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About Trogons
The Trogons are a family of birds (Latin: <em>Trogonidae</em>) within the order Trogons.
About Toucan Barbets
The Toucan Barbets are a family of birds (Latin: <em>Semnornithidae</em>) within the order Woodpec…
About Seriemas
Cariamiformes include the seriemas (Cariamidae), two long-legged, terrestrial predators of South American gras…
About Seriemas
The Seriemas are a family of birds (Latin: <em>Cariamidae</em>) within the order Seriemas.
About Austral Storm Petrels
The Austral Storm Petrels are a family of birds (Latin: <em>Oceanitidae</em>) within the order Alb…
About Oystercatchers
The Oystercatchers are a family of birds (Latin: <em>Haematopodidae</em>) within the order Shorebi…
About Falcons and Allies
Falconiformes here comprises the falcons, caracaras and forest-falcons (Falconidae), 65 species of diurnal rap…
About Guineafowl
The Guineafowl are a family of birds (Latin: <em>Numididae</em>) within the order Gamebirds (Chick…
About Caracaras, Falcons
The Caracaras, Falcons are a family of birds (Latin: <em>Falconidae</em>) within the order Falcons…
About Swifts
The Swifts are a family of birds (Latin: <em>Apodidae</em>) within the order Swifts and Hummingbir…
About Nightjars and Allies
Caprimulgiformes are the nightjars and their allies, crepuscular and nocturnal birds of forests, woodlands and…
About Storks
Ciconiiformes here refers to the storks, a family (Ciconiidae) of 20 large, long-legged wading birds of wetlan…
About Nightjars
The Nightjars are a family of birds (Latin: <em>Caprimulgidae</em>) within the order Nightjars and…
About Storks
The Storks are a family of birds (Latin: <em>Ciconiidae</em>) within the order Storks.
About Stone-curlews, Thick-knees
The Stone-curlews, Thick-knees are a family of birds (Latin: <em>Burhinidae</em>) within the order…
About Motmots
The Motmots are a family of birds (Latin: <em>Momotidae</em>) within the order Kingfishers and All…
About African & New World Parrots
The African & New World Parrots are a family of birds (Latin: <em>Psittacidae</em>) within the…
About Sandpipers, Snipes
The Sandpipers, Snipes are a family of birds (Latin: <em>Scolopacidae</em>) within the order Shore…
About Stilts, Avocets
The Stilts, Avocets are a family of birds (Latin: <em>Recurvirostridae</em>) within the order Shor…
About Waterfowl (Ducks, Geese and Swans)
Anseriformes are the waterfowl: ducks, geese and swans, a cosmopolitan order of some 178 species found on ever…
About White-eyes
The White-eyes are a family of birds (Latin: <em>Zosteropidae</em>) within the order Perching Bird…
About Ducks, Geese, Swans
The Ducks, Geese, Swans are a family of birds (Latin: <em>Anatidae</em>) within the order Waterfow…
About Rollers
The Rollers are a family of birds (Latin: <em>Coraciidae</em>) within the order Kingfishers and Al…
About Boobies, Cormorants and Frigatebirds
Suliformes unite the boobies and gannets (Sulidae), cormorants and shags (Phalacrocoracidae), the anhingas (An…
