Test your scientific skills.
Use our taxonomy tree below to find a bird. It is harder than it looks. Remember, some of these names have synonyms.
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Class Aves (896 species)
Birds-
Order Ciconiiformes (288 species)
Auks, Herons, Ibises, Penguins, Storks -
Order Anseriformes (61 species)
Ducks, Geese, Screamers, Swans, Waterfowl -
Order Galliformes (23 species)
Fowls, Gallinaceous Birds -
Order Gruiformes (18 species)
Cranes, Rails -
Order Columbiformes (16 species)
Doves, Pigeons -
Order Psittaciformes (7 species)
Parrots -
Order Cuculiformes (8 species)
Cuckoos -
Order Strigiformes (25 species)
Goatsuckers, Owls -
Order Apodiformes (32 species)
Hummingbirds, Swifts -
Order Trogoniformes (2 species)
Trogons -
Order Coraciiformes (3 species)
Kingfishers, Rollers -
Order Piciformes (25 species)
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Order Passeriformes (386 species)
Perching Birds -
Order Craciformes (1 species)
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Order Upupiformes (1 species)
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