Coerebidae

Thesaurus

Noun

Coerebidae - the honeycreepersDacninae, family Coerebidae, family Dacninaebird family - a family of warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wingsOscines, Passeres, suborder Oscines, suborder Passeres - two names for the suborder of typical songbirdshoneycreeper - small bright-colored tropical American songbird with a curved bill for sucking nectarCoereba, genus Coereba - type genus of the Coerebidae

Coerebidae

(honeycreepers), a family of birds of the order Passeriformes. The birds have a number of adaptations enabling them to feed on nectar from flowers: the bill, used to pierce the flower corolla, is sharp, and the tongue is grooved or has a little brush on the end. There are 36 or 38 species, distributed in forests in Mexico southward to Argentina. The cup-shaped or spherical nests are built in trees. Besides feeding on nectar, honeycreepers eat insects, seeds, and fruits. They are often kept as cage birds. Taxonomists no longer classify honeycreepers as a separate family: some species are assigned to the family Thraupidae, others to the family Compsothlypidae, and one species to the family Fringillidae.

Coerebidae

Related to Coerebidae: Grassquit, Coereba

noun

Synonyms for Coerebidae

noun the honeycreepers

Synonyms

Dacninae
family Coerebidae
family Dacninae

Related Words

bird family
Oscines
Passeres
suborder Oscines
suborder Passeres
honeycreeper
Coereba
genus Coereba

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