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About Cormorants, Shags
The Cormorants, Shags are a family of birds (Latin: <em>Phalacrocoracidae</em>) within the order B…
About Jacanas
The Jacanas are a family of birds (Latin: <em>Jacanidae</em>) within the order Shorebirds, Gulls a…
About Hornbills and Allies
Bucerotiformes unite the hornbills (Bucerotidae), ground-hornbills and the hoopoe (Upupidae), 75 species of tr…
About African Barbets
The African Barbets are a family of birds (Latin: <em>Lybiidae</em>) within the order Woodpeckers …
About Hornbills
The Hornbills are a family of birds (Latin: <em>Bucerotidae</em>) within the order Hornbills and A…
About Ground Rollers
The Ground Rollers are a family of birds (Latin: <em>Brachypteraciidae</em>) within the order King…
About Chats, Old World Flycatchers
The Chats, Old World Flycatchers are a family of birds (Latin: <em>Muscicapidae</em>) within the o…
About Skuas
The Skuas are a family of birds (Latin: <em>Stercorariidae</em>) within the order Shorebirds, Gull…
About Todies
The Todies are a family of birds (Latin: <em>Todidae</em>) within the order Kingfishers and Allies…
About Seedsnipes
The Seedsnipes are a family of birds (Latin: <em>Thinocoridae</em>) within the order Shorebirds, G…
About Woodpeckers and Allies
Piciformes are a large order of 444 species including the woodpeckers, barbets, toucans, honeyguides and jacam…
About Woodpeckers
The Woodpeckers are a family of birds (Latin: <em>Picidae</em>) within the order Woodpeckers and A…
About Cisticolas & Allies
The Cisticolas & Allies are a family of birds (Latin: <em>Cisticolidae</em>) within the order …
About Painted-snipes
The Painted-snipes are a family of birds (Latin: <em>Rostratulidae</em>) within the order Shorebir…
About Sheathbills
The Sheathbills are a family of birds (Latin: <em>Chionidae</em>) within the order Shorebirds, Gul…
About Magellanic Plover
The Magellanic Plover are a family of birds (Latin: <em>Pluvianellidae</em>) within the order Shor…
About Ibisbill
The Ibisbill are a family of birds (Latin: <em>Ibidorhynchidae</em>) within the order Shorebirds, …
About Parrots
Psittaciformes are the parrots: macaws, cockatoos, lovebirds, budgerigars and allies, a large order of 409 spe…
About New World Sparrows
The New World Sparrows are a family of birds (Latin: <em>Passerellidae</em>) within the order Perc…
About Egyptian Plover
The Egyptian Plover are a family of birds (Latin: <em>Pluvianidae</em>) within the order Shorebird…
About Gannets, Boobies
The Gannets, Boobies are a family of birds (Latin: <em>Sulidae</em>) within the order Boobies, Cor…
About Old World Parrots
The Old World Parrots are a family of birds (Latin: <em>Psittaculidae</em>) within the order Parro…
About Plains-wanderer
The Plains-wanderer are a family of birds (Latin: <em>Pedionomidae</em>) within the order Shorebir…
About Crab-plover
The Crab-plover are a family of birds (Latin: <em>Dromadidae</em>) within the order Shorebirds, Gu…
