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 • Bird Classification: Aves

Bird Classification: Aves

Kingdom: Animalia, Phylum: Chordata, Class: Aves (Birds)
The Aves class (birds) have feathers.

Birds of North and South America
The American Ornithologists' Union classifies birds in North and South America.

North American Bird Orders
• Anseriformes – Waterfowl, Screamers
• Apodiformes – Swifts, Hummingbirds
• Caprimulgiformes – Nightjars, Pootoos, Frogmouths
• Charadriiformes – Gulls, Terns, Alcids, Sandpipers
• Ciconiiformes – Herons, Egrets, Storks
• Columbiformes – Pigeons, Doves, Solitaires, and Dodo
• Coraciiformes – Kingfishers, Bee-Eaters, Rollers
• Cuculiformes – Cuckoos, Anis, Coucals
• Falconiformes – Hawks, Eagles, Falcons
• Galliformes – Pheasants, Guineafowl, Cracids
• Gaviiformes – Loons
• Gruiformes – Rails, Cranes, Bustards
• Passeriformes – Perching Birds
• Pelecaniformes – Pelicans, Cormorants, Gannets
• Phoenicopteriformes – Flamingos
• Piciformes – Woodpeckers, Toucans, Honeyguides
• Podicipediformes – Grebes
• Procellariiformes – Albatrosses, Shearwaters, Storm-Petrels
• Psittaciformes – Parakeets
• Strigiformes – Owls
• Tinamiformes – Tinamous
• Trogoniformes – Trogons, Quetzals
• Upupiformes – Tody, Motmot, Kingfisher

• View complete classification check-list at www.aou.org/checklist.
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