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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.
B. Bar-necked cuckoo-dove; Bar-winged cinclodes; Bearded bulbul; Black korhaan; Black swift; Black-and-white fairywren; Black-and-white monarch; Black-capped babbler; Black-chinned laughingthrush; Black-crowned babbler; Black-eared wheatear; Black-headed batis; Black-lored tit; Blue vanga; Bornean mountain whistler; Brown bulbul; Brown ...
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.
For species found in the 50 states, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands, the taxonomic treatment (designation and sequence of orders, families and species) and nomenclature (common and scientific names) used in the list are those of the AOS, the recognized scientific authority on the taxonomy and nomenclature of North and Middle American birds.
Accipitridae is a family of birds of prey, which includes hawks, eagles, kites, harriers and Old World vultures. These birds have very large powerful hooked beaks for tearing flesh from their prey, strong legs, powerful talons, and keen eyesight. White-tailed kite, Elanus leucurus (A) LC; Swallow-tailed kite, Elanoides forficatus (A) LC
Accipitridae is a family of birds of prey which includes hawks, eagles, kites, harriers, and Old World vultures. These birds have very large powerful hooked beaks for tearing flesh from their prey, strong legs, powerful talons, and keen eyesight. White-tailed kite, Elanus leucurus; Golden eagle, Aquila chrysaetos; Northern harrier, Circus hudsonius
The ratites are mostly large and long-legged, flightless birds, lacking a keeled sternum. Traditionally, all the ratites were place in the order Struthioniformes . However, recent genetic analysis has found that the group is not monophyletic, as it is paraphyletic with respect to the tinamous , so the ostriches are classified as the only ...
List of bird genera concerns the chordata class of aves or birds, characterised by feathers, a beak with no teeth, the laying of hard-shelled eggs, ...