passeres(n = noun.animal) oscines, suborder oscines, suborder passeres - two names for the suborder of typical songbirds;
is a kind of animal order
is a member of order passeriformes, passeriformes
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. [1913 Webster]