BIRD FAMILY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does bird family mean? 

• BIRD FAMILY (noun)
  The noun BIRD FAMILY has 1 sense:

1. a family of warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings

  Familiarity information: BIRD FAMILY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BIRD FAMILY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A family of warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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)