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- proper noun A taxonomic
family within thesuperfamily Sylvioidea — thetits andchickadees .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Tommy: yup, I specifically mentioned Pseudopodoces because of its incredible convergent similarity with corvids (whereas it now seems to actually be deeply nested within Paridae, as you note).
Goodbye, my giant predatory, cursorial, flightless hoatzin Darren Naish 2006
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A similar process of radiation has occurred in many birds, such as the blue tit Parus caeruleus (Paridae) that has evolved into three different subspecies: P.c. teneriffae in Gran Canaria, Tenerife and La Gomera, P.c. ombriosus in El Hierro and P.c. palmensis in La Palma.
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Conspicuous species include redstarts (Phoenicurus spp.), finches, buntings (Caprodacus and Emberiza spp.), serins, and tits (Paridae).
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Pseudopodoces humilis, a misclassified terrestrial tit (Paridae) of the Tibetan Plateau: evolutionary consequences of shifting adaptive zones.
Archive 2006-05-01 Darren Naish 2006
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Any of numerous small insect-eating passerine birds of the family Paridae, found in woodland areas throughout the world and including especially members of the genus Parus, such as the chickadee.
Archive 2006-11-01 Karyn 2006
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Any of numerous small insect-eating passerine birds of the family Paridae, found in woodland areas throughout the world and including especially members of the genus Parus, such as the chickadee.
"Titmen" are Pigs Karyn 2006
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[Footnote: There are but two birds belonging to the Paridae (Titmice), which are claimed as being peculiar to Britain; and these merely on the ground of being climatic varieties -- hardly sufficient to warrant the founding of new "species."]
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Family Common Name Species Paridae White-naped tit Parus nuchalis
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But sometimes even he does not escape: "any one of the small birds belonging to the family Paridae, allied to the nuthatch."
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