Paridae

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Related to Paridae: breasts, family Sturnidae, Passeridae, teat, Sittidae, tufted titmouse, Tita, TITT

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Paridae - titmice and chickadees

family Paridae

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

titmouse, tit - small insectivorous birds

genus Parus, Parus - type genus of the family Paridae

genus Psaltriparus, Psaltriparus - a genus of Paridae

Chamaea, genus Chamaea - a genus of Paridae

Auriparus, genus Auriparus - a genus of Paridae

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WITH reference to Mrs M Edwards' letter "Birds Left Suddenly" (Birmingham Mail, October 31), I think she should find herself extremely fortunate to have witnessed a coming and going, she says, of between 30 and 40 blue tits, Parus caeruleus belonging to the family Paridae, a truly enviable spectacle.