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Accipitriformes - Eagle-like birds of prey
To this order of Eagle-like birds of prey belong four families:
- Accipitridae - Goshawks and Eagles (Amongst which also the Old World vultures)
- Cathartidae - New World vultures
- Pandionidae - Ospreys, which are characterized by two toes to the front and two toes to the rear of each claw
- Sagittariidae - Secretary birds
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Anseriformes - Geese-like birds
To the order of the Anseriformes belong two families:
- Anatidae - Ducks
- Anserinae - Geese (and Swans)
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Apodiformes - Swift-like birds
To this order of Apodiformes (Swift-like birds) belongs only one family:
- Apodidae - Swifts
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Bucerotiformes - Hoopoes and Hornbills
To the order of the Bucerotiformes belongs the suborders of:
- Buceroti - Hornbills
- Upupi - Hoopoes
- Upupidae- Hoopoes
Within the suborder of Upupi is one family:
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Casuariiformes - Cassowaries and Emoes
Two families in the order of the Casuariiformes are:
- Dromaiidae - Emoes
- Casuariidae - Cassowaries
I saw Emoes on Cuba in 1995, long before the digital camera era. -
Charadriiformes - Waders, plovers, Stilts, Gulls and Skuas
To this order belong five families:
- Alcidae - Auks
- Charadriidae - Plovers
- Laridae - Gulls
- Recurvirostridae - Stilts
- Scolopacidae - Waders
- Stercoraridae - Skuas
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Ciconiiformes - Stork-like birds
To this order belong the following families:
- Ardeidae - Herons
- Ciconiidae - Storks
- Threskiornithidae - Ibisses (amongst which also Spoonbills)
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Coraciiformes - Bee-eaters, Kingfishers, Strollers and others
To this order, which is mistakingly called Raven-like, belongs one suborder and six families:
- Coraciidae Rollers
- Brachypteraciidae Ground-rollers
- Meropidae - Bee-eaters
- Todidae - Todies
- Momotidae - Motmots
- Alcedinidae - Kingfishers
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Cuculiformes - Cuckoo-like birds
One familie belongs to the order of the Cuckoo-like birds:
- Cuculidae - Cuckoos
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Falconiformes - Falcon-like birds
To the order of the Falcon-like birds also the Eagle-like birds (Accipitridae) were counteduntil DNA-research showed that there is no close relationship. Parrots (Psittaciformes) are closer related to Falcons than Eagles are. There is one family in this order
- Falconiidae - Falcons
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Galliformes - Rooster-like birdes
Many of the Galliformes families are extinct. Remaning family is amongst others:
- Phasanidae - Pheasants
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Gruiformes - Crane-like birds
Two families belong to the Gruiformes:
- Gruidae - Cranes
- Rallidae - Rails
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Passeriformes - Passerines
Passerines are called so because this order consists of a broad range of birds with highly developed syrinx, a group of 7 muscles 7 with which birds produce music. 60% of all birds belong to this orde, amongst which the following families:
- Accrocephalidae - Reed warblers
- Aegithalidae - Long-tailed tits
- Alaudidae - Larks
- Bombiciliidae - Waxwings
- Calcariidae - Longspurs and Snow buntings
- More
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Phoenericopteriformes - Flamengo-like birds
To this order belongs one family:
- Phoenericopteridae - Flamengo's
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Procellariiformes - Tubenoses
Four families belong to this order:
- Diomedeidae - Albatrosses
- Procellariidae -Petrels and Shearwaters
- Hydrobatidae - Storm petrels
- Oceanitidae - Diving petrels
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Psittaciformes - Parrot-like birds
To this group belong multiple species Spread all over the Southern hemisphere, from South America to New Zealand and Australia. In Europe (UK, NL etc.) live colonies of Parrot-like birds like the African Ring-necked Parakeet, that origin from escaped "pets".
To this order belongs the family:- Psittacidae - Parrots
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Pteroclidiformes - Sandgrouses
Also this order consists of one family, the Pteroclididae (Sandgrouses) with 16 species. -
Strigiformes - Owl-like birds
The order of the Owl-like birds consists of two families:
- Strigidae - True owls
- Tytonidae - Barn owls
In total this order includes approximately 200 most nightly active, solitary birds. -
Struthioniiformes - Ostriche-like birds
There is one family in this order:
- Struthioniidae - Ostriches
I saw these in Kenya in 2003, long before I could affort myself a digital camera. -
Suliformes - Cormorants, Gannets, Frigaty birds and Darters
This order has four families:
- Phalocrocorax - Cormorants
- Sulidae - Gannets
- Fregattidae - Frigaty birds
- Anhingidae - Darters