Perching Birds

Perching birds, also called passerine birds contain about 5,300 species. Perching birds have a special type of foot that allows them to grip tightly onto branches. Birds in this group include thrushes, finches, crows and starlings.

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Perching Birds contains the following topics

	Blackbirds		Crows and relatives		Finches and relatives
	Honeyeaters		Hummingbirds and relatives		Robins and Tomtits
	Silvereyes and relatives		Sparrows and relatives		Starlings and relatives
	Swallows and relatives		Thrushes		Wattlebirds