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Aves

Sites dealing with specific groups of birds.

Please only submit sites dealing with specific groups of birds here, in the appropriate subcategory.

Submit site related to ornithology in general to Science/Biology/Zoology/Chordates/ Ornithology.

Submit birding sites and sites of local interest to the appropriate subcategory of Recreation/Birdwatching.

Sites related to birdwatching holidays or tours should be submitted to Recreation/Travel/Specialty/Ecotourism/Birdwatching.

Sites dealing with birds as pets go to the appropriate subcategory of Recreation/Pets/Birds.

Non-scientific sites dealing with a particular group of birds should go to Recreation/Outdoors/Wildlife/Birds.

Members of this order include Nightjars (family Caprimulgidae), Owlet-Frogmouths (family Aegothelidae), Potoos (family Nyctibiidae), Frogmouths (family Podargidae), and Oilbirds (family Steatornithidae).

Casuariiformes

Order of birds, the cassowaries and emus.

Charadriiformes

The order of birds including auks (Alcidae), gulls and terns (Laridae), plovers (Charadriidae), and sandpipers (Scolopacidae).

Ciconiiformes

The storks, ibises and spoonbills and the herons, egrets and bitterns. Also the new world vultures.

Coliiformes

Order of near-passerine birds, the mousebirds, confined to sub-Saharan Africa.

Columbiformes

Members of this order include doves and pigeons (Columbidae), the dodo and solitaires (Raphidae), and sandgrouse (Pteroclididae).

Coraciiformes

Kingfishers, rollers, motmots, bee-eaters, and allies.

Cuculiformes

Cuckoos, turacos, hoatzin, and allies.

Falconiformes

Members of this order include falcons (family Falconidae, including Falco peregrinus — Peregrine Falcon), hawks and old world vultures (family Accipitridae, including Aquila chrysaetos — Golden Eagle), and ospreys (family Pandionidae, including Pandion haliaetus — Osprey).

Galliformes

This order includes chickens, quail, turkeys, and pheasants.

Gaviiformes

The Loons.

Gruiformes

Cranes, coots, rails, and allies.

Passeriformes

The taxonomic order commonly referred to as passerines, perching birds, or song birds.

Sites featuring products for sale should be submitted to the appropriate category within the Shopping/ area.

Sites predominantly discussing the West Nile Virus should be submitted to that category.

Pelecaniformes

Pelicans, cormorants, tropicbirds, gannets, boobies, anhingas, frigatebirds, and allies.

Phoenicopteriformes

Flamingos.

Piciformes

Woodpeckers, puffbirds, jacamars, barbets, toucans, and relatives.

Podicipediformes

Grebes.

Procellariiformes

Tubenoses, including albatrosses, storm-petrels, and diving petrels.

Psittaciformes

Parrots.

This category is for sites about the biology of the parrots. Websites about keeping and caring for parrots (as pets or for other purposes) should be listed in Recreation/Pets/Birds/Species/Parrots/

Pteroclidiformes

Order of birds containing just one family, Pteroclidae, the sandgrouse.

Sphenisciformes

Penguins are flightless birds normally found in cold climates in the coastal regions of the southern hemisphere.

Please submit sites relating to live penguins to this category. Sites treating specific species of penguins may be moved to their respective subcategories. Sites selling penguin products should be listed under Shopping, and information about collecting penguin-related items should be listed under Recreation: Collecting: Themes: Animals: Penguins.

Strigiformes

Owls.

General owl sites may be submitted here.

Specific owl sites should be added to one of the two families: Tytonidae, or Strigidae.

Struthioniformes

Ostriches, cassowaries, emus, kiwis, and rheas.

Trogoniformes

Order of tropical birds which contains only one family, the Trogonidae, the trogons and quetzals.

Anseriformes

Apodiformes

Caprimulgiformes

Casuariiformes

Charadriiformes

Ciconiiformes

Coliiformes

Columbiformes

Coraciiformes

Cuculiformes

Falconiformes

Galliformes

Gaviiformes

Gruiformes

Passeriformes

Pelecaniformes

Phoenicopteriformes

Piciformes

Podicipediformes

Procellariiformes

Psittaciformes

Pteroclidiformes

Sphenisciformes

Strigiformes

Struthioniformes

Trogoniformes