Overview of and topical guide to birds
House sparrow, Passer domesticus The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to birds:
Birds (class Aves ) – winged, bipedal, endothermic (warm-blooded), egg-laying, vertebrate animals. There are around 10,000 living species, making them the most varied of tetrapod vertebrates. They inhabit ecosystems across the globe, from the Arctic, to the Antarctic. Extant birds range in size from the 5 cm (2 in) bee hummingbird to the 2.75 m (9 ft) ostrich.
What type of thing is a bird? A bird can be described as all of the following:
Life form – entity or being that is living or alive. Animal – multicellular, eukaryotic organisms of the kingdom Animalia (also called Metazoa). Their body plan eventually becomes fixed as they develop, although some undergo a process of metamorphosis later on in their lives. Most animals are motile, meaning they can move spontaneously and independently. Biological classification Cladogram showing the most recent classification of Neoaves, based on several phylogenetic studies Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Nature of birds Bird
Bird anatomy External anatomy (topography) of a typical bird: 1 Beak, 2 Head, 3 Iris, 4 Pupil, 5 Mantle, 6 Lesser coverts, 7 Scapulars, 8 Coverts, 9 Tertials, 10 Rump, 11 Primaries, 12 Vent, 13 Thigh, 14 Tibio-tarsal articulation, 15 Tarsus, 16 Feet, 17 Tibia, 18 Belly, 19 Flanks, 20 Breast, 21 Throat, 22 Wattle, 23 Eyestripe Bird anatomy
Bird behavior Bird behavior
Types of birds Orders
Families
Genus Species
Nyctyornis Meropogon Merops
Appearance
Small
Black
Pink or grey
White
Cacatua
Cacatua Licmetis Lophochroa
Choughs
Pyrrhocorax Alpine chough (P. graculus ) Red-billed chough (P. pyrrhocorax )
Treepies
Crypsirina Hooded treepie (C. cucullata ) Black racket-tailed treepie (C. temia ) Dendrocitta Andaman treepie (D. bayleyi ) Bornean treepie (D. cinerascens ) Grey treepie (D. formosae ) Black-faced treepie (D. frontalis ) White-bellied treepie (D. leucogastra ) Sumatran treepie (D. occipitalis ) Rufous treepie (D. vagabunda ) Platysmurus Malayan black magpie (P. leucopterus ) Bornean black magpie (P. aterrimus ) Temnurus Ratchet-tailed treepie (T. temnurus )
Orientalmagpies
Cissa Common green magpie (C. chinensis ) Indochinese green magpie (C. hypoleuca ) Bornean green magpie (C. jefferyi ) Javan green magpie (C. thalassina ) Urocissa Taiwan blue magpie (U. caerulea ) Red-billed blue magpie (U. erythrorhyncha ) Yellow-billed blue magpie (U. flavirostris ) Sri Lanka blue magpie (U. ornata ) White-winged magpie (U. whiteheadi )
Old World jays
Garrulus Eurasian jay (G. glandarius ) Lanceolated jay (G. lanceolatus ) Lidth's jay (G. lidthi ) Podoces (Ground jays) Xinjiang ground jay (P. biddulphi ) Mongolian ground jay (P. hendersoni ) Turkestan ground jay (P. panderi ) Iranian ground jay (P. pleskei ) Ptilostomus
Stresemann's
Zavattariornis Stresemann's bushcrow (Z. stresemanni )
Nutcrackers
Nucifraga Spotted nutcracker (N. caryocatactes ) Clark's nutcracker (N. columbiana ) Kashmir nutcracker (N. multipunctata )
Holarcticmagpies
Pica Black-billed magpie (P. hudsonia ) Yellow-billed magpie (P. nuttalli ) Eurasian magpie (P. pica ) Oriental magpie (P. sericea ) Maghreb magpie (P. mauritanica ) Asir magpie (P. asirensis ) Black-rumped magpie (P. bottanensis )
True crows
Corvus Australian and Melanesian speciesLittle crow (C. bennetti ) Australian raven (C. coronoides ) Bismarck crow (C. insularis ) Brown-headed crow (C. fuscicapillus ) Bougainville crow (C. meeki ) Little raven (C. mellori ) New Caledonian crow (C. moneduloides ) Torresian crow (C. orru ) Forest raven (C. tasmanicus ) Grey crow (C. tristis ) Long-billed crow (C. validus ) White-billed crow (C. woodfordi ) Pacific island speciesHawaiian crow (C. hawaiiensis ) Mariana crow (C. kubaryi ) Tropical Asian speciesSlender-billed crow (C. enca ) Small crow (C. samarensis ) Palawan crow (C. pusillus ) Flores crow (C. florensis ) Large-billed crow (C. macrorhynchos ) Eastern jungle crow (C. levaillantii ) Indian jungle crow (C. culminatus ) House crow (C. splendens ) Collared crow (C. torquatus ) Piping crow (C. typicus ) Banggai crow (C. unicolor ) Violet crow (C. violaceus ) Eurasian and North African speciesMesopotamian crow (C. capellanus ) Hooded crow (C. cornix ) Carrion crow (C. corone ) Rook (C. frugilegus ) Eastern carrion crow (C. orientalis ) Fan-tailed raven (C. rhipidurus ) Brown-necked raven (C. ruficollis ) Holarctic speciesCommon raven (C. corax ) North and Central American speciesAmerican crow (C. brachyrhynchos ) Chihuahuan raven (C. cryptoleucus ) Tamaulipas crow (C. imparatus ) Jamaican crow (C. jamaicensis ) White-necked crow (C. leucognaphalus ) Cuban palm crow (C. minutus ) Cuban crow (C. nasicus ) Fish crow (C. ossifragus ) Hispaniolan palm crow (C. palmarum ) Sinaloan crow (C. sinaloae ) Tropical African speciesWhite-necked raven (C. albicollis ) Pied crow (C. albus ) Cape crow (C. capensis ) Thick-billed raven (C. crassirostris ) Somali crow (C. edithae )
Jackdaws
Azure-winged
Cyanopica Iberian magpie (C. cooki ) Azure-winged magpie (C. cyanus )
Grey jays
Perisoreus Canada jay (P. canadensis ) Siberian jay (P. infaustus ) Sichuan jay (P. internigrans )
New World jays
Aphelocoma (Scrub jays) California scrub jay (A. californica ) Island scrub jay (A. insularis ) Woodhouse's scrub jay (A. woodhouseii ) Florida scrub jay (A. coerulescens ) Transvolcanic jay (A. ultramarina ) Unicolored jay (A. unicolor ) Mexican jay (A. wollweberi ) Calocitta (Magpie-Jays) Black-throated magpie-jay (C. colliei ) White-throated Magpie-jay (C. formosa ) Cyanocitta Blue jay (C. cristata ) Steller's jay (C. stelleri ) Cyanocorax Black-chested jay (C. affinis ) Purplish-backed jay (C. beecheii ) Azure jay (C. caeruleus ) Cayenne jay (C. cayanus ) Plush-crested jay (C. chrysops ) Curl-crested jay (C. cristatellus ) Purplish jay (C. cyanomelas ) White-naped jay (C. cyanopogon ) Tufted jay (C. dickeyi ) Azure-naped jay (C. heilprini ) Bushy-crested jay (C. melanocyaneus ) Brown jay (C. morio ) White-tailed jay (C. mystacalis ) San Blas jay (C. sanblasianus ) Violaceous jay (C. violaceus ) Green jay (C. ynca ) Yucatan jay (C. yucatanicus ) Cyanolyca Silvery-throated jay (C. argentigula ) Black-collared jay (C. armillata ) Azure-hooded jay (C. cucullata ) White-throated jay (C. mirabilis ) Dwarf jay (C. nana ) Beautiful jay (C. pulchra ) Black-throated jay (C. pumilo ) Turquoise jay (C. turcosa ) White-collared jay (C. viridicyana ) Gymnorhinus Pinyon jay (G. cyanocephalus )
Balearicinae
Gruinae
Family
Genus
Species (extinctions: † indicates a species confirmed to be extinct; ₴ indicates evidence only from sub-fossils)
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Strigopidae
Strigops Kākāpō (supporting pages: List of KākāpōSirocco (parrot))
River martins (
subfamily: Pseudochelidoninae ·
genus: Pseudochelidon )
All other swallows and martins (subfamily: Hirundininae )
Subfamilies
Genus Aegypius Gypaetus Gypohierax Gyps Necrosyrtes Neophron Sarcogyps Torgos Trigonoceps
Genera
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