| has gloss | (noun) a family of warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings
bird family |
| lexicalization | eng: bird family |
| subclass of | (noun) (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more genera; "sharks belong to the fish family"
family |
| Note: 103 other subclass(es) ommited in the following list |
| has subclass | (noun) tall terrestrial birds: ostriches
Struthionidae, family Struthionidae |
| has subclass | (noun) moas
family Dinornithidae, Dinornithidae |
| has subclass | (noun) hedge sparrow
family Prunellidae, Prunellidae |
| has subclass | (noun) finches: goldfinches; bullfinches; chaffinches; siskins; canaries; cardinals; grosbeaks; crossbills; linnets; buntings
family Fringillidae, Fringillidae |
| has subclass | (noun) cotingas; umbrella birds
family Cotingidae, Cotingidae |
| has subclass | (noun) manakins
family Pipridae, Pipridae |
| has subclass | (noun) woodhewers or woodcreepers
family Dendrocolaptidae, Dendrocolaptidae |
| has subclass | (noun) Old World (true) flycatchers
family Muscicapidae, Muscicapidae |
| has subclass | (noun) in some classifications considered a subfamily (Sylviinae) of the family Muscicapidae: Old World (true) warblers; American kinglets and gnatcatchers
family Sylviidae, Sylviidae |
| has subclass | (noun) Old World starlings
family Sturnidae, Sturnidae |
| has subclass | (noun) Australian birds formerly included in the family Laniidae
family Cracticidae, Cracticidae |
| has subclass | (noun) wrens
family Troglodytidae, Troglodytidae |
| has subclass | (noun) nuthatches
Sittidae, family Sittidae |
| has subclass | (noun) swallows and martins
family Hirundinidae, Hirundinidae |
| has subclass | (noun) bowerbirds
Ptilonorhynchidae, family Ptilonorhynchidae |
| has subclass | (noun) water ouzels
Cinclidae, family Cinclidae |
| has subclass | (noun) a family of birds of the order Falconiformes
family Falconidae, Falconidae |
| has subclass | (noun) secretary birds
family Sagittariidae, Sagittariidae |
| has subclass | (noun) condors; turkey buzzards; king vultures
Cathartidae, family Cathartidae |
| has subclass | (noun) a family of nocturnal birds of the order Strigiformes
Strigidae, family Strigidae |
| has subclass | (noun) turkeys and some extinct forms
family Meleagrididae, Meleagrididae |
| has subclass | (noun) grouse
family Tetraonidae, Tetraonidae |
| has subclass | (noun) Old World partridges
subfamily Perdicinae, Perdicinae, subfamily Perdicidae, Perdicidae |
| has subclass | (noun) guinea fowl and related birds of Africa and Madagascar
Numididae, Numidinae, subfamily Numididae, subfamily Numidinae |
| has subclass | (noun) comprising the tinamous
family Tinamidae, Tinamidae |
| has subclass | (noun) includes cuckoo; ani; roadrunner
family Cuculidae, Cuculidae |
| has subclass | (noun) bee-eaters
Meropidae, family Meropidae |
| has subclass | (noun) oilbirds
family Steatornithidae, Steatornithidae |
| has subclass | (noun) puffbirds
Bucconidae, family Bucconidae |
| has subclass | (noun) honey guides
family Indicatoridae, Indicatoridae |
| has subclass | (noun) swimming birds having heavy short-legged bodies and bills with a horny tip: swans; geese; ducks
family Anatidae, Anatidae |
| has subclass | (noun) screamers
family Anhimidae, Anhimidae |
| has subclass | (noun) flamingos
Phoenicopteridae, family Phoenicopteridae |
| has subclass | (noun) rails; crakes; gallinules; coots
family Rallidae, Rallidae |
| has subclass | (noun) trumpeters
Psophiidae, family Psophiidae |
| has subclass | (noun) plover family
family Charadriidae, Charadriidae |
| has subclass | (noun) large wading birds resembling the plovers: stone curlews
Burhinidae, family Burhinidae |
| has subclass | (noun) pelicans
Pelecanidae, family Pelecanidae |
| has subclass | (noun) albatrosses
Diomedeidae, family Diomedeidae |
| has subclass | c/Bird families |