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Order: Anseriformes Family: Anatidae. The family Anatidae includes the ducks and most duck-like waterfowl, such as geese and swans. These birds are adapted to an aquatic existence with webbed feet, bills which are flattened to a greater or lesser extent, and feathers that are excellent at shedding water due to special oils.
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Accipitriformes (hawks, eagles, vultures, and kites) Anseriformes (waterfowl) Apodiformes (swifts and hummingbirds) Caprimulgiformes (nightjars and relatives) Charadriiformes (gulls and relatives)
The average global population of all mature birds is estimated to be on the order of 100 billion individuals. [1] [2] [3] The total population including younglings is somewhat higher during the breeding season of each species. [3] This list is incomplete, because experts have not estimated all bird numbers.
The northern cardinal is the state bird of six states, followed by the western meadowlark also the state bird of six states. The District of Columbia designated a district bird in 1938. [4] Of the five inhabited territories of the United States, American Samoa and Puerto Rico are the only ones without territorial birds.
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Last week, Colorado reported four confirmed infections of H5N1 bird flu and was checking on the status of a fifth suspected case. The two new cases were in poultry workers with exposure to ...