I hope to eventually get something written about each order of birds, below is a list of the 23 current orders of birds, if the order name is not a live link then I have not had time to write anything yet.
| Bird Order | Common Names |
| Struthioniformes | Cassowaries, Emus, Kiwis, Ostriches and Rheas |
| Tinamiformes | Tinamous |
| Craciformes | Chachalacas, Currasows, Guans, Malleefowl and Scrubfowls |
| Galliformes | Grouse, Guineafowl, Quails, New World Quails, Pheasants and Turkeys |
| Anseriformes | Ducks, Geese, Screamers, Swans and Whistling-ducks |
| Turniciformes | Buttonquails |
| Piciformes | Barbets, Honeyguides, Piculets, Woodpeckers and Wrynecks |
| Galbuliformes | Jacamars and Puffbirds |
| Bucerotiformes | Hornbills |
| Upupiformes | Hoopoes and Scimitarbills |
| Trogoniformes | Trogons |
| Coraciiformes | Bee-eaters, Kingfishers, Motmots, Rollers and Todies |
| Coliiformes | Colies or Mousebirds |
| Cuculiformes | Anis, Coucals, Cuckooos, Hoatzin and Roadrunners |
| Psittaciformes | Mawcaws and Parrots |
| Apodiformes | Swifts |
| Trochiliformes | Hermits and Hummingbirds |
| Musophagiformes | Plantain-eaters and Touracos |
| Strigiformes | Nightjars, Oilbirds, Owls, Owlet-nightjars and Potoos |
| Columbiformes | Pigeons |
| Gruiformes | Bustards, Coots, Cranes, Gallinules, Kagus, Limpkins, Mesites, Monias, Rails, Roatelos, Seriemas Sunbitterns, Sungrebes and Trumpeters |
| Ciconiiformes | Albertrosses, Anhingas, Auks, Avocets, Bitterns, Boobies, Caracaras, Cormorants, Crab-plovers, Curlews, Darters, Divers, Eagles, Egrets, Falcons, Flamingos, Frigatebirds, Gannets, Grebes, Gulls, Hammerkops, Hawks, Herons, Ibises, Jacanas, Kites, Lapwings,Loons, Oystercatchers, Paintedsnipe, Pelecans, Penguins, Petrels, Phalaropes, Plains-wanderers, Plovers, Pratincoles, Puffins, Sandgrouse, Sandpipers, Secretarybirds, Seedsnipes, Shags, Shearwaters, Sheathbills, Shoebills, Skuas, Snipe, Spoonbills, Stilts, Storks, Thick-knees, Tropicbirds and Vultures, |
| Passeriformes | Accentors, Antbirds, Asities, Babblers, Birds of Paradise, Bowerbirds, Bristlebirds, Broadbills, Bulbuls, Buntings, Bushtits, Cardinals, Catbirds, Chaffinches, Chats, Chickadees, Chowchillas, Cotingas, Crossbills, Crows, Dippers, Drongos, Emuwrens, Fairy-bluebirds, Fairywrens, Fantails, Finches, Flowerpeckers, Flycatchers, Goldfinches, Gnatcatchers, Gnateaters, Grass-warblers, Grasswrens, Greenbuls, Greenlets, Honeycreepers, Honeyeaters, Hypocolius, Jays, Kinglets, Larks, Laughingthrushes, Leafbirds, Leaf-warblers, Logrunners, Lyrebirds, Magpies, Manakins, Martins, Mockingbirds,Mynas, Northern Creepers, Nuthatches, Ovenbirds, Palmchats, Pardalotes, Peppershrikes, Pipits, Pittas, Robins, Ravens, Scrub-birds, Scrubwrens, Shrikes, Shrike-vireos, Silky-flycatchers, Sparrows, Spiderhunters, Starlings, Swallows, Sugarbirds, Sunbirds, Tapaculos, Thornbills, Tits, Tityras, Treecreepers, Thrushes,Tyrant Wattlebirds, Wag-tails, Wallcreepers, Waxwings, Weavers, White-eyes, Whydahs, Woodcreepers, Woodwarblers, Wrens, Wrentits, Vireos,
+ Loads more, if you have found the name yet it is probably part of this huge group |
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