Noun: perching bird
- A bird with feet adapted for perching (as on tree branches); this order is now generally abandoned by taxonomists
"The sparrow demonstrated typical perching bird behaviour as it gripped the branch";
- Insessores [archaic], order Insessores, percher
Derived forms: perching birds
Type of: animal order
Part of: Aves, class Aves
Encyclopedia: Perching bird