percher

A noun referring to a person situated on a perch, or a bird with feet adapted for perching on tree branches, a classification now generally abandoned by taxonomists.

• 🇪🇸Sustantivo que designa a una persona que se posa o está sentada en una percha, o a un ave con patas adaptadas para posarse en ramas de árboles; clasificación que actualmente los taxónomos rechazan en general.

1. Person on a perch C2 formal

   A person who is situated or sitting on a perch, such as a high seat or elevated position.

   • The percher on the high stool watched the crowd below.
   • He was a percher on the fence, observing the parade.
   • The artist painted a percher on a rooftop.

   🇪🇸Persona en una percha o posadero

2. Perching bird C2 formal scientific

   A bird with feet adapted for perching, typically on tree branches; this classification is now largely abandoned by taxonomists.

   • The sparrow is a classic example of a percher.
   • Ornithologists once grouped many songbirds as perchers.
   • The percher's feet are designed to grip branches tightly.

   🇪🇸Ave posada

   Sinónimos: passerineperching bird

• perchers plural form
• perchers' possessive plural form
• percher's possessive singular form