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Passerine Birds

Passerine Birds


Passerines are the largest list of birds with more than 5000 species , and most of the birds on earth falls under passerine type,Passerine birds are Within the order of Passeriformes,when looking at the main features if these type of birds they have a toe which faces backwards. ad also many of them have  pointed curved claws and most of the Passerines are gifted with unique distinguish sound and also they can make a harmonic noise like a song ,so that they can produce two sounds .

example Passerine : Magpie-Robin


Magpie-Robin is a small passerine bird that also  classed as a member of the thrush family Turdidae they have a log tail and body is black and white. and like the most passerines they are also able to produce two sounds ,there harmonic songs are so beautiful .They can be mostly found in south Asian countries  like Sri Lanka , India , Bangladesh ( In Bangladesh Magpie Robin is their National bird ), As I know in Sri Lanka those were called " demalichcha" and they are more likely to be seen with around people , but not like in highly crowded cities , 



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