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In this list of birds by common name 11,278 extant and recently extinct (since 1500) bird species are recognised. [1] Species marked with a "†" are extinct. Contents
English: Full title: The code of nomenclature and check-list of North American birds adopted by the American Ornithologists' Union; being the report of the Committee of the Union on Classification and Nomenclature.
The taxonomic treatment [3] (designation and sequence of orders, families and species) and nomenclature (common and scientific names) used in the accompanying bird lists adheres to the conventions of the AOS's (2019) Check-list of North American Birds, the recognized scientific authority on the taxonomy and nomenclature of North America birds.
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Print/export Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... Pages in category "Lists of birds" The following 93 pages are in this category, out of 93 total
Spine title: A list of British and European birds A blank leaf inserted between every two pages from p. [viii]-[209] Includes index With: A list of European birds, including all species found in the Western Palaearctic Region ... / by Henry E. Dresser. London : Published by the author, 1881 Subjects: Birds; Birds
The selection of state birds began with Kentucky adopting the northern cardinal in 1926. It continued when the legislatures for Alabama , Florida , Maine , Missouri , Oregon , Texas and Wyoming selected their state birds after a campaign was started by the General Federation of Women's Clubs to name official state birds in the 1920s.
This article lists living orders and families of birds. In total there are about 10,000 species of birds described worldwide, though one estimate of the real number places it at almost twice that. [1] The order passerines (perching birds) alone accounts for well over 5,000 species.