passeriform bird

Noun

1.

passeriform bird - 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 Synonyms: passerine

bird, broadbill, jenny wren, lyrebird, order Passeriformes, oscine, oscine bird, Passeriformes, passerine, scrub bird, scrub-bird, scrubbird, sparrow, true sparrow, tyrannid, wren