Bird Species



Birds of Prey(Falconiformes)
American Fultures, Secretary Birds, Hawks, Vulture, Eagles, Osprey, Falcons..

Cassowaries and Emus (Casuariformes)
Cassowaries, Emus.

Collies or Mousebirds (Coliformes)

Cranes, Rails, and Allies (Cruiformes)
Cranes, Limpkin, Rails, Kagu, Seriemas, Bustards.

Cuckoos and Allies(Cuculiformes)
Turacos, Cuckoos.

Divers or Loons (Gaviiformes)

Fowl-like Birds (Galliformes)
Megapods, Grouse, Quails, Partridges, Pheasants, Guinea fowls, Turkeys, Hoatzin.

Grebes (Podicipediformes)

Heron and Allies (Ciconiiformes)
Herons, Bitterns, Boatbill Heron, Whalehead Stork, Hammerhead, Storks, Ibises, Spoonbills, Flamingos.

Kingfishers and Allies (Coraciiformes)

Kingfishers, Motmots, Bee-eaters, Rollers, Hoopoes, Hornbills.

Kiwis (Apterygiformes)

Nightjars (Caprimulgiformes)
Oilbird, Frogmouths, Nightjars.

Ostriches (Struthioniformes)

Owls (Strigiformes)
Barn Owls, Typical Owls.

Ostriches (Struthioniformes)

Parrots and Allies (Psittaciformes)

Pelicans and Allies (Peleccniformes)
Tropic Birds, Pelicans, Cormorants, Anhingas, Boobies, Gannets, Frigate-Birds.

Penguins (Sphenisciformes)

Perching Birds (Passeriformes)
Accentors,Babblers and Allies, Bellbirds, Birds of Paradise, Bowerbirds, Broadbills, Bulbuls, Creepers, Crows, Dippers, Drongdos, Honeyeaters, Icteride, Larks, Leaf Birds and Allies, Lyrebirds, Manakins, Martins, Mimic Thrushes, New World, Seedeaters, New Zealand Wrens, Nuthatch, Nuthatch, Old World, Flycatchers, Old World Orioles, Old World Seedeaters, Old World Warblers, Ovenbirds, Pipits, Pittas, Shrikes, Starlings, Sunbirds, Swallows, Tanagers, Tits, Tyrant Flycatchers, Vireos, Wagtails, Waxwings, White-eyes, Wood Swallows, Wood Warblers, Wrens.

Rheas (Rheiformes)

Swifts and Humming Birds (Apodiformes)
Crested Swifts, Humming Birds, Swifts

Tinamous (Tinamouse)

Trogons (Troginiformes)

Tube-nose Swimmers (Procellariiformes)
Albatrosses, Shearwaters, Storm Petrols.

Waders, Gulls, and Auks. (Charadriiformes)
Auks, Avocets, Coursets, Gulls, Jacanas, Lapwings, Oystercatchers, Phalaropes, Plovers, Pratincoles, Sandpiper and Allies, Sheathbills, Skuas, Stilts, Stone Curlews, Terns.

Waterfowl (Anseriformes)
Ducks, Geese, Screamers, Swans.

Woodpeckers and Allies (Piciformes)
Barbets, Toucans, Woodpeckers.

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