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Passerines meaning
plural of passerine
Example sentences (6)
And in May 2022, authorities found the lifeless body of a 47-year-old man who, despite warnings, had gone fishing from a lake known to be home to many passerines.
A notable feature of passerines compared to other orders of Aves is the arrangement of their toes, three pointing forward and one back, which facilitates perching.
Certain species of passerines have stiff tail feathers, which help the birds balance themselves when perching upon vertical surfaces.
Eggs and nests The chicks of passerines are altricial : blind, featherless, and helpless when hatched from their eggs.
Most passerines are smaller than typical members of other avian orders.
They were not placed with the passerines until a paper was published in 1840, 12 years after they were first placed in their own family, Menuridae.