bird family - a family of warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings

Oscines, Passeres, suborder Oscines, suborder Passeres - two names for the suborder of typical songbirds

sparrow, true sparrow - any of several small dull-colored singing birds feeding on seeds or insects

genus Passer, Passer - type genus of the Passeridae