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Grebes
Lobed feet... pediformes... |
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| Albatrosses, Shearwaters, Petrels, Storm Petrels |
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| Tropicbirds; Boobies/Gannets; Pelicans; Cormorants; Darters/Anhingas; Frigatebirds |
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| Herons, Egrets, Bitterns;Ibis/Spoonbills; Storks; New World Vultures |
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| Ducks; Geese and Swans; more Ducks |
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| Ospreys, Eagles, Hawks, Falcons. NOT N.W. Vultures |
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| Fowl: chicken; grouse, turkeys, ptarmigan; N.W. quail |
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| Shorebirds. Plovers; Avocets/Stilts; Sandpipers, Phalaropes; Jacana; Gulls/Terns; Auks, Murres, Puffins |
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Psittaciformes*
*Best order |
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Cuckoos, roadrunners, anis
Cuckoo... Cucu... |
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Hummingbirds; swifts
Apod.. "without feet." Both types live very aerial lives |
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Woodpeckers
Piciformes... peckiformes? |
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Passeriformes*
*2nd best order |
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Songbirds, including crows/jays
Suboscines - less complex syrinx - Tyrant Flycatchers
Oscines - more complex syrinx - everyone else |
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