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Tyrannidae (Tyrant Flycathers) |
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- Order: Passeriformes - Typically erect posture while perched - Broad, flat bill hooked at tip; triangular in outline from above; rictal bristles present - Tarsi short, scutellate - Plumage usually drab - Ten primaries in each wing - Suboscine: song poorly developed - Sexually monomorphic |
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- Order: Passeriformes - Predatory, medium sized birds - Large head with strong hooked bill - Strong legs with sharp claws, scutellate tarsi - Ten primaries in each wing |
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- Order: Passeriformes - Small with heavy bill that is slightly hooked or notched - Ten primaries in each wing - Similar body shape to Parulidae but heads relatively bigger and bills thicker - Sexually monomorphic |
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- Medium to the largest passerines - Bristles point forward over the nostrils - Tarsus large, strongly scutellate, booted behind - Ten primaries in each wing |
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- Order: Passeriformes - Very long toe nails - Small to medium-sized passerines - Bill pointed, slightly downcurved - Legs fairly long - Claw on hind toe long and straight - Wings long and pointed - Ten primaries in each wing - Frequently crested |
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- Small to medium-sized passerines - Wings very long and pointed - Bill small and flat but with wide gape; triangular in outline from above; rictal bristles present - Legs short and scutellate; feet weak - Nine obvious primaries in each wing; secondaries very short |
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Paridae (Chickadees and Titmice) |
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- Order: Passeriformes - Small passerines - Sociable and energetic - Bill short and stout - Wings short to medium, rounded - Tail at least as long as wings - Ten primaries in each wing |
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- Scansoial: glean insects from tree trunks - Small, stocky passerines - Short, square tail; only birds that walk down tree trunks head first - Bill thin, pointed, typically straight - Tasi scutellate in front, nails very curved and compressed - Tail much shorter than wings - Ten primaries in each wing - Forage, work their way down a tree |
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- Order: Passeriformes - Small passerines that climb trees straight up - Bill slender, pointed, downcurved - Long, stiff, pointed tail feathersl tail about as long as wings - Toes, thin, claws shar and long - Ten primaries in each wing |
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-Order: Passeriformes - Small to medium-sized passerines with chunky bodies - Front toes partly joined at base - Bill slender, usually decurved - Tail usually short, often held upright and cocked - Wings short, rounded, concave - Tarsi scutellate in front - Ten primaries in each wing |
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- Very small, energetic passerines - Slender bills - Tail shorter than wings - Ten primaries in each wings |
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