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... > Eukaryota > Animals > Chordata > Vertebrates > Birds > Passeriformes > Songbirds

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Songbirds  

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  • Oscine
  • Oscines

Note

  • prefer specifics; entry term EREMOPHILA ALPESTRIS: EREMOPHILA PLANT, and EREMOPHILUS MUTISII see CATFISHES are also available

Scope note

  • PASSERIFORMES of the suborder, Oscines, in which the flexor tendons of the toes are separate, and the lower syrinx has 4 to 9 pairs of tensor muscles inserted at both ends of the tracheal half rings. They include many commonly recognized birds such as CROWS; FINCHES; robins; SPARROWS; and SWALLOWS.

History note

  • 1999

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D020308

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