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About Albatrosses, Petrels and Shearwaters
Procellariiformes are the tubenoses: albatrosses, petrels, shearwaters and storm-petrels, a great order of 149…
About Potoos
Nyctibiiformes comprises the potoos, a family (Nyctibiidae) of seven nocturnal birds of Central and South Amer…
About Petrels, Shearwaters, Diving Petrels
The Petrels, Shearwaters, Diving Petrels are a family of birds (Latin: <em>Procellariidae</em>) wi…
About Potoos
The Potoos are a family of birds (Latin: <em>Nyctibiidae</em>) within the order Potoos.
About Cranes
The Cranes are a family of birds (Latin: <em>Gruidae</em>) within the order Cranes and Allies.
About Hoopoes
The Hoopoes are a family of birds (Latin: <em>Upupidae</em>) within the order Hornbills and Allies…
About Thrushes
The Thrushes are a family of birds (Latin: <em>Turdidae</em>) within the order Perching Birds (Pas…
About Treeswifts
The Treeswifts are a family of birds (Latin: <em>Hemiprocnidae</em>) within the order Swifts and H…
About Kingfishers and Allies
Coraciiformes are a colourful order of 185 species that includes the kingfishers, bee-eaters, rollers, todies …
About Kingfishers
The Kingfishers are a family of birds (Latin: <em>Alcedinidae</em>) within the order Kingfishers a…
About Frogmouths
Podargiformes contains the frogmouths (Podargidae), 16 species of stout, big-headed nocturnal birds of Asia an…
About Turacos
Musophagiformes are the turacos and plantain-eaters, 23 species of colourful, fruit-eating birds of sub-Sahara…
About Frogmouths
The Frogmouths are a family of birds (Latin: <em>Podargidae</em>) within the order Frogmouths.
About Turacos
The Turacos are a family of birds (Latin: <em>Musophagidae</em>) within the order Turacos.
About Plovers
The Plovers are a family of birds (Latin: <em>Charadriidae</em>) within the order Shorebirds, Gull…
About Puffbirds
The Puffbirds are a family of birds (Latin: <em>Bucconidae</em>) within the order Woodpeckers and …
About Finfoots
The Finfoots are a family of birds (Latin: <em>Heliornithidae</em>) within the order Cranes and Al…
About Sunbirds
The Sunbirds are a family of birds (Latin: <em>Nectariniidae</em>) within the order Perching Birds…
About Trumpeters
The Trumpeters are a family of birds (Latin: <em>Psophiidae</em>) within the order Cranes and Alli…
About Limpkin
The Limpkin are a family of birds (Latin: <em>Aramidae</em>) within the order Cranes and Allies.
About Owlet-nightjars
Aegotheles, the owlet-nightjars, form a single family (Aegothelidae) of ten small, nocturnal insectivores from…
About Grebes
Podicipediformes are the grebes, a family (Podicipedidae) of 22 freshwater diving birds found on every contine…
About Owlet-nightjars
The Owlet-nightjars are a family of birds (Latin: <em>Aegothelidae</em>) within the order Owlet-ni…
About Grebes
The Grebes are a family of birds (Latin: <em>Podicipedidae</em>) within the order Grebes.
