songbird family, order Passeriformes, consisting of 88 species of great diversity in size, habits, and diet, found throughout the Americas. - Male red-winged blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus).
- Western meadowlark (Sturnella neglecta)
Ornithologists refer to these birds as icterids. The Icteridae belongs to the songbird suborder (Passeres). |