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nounany of various brown and yellow finches of parts of Europetype of:
Definition that contains serin
- kingfisher nonpasserine large-headed bird with a short tail and long sharp bill; usually crested and bright-colored; feed mostly on fish
- chatterer passerine bird of New World tropics
- coraciiform bird chiefly short-legged arboreal nonpasserine birds that nest in holes
- goatsucker mainly crepuscular or nocturnal nonpasserine birds with mottled greyish-brown plumage and large eyes; feed on insects
- tyrannid a passerine bird of the suborder Tyranni
- apodiform bird nonpasserine bird having long wings and weak feet; spends much of its time in flight
- genus serinus Old World finches; e.g. canaries and serins
- piciform bird any of numerous nonpasserine insectivorous climbing birds usually having strong bills for boring wood
- caprimulgid mainly crepuscular or nocturnal nonpasserine birds with mottled greyish-brown plumage and large eyes; feed on insects
- genus sturnella a genus of passerine birds including the meadowlarks