Classification of birds Flashcards
Psittaciformes
Parrots - budgies, macaws, African greys, Amazon, cockatiel, cockatoos, parakeets.
Passeriforms
Perching birds - includes canary, the finches, birds of paradise, mynah birds , ornamental starlings, sparrows, etc
What’s order do ducks , goose and swans belong to
Anseriforms
What order does toucans belong to?
What other birds are included in this family?
Piciformes
Toucanette, Hornbills and woodpecker fAmily
Common name for picidae ?
Woodpecker family
What birds belong to the Rhamphastidae family
Toucans, toucanette, hornbills
Strigiformes order?
Owl family
What birds belong to the Acciptridae family?
The Accipitridae family belongs to which order?
What other birds family belongs to this order?
Includes buzzards, sparrow hawks, goshawks, golden eagle
Falconiformes
Falconidae family - peregrine, sakes, lanners, gyrfalcon
What order do pigeon and dove species belong to?
Columbiformes
What order do the penguin family belong to?
Sphenisciformes
What birds belong to the struthionformes order?
Ostrich, emu, rheas, cassowaries, kiwi
What order do zebra finch belongs to?
Passeriformes
What order does the tawny owl belong to?
Strigiformes?
What order does the kiwi belong to?
Struthionformes
