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.

  • Class Aves (896 species)
    Birds

    • Order Ciconiiformes (288 species)
      Auks, Herons, Ibises, Penguins, Storks

      • Family Scolopacidae (65 species)

        • Genus Arenaria (2 species)

        • Genus Scolopax (2 species)

        • Genus Lymnocryptes (1 species)

        • Genus Numenius (8 species)

        • Genus Bartramia (1 species)

        • Genus Actitis (2 species)

        • Genus Tringa (9 species)

        • Genus Heteroscelus (2 species)

        • Genus Catoptrophorus (1 species)

        • Genus Calidris (19 species)

        • Genus Aphriza (1 species)

        • Genus Limnodromus (2 species)

        • Genus Tryngites (1 species)

        • Genus Limosa (4 species)

        • Genus Philomachus (1 species)

        • Genus Eurynorhynchus (1 species)

        • Genus Gallinago (3 species)
          Snipes

        • Genus Limicola (1 species)

        • Genus Xenus (1 species)

        • Genus Phalaropus (3 species)

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