Bird Orders Flashcards
Pelicaniformes
Brown Pelican, Snowy Egret
Podicipediformes
Grebes
Ciconiiformes
Wood Stork
Gruiformes
Cranes, rails, and allies:
Sandhill Crane, Whooping Crane, Clapper Rail
Charadriformes
Shorebirds, gulls, and terns:
Arctic Tern, Least Tern
Columbiformes
Rock Dove, Mourning Dove
Caprimulgiformes
Nightjars, Goatsuckers, Potoos, and by Nighthawks
Apodiformes
Hummingbirds
Tinamiformes
Tinamous
Rheiformes
Rheas
Struthioniformes
Ostrich
Casuariiformes
Cossowaries, emus
Dinornithiformes
Kiwis
Galliformes
Chickens, grouse, quail
Anseriformes
Waterfowl
Sphenisciformes
Penguins
Gaviiformes
Loons
Procellariiformes
Tube-noses:
Petrels, albatross, shearwater
Phoenicopteriformes
Flamingos
Falconiformes
Raptors:
Vultures, falcons
Psittaciformes
Parents, macaws, Lories, cockatoos
Opisthocomiformes
Hoatzin
Musophagiformes
Turacos
Cuculiformes
Cuckoos
Strigiformes
Owls, barn, owls
Coliiformes
Mousebirds
Trogoniformes
Trogons, quetzals
Coraciiformes
Kingfishers and allies: todies, motmots, bee-eaters, rollers
Piciformes
Woodpeckers
Passeriformes
Perching birds