodland birds having brightly colored males.

  • shrike 4 facts

    Any of numerous Old World birds having a strong hooked bill that feed on smaller animals.

  • nutcracker 3 facts

    Any of various small short-tailed songbirds with strong feet and a sharp beak that feed...

  • starling 3 facts

    Gregarious birds native to the Old World.

  • vireo 3 facts

    Any of various small insectivorous American birds chiefly olive-grey in color.

  • Australian magpie 3 facts

    Black-and-white oscine birds that resemble magpies.

  • tree creeper 3 facts

    Any of various small insectivorous birds of the northern hemisphere that climb up a...

  • oriole 2 facts

    Mostly tropical songbird; the male is usually bright orange and black.

  • flycatcher 2 facts

    Any of a large group of small songbirds that feed on insects taken on the wing.

  • catbird 2 facts

    Any of various birds of the Australian region whose males build ornamented structures resembling...

  • water ouzel 2 facts

    Small stocky diving bird without webbed feet; frequents fast-flowing streams and feeds...

  • waxwing 2 facts

    Brown velvety-plumaged songbirds of the northern hemisphere having crested heads and red...

  • New Zealand wren 2 facts

    Birds of New Zealand that resemble wrens.

  • songbird 1 facts

    Any bird having a musical call.

  • accentor 1 facts

    Small sparrow-like songbird of mountainous regions of Eurasia.

  • lark 1 facts

    Any of numerous predominantly Old World birds noted for their singing.

  • bird of paradise 1 facts

    Any of numerous brilliantly colored plumed birds of the New Guinea area.

  • lark 1 facts

    A songbird that lives mainly on the ground in open country; has streaky brown plumage.

  • honeycreeper 1 facts

    Small bright-colored tropical American songbird with a curved bill for sucking nec...

  • thrasher 1 facts

    Thrush-like American songbird able to mimic other birdsongs.

  • honey eater 0 facts

    Australasian bird with tongue and bill adapted for extracting nectar.

  • wagtail 0 facts

    Old World bird having a very long tail that jerks up and down as it walks.

  • bluebird 0 facts

    Fruit-eating mostly brilliant blue songbird of the East Indies.

  • wood swallow 0 facts

    Australasian and Asiatic bird related to the shrikes and resembling a swallow.

  • mockingbird 0 facts

    Long-tailed grey-and-white songbird of the southern United States able to mimic songs...

  • blue mockingbird 0 facts

    Mockingbird of Mexico.

  • babbler 0 facts

    Any of various insectivorous Old World birds with a loud incessant song; in some classifications...

  • catbird 0 facts

    North American songbird whose call resembles a cat's mewing.