tyrannid

Noun
  1. A passerine bird of the suborder Tyranni (synset 101549562)
    is a type of: passeriform bird, passerine - perching birds mostly small and living near the ground with feet having 4 toes arranged to allow for gripping the perch; most are songbirds; hatchlings are helpless
    subtypes:
    • flycatcher, new world flycatcher, tyrant bird, tyrant flycatcher - large American birds that characteristically catch insects on the wing
    • manakin - any of numerous small bright-colored birds of Central America and South America having short bills and elaborate courtship behavior
    • ovenbird - small brownish South American birds that build oven-shaped clay nests
    • ant bird, antbird - any of various dull-colored South American birds that feeding on ants some following army ant swarms
    • tree creeper, wood-creeper, woodcreeper, woodhewer - any of numerous South American and Central American birds with a curved bill and stiffened tail feathers that climb and feed like woodpeckers
    • pitta - any bird of the genus Pitta; brilliantly colored chiefly terrestrial birds with short wings and tail and stout bills
    belongs to: suborder tyranni, tyranni - New World flycatchers; antbirds; oven birds; woodhewers

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