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Also included are articles relating to the study (ornithology) and the keeping of birds, articles on ornithological organisations, biographies of notable ornithologists and their works, and lists of birds found in various human-defined areas (i.e. countries, states/provinces, counties, etc.). Related projects
3.2.5.4 Class Mammalia: Mammals. 4 See also. ... Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... Class Aves (birds)
The first classification of birds was developed by Francis Willughby and John Ray in their 1676 volume Ornithologiae. [6] Carl Linnaeus modified that work in 1758 to devise the taxonomic classification system currently in use. [7] Birds are categorised as the biological class Aves in Linnaean taxonomy.
Birds are a group of warm-blooded vertebrates constituting the class Aves (Latin:), characterised by feathers, toothless beaked jaws, the laying of hard-shelled eggs, a high metabolic rate, a four-chambered heart, and a strong yet lightweight skeleton.
Passerines, the "song birds". This is the largest order of birds and contains more than half of all birds. Family Acanthisittidae. Genus Acanthisitta - rifleman; Genus Xenicus - New Zealand wrens; Family Acanthizidae - scrubwrens, thornbills, and gerygones Genus Acanthiza – thornbill; Genus Acanthornis – scrubtit; Genus Aethomyias ...
Eagle is the common name for the golden eagle, bald eagle, and other birds of prey in the family of the Accipitridae. Eagles belong to several groups of genera, some of which are closely related. True eagles comprise the genus Aquila. Most of the 68 species of eagles are from Eurasia and Africa. [1]
This category lists orders of birds (ending in "-formes") as categories, and pages dealing with certain (non-taxonomic) groups of birds. The first section links to categories listing lower taxonomic levels in birds. In the second section, higher categories such as superorders, and basal groups are listed.
Anseriformes is an order of birds belonging to the clade Galloanseres. It consists of 3 families, 58 genera and 171 living species. It consists of 3 families, 58 genera and 171 living species. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Extinct species assignment follows the Mikko's Phylogeny Archive [ 3 ] and Paleofile.com websites. [ 4 ]