Members of Suborder Passeri, which is one of the two large suborders of Order Passeriformes (perching birds); songbirds also are known as oscines or true songbirds. Songbirds have particularly complex voice boxes, which allow them to sing more complex songs than other birds. Found on https://academy.allaboutbirds.org/bird-academys-a-to-z-glossary-of-bird-ter