songbird family, order Passeriformes, consisting of 88 species of great diversity in size, habits, and diet, found throughout the Americas. Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/i/5
Icteridae are a family of American passerine birds, allied to the starlings, remarkable for the hammock-like nests which they construct, and hence called hangnests. The Baltimore bird may be regarded as typical of the family Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/browse/BI.HTM