NOUN
- largest order of birds comprising about half the known species; rooks; finches; sparrows; tits; warblers; robins; wrens; swallows; etc.; the four suborders are Eurylaimi and Tyranni and Menurae and Oscines or Passeres
How To Use Passeriformes In A Sentence
- Passeriformes is divided into two suborders; most of these birds are Passerii, oscine songbirds.
- For example, the Piciformes are in the superorder Ciconii, whereas the Passeriformes are in the superorder Passeri; likewise, the Anseriformes are in the Ciconii, whereas the Galliformes are in the Passeri.
- Hummingbirds have also been grouped with nightjars, mousebirds and perching birds (Passeriformes).