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| List of bird orders I've seen | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Jul 3 2009, 05:10 AM (230 Views) | |
| Oneistheloneliestnumber | Jul 3 2009, 05:10 AM Post #1 |
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I might as well include families, I guess... Oh, if you're unsure as to what something is, don't be afraid to ask. I'll be happy to help find pics of em. ![]() NON-PASSERINES Accipitriformes -- birds of prey other than falcons -- I usually don't mention this order because they're usually included in Falconiformes Accipitridae -- Hawks, eagles, kites, etc. Cathartidae -- New World vultures Pandionidae -- Osprey Sagittaridae -- Secretary bird* Anseriformes -- waterfowl -- I love this order Anseridae -- ducks, geese, swans Anseranatidae -- Mapie Goose* Anhimidae -- Screamers* Apodiformes -- Swifts and hummingbirds -- Nice order Apodidae -- Swifts Trochilidae -- Hummingbirds Caprimulgiformes -- Nightjars, frogmouths, etc. -- It's an interesting order Podargidae -- Frogmouths* Caprimulgidae -- Nightjars and allies Charadriiformes -- Gulls, auks, sandpipers, etc. -- This is a large order, but I haven't seen too many of them Scolopacidae -- Snipe, sandpipers, phalaropes, and allies Jacanidae -- Jacanas Laridae -- Gulls Sternidae -- Terns Burhinidae -- Thick-knees* Recurvirostridae -- Avocets and stilts Charadriidae -- Plovers and allies Ciconiiformes -- Storks -- the only birds in this order now Ciconiidae -- See above Coliiformes -- Mousebirds* -- Cute little order, I love 'em Coliidae -- See above* Columbiformes -- Pigeons and doves -- Nice birds ![]() Columbidae -- See above Coraciiformes -- Kingfishers and allies -- I love this order! Coraciidae -- Rollers* Meropidae -- Bee-eaters* Momotidae -- Motmots Halcyonidae -- Tree kingfishers* Cerylidae -- Water aka belted kingfishers Bucerotidae -- Hornbills* -- Sometimes included in their own order Cuculiformes -- Cuckoos and allies Cuculidae -- Cuckoos, coucals and anis Families I want to see: Hemiprocnidae -- Tree-swifts (in Apodiformes) Steatornithidae -- Oilbird -- I saw a stuffed specimen (in Caprimulgiformes)** Nyctibiidae -- Pottos -- Same as above (in Caprimulgiformes)** Eurostopodidae -- Eared-nightjars (in Caprimulgiformes) Rostratulidae -- Painted snipes (in Charadriiformes) Thinocoridae -- Seedsnipes (in Charadriiformes) Pedionomidae -- Plains Wanderer (in Charadriiformes) Rhynchopidae -- Skimmers (in Charadriiformes) Alcidae -- Puffins, guillemots, murres, and allies (in Charadriiformes) Stercorariidae -- Skuas (in Charadriiformes) Glareolidae -- Pratincoles and coursers (in Charadriiformes) Dromadidae -- Crab Plover (in Charadriiformes) Turnicidae -- Buttonquails (in Charadriiformes) Chionididae -- sheathbills (in Charadriiformes) Pluvianellidae -- Magellanic Plover (in Charadriiformes) Ibidorhynchidae -- Ibisbill (in Charadriiformes) Haematopodidae -- Oystercatchers (in Charadriiformes) Brachypteraciidae -- Ground-rollers (in Coraciiformes) Upupidae -- Hoopoe -- I saw a stuffed specimen (in Coraciiformes)** Phoeniculidae -- Woodhoopoes (in Coraciiformes) Musophagidae -- Turacos and allies (in Cuculiformes) Opisthocomidae -- Hoatzin (in Cuculiformes) Orders I want to see: Cariamae -- purposed, used to be a part of Gruiformes -- Seriemas and extinct, flightless birds (Sadly, I don't know if I've seen a seriema... )* = Only seen this family/order in a zoo, but I still count them anyway. ** = Only seen this family as stuffed specimens, I don't count them because they aren't living NOTE: I may have seen some families of birds and didn't realise it or remembered... (like Egyptian plover and turacos). I will finish this later Edited by Oneistheloneliestnumber, Jul 3 2009, 05:18 AM.
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| Chess Resources King | Jul 6 2009, 01:38 PM Post #2 |
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That's a lot of orders and families! Are there many that you haven't seen? |
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| Oneistheloneliestnumber | Jul 6 2009, 04:47 PM Post #3 |
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Yeah, I would really like to. I'll finish this soon.
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