Bird Orders Flashcards

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Pelicaniformes

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Brown Pelican, Snowy Egret

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Podicipediformes

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Grebes

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Ciconiiformes

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Wood Stork

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Gruiformes

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Cranes, rails, and allies:

Sandhill Crane, Whooping Crane, Clapper Rail

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Charadriformes

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Shorebirds, gulls, and terns:

Arctic Tern, Least Tern

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Columbiformes

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Rock Dove, Mourning Dove

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Caprimulgiformes

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Nightjars, Goatsuckers, Potoos, and by Nighthawks

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Apodiformes

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Hummingbirds

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Tinamiformes

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Tinamous

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Rheiformes

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Rheas

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Struthioniformes

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Ostrich

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Casuariiformes

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Cossowaries, emus

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Dinornithiformes

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Kiwis

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Galliformes

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Chickens, grouse, quail

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Anseriformes

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Waterfowl

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Sphenisciformes

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Penguins

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Gaviiformes

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Loons

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Procellariiformes

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Tube-noses:

Petrels, albatross, shearwater

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Phoenicopteriformes

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Flamingos

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Falconiformes

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Raptors:

Vultures, falcons

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Psittaciformes

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Parents, macaws, Lories, cockatoos

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Opisthocomiformes

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Hoatzin

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Musophagiformes

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Turacos

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Cuculiformes

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Cuckoos

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Strigiformes

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Owls, barn, owls

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Coliiformes

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Mousebirds

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Trogoniformes

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Trogons, quetzals

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Coraciiformes

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Kingfishers and allies: todies, motmots, bee-eaters, rollers

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Piciformes

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Woodpeckers

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Passeriformes

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Perching birds