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- Perching - p. pr. & vb. n. - of Perch
- Anomaliped - n. - One of a group of perching birds, having the middle toe more or less united to the outer and inner ones.
- Insessores - n. pl. - An order of birds, formerly established to include the perching birds, but now generally regarded as an artificial group.
- Alcedo - n. - A genus of perching birds, including the European kingfisher (Alcedo ispida). See Halcyon.
- Buceros - n. - A genus of large perching birds; the hornbills.
- Conirostres - n. pl. - A tribe of perching birds, including those which have a strong conical bill, as the finches.
- Boatbill - n. - A perching bird of India, of the genus Eurylaimus.
- Anisodactyls - n. pl. - A group of perching birds which are anisodactylous.
- Passeres - n. pl. - An order, or suborder, of birds, including more that half of all the known species. It embraces all singing birds (Oscines), together with many other small perching birds.