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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
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 ...
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.
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, ...
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.
Bowerbirds (/ ˈ b aʊ. ər b ɜːr d /) make up the bird family Ptilonorhynchidae. They are renowned for their unique courtship behaviour, where males build a structure and decorate it with sticks and brightly coloured objects in an attempt to attract a mate. The family has 27 species in eight genera. [1]
B. chiriri (Vieillot, 1818) LC: Southern Brazil, eastern Bolivia and Paraguay, and introduced to California around Los Angeles and San Francisco, and southern Florida Golden-winged parakeet: B. chrysoptera (Linnaeus, 1766) LC: French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, eastern Venezuela, and northeast Brazil Cobalt-winged parakeet: B. cyanoptera (Pelzeln ...