Meliphagidae vs bird family

Meliphagidae and bird family both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
Meliphagidae	Yes	No	No	No
bird family	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, bird family is a hypernym of Meliphagidae; that is, bird family is a word with a broader meaning than Meliphagidae:

Meliphagidae: honey eaters
bird family: a family of warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings

Meliphagidae (noun)	bird family (noun)
honey eaters	a family of warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings