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More than half of the known birds on earth are perching birds.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015

Just as Washington big shots get skyboxes for Redskins games, top politicos are perching themselves high above the action at the Robert�s hearing in the room designated as Hart 216.

From Time Magazine Archive

Nor is it less puzzling that the cuckoos, which are perching birds, should have two toes in front and two behind.

From Our Bird Comrades by Keyser, Leander S. (Leander Sylvester)

There are four trees before this bungalow, and at present two vultures are perching on each—horrible creatures, with long, scraggy necks.

From Olivia in India by Douglas, O.