perching bird

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   a bird with feet adapted for perching (as on tree branches); this order is now generally abandoned by taxonomists

   SynonymsInsessoresorder Insessorespercher

   Broaderanimal order

   Part ofAves

Questions about perching bird

What does perching bird mean?

perching bird means "a bird with feet adapted for perching (as on tree branches); this order is now generally abandoned by taxonomists".

What is another word for perching bird?

Close synonyms include Insessores, order Insessores, percher. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is perching bird a common word?

perching bird is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.