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BIRD FAMILY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A family of warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("bird family" is a kind of...):
family ((biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more genera)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "bird family"):
family Struthionidae; Struthionidae (tall terrestrial birds: ostriches)
Casuaridae; family Casuaridae (a family of large ostrich-like birds including cassowaries)
Apterygidae; family Apterygidae (coextensive with the order Apterygiformes)
family Rheidae; Rheidae (a family of birds coextensive with the order Rheiformes)
Aepyornidae; family Aepyornidae (coextensive with the order Aepyorniformes)
Dinornithidae; family Dinornithidae (moas)
family Meliphagidae; Meliphagidae (honey eaters)
family Prunellidae; Prunellidae (hedge sparrow)
Alaudidae; family Alaudidae (larks)
family Motacillidae; Motacillidae (pipits and wagtails)
family Fringillidae; Fringillidae (finches: goldfinches; bullfinches; chaffinches; siskins; canaries; cardinals; grosbeaks; crossbills; linnets; buntings)
Carduelinae; subfamily Carduelinae (used in some classifications for a subgroup of finches)
Emberizidae; subfamily Emberizidae; subfamily Emberizinae (buntings and some New World sparrows)
Coerebidae; Dacninae; family Coerebidae; family Dacninae (the honeycreepers)
family Passeridae; Passeridae (true sparrows: Old world birds formerly considered weaverbirds)
family Ploceidae; Ploceidae (weaverbirds)
Drepanididae; family Drepanididae (Hawaiian honeycreepers)
family Menuridae; Menuridae (lyrebirds)
Atrichornithidae; family Atrichornithidae (scrubbirds)
Eurylaimidae; family Eurylaimidae (coextensive with the suborder Eurylaimi)
superfamily Tyrannidae; Tyrannidae (New World tyrant flycatchers most numerous in Central America and South America but also in the United States and Canada)
Cotingidae; family Cotingidae (cotingas; umbrella birds)
family Pipridae; Pipridae (manakins)
family Furnariidae; Furnariidae (e.g. ovenbirds)
family Formicariidae; Formicariidae (antbirds)
Dendrocolaptidae; family Dendrocolaptidae (woodhewers or woodcreepers)
family Pittidae; Pittidae (pittas)
family Muscicapidae; Muscicapidae (Old World (true) flycatchers)
family Turdidae; Turdidae (thrushes; in some classifications considered a subfamily (Turdinae) of the family Muscicapidae)
subfamily Turdinae; Turdinae (alternative classification for the thrushes)
family Sylviidae; Sylviidae (in some classifications considered a subfamily (Sylviinae) of the family Muscicapidae: Old World (true) warblers; American kinglets and gnatcatchers)
subfamily Sylviinae; Sylviinae (alternative classification for the Old World warblers)
family Timaliidae; Timaliidae (babblers)
family Parulidae; Parulidae (New World warblers)
family Paradisaeidae; Paradisaeidae (birds of paradise)
family Icteridae; Icteridae (American orioles; American blackbirds; bobolinks; meadowlarks)
family Oriolidae; Oriolidae (Old World orioles)
family Sturnidae; Sturnidae (Old World starlings)
Corvidae; family Corvidae (crow; raven; rook; jackdaw; chough; magpie; jay)
Garrulinae; subfamily Garrulinae (subfamily of the crow family: jays)
Cracticidae; family Cracticidae (Australian birds formerly included in the family Laniidae)
family Troglodytidae; Troglodytidae (wrens)
family Mimidae; Mimidae (sometimes considered a subfamily of Troglodytidae: mockingbirds; catbirds; thrashers)
Acanthisittidae; family Acanthisittidae; family Xenicidae; Xenicidae (alternative names for the family comprising the New Zealand wrens)
Certhiidae; family Certhiidae (creepers)
family Sittidae; Sittidae (nuthatches)
family Paridae; Paridae (titmice and chickadees)
family Irenidae; Irenidae (a family of birds of the suborder Oscines)
family Hirundinidae; Hirundinidae (swallows and martins)
Artamidae; family Artamidae (wood swallows)
family Thraupidae; Thraupidae (tanagers)
family Laniidae; Laniidae (shrikes)
Malaconotinae; subfamily Malaconotinae (an African bush shrikes)
family Ptilonorhynchidae; Ptilonorhynchidae (bowerbirds)
Cinclidae; family Cinclidae (water ouzels)
family Vireonidae; Vireonidae (small insectivorous American songbirds)
Bombycillidae; family Bombycillidae (a family of birds of the suborder Oscines)
Accipitridae; family Accipitridae (hawks; Old World vultures; kites; harriers; eagles)
Falconidae; family Falconidae (a family of birds of the order Falconiformes)
family Pandionidae; Pandionidae (ospreys)
family Sagittariidae; Sagittariidae (secretary birds)
Cathartidae; family Cathartidae (condors; turkey buzzards; king vultures)
family Strigidae; Strigidae (a family of nocturnal birds of the order Strigiformes)
family Tytonidae; Tytonidae (comprising only the barn owls)
family Meleagrididae; Meleagrididae (turkeys and some extinct forms)
family Tetraonidae; Tetraonidae (grouse)
Cracidae; family Cracidae (curassows; guans; chachalacas)
family Megapodiidae; Megapodiidae (megapodes)
family Phasianidae; Phasianidae (pheasants; quails; partridges)
Perdicidae; Perdicinae; subfamily Perdicidae; subfamily Perdicinae (Old World partridges)
Numididae; Numidinae; subfamily Numididae; subfamily Numidinae (guinea fowl and related birds of Africa and Madagascar)
family Opisthocomidae; Opisthocomidae (comprising the hoatzins)
family Tinamidae; Tinamidae (comprising the tinamous)
family Raphidae; Raphidae (extinct dodos and solitaires)
Columbidae; family Columbidae (doves and pigeons)
family Pteroclididae; Pteroclididae (sandgrouses)
family Psittacidae; Psittacidae (coextensive with the order Psittaciformes)
Loriinae; subfamily Loriinae (lories)
Cuculidae; family Cuculidae (includes cuckoo; ani; roadrunner)
family Musophagidae; Musophagidae (touracos)
Coraciidae; family Coraciidae (rollers)
Alcedinidae; family Alcedinidae (kingfishers)
family Meropidae; Meropidae (bee-eaters)
Bucerotidae; family Bucerotidae (hornbills)
family Upupidae; Upupidae (hoopoes)
family Phoeniculidae; Phoeniculidae (wood hoopoes)
family Momotidae; Momotidae; family Todidae; Todidae (a family of birds of the order Coraciiformes)
Apodidae; family Apodidae (swifts; in former classifications included in the order Coraciiformes)
family Hemiprocnidae; Hemiprocnidae (tree swifts)
family Trochilidae; Trochilidae (hummingbirds)
Caprimulgidae; family Caprimulgidae (goatsuckers)
family Podargidae; Podargidae (frogmouths)
family Steatornithidae; Steatornithidae (oilbirds)
family Picidae; Picidae (woodpeckers)
Capitonidae; family Capitonidae (barbets)
Bucconidae; family Bucconidae (puffbirds)
family Indicatoridae; Indicatoridae (honey guides)
family Galbulidae; Galbulidae (jacamars)
family Ramphastidae; Ramphastidae (toucans)
family Trogonidae; Trogonidae (coextensive with the order Trogoniformes)
Anatidae; family Anatidae (swimming birds having heavy short-legged bodies and bills with a horny tip: swans; geese; ducks)
Merginae; subfamily Merginae (mergansers and closely related diving birds)
Anserinae; subfamily Anserinae (used in some classifications for the swans)
Anhimidae; family Anhimidae (screamers)
Ciconiidae; family Ciconiidae (storks)
Balaenicipitidae; family Balaenicipitidae (shoebills)
family Ibidiidae; family Threskiornithidae; Threskiornithidae (ibises)
family Plataleidae; Plataleidae (spoonbills)
family Phoenicopteridae; Phoenicopteridae (flamingos)
Ardeidae; family Ardeidae (herons; egrets; night herons; bitterns)
family Gruidae; Gruidae (cranes)
Cariamidae; family Cariamidae (crane-like South American wading birds)
family Rallidae; Rallidae (rails; crakes; gallinules; coots)
family Otididae; Otididae (bustards)
family Turnicidae; Turnicidae (small Old World birds resembling but not related to true quail)
family Psophiidae; Psophiidae (trumpeters)
Charadriidae; family Charadriidae (plover family)
family Scolopacidae; Scolopacidae (sandpiper family: sandpipers; woodcocks; snipes; tattlers; curlews; godwits; dowitchers)
family Recurvirostridae; Recurvirostridae (long-legged shorebirds)
family Haematopodidae; Haematopodidae (oystercatchers)
family Phalaropidae; Phalaropidae (phalaropes)
family Glareolidae; Glareolidae (Old World shorebirds: pratincoles and coursers)
Burhinidae; family Burhinidae (large wading birds resembling the plovers: stone curlews)
family Laridae; Laridae (gull family: gulls and terns)
Sterninae; subfamily Sterninae (terns)
family Rynchopidae; Rynchopidae (coextensive with the genus Rynchops: skimmers)
family Stercorariidae; Stercorariidae (jaegers and skuas:)
Alcidae; family Alcidae (web-footed diving seabirds of northern seas: auks; puffins; guillemots; murres; etc.)
family Gavidae; Gavidae (loon family)
family Podicipedidae; Podicipedidae (coextensive with the order Podicipitiformes)
family Pelecanidae; Pelecanidae (pelicans)
family Fregatidae; Fregatidae (frigate birds)
family Sulidae; Sulidae (gannets and boobies)
family Phalacrocoracidae; Phalacrocoracidae (cormorants)
Anhingidae; family Anhingidae (snakebirds)
family Phaethontidae; Phaethontidae (tropicbirds)
family Spheniscidae; Spheniscidae (comprising all existing penguins)
Diomedeidae; family Diomedeidae (albatrosses)
family Procellariidae; Procellariidae (petrels; fulmars; shearwaters)
family Hydrobatidae; Hydrobatidae (storm petrels)
family Pelecanoididae; Pelecanoididae (diving petrels)
Holonyms ("bird family" is a member of...):
Craniata; subphylum Craniata; subphylum Vertebrata; Vertebrata (fishes; amphibians; reptiles; birds; mammals)
