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In this list of birds by common name 11,278 extant and recently extinct (since 1500) bird species are recognised. [1] Species marked with a "†" are extinct.
In total there are about 11,000 species of birds described as of 2024, [1] though one estimate of the real number places it at almost 20,000. [2] The order passerines (perching birds) alone accounts for well over 5,000 species.
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.
B. Bar-necked cuckoo-dove; Bar-winged cinclodes; Bearded bulbul; Black korhaan; Black swift; Black-and-white fairywren; Black-and-white monarch; Black-capped babbler
The bald eagle is the national bird of the United States. The California condor is one of North America's most endangered birds. A comprehensive listing of all the bird species confirmed in the United States follows. It includes species from all 50 states and the District of Columbia as of July 2022.
List of bird genera concerns the chordata class of aves or birds, characterised by feathers, a beak with no teeth, the laying of hard-shelled eggs, ...
She is the oldest confirmed wild bird in the world as well as the oldest banded bird in the world. Yaren, a stork known for its friendship with a fisherman living in Eskikaraağaç village of Bursa, Turkey; Zelda, a wild turkey who lived at the Battery in New York City from 2003 to 2014; Zenobia, one of the last northern bald ibises in Syria
List of endangered birds; List of endemic bird areas of the world; List of secondary endemic bird areas of the world; Lists of endemic birds; List of extinct birds in the wild; List of extinct bird species since 1500