Herons and egrets are medium to large wading birds with long necks and legs. They are all similar in structure and habits, but have a wide variation in plumage colors and patterns. Flamingos filter-feed on shellfish and algae. Order: Passeriformes   Family: Ptiliogonatidae. Unlike the similar-looking but unrelated herons, cranes fly with necks outstretched, not pulled back. Larks are small terrestrial birds with often extravagant songs and display flights. The kinglets are a small family of birds which resemble the titmice. Many of these have distinctive head patterns. The family Ardeidae contains the herons, egrets and bitterns. Order: Ciconiiformes   Family: Ciconiidae. Having the largest wingspan-to-body-weight ratio of any bird, they are essentially aerial, able to stay aloft for more than a week. They are small to medium-sized birds with compact bodies, short, thick necks and long, usually pointed, wings. The appearance of these birds is highly varied, but they mostly have weak songs and harsh calls. Until 2018, this family's three species were included with the other storm-petrels in family Hydrobatidae. The family Corvidae includes crows, ravens, jays, choughs, magpies, treepies, nutcrackers, and ground jays. Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. Hummingbirds are small birds capable of hovering in mid-air due to the rapid flapping of their wings. Order: Charadriiformes   Family: Scolopacidae. The tanagers are a large group of small to medium-sized passerine birds restricted to the New World, mainly in the tropics. The plumage of several species is dark with a metallic sheen. Order: Piciformes   Family: Semnornithidae. The southern storm-petrels are the smallest seabirds, relatives of the petrels, feeding on planktonic crustaceans and small fish picked from the surface, typically while hovering. Falconidae is a family of diurnal birds of prey, notably the falcons and caracaras. Loons are aquatic birds the size of a large duck, to which they are unrelated. A sizable minority of them specialize in following columns of army ants to eat small invertebrates that leave their hiding places to flee from the ants. Order: Cathartiformes   Family: Cathartidae. Most species are brightly colored. Most members of this family are insectivores. Despite being classed as waders, most species have a preference for arid or semi-arid habitats. Until 2017, these species were considered part of the family Emberizidae. All are brood parasites, which lay their eggs in the nests of estrildid finches, Order: Passeriformes   Family: Estrildidae. Order: Coraciiformes   Family: Motmotidae. They are typically greenish in color and resemble wood warblers apart from their heavier bills. The toucan barbets are birds of montane forests in the Neotropics. These birds have very large powerful hooked beaks for tearing flesh from their prey, strong legs, powerful talons and keen eyesight. The vireos are a group of small to medium-sized passerine birds. In most of the species, the barbs near the ends of the two longest (central) tail feathers are weak and fall off, leaving a length of bare shaft and creating a racket-shaped tail. Order: Procellariiformes   Family: Hydrobatidae. These are terrestrial species, variable in size but generally plump with broad relatively short wings. These birds have very short legs and never settle voluntarily on the ground, perching instead only on vertical surfaces. Many species are gamebirds or have been domesticated as a food source for humans. The family is monotypic. They feed on insects caught on the wing, and are glossy, elegant birds with long bills and tails. Of the continent's species, 2492 are endemic, significantly more than Eurasia's 2018. Order: Accipitriformes   Family: Accipitridae. Starlings and mynas are small to medium-sized Old World passerine birds with strong feet. All parrots are zygodactyl, having the four toes on each foot placed two at the front and two to the back. Heliornithidae is a small family of tropical birds with webbed lobes on their feet similar to those of grebes and coots. Until 2017, the New World sparrows (Passerellidae) were also considered part of this family. This species was formerly classified as a tanager (family Thraupidae) but was placed in its own family in 2017. These two species were formerly classified as tanagers (family Thraupidae) but were placed in their own family in 2017. The procellariids are the main group of medium-sized "true petrels", characterized by united nostrils with medium septum and a long outer functional primary. They get their name from the bristles which fringe their heavy bills. Nearby trails and a boat trip will have us searching for such avian delights as Razor-billed Currasow, Natterer’s Slaty Antshrike, Helmeted Pygmy-Tyrant, Amazonian Umbrellabird, Red-necked They live on insects in summer and berries in winter. The females have much paler plumage especially on the neck and underparts. Some have crests. Skuas are in general medium to large birds, typically with gray or brown plumage, often with white markings on the wings. Antthrushes resemble small rails with strong, longish legs, very short tails, and stout bills. The cardinals are a family of robust, seed-eating birds with strong bills. Loons swim well and fly adequately, but, because their legs are placed towards the rear of the body, are almost helpless on land. Plumage coloration varies, with the majority having mainly dark plumage, some species being black-and-white, and a few being colorful. Herons and egrets are medium to large wading birds with long necks and legs. These dainty birds resemble Old World warblers in their build and habits, moving restlessly through the foliage seeking insects. Order: Procellariiformes   Family: Procellariidae. Most larks are fairly dull in appearance. They have a slender streamlined body, long pointed wings, and a short bill with a wide gape. These birds have colorful plumage and resemble small kingfishers, but have flattened bills with serrated edges. These birds are notable for their vocalizations, especially their ability to mimic a wide variety of birds and other sounds heard outdoors. The stilts have extremely long legs and long, thin, straight bills. Order: Passeriformes   Family: Estrildidae. They have stout, longish bills and webbed feet. The limpkin is an odd bird that looks like a large rail, but is skeletally closer to the cranes. Order: Charadriiformes   Family: Scolopacidae. These dainty birds resemble Old World warblers in their build and habits, moving restlessly through the foliage seeking insects. Order: Podicipediformes   Family: Podicipedidae. Old World flycatchers are a large group of small passerine birds native to the Old World. Barn-owls are medium to large owls with large heads and characteristic heart-shaped faces. Members of this family have long, broad wings, are strong fliers and, rather surprisingly, given their size and weight, very capable soarers. The Paridae are mainly small stocky woodland species with short stout bills. They are strong, acrobatic fliers. Their flight is strong and direct and they are very gregarious. Pelicans are very large water birds with a distinctive pouch under their beak. The thrushes are a group of passerine birds that occur mainly in the Old World. They have thin pointed down-curved bills, which they use to extricate insects from bark. The sulids comprise the gannets and boobies. Scolopacidae is a large diverse family of small to medium-sized shorebirds including the sandpipers, curlews, godwits, shanks, tattlers, woodcocks, snipes, dowitchers, and phalaropes. helmeted pygmy tyrant [Lophotriccus galeatus] Helmtyrann {m}orn.T Hudson's black tyrant [Knipolegus hudsoni] Hudsontyrann {m}orn.T Jelski's bush tyrant [Knipolegus signatus] Jelskimohrentyrann {m}orn.T Jelski's chat tyrant T Gulls are typically gray or white, often with black markings on the head or wings. Until 2017 the four species in this family were included in the family Thraupidae, the "true" tanagers. The tail is cocked and pointed towards the head. Found in tropical woodlands worldwide, they feed on insects and fruit, and their broad bills and weak legs reflect their diet and arboreal habits. [1][2], Of the 2492 endemic species, 238 are found only in Brazil and 325 are only in one of 12 other countries and territories. The cotingas are birds of forests or forest edges in tropical South America. Both groups are medium to large coastal seabirds that plunge-dive for fish. Their feet are four-toed and webbed. Barn owls are medium to large owls with large heads and characteristic heart-shaped faces. They are typically associated with open woodland. Order: Procellariiformes   Family: Diomedeidae. The members of this small family were formerly classified as tanagers and New World warblers (family Parulidae) but were placed in their own family in 2017. In the Bohemian and cedar waxwings, these tips look like sealing wax and give the group its name. Their plumage is largely gray or black, and they have spear-shaped bills. They are the only birds that can fly backwards. Most, but not all, have plain coloring. Order: Pelecaniformes   Family: Threskiornithidae. Use the browse button to upload a file from your local disk. Order: Passeriformes   Family: Prunellidae. Several species often hold their tails upright. They are generally dull-plumaged, but the curassows and some guans have colorful facial ornaments. They are slender, ground feeding insectivores of open country. They have a band across the chest which gives them their name. They include the wagtails, longclaws and pipits. Motacillidae is a family of small passerine birds with medium to long tails. The vireos are a group of small to medium-sized passerine birds. Order: Passeriformes   Family: Sapayoidae. The palmchat is the only member of its family. They feed on insects caught on the wing and are glossy, elegant birds with long bills and tails. Order: Charadriiformes   Family: Burhinidae. Order: Caprimulgiformes   Family: Caprimulgidae. Hier kannst du sie vorschlagen! The barbets are plump birds, with short necks and large heads. Order: Passeriformes   Family: Donacobiidae, The black-capped donacobius is found in wet habitats from Panama across northern South America and east of the Andes to Argentina and Paraguay, Order: Passeriformes   Family: Locustellidae. In 2019 the SACC determined that these five species, which were formerly considered tyrant flycatchers, belonged in their own family. The file may contain a single sequence or a list of sequences. Order: Passeriformes   Family: Tyrannidae. Order: Charadriiformes   Family: Rynchopidae. The AOS's Committee on Classification and Nomenclature, the body responsible for maintaining and updating the Check-list, "strongly and unanimously continues to endorse the biological species concept (BSC), in which species are considered to be genetically cohesive groups of populations that are reproductively isolated from other such groups" (AOS 2019). The oilbird is a slim, long-winged bird related to the nightjars. Shrikes are passerine birds known for their habit of catching other birds and small animals and impaling the uneaten portions of their bodies on thorns. Scolopacidae is a large diverse family of small to medium-sized shorebirds including the sandpipers, curlews, godwits, shanks, tattlers, woodcocks, snipes, dowitchers and phalaropes. The seedsnipes are a small family of birds that superficially resemble sparrows. Many of these have distinctive head patterns. Recurvirostridae is a family of large wading birds which includes the avocets and stilts. They differ from hawks, eagles and kites in that they kill with their beaks instead of their talons. These are arboreal birds of northern forests. They are gregarious and often colonial seed eaters with short thick but pointed bills. They superficially resemble the Old World flycatchers, but are more robust and have stronger bills. They tend to have short, rounded wings and to be weak fliers. Pigeons and doves are stout-bodied birds with short necks and short slender bills with a fleshy cere. Order: Passeriformes   Family: Formicariidae, Order: Passeriformes   Family: Furnariidae. Most species are brightly colored. Guineafowl are a group of African, seed-eating, ground-nesting birds that resemble partridges, but with featherless heads and spangled grey plumage. They have large spurs on their wings which are used in fights over mates and in territorial disputes. Order: Passeriformes   Family: Emberizidae. They are the only birds that can fly backwards. They are small to medium-sized birds. They are medium to large waders with strong black or yellow-black bills, large yellow eyes, and cryptic plumage. Their plumage is somewhat permeable, like that of cormorants, and they spread their wings to dry after diving. They are forest birds which tend to feed on insects at or near the ground. The gnatcatchers and gnatwrens are mainly soft bluish gray in color and have the typical insectivore's long sharp bill. All parrots are zygodactyl, having the four toes on each foot placed two at the front and two to the back. The jacamars are near passerine birds from tropical South America with a range that extends up to Mexico. The majority of these species eat small invertebrates picked out of the mud or soil. The list's taxonomomy (names and sequence of orders, families, and species) is also that of the SACC unless noted otherwise. The cotingas are birds of forests or forest edges in tropical Central and South America. The lists are based on The AOS Check-list of North American Birds of the American Ornithological Society[1] supplemented with checklists from Panama, Greenland, and Bermuda . Cormorants are medium-to-large aquatic birds, usually with mainly dark plumage and areas of colored skin on the face. The weavers are small passerine birds related to the finches. The icterids are a group of small to medium-sized, often colorful passerine birds restricted to the New World and include the grackles, New World blackbirds and New World orioles. The species in this family were formerly spread over the families Tyrannidae, Pipridae, and Cotingidae. Both groups are medium-large coastal seabirds that plunge-dive for fish. Although their flight is fast, they are reluctant to fly any distance. Kingfishers are medium-sized birds with large heads, long pointed bills, short legs, and stubby tails. The New World quails are small, plump terrestrial birds only distantly related to the quails of the Old World, but named for their similar appearance and habits. Bitterns tend to be shorter necked and more wary. Leaf warblers are a family of small insectivorous birds found mostly in Eurasia and ranging into Wallacea and Africa. Order: Passeriformes   Family: Thamnophilidae. They are identifiable by their huge feet and claws which enable them to walk on floating vegetation in the shallow lakes that are their preferred habitat. Their soft plumage is cryptically coloured to resemble bark or leaves. Old World parrots are found from Africa east across south and southeast Asia and Oceania to Australia and New Zealand. The flight is fluttering and sometimes bat-like. Order: Procellariiformes   Family: Diomedeidae. Most larks are fairly dull in appearance. Order: Passeriformes   Family: Grallariidae. They are a diverse group of insectivores which gets its name from the elaborate "oven-like" clay nests built by some species, although others build stick nests or nest in tunnels or clefts in rock. It was placed in its own family in 2017. Swifts are small birds which spend the majority of their lives flying. Members of Ardeidae fly with their necks retracted, unlike other long-necked birds such as storks, ibises and spoonbills. They are plump, soft plumaged, small to medium-sized insectivores or sometimes omnivores, often feeding on the ground. They are adaptable birds, with a mixed diet including seeds and insects. Order: Passeriformes   Family: Furnariidae. Their soft plumage is camouflaged to resemble bark or leaves. Nine entire families, containing 21 species, are endemic to the continent. South America is the "Bird Continent": It boasts 3436 species, more than any other. Order: Psittaciformes   Family: Psittacidae. Many woodpeckers have the habit of tapping noisily on tree trunks with their beaks. Dippers are a group of perching birds whose habitat includes aquatic environments in the Americas, Europe, and Asia. Order: Phaethontiformes   Family: Phaethontidae. They get their name from the bristles which fringe their heavy bills. They are forest birds, usually seen on the ground or in the low understory. The avocets have long legs and long up-curved bills. Anhingas or darters are cormorant-like water birds with very long necks and long, straight beaks. The albatrosses are amongst the largest of flying birds, and the great albatrosses from the genus Diomedea have the largest wingspans of any extant birds. The albatrosses are among the largest of flying birds, and the great albatrosses from the genus Diomedea have the largest wingspans of any extant birds. The sapayoa is the only member of its family, and is found in the lowland rainforests of Panama and north-western South America. The thrushes are a group of passerine birds that occur mainly but not exclusively in the Old World. Most species have strong legs and long toes which are well adapted to soft uneven surfaces. Antpittas resemble the true pittas with strong, longish legs, very short tails, and stout bills. Order: Suliformes   Family: Phalacrocoracidae. They are related to the ratites (order Struthioniformes), which includes the rheas, emus, and kiwis. Sparrows are seed eaters, but they also consume small insects. Since this list is based on the AOS classification, changes to scientific names are updated here. The family Stercorariidae are, in general, medium to large birds, typically with gray or brown plumage, often with white markings on the wings. Order: Passeriformes   Family: Hirundinidae. Many parrots are vividly colored, and some are multi-colored. Many species are gamebirds or have been domesticated as a food source for humans. This a large family of small passerine birds found mostly in the Old World. Order: Passeriformes   Family: Phaenicophilidae. Order: Passeriformes   Family: Motacillidae. It is the only member of its family. Their preferred habitat is fairly open country, and they eat insects and fruit. Accipitridae is a family of birds of prey, which includes hawks, eagles, kites, harriers, and Old World vultures. The motmots have colorful plumage and long, graduated tails which they display by waggling back and forth. Start studying SE Brazil Flycatchers to Vireos. Cranes are large, long-legged and long-necked birds. All have twelve tail feathers and nine primaries. The flight is fluttering and sometimes bat-like. Order: Passeriformes   Family: Passeridae. They are named for their bobbing or dipping movements. Order: Passeriformes   Family: Cotingidae. These are smallish birds which inhabit regions of arid scrub. The family Sylviidae is a group of small insectivorous passerine birds. They are very small insectivorous birds in the genus Regulus. The thick-knees are a group of waders found worldwide within the tropical zone, with some species also breeding in temperate Europe and Australia. Order: Gruiformes   Family: Heliornithidae. Order: Passeriformes   Family: Rhodinocichlidae. Phasianidae consists of the pheasants and their allies. These birds are of variable size with slender bodies, long tails and strong legs. Finches are seed-eating passerine birds, that are small to moderately large and have a strong beak, usually conical and in some species very large. It has short red legs, a black bill and a red eye. Typical owls are small to large solitary nocturnal birds of prey. The accentors are small, fairly drab birds with thin sharp bills superficially similar, but unrelated to, sparrows. Order: Accipitriformes   Family: Pandionidae. They have longish bills and webbed feet. Pandionidae is a family of fish-eating birds of prey, possessing a very large, powerful hooked beak for tearing flesh from their prey, strong legs, powerful talons and keen eyesight. Most of the species are known as sparrows, but these birds are not closely related to the Old World sparrows which are in the family Passeridae. Though the members of this family are similar in many respects to the southern storm-petrels, including their general appearance and habits, there are enough genetic differences to warrant their placement in a separate family. Order: Passeriformes   Family: Thraupidae. Order: Caprimulgiformes   Family: Steatornithidae. In general, sparrows tend to be small plump brownish or grayish birds with short tails and short powerful beaks. Many species are brightly colored. The feet are adapted to perching rather than walking, and the front toes are partially joined at the base. Order: Galbuliformes   Family: Bucconidae. Order: Passeriformes   Family: Motacillidae. Laridae is a family of medium to large seabirds and includes gulls and terns. They are small to medium-sized birds. The loose abundant plumage and short tails makes them look stout and puffy, giving rise to the English common name of the family. The lists of birds in the light blue box below are divided by biological family.The lists are based on The AOS Check-list of North American Birds of the American Ornithological Society supplemented with checklists from Panama, Greenland, and Bermuda . The species are of various sizes, often green-plumaged above and yellow below, or more subdued with grayish-green to grayish-brown colors. They do not swim or walk and cannot take off from a flat surface. The majority of these species eat small invertebrates picked out of the mud or soil. The manakins are a family of subtropical and tropical mainland Central and South America, and Trinidad and Tobago. They are compact forest birds, the males typically being brightly colored, although the females of most species are duller and usually green-plumaged. Woodpeckers are small to medium-sized birds with chisel-like beaks, short legs, stiff tails and long tongues used for capturing insects. It is found in marshes with some trees or scrub in the Caribbean, South America and southern Florida. Waters within 200 nautical miles of these lands are also included. They are seed-eating birds with rounded conical bills. The olive warbler is the only representative of its family. Order: Phoenicopteriformes   Family: Phoenicopteridae. The penduline-tits are a family of small passerine birds, related to the true tits. Order: Sphenisciformes   Family: Spheniscidae. Members of Ardeidae fly with their necks retracted, unlike other long-necked birds such as storks, ibises, and spoonbills. It feeds mostly on fruit but also eats insects. Order: Passeriformes   Family: Troglodytidae. Order: Falconiformes   Family: Falconidae. Trogons are residents of tropical forests worldwide and have soft, often colorful, feathers with distinctive male and female plumage. They are large, black-and-white or completely black, with long wings and deeply forked tails. Their heads and long wings have black markings. It includes the birds of Greenland, Canada, the United States (excluding Hawaii), Mexico, Central America, Bermuda, and the West Indies They are forest birds which tend to feed on insects at or near the ground. Having the largest wingspan-to-body-weight ratio of any bird, they are essentially aerial, able to stay aloft for more than a week.

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