Birds
Aves
Birds (Aves) are a group of endothermic vertebrates, 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. Birds live worldwide and range in size from the 5 cm (2 in) bee hummingbird to the 2.75 m (9 ft) ostrich. They rank as the class of tetrapods with the most living species, at approximately ten thousand, with more than half of these being passerines, sometimes known...
47 branches of this class, most-observed first · about 11,009 known species
Perching Birds
orderPasseriformes
Waterfowl
orderAnseriformes
Shorebirds and Allies
orderCharadriiformes
Pelicans, Herons, Ibises, and Allies
orderPelecaniformes
Hawks, Eagles, Kites, and Allies
orderAccipitriformes
Pigeons and Doves
orderColumbiformes
Woodpeckers and Allies
orderPiciformes
Cranes, Rails, and Allies
orderGruiformes
Gannets, Cormorants, and Allies
orderSuliformes
Swifts and Hummingbirds
orderApodiformes
Landfowl
orderGalliformes
Parrots
orderPsittaciformes
Falcons and Caracaras
orderFalconiformes
Rollers, Kingfishers, and Allies
orderCoraciiformes
Owls
orderStrigiformes
Grebes
orderPodicipediformes
New World Vultures
orderCathartiformes
Cuckoos
orderCuculiformes
Storks
orderCiconiiformes
Tubenoses
orderProcellariiformes
Hornbills and Hoopoes
orderBucerotiformes
Loons
orderGaviiformes
Nightjars and Allies
orderCaprimulgiformes
Flamingos
orderPhoenicopteriformes
Trogons and Quetzals
orderTrogoniformes
Penguins
orderSphenisciformes
Frogmouths
orderPodargiformes
Bustards
orderOtidiformes
Ostriches
orderStruthioniformes
Cassowaries and Emus
orderCasuariiformes
Turacos
orderMusophagiformes
Mousebirds
orderColiiformes
Tinamous
orderTinamiformes
Potoos
orderNyctibiiformes
Sandgrouse
orderPterocliformes
Tropicbirds
orderPhaethontiformes
Rheas
orderRheiformes
Seriemas
orderCariamiformes
Hoatzins
orderOpisthocomiformes
Kagu and Sunbittern
orderEurypygiformes
Owlet-nightjars
orderAegotheliformes
Kiwis
orderApterygiformes
Oilbirds
orderSteatornithiformes
Cuckoo-Rollers
orderLeptosomiformes
Mesites
orderMesitornithiformes
Moa
orderDinornithiformes
Elephant Birds
orderAepyornithiformes
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
Jan Moninckx; Maria Moninckx — Moninckx Atlas, vol. 2 (1686)
Jan Moninckx; Maria Moninckx · 1686 · p.40
Jan Moninckx; Maria Moninckx — Moninckx Atlas, vol. 2 (1686)
Jan Moninckx; Maria Moninckx · 1686 · p.29
Jan Moninckx; Maria Moninckx — Moninckx Atlas, vol. 5 (1686)
Jan Moninckx; Maria Moninckx · 1686 · p.27
Berthe Hoola van Nooten — Fleurs, fruits et feuillages choisis de la flore et de la pomone de Java (1863)
Berthe Hoola van Nooten · 1863 · p.131
Berthe Hoola van Nooten — Fleurs, fruits et feuillages choisis de la flore et de la pomone de Java (1863)
Berthe Hoola van Nooten · 1863 · p.155
Berthe Hoola van Nooten — Fleurs, fruits et feuillages choisis de la flore et de la pomone de Java (1863)
Berthe Hoola van Nooten · 1863 · p.167
Musurgia Universalis (Universal Music)
Athanasius Kircher · 1650 · p.65
Living Images of Plants
Otto Brunfels · 1532 · p.106
Living Images of Plants
Otto Brunfels · 1532 · p.90
Living Images of Plants
Otto Brunfels · 1532 · p.105
On the Names of Plants
Hieronymus Bock (Tragus) · 1552 · p.1150
Commentaries on the Six Books of Dioscorides on Medical Matter
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1563 · p.639
In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
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