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 ...
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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.