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In this list of birds by common name, a total of 10,976 extant and recently extinct (since 1500) bird species are recognised. Species marked with a "†" are extinct. [1
Genus Ictinaetus - black eagle. Genus Ictinia. Genus Kaupifalco - lizard buzzard. Genus Leptodon. Genus Leucopternis (probably polyphyletic) Genus Lophaetus - long-crested eagle (possibly junior synonym of Ictinaetus) Genus Lophoictinia - square-tailed kite. Genus Lophotriorchis - rufous-bellied eagle.
List of birds. Penguins. Ostriches. This article lists living orders and families of birds. The links below should then lead to family accounts and hence to individual species. The passerines (perching birds) alone account for well over 5,000 species. In total there are about 10,000 species of birds described worldwide, though one estimate of ...
The taxonomic treatment [3] (designation and sequence of orders, families and species) and nomenclature (common and scientific names) used in the accompanying bird lists adheres to the conventions of the AOS's (2019) Check-list of North American Birds, the recognized scientific authority on the taxonomy and nomenclature of North America birds.
For species found in the 50 states, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands, the taxonomic treatment (designation and sequence of orders, families and species) and nomenclature (common and scientific names) used in the list are those of the AOS, the recognized scientific authority on the taxonomy and nomenclature of North and Middle American birds.
This category lists families of birds. Only scientific names should be listed here; for categorization by English names, use Category:Birds by common name . Wikimedia Commons has media related to Families of Aves .
James A. Jobling's Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names, which would be published by Lynx Edicions as the HBW Alive Key to Scientific Names In Ornithology, is accessible as a searchable database on the Birds of the World website, allowing for free access to the definitions of the various scientific names of birds. [12]
This list's taxonomic treatment (designation and sequence of orders, families and species) and nomenclature (English and scientific names) are those of The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World, 2022 edition. [1] The following tags highlight several categories of occurrence other than regular migrants and residents.