#class_Aves__Aves  birds
  supertype:  #class__clas  (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders
  member of:  #subphylum_Vertebrata
  member:  #bird  warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings
  member:  #genus_Protoavis  extinct primitive birds of the Triassic period; 70 million years before archaeopteryx
     member:  #protoavis__protoavi  most primitive avian type known; extinct bird of the Triassic having birdlike jaw and hollow limbs and breastbone with dinosaur-like tail and hind limbs
  member:  #subclass_Archaeornithes__Archaeornithes  primitive reptile-like fossil birds of the Jurassic or early Cretaceous
     member:  #genus_Archaeopteryx__genus_Archeopteryx  a genus of fossil birds
        member:  #archaeopteryx__archeopteryx__Archaeopteryx_lithographica  extinct primitive toothed bird of the Upper Jurassic having a long feathered tail and hollow bones; usually considered the most primitive of all birds
     member:  #genus_Sinornis  a genus of fossil birds
        member:  #Sinornis  sparrow-sized fossil bird of the Upper Jurassic to Lower Cretaceous having a keeled breastbone and vestigial tail; found in China; considered possibly the second most primitive of all birds
     member:  #genus_Ibero-mesornis  a genus of fossil bird of the subclass Archaeornithes
        member:  #Ibero-mesornis  sparrow-sized fossil bird of the Lower Cretaceous having a vestigial tail; found in Spain; considered possibly the third most primitive of all birds
     member:  #genus_Archaeornis  a genus of fossil bird
        member:  #archaeornis__archaeorni  extinct primitive toothed bird with a long feathered tail and three free clawed digits on each wing
  member:  #superorder_Ratitae__Ratitae  used in former classifications to include all ratite bird orders
     member:  #order_Tinamiformes__Tinamiformes  coextensive with the family Tinamidae
        member:  #family_Tinamidae__Tinamidae  comprising the tinamous
           member:  #tinamou__partridge  heavy-bodied small-winged South American game bird resembling a gallinaceous bird but related to the ratite birds
  member:  #order_Struthioniformes__Struthioniformes  a ratite bird order: ostriches and related extinct birds; known from the Pleistocene onward
     member:  #family_Struthionidae__Struthionidae  tall terrestrial birds: ostriches
        member:  #genus_Struthio__Struthio  type genus of the Struthionidae: African ostriches
           member:  #ostrich__struthiocamelu  fast-running African flightless bird with two-toed feet; largest living bird
  member:  #order_Casuariiformes__Casuariiformes  a ratite bird order: cassowaries and emus
     member:  #family_Casuaridae__Casuaridae  a family of large ostrich-like birds including cassowaries
        member:  #genus_Casuarius__Casuarius  type and sole genus of the Casuaridae: cassowaries
           member:  #cassowary  large black flightless bird of Australia and New Guinea having a horny head crest
     member:  #genus_Dromaius__Dromaius  a genus of birds in the order Casuariiformes
        member:  #emu__Dromaius_novaehollandiae__Emu_novaehollandiae  large Australian flightless bird similar to the ostrich but smaller
  member:  #order_Apterygiformes__Apterygiformes  a ratite bird order: flightless ground birds having vestigial wings and long bills and small eyes: kiwis
     member:  #family_Apterygidae__Apterygidae  coextensive with the order Apterygiformes
        member:  #genus_Apteryx  type genus of the Apterygidae: kiwis
           member:  #kiwi__apteryx  nocturnal flightless bird of New Zealand having a long neck and stout legs; only surviving representative of the order Apterygiformes
  member:  #order_Rheiformes__Rheiformes  a ratite bird order: birds intermediate in characteristics between ostriches and emus: recent and extinct rheas
     member:  #family_Rheidae__Rheidae  a family of birds coextensive with the order Rheiformes
        member:  #genus_Rhea  type genus of the Rheidae; large tall flightless South American birds similar to but smaller than ostriches
           member:  #Rhea_americana__rhea  larger of two tall fast-running flightless birds similar to ostriches but three-toed; found from Brazil to Patagonia
        member:  #genus_Pterocnemia__Pterocnemia  a genus of birds of the family Rheidae
           member:  #rhea__nandu__Pterocnemia_pennata  smaller of two tall fast-running flightless birds similar to ostriches but three-toed; found from Peru to Straits of Magellan
  member:  #order_Aepyorniformes__Aepyorniformes  huge extinct flightless birds: elephant birds
     member:  #family_Aepyornidae__Aepyornidae  coextensive with the order Aepyorniformes
        member:  #genus_Aepyornis  type genus of the Aepyornidae: elephant birds
           member:  #elephant_bird__aepyornis__aepyorni  huge (to 9 ft.) extinct flightless bird of Madagascar
  member:  #order_Dinornithiformes__Dinornithiformes  a ratite bird order: recently extinct flightless birds of New Zealand
     member:  #family_Dinornithidae__Dinornithidae  moas
        member:  #genus_Dinornis__Dinornis  type genus of the Dinornithidae: large moas
           member:  #giant_moa__giantmoa__Dinornis_giganteus  the largest moa; about 12 feet high
        member:  #moa  extinct flightless bird of New Zealand
        member:  #genus_Anomalopteryx  small moas
           member:  #anomalopteryx__Anomalopteryx_oweni  the smallest moa; slender moa about the size of a large turkey
  member:  #order_Insessores__Insessores__perching_birds__perchers  birds with feet adapted for perching on trees; this order is now generally abandoned by taxonomists
  member:  #order_Passeriformes__Passeriformes  largest order of birds comprising about half the known species: rooks; finches; sparrows; tits; warblers; robins; wrens; swallows; etc.; in four suborders: Eurylaimi; Tyranni; Menurae: Oscines or Passeres
     member:  #passerine__passeriform_bird__passeriformbird  perching birds mostly small and living near the ground with feet having 4 toes arranged to allow for gripping the perch; most are songbirds; hatchlings are helpless
     member:  #suborder_Oscines__Oscines__Passeres__suborder_Passeres  two names for the suborder of typical songbirds
        member:  #oscine_bird__oscine  passerine bird having specialized vocal apparatus
        member:  #family_Meliphagidae__Meliphagidae  honey eaters
           member:  #honey_eater__honeyeater__honeysucker  Australasian bird with tongue and bill adapted for extracting nectar
        member:  #family_Prunellidae__Prunellidae  hedge sparrow
           member:  #genus_Prunella__Prunella  type genus of the Prunellidae
              member:  #accentor  small sparrow-like songbird of mountainous regions of Eurasia
        member:  #family_Alaudidae__Alaudidae  larks
           member:  #lark  any of numerous predominantly Old World birds noted for their singing
           member:  #genus_Alauda__Alauda  type genus of the Alaudidae: skylarks
              member:  #skylark__alaudaarvensi  brown-speckled European lark noted for singing while hovering at a great height
        member:  #family_Motacillidae__Motacillidae  pipits and wagtails
           member:  #genus_Motacilla__Motacilla  type genus of the Motacillidae: wagtails
              member:  #wagtail  Old World bird having a very long tail that jerks up and down as it walks
           member:  #genus_Anthus__Anthus  pipits
              member:  #pipit__titlark__lark  small songbirds resembling larks
        member:  #family_Fringillidae__Fringillidae  finches: goldfinches; bullfinches; chaffinches; siskins; canaries; cardinals; grosbeaks; crossbills; linnets; buntings
           member:  #finch  any of numerous small songbirds with short stout bills adapted for crushing seeds
           member:  #genus_Fringilla__Fringilla  type genus of the Fringillidae: chaffinch, brambling
              member:  #chaffinch__Fringilla_coelebs  small European finch with a cheerful song
              member:  #brambling__Fringilla_montifringilla  Eurasian finch
           member:  #subfamily_Carduelinae__Carduelinae  used in some classifications for a subgroup of finches
           member:  #genus_Carduelis__Carduelis  in some classifications considered the type genus of a subfamily Carduelinae of the Fringillidae: goldfinches; siskins; redpolls; linnets
              member:  #goldfinch__Carduelis_carduelis  small European finch having a crimson face and yellow-and-black wings
              member:  #linnet__Carduelis_cannabina  small Old World finch whose male has a red breast and forehead
              member:  #red_siskin__redsiskin__Carduelis_cucullata  South American species of scarlet finch with black head and wings and tail
              member:  #Carduelis_flammea__redpoll  small siskin-like finch with a red crown
              member:  #redpoll__Carduelis_hornemanni  small siskin-like finch with a red crown
           member:  #genus_Spinus__Spinus  in some classifications considered a subgenus of Carduelis: siskins and New World goldfinches
              member:  #New_world_goldfinch__goldfinch__yellowbird__Spinus_tristis  American finch whose male has yellow body plumage in summer
              member:  #pine_siskin__pine_finch__Spinus_pinus  small finch of North American coniferous forests
           member:  #genus_Carpodacus__Carpodacus  house finches and purple finches
              member:  #house_finch__housefinch__linnet__Carpodacus_mexicanus  small finch originally of the western United States and Mexico
              member:  #purple_finch__Carpodacus_purpureus  North American finch having a raspberry-red head and breast and rump
           member:  #genus_Serinus__Serinus  Old World finches: e.g. canaries and serins
              member:  #canary_bird__canary  any of several small Old World finches
              member:  #serin  any of various brown and yellow finches of pats of Europe
           member:  #genus_Loxia__Loxia  crossbill
              member:  #crossbill__Loxia_curvirostra  finch with a bill whose tips cross when closed
           member:  #genus_Pyrrhula__Pyrrhula  bullfinches
              member:  #bullfinch__Pyrrhula_pyrrhula  common European finch mostly black and white with red throat and breast
           member:  #genus_Junco  American finches
              member:  #junco__snowbird  small North American finch seen chiefly in winter
           member:  #genus_Pooecetes__Pooecetes  a genus of Fringillidae
              member:  #vesper_sparrow__grass_finch__grassfinch__Pooecetes_gramineus  common North American finch noted for its evening song
           member:  #genus_Zonotrichia__Zonotrichia  large New World sparrows
              member:  #white-throated_sparrow__whitethroat__Zonotrichia_albicollis  common North American finch with a white patch on the throat and black-and-white striped crown
              member:  #white-crowned_sparrow__whitecrownedsparrow__Zonotrichia_leucophrys  finch with black-and-white striped crown
           member:  #genus_Spizella__Spizella  chipping sparrow; field sparrow; tree sparrow
              member:  #chipping_sparrow__Spizella_passerina  small North American finch common in urban areas
              member:  #field_sparrow__fieldsparrow__Spizella_pusilla  common North American finch of brushy pasturelands
              member:  #Spizella_arborea__tree_sparrow  finch common in winter in the northern U.S.
           member:  #genus_Melospiza__Melospiza  American song sparrow and swamp sparrow
              member:  #song_sparrow__Melospiza_melodia  small songbird common in North America
              member:  #swamp_sparrow__swampsparrow__Melospiza_georgiana  North American finch of marshy area
           member:  #subfamily_Emberizidae__Emberizidae__subfamily_Emberizinae  buntings and some New World sparrows
              member:  #genus_Passerina__genuspasserina__Passerina  small North American bush-loving finches: New World buntings
                 member:  #indigo_bunting__indigo_finch__indigo_bird__Passerina_cyanea  small deep blue North American bunting
              member:  #genus_Emberiza__Emberiza  Old World buntings
                 member:  #ortolan_bunting__ortolanbunting__ortolan__Emberiza_hortulana  brownish Old World bunting often eaten as a delicacy
                 member:  #reed_bunting__Emberiza_schoeniclus  European bunting inhabiting marshy areas
                 member:  #yellowhammer__yellow_bunting__Emberiza_citrinella  European bunting the male being bright yellow
                 member:  #yellow-breasted_bunting__Emberiza_aureola  common in Russia and Siberia
              member:  #genus_Plectrophenax__Plectrophenax  snow bunting
                 member:  #snow_bunting__snowbird__snowflake__Plectrophenax_nivalis  white arctic bunting
           member:  #genus_Hesperiphona__Hesperiphona  evening grosbeak
              member:  #evening_grosbeak__eveninggrosbeak__Hesperiphona_vespertina  North American grosbeak
           member:  #genus_Coccothraustes__Coccothraustes  large finches
              member:  #hawfinch__Coccothraustes_coccothraustes  a common large finch of Eurasia
           member:  #genus_Pinicola__Pinicola  a genus of Fringillidae
              member:  #pine_grosbeak__Pinicola_enucleator  large grosbeak of coniferous forests of Old and New Worlds
           member:  #genus_Richmondena__Richmondena  cardinals
              member:  #cardinal_grosbeak__cardinal__Richmondena_Cardinalis__Cardinalis_cardinalis__redbird  crested thick-billed North American finch having bright red plumage in the male
           member:  #genus_Pyrrhuloxia  large showy finches related to cardinals
              member:  #pyrrhuloxia__Pyrrhuloxia_sinuata  crested gray-and-red bird of southwest United States and Mexico
           member:  #genus_Pipilo__Pipilo  towhees
              member:  #chewink__Pipilo_erythrophthalmus  common towhee of eastern North America
           member:  #genus_Chlorura__Chlorura  towhees
              member:  #green-tailed_towhee__Chlorura_chlorura  towhee of the Rocky mountain region
        member:  #family_Coerebidae__Coerebidae__Dacninae__family_Dacninae  the honeycreepers
           member:  #honeycreeper  small bright-colored tropical American songbird with a curved bill for sucking nectar
           member:  #genus_Coereba__Coereba  type genus of the Coerebidae
              member:  #banana_quit  any of several honeycreepers
        member:  #family_Passeridae__Passeridae  true sparrows: Old world birds formerly considered weaverbirds
           member:  #true_sparrow__sparrow  any of several small dull-colored singing birds feeding on seeds or insects
           member:  #genus_Passer__Passer  type genus of the Passeridae
              member:  #English_sparrow__house_sparrow__housesparrow__Passer_domesticus  small hardy brown-and-gray bird native to Europe
              member:  #tree_sparrow__Passer_montanus  Eurasian sparrow smaller than the house sparrow
        member:  #family_Ploceidae__Ploceidae  weaverbirds
           member:  #weaver_finch__weaver__weaverbird  finch-like African and Asian colonial birds noted for their elaborately woven nests
           member:  #genus_Ploceus__Ploceus  type genus of the Ploceidae
           member:  #genus_Vidua__Vidua  whydahs
              member:  #whydah__whidah__widow_bird__widowbird  mostly black African weaverbird
           member:  #genus_Padda__Padda  a genus of Ploceidae
              member:  #Java_sparrow__Java_finch__ricebird__Padda_oryzivora  small finch-like Indonesian weaverbird that frequents rice fields
           member:  #genus_Estrilda__Estrilda  avadavats
              member:  #avadavat__amadavat  red Asian weaverbirds often kept as cage birds
           member:  #genus_Poephila__Poephila  grassfinches
              member:  #grassfinch__grass_finch__grassfinch  usually brightly-colored Australian weaverbirds; often kept as cage birds
              member:  #zebra_finch__zebrafinch__Poephila_castanotis  small Australian weaverbird with markings like a zebra's
        member:  #family_Drepanididae__Drepanididae  Hawaiian honeycreepers
           member:  #Hawaiian_honeycreeper__honeycreeper  small to medium-sized finches of the Hawaiian islands
           member:  #genus_Drepanis__Drepanis  a genus of Drepanididae
              member:  #mamo  black honeycreepers with yellow feathers around the tail; now extinct
        member:  #family_Muscicapidae__Muscicapidae  Old World (true) flycatchers
           member:  #Old_World_flycatcher__true_flycatcher__flycatcher  any of a large group of small songbirds that feed on insects taken on the wing
           member:  #genus_Muscicapa__Muscicapa  type genus of the Muscicapidae
              member:  #spotted_flycatcher__spottedflycatcher__Muscicapa_striata__Muscicapa_grisola  common European woodland flycatcher with grayish-brown plumage
           member:  #genus_Pachycephala__Pachycephala  arboreal insectivorous birds
              member:  #thickhead__whistler  Australian and southeastern Asian birds with a melodious whistling call
           member:  #subfamily_Turdinae__Turdinae  alternative classification for the thrushes
              member:  #genus_Sialia__Sialia  North American bluebirds
                 member:  #bluebird  blue North American songbird
           member:  #subfamily_Sylviinae__Sylviinae  alternative classification for the Old World warblers
        member:  #family_Turdidae__Turdidae  thrushes; in some classifications considered a subfamily (Turdinae) of the family Muscicapidae
           member:  #thrush  songbirds characteristically having brownish upper plumage with a spotted breast
           member:  #genus_Turdus__Turdus  type genus of the Turdidae
              member:  #missel_thrush__mistle_thrush__mistletoe_thrush__mistletoethrush__Turdus_viscivorus  large European thrush that feeds on mistletoe berries
              member:  #song_thrush__mavis__mavi__throstle__Turdus_philomelos  common Old World thrush noted for its song
              member:  #fieldfare__snowbird__Turdus_pilaris  medium-sized Eurasian thrush seen chiefly in winter
              member:  #redwing__Turdus_iliacus  small European thrush having reddish flanks
              member:  #European_blackbird__blackbird__merl__merle__ouzel__ousel__Turdus_merula  common black European thrush
              member:  #ring_ouzel__ring_blackbird__ring_thrush__Turdus_torquatus  European thrush common in rocky areas; the male has blackish plumage with a white band around the neck
              member:  #American_robin__robin__Turdus_migratorius  large American thrush having a rust-red breast and abdomen
              member:  #clay-colored_robin__Turdus_grayi  robin of Mexico and Central America
           member:  #genus_Hylocichla__Hylocichla  American thrushes: wood thrush; hermit thrush; veery
              member:  #hermit_thrush__Hylocichla_guttata  North American thrush noted for its complex and appealing song
              member:  #veery__Wilson's_thrush__Hylocichla_fuscescens  tawny brown North American thrush noted for its song
           member:  #genus_Luscinia__Luscinia  nightingales
              member:  #nightingale__lusciniamegarhyncho  European songbird noted for its melodious nocturnal song
              member:  #thrush_nightingale__Luscinia_luscinia  large nightingale of eastern Europe
           member:  #genus_Saxicola__Saxicola  Old World chats
              member:  #Old_World_chat__chat  songbirds having a chattering call
           member:  #genus_Myadestes__Myadestes  solitaires
              member:  #solitaire  dull gray North American thrushes noted for its beautiful song
           member:  #genus_Phoenicurus__Phoenicurus  Old World thrushes
              member:  #redstart__redtail  European songbird with a reddish breast and tail; related to Old World robins
           member:  #genus_Oenanthe__Oenanthe  wheatears
              member:  #wheatear  small songbird of northern America and Eurasia having a distinctive white rump
           member:  #genus_Erithacus__Erithacus  Old World thrushes
              member:  #robin_redbreast__robinredbreast__robin__redbreast__Old_World_robin__Erithacus_rubecola  small Old World songbird with a reddish breast
              member:  #bluethroat__Erithacus_svecicus  songbird of northern Europe and Asia
        member:  #family_Sylviidae__Sylviidae  in some classifications considered a subfamily (Sylviinae) of the family Muscicapidae: Old World (true) warblers; American kinglets and gnatcatchers
           member:  #genus_Polioptila__Polioptila  New World gnatcatchers
              member:  #gnatcatcher  very small North and South American warblers
           member:  #genus_Regulus__Regulus  a genus of birds of the family Sylviidae including kinglets
              member:  #kinglet  small birds resembling warblers but having some of the habits of titmice
           member:  #Old_World_warbler__true_warbler  small active brownish or grayish Old World birds
           member:  #genus_Silvia__Silvia  type genus of the Sylviidae: warblers
              member:  #blackcap__Silvia_atricapilla  small brownish-gray warbler with a black crown
           member:  #genus_Phylloscopus__Phylloscopus  warblers
           member:  #genus_Acrocephalus__Acrocephalus  a genus of Sylviidae
           member:  #genus_Prinia__Prinia  a genus of Sylviidae
              member:  #wren_warbler  small Asiatic and African bird; constructs nests like those of tailorbirds
           member:  #genus_Orthotomus__Orthotomus  tailorbirds
              member:  #tailorbird__Orthotomus_sutorius  tropical Asian warbler that stitches leaves together to form and conceal its nest
        member:  #family_Timaliidae__Timaliidae  babblers
           member:  #genus_Timalia__Timalia  type genus of the Timaliidae
              member:  #babbler__cackler  any of various insectivorous Old World birds with a loud incessant song; in some classifications considered members of the family Muscicapidae
        member:  #family_Parulidae__Parulidae  New World warblers
           member:  #New_World_warbler__wood_warbler  small bright-colored American songbird with a weak unmusical song
           member:  #genus_Parula__Parula  type genus of the Parulidae: wood warblers
              member:  #parula_warbler__northern_parula__Parula_americana  small gray-blue wood warbler with yellow throat and breast; of eastern North America
           member:  #genus_Setophaga__Setophaga  a genus of Parulidae
           member:  #genus_Dendroica__Dendroica  a genus of Parulidae
              member:  #Cape_May_warbler__Dendroica_tigrina  North American wood warbler; olive green and yellow striped with black
              member:  #yellow_warbler__golden_warbler__yellowbird__Dendroica_petechia  yellow-throated American wood warbler
              member:  #Blackburn__Blackburnian_warbler__Dendroica_fusca  black-and-white North American wood warbler having an orange-and-black head and throat
              member:  #Audubon's_warbler__Audubon_warbler__Dendroica_auduboni  common warbler of western North America
              member:  #myrtle_warbler__myrtle_bird__Dendroica_coronata  similar to Audubon's warbler
              member:  #blackpoll__Dendroica_striate  North American warbler having a black-and-white head
           member:  #genus_Icteria__Icteria  New World chats
              member:  #New_World_chat__chat  birds having a chattering call
           member:  #genus_Seiurus__Seiurus  ovenbirds and water thrushes
              member:  #Seiurus_aurocapillus__ovenbird  American warbler; builds a dome-shaped nest on the ground
              member:  #water_thrush__waterthrush  brownish North American warbler found near streams
           member:  #genus_Geothlypis__Geothlypis  yellowthroats
              member:  #yellowthroat  small olive-colored American warblers with yellow breast and throat
        member:  #family_Paradisaeidae__Paradisaeidae  birds of paradise
           member:  #bird_of_paradise  any of numerous brilliantly colored plumed birds of the New Guinea area
           member:  #genus_Ptloris__Ptloris  a genus of Paradisaeidae
        member:  #family_Icteridae__Icteridae  American orioles; American blackbirds; bobolinks; meadowlarks
           member:  #New_World_oriole__American_oriole__oriole  American songbird; male is black and orange or yellow
           member:  #genus_Icterus__Icterus  type genus of the Icteridae
              member:  #northern_oriole__Icterus_galbula  a kind of New World oriole
              member:  #orchard_oriole__orchardoriole__Icterus_spurius  the male is chestnut-and-black
           member:  #genus_Sturnella__Sturnella  a genus of passerine birds including the meadowlarks
              member:  #meadowlark__lark  North American yellow-breasted songbirds
           member:  #genus_Cacicus__Cacicus  a genus of tropical American orioles
              member:  #cacique__cazique  black-and-red or black-and-yellow orioles of the American tropics
           member:  #genus_Dolichonyx__Dolichonyx  bobolinks
              member:  #bobolink__ricebird__reedbird__Dolichonyx_oryzivorus  migratory American songbird
           member:  #genus_Quiscalus__Quiscalus  grackles
              member:  #grackle__crowblackbird  long-tailed American blackbird having iridescent black plumage
           member:  #genus_Euphagus__Euphagus  a genus of Icteridae
              member:  #rusty_blackbird__rusty_grackle__rustygrackle__Euphagus_carilonus  North American blackbird whose bluish-black plumage is rusty-edged in the fall
           member:  #genus_Molothrus__Molothrus  cowbirds
              member:  #cowbird  North American blackbird that follows cattle and lays eggs in other birds' nests
           member:  #genus_Agelaius__Agelaius  red-winged blackbirds
              member:  #red-winged_blackbird__redwing__Agelaius_phoeniceus  North American blackbird with scarlet patches on the wings
        member:  #family_Oriolidae__Oriolidae  Old World orioles
           member:  #Old_World_oriole__oriole  mostly tropical songbird; the male is usually bright orange and black
           member:  #genus_Oriolus__Oriolus  type genus of the Oriolidae
              member:  #golden_oriole__Oriolus_oriolus  bright yellow songbird with black wings
           member:  #genus_Sphecotheres__Sphecotheres  a genus of Old World orioles
              member:  #fig-bird__figbird  greenish-yellow Australian oriole feeding chiefly on figs and other fruits
        member:  #family_Sturnidae__Sturnidae  Old World starlings
           member:  #starling  gregarious birds native to the Old World
           member:  #genus_Sturnus__Sturnus  type genus of the Sturnidae: common starlings
              member:  #common_starling__Sturnus_vulgaris  gregarious bird having plumage with dark metallic gloss; builds nests around dwellings and other structures; naturalized worldwide
              member:  #subgenus_Pastor__Pastor  only the rose-colored starlings; in some classifications considered a separate genus
                 member:  #rose-colored_starling__rose-colored_pastor__Pastor_sturnus__Pastor_roseus  glossy black bird with pink back and abdomen; chiefly Asian
           member:  #genus_Acridotheres__Acridotheres  mynas
              member:  #crested_myna__crestedmyna__Acridotheres_tristis  dark brown crested bird of southeastern Asia
           member:  #genus_Gracula__Gracula  mynas
        member:  #family_Corvidae__Corvidae  crow; raven; rook; jackdaw; chough; magpie; jay
           member:  #corvine_bird__corvinebird  birds of the crow family
           member:  #genus_Corvus__Corvus  type genus of the Corvidae: crows and ravens
              member:  #crow  black birds having a raucous call
              member:  #raven__Corvus_corax  large black bird with a straight bill and long wedge-shaped tail
              member:  #Corvus_frugilegus__rook  common gregarious Old World bird about the size and color of the American crow
              member:  #jackdaw__daw__Corvus_monedula  common black-and-gray Eurasian bird noted for thievery
           member:  #subfamily_Garrulinae__Garrulinae  subfamily of the crow family: jays
              member:  #jay  crested largely blue bird
              member:  #genus_Garrulus__Garrulus  type genus of the Garrulinae: Old World jays
                 member:  #Old_World_jay  a European jay
              member:  #genus_Cyanocitta__Cyanocitta  New World jays
                 member:  #blue_jay__jaybird__Cyanocitta_cristata  common jay of eastern North America; bright blue with grey breast
              member:  #genus_Perisoreus__Perisoreus  Canada jays
                 member:  #Canada_jay__gray_jay__camp_robber__whisker_jack__whiskerjack__Perisoreus_canadensis  gray jay of northern North America with black-capped head and no crest; noted for boldness in thievery
           member:  #genus_Nucifraga__Nucifraga  nutcrackers
              member:  #nutcracker  speckled birds that feed on nuts
           member:  #genus_Pica__Pica  magpies
              member:  #magpie  long-tailed black-and-white bird that utters a chattering call
        member:  #family_Cracticidae__Cracticidae  Australian birds formerly included in the family Laniidae
           member:  #Australian_magpie  black-and-white oscine birds that resemble magpies
           member:  #genus_Cracticus__Cracticus  type genus of the Cracticidae: Australian butcherbirds
              member:  #butcherbird.Australian_magpie  large carnivorous Australian bird with the shrike-like habit of impaling prey on thorns
           member:  #genus_Strepera__Strepera  bell magpies
              member:  #currawong__bell_magpie  bluish black fruit-eating bird with a bell-like call
           member:  #genus_Gymnorhina__Gymnorhina  in some classifications placed in the family Laniidae: Australian piping crows
              member:  #piping_crow-shrike__piping_crow__Gymnorhina_tibicen  crow-sized black-and-white bird; a good mimic often caged
        member:  #family_Mimidae__Mimidae  sometimes considered a subfamily of Troglodytidae: mockingbirds; catbirds; thrashers
           member:  #genus_Mimus__Mimus  type genus of the family Mimidae: mockingbirds
              member:  #mockingbird__mocker__Mimus_polyglotktos  long-tailed gray-and-white songbird of the southern United States able to mimic songs of other birds
           member:  #genus_Melanotis__Melanotis  a genus of Mimidae
              member:  #blue_mockingbird__Melanotis_caerulescens  mockingbird of Mexico
           member:  #genus_Dumetella__Dumetella  catbirds
              member:  #gray_catbird__catbird__Dumetella_carolinensis  North American songbird whose call resembles a cat's mewing
           member:  #genus_Toxostoma__Toxostoma  thrashers
              member:  #thrasher__mocking_thrush__mockingthrush  thrush-like American songbird able to mimic other birdsongs
        member:  #family_Xenicidae__Xenicidae__Acanthisittidae__family_Acanthisittidae  alternative names for the family comprising the New Zealand wrens
           member:  #New_Zealand_wren  birds of New Zealand that resemble wrens
           member:  #genus_Xenicus__Xenicus  type genus for the Xenicidae
              member:  #rock_wren__Xenicus_gilviventris  short-tailed bird resembling a wren
           member:  #genus_Acanthisitta__Acanthisitta  a genus of Xenicidae
              member:  #rifleman_bird__Acanthisitta_chloris  small green-and-bronze bird
        member:  #family_Certhiidae__Certhiidae  creepers
           member:  #tree_creeper__creeper  any of various small insectivorous birds of the northern hemisphere that climb about on trees
           member:  #genus_Certhia__Certhia  type genus of the Certhiidae
              member:  #brown_creeper__browncreeper__American_creeper__Certhia_americana  common American brown creeper with down-curved bill
           member:  #genus_Tichodroma__Tichodroma  wall creepers; in some classifications placed in family Sittidae
              member:  #wall_creeper__tichodrome__Tichodroma_muriaria  crimson-and-gray songbird that inhabits town walls and mountain cliffs of southern Eurasia and northern Africa
        member:  #family_Sittidae__Sittidae  nuthatches
           member:  #nuthatch__nutcracker  any of various small short-tailed sharp-beaked birds that creep on trees and feed on small nuts and insects
           member:  #genus_Sitta__Sitta  type genus of the Sittidae
              member:  #European_nuthatch__Sitta_europaea  a kind of nuthatch
              member:  #red-breasted_nuthatch__Sitta_canadensis  bluish-gray nuthatch with reddish breast; of northern coniferous forests
              member:  #white-breasted_nuthatch__Sitta_carolinensis  bluish-gray nuthatch with black head and white breast; of eastern North America
        member:  #family_Paridae__Paridae  titmice and chickadees
           member:  #titmouse__tit  small insectivorous birds
           member:  #genus_Parus__Parus  type genus of the family Paridae
              member:  #chickadee  any of various small gray-and-black songbirds of North America
              member:  #tufted_titmouse__Parus_bicolor  crested titmouse of eastern and midwestern United States
              member:  #blue_tit__tomtit__Parus_caeruleus  widely distributed European titmouse with bright cobalt blue wings and tail and crown of the head
           member:  #genus_Psaltriparus__Psaltriparus  a genus of Paridae
              member:  #bushtit__bush_tit  active gray titmice of western North America
           member:  #genus_Chamaea__Chamaea  a genus of Paridae
              member:  #wren-tit__Chamaea_fasciata  small brown bird of California resembling a wren
           member:  #genus_Auriparus__Auriparus  a genus of Paridae
              member:  #verdin__Auriparus_flaviceps  very small yellow-headed titmouse of Western North America
        member:  #family_Irenidae__Irenidae  a family of birds of the suborder Oscines
           member:  #genus_Irena__Irena  type genus of the Irenidae: fairy bluebirds
              member:  #fairy_bluebird__fairybluebird__bluebird  fruit-eating mostly brilliant blue songbird of the East Indies
        member:  #family_Hirundinidae__Hirundinidae  swallows and martins
           member:  #genus_Hirundo__Hirundo  type genus of the Hirundinidae
              member:  #barn_swallow__chimney_swallow__chimneyswallow__Hirundo_rustica  common swallow of North America and Europe that nests in barns etc.
              member:  #cliff_swallow__cliffswallow__Hirundo_pyrrhonota  North American swallow that lives in colonies and builds bottle-shaped mud nests on cliffs and walls
              member:  #tree_swallow__tree_martin__Hirundo_nigricans  of Australia and Polynesia; nests in tree cavities
           member:  #genus_Iridoprocne__Iridoprocne  a genus of Hirundinidae
           member:  #genus_Delichon__Delichon  a genus of Hirundinidae
              member:  #house_martin__housemartin__Delichon_urbica  common small European martin that builds nests under the eaves of houses
           member:  #genus_Riparia__Riparia  a genus of Hirundinidae
              member:  #bank_martin__bank_swallow__sand_martin__Riparia_riparia  swallow of the northern hemisphere that nests in tunnels dug in clay or sand banks
           member:  #genus_Progne__Progne  a genus of Hirundinidae
              member:  #purple_martin__Progne_subis  large North American martin of which the male is blue-black
        member:  #family_Artamidae__Artamidae  wood swallows
           member:  #genus_Artamus__Artamus  type genus of the Artamidae
              member:  #wood_swallow__swallow_shrike__swallowshrike  Australasian and Asiatic bird related to the shrikes and resembling a swallow
        member:  #family_Thraupidae__Thraupidae  tanagers
           member:  #tanager  any of numerous New World woodland birds having brightly colored males
           member:  #genus_Piranga__Piranga  a genus of Thraupidae
              member:  #scarlet_tanager__scarlettanager__Piranga_olivacea__redbird__firebird  the male is bright red with black wings and tail
              member:  #western_tanager__westerntanager__Piranga_ludoviciana  of western North America; male is black and yellow and orange-red
              member:  #summer_tanager__summer_redbird__Piranga_rubra  of middle and southern United States; male is deep rose-red the female mostly yellow
              member:  #hepatic_tanager__hepatictanager__Piranga_flava_hepatica  common tanager of southwestern United States and Mexico
        member:  #family_Laniidae__Laniidae  shrikes
           member:  #shrike  any of numerous Old World birds having a strong hooked bill that feed on smaller animals
           member:  #genus_Lanius__Lanius  type genus of the Laniidae: typical shrikes
              member:  #butcherbird  shrikes that impale their prey on thorns
              member:  #loggerhead_shrike__Lanius_lucovicianus  common shrike of southeastern United States having black eye-bands
           member:  #subfamily_Malaconotinae__Malaconotinae  African bush shrikes
              member:  #bush_shrike  African shrike
              member:  #genus_Chlorophoneus__Chlorophoneus  a genus of Malaconotinae
                 member:  #black-fronted_bush_shrike__Chlorophoneus_nigrifrons  a kind of bush shrike
        member:  #family_Ptilonorhynchidae__Ptilonorhynchidae  bowerbirds
           member:  #bowerbird__catbird  any of various birds of the Australian region whose males build ornamented structures resembling bowers in order to attract females
           member:  #genus_Ptilonorhynchus__Ptilonorhynchus  type genus of the Ptilonorhynchidae
              member:  #satin_bowerbird__satinbowerbird__satin_bird__satinbird__Ptilonorhynchus_violaceus  of southeast Australia; male is glossy violet blue; female is light gray-green
           member:  #genus_Chlamydera__Chlamydera  a genus of Ptilonorhynchidae
              member:  #great_bowerbird__greatbowerbird__Chlamydera_nuchalis  large bowerbird of northern Australia
        member:  #family_Cinclidae__Cinclidae  water ouzels
           member:  #water_ouzel__waterouzel__dipper  small stocky diving bird without webbed feet; frequents fast-flowing streams and feeds along the bottom
           member:  #genus_Cinclus__Cinclus  type genus of the family Cinclidae
              member:  #European_water_ouzel__Cinclus_aquaticus  a water ouzel of Europe
              member:  #American_water_ouzel__Cinclus_mexicanus  a water ouzel of western North America
        member:  #family_Vireonidae__Vireonidae  small insectivorous American songbirds
           member:  #genus_Vireo  type genus of the Vireonidae
              member:  #vireo  any of various small insectivorous American birds chiefly olive-gray in color
        member:  #family_Bombycillidae__Bombycillidae  a family of birds of the suborder Oscines
           member:  #Bombycilla__genus_bombycilla__genusbombycilla  waxwings
              member:  #waxwing  brown velvety-plumaged songbirds of the northern hemisphere having crested heads and red waxy wing tips
     member:  #suborder_Menurae__Menurae  lyrebirds and scrubbirds
        member:  #family_Menuridae__Menuridae  lyrebirds
           member:  #genus_Menura__Menura  type and sole genus of the family Menuridae
              member:  #lyrebird  Australian bird that resembles a pheasant; the courting male displays long tail feathers in a lyre shape
        member:  #family_Atrichornithidae__Atrichornithidae  scrubbirds
           member:  #genus_Atrichornis__Atrichornis  type genus of the Atrichornithidae
              member:  #scrubbird__scrub_bird__scrubbird  small fast-running Australian bird resembling a wren and frequenting brush or scrub
     member:  #suborder_Eurylaimi__Eurylaimi  broadbills
        member:  #family_Eurylaimidae__Eurylaimidae  coextensive with the suborder Eurylaimi
           member:  #broadbill  small birds of the Old World tropics having bright plumage and short wide bills
     member:  #suborder_Tyranni__Tyranni  New World flycatchers; antbirds; oven birds; woodhewers
        member:  #tyrannid  a passerine bird of the suborder Tyranni
        member:  #superfamily_Tyrannidae__Tyrannidae  New World tyrant flycatchers most numerous in Central and South America but also in the United States and Canada
           member:  #New_World_flycatcher__flycatcher__tyrant_flycatcher__tyrant_bird  large American birds that characteristically catch insects on the wing
           member:  #genus_Tyrannus__Tyrannus  type genus of the Tyrannidae: tyrant flycatchers
              member:  #kingbird__Tyrannus_tyrannus  large American flycatcher
           member:  #genus_Contopus__Contopus  pewees
              member:  #wood_pewee__pewee__peewit__pewit__Contopus_virens  small olive-colored woodland flycatchers of eastern North America
           member:  #genus_Sayornis__Sayornis  phoebes
              member:  #Sayornis_phoebe__phoebe__phoebe_bird  small dun-colored North American flycatcher
           member:  #genus_Pyrocephalus__Pyrocephalus  a genus of Tyrannidae
              member:  #vermillion_flycatcher__firebird__Pyrocephalus_rubinus_mexicanus  tropical American flycatcher found as far north as southern Texas and Arizona; adult male has bright scarlet and black plumage
           member:  #family_Cotingidae__Cotingidae  cotingas; umbrella birds
              member:  #genus_Cotinga  type genus of the Cotingidae: cotingas
                 member:  #cotinga__chatterer  passerine bird of New World tropics
              member:  #genus_Rupicola__Rupicola  cock of the rocks
                 member:  #Rupicola_rupicola__cock_of_the_rock  tropical bird of northern South America the male having brilliant red or orange plumage and an erectile disklike crest
              member:  #genus_Procnias__Procnias  bellbirds
                 member:  #bellbird  any of several tropical American birds of the genus Procnias having a bell-like call
              member:  #genus_Cephalopterus__Cephalopterus  a genus of Cotingidae
                 member:  #umbrella_bird__Cephalopterus_ornatus  black tropical American bird having a large overhanging crest and long feathered wattle
           member:  #family_Pittidae__Pittidae  pittas
              member:  #genus_Pitta  type genus of the Pittidae; a large genus of birds of southern Asia and Australia and adjacent islands
           member:  #genus_Muscivora__Muscivora  a genus of Tyrannidae
              member:  #scissortail__scissortailed_flycatcher__scissortailedflycatcher__Muscivora-forficata  gray flycatcher of the southwestern United States and Mexico and Central America having a long forked tail and white breast and salmon and scarlet markings
        member:  #family_Pipridae__Pipridae  manakins
           member:  #genus_Pipra__Pipra  type genus of the Pipridae containing the typical manakins
              member:  #manakin  any of numerous small bright-colored birds of Central and South America having short bills and elaborate courtship behavior
        member:  #family_Furnariidae__Furnariidae  e.g. ovenbirds
           member:  #genus_Furnarius__Furnarius  type genus of the family Furnariidae: ovenbirds
              member:  #ovenbird  small brownish South American birds that build oven-shaped clay nests
        member:  #family_Formicariidae__Formicariidae  antbirds
           member:  #antbird__ant_bird__antbird  any of various dull-colored South American birds that feeding on ants some following army ant swarms
           member:  #genus_Formicarius__Formicarius  type genus of the Formicariidae
              member:  #ant_thrush__antthrush  a kind of antbird
           member:  #genus_Thamnophilus__Thamnophilus  a genus of Formicariidae
              member:  #ant_shrike__antshrike  antbirds superficially resembling shrikes
           member:  #genus_Hylophylax__Hylophylax  a genus of Formicariidae
              member:  #spotted_antbird__spottedantbird__Hylophylax_naevioides  a kind of antbird
        member:  #family_Dendrocolaptidae__Dendrocolaptidae  woodhewers or woodcreepers
           member:  #genus_Dendrocolaptes__Dendrocolaptes  type genus of the Dendrocolaptidae
           member:  #woodhewer__woodcreeper__tree_creeper  any of numerous South and Central American birds with a curved bill and stiffened tail feathers that climb and feed like woodpeckers
     member:  #suborder_Clamatores__Clamatores  used in some classification systems; a suborder or superfamily nearly coextensive with suborder Tyranni; Passeriformes having relatively simple vocal organs and little power of song: clamatorial birds
     member:  #family_Troglodytidae__Troglodytidae  wrens
        member:  #jenny_wren__jennywren__wren  and of several small active brown birds of the northern hemisphere with short upright tails; they feed on insects
        member:  #genus_Troglodytes__Troglodytes  type genus of the Troglodytidae
           member:  #winter_wren__Troglodytes_troglodytes  small wren of coniferous forests of northern hemisphere
           member:  #house_wren__housewren__Troglodytes_aedon  common American wren that nests around houses
        member:  #genus_Cistothorus__Cistothorus  marsh wrens
           member:  #marsh_wren__marshwren  a wren of the genus Cistothorus that frequents marshes
        member:  #genus_Salpinctes__Salpinctes  a genus of Troglodytidae
           member:  #Salpinctes_obsoletus__rock_wren  wren inhabiting badlands and mesa country of western United States and Mexico
        member:  #genus_Thryothorus__Thryothorus  Carolina wrens
           member:  #Carolina_wren__Thryothorus_ludovicianus  large United States wren with a musical call
        member:  #genus_Campylorhynchus__Campylorhynchus__Heleodytes__genus_Heleodytes  alternative classifications for the cactus wrens
           member:  #cactus_wren  large harsh-voiced American wren of arid regions of the United States southwest and Mexico
  member:  #order_Raptores__Raptores  term used in former classifications; erroneously grouped together birds of the orders Falconiformes and Strigiformes
  member:  #order_Falconiformes__Falconiformes  chiefly diurnal carnivorous birds having hooked beaks and long talons with opposable hind toe: falcons; hawks; eagles; ospreys; caracaras; vultures
     member:  #family_Accipitridae__Accipitridae  hawks; Old World vultures; kites; harriers; eagles
        member:  #hawk  diurnal bird of prey typically having short rounded wings and a long tail
        member:  #genus_Accipiter__Accipiter  type genus of the family Accipitridae
           member:  #goshawk__Accipiter_gentilis  large hawk of Eurasia and North America used in falconry
           member:  #Accipiter_nisus__sparrow_hawk__sparrowhawk  small hawk of Eurasia and North Africa
           member:  #Cooper's_hawk__blue_darter__Accipiter_cooperii  bluish-gray North American hawk having a darting flight
        member:  #genus_Buteo__Buteo  broad-winged soaring hawks
           member:  #buteonine  any hawk of the genus Buteo
           member:  #redtail__redtailedhawk__Buteo_jamaicensis  dark brown American hawk species having a reddish-brown tail
           member:  #rough-legged_hawk__roughleg__Buteo_lagopus  large hawk of the northern hemisphere that feeds chiefly on small rodents and is beneficial to farmers
           member:  #red-shouldered_hawk__Buteo_lineatus  North American hawk with reddish brown shoulders
           member:  #buzzard__Buteo_buteo  the common European short-winged hawk
        member:  #genus_Pernis__Pernis  a common European bird of prey; dull brown with white-streaked underparts
           member:  #honey_buzzard__honeybuzzard__Pernis_apivorus  Old World hawk that feeds on bee larvae and small rodents and reptiles
        member:  #kite  any of several small graceful hawks of the family Accipitridae having long pointed wings and feeding on insects and small animals
        member:  #genus-Milvus__Milvus  a genus including the common European kits
        member:  #genus_Elanoides__Elanoides  a genus of kites
           member:  #swallow-tailed_kite__swallow-tailed_hawk__Elanoides_forficatus  graceful North American black-and-white kite
        member:  #genus_Elanus__Elanus  a genus of small kites of both Old and New Worlds
           member:  #white-tailed_kite__Elanus_leucurus  gray-and-white American kite of warm and tropical regions
        member:  #genus_Circus__Circus  a genus of haws comprising the harriers
           member:  #harrier  hawks that hunt over meadows and marshes and prey on small terrestrial animals
           member:  #marsh_harrier__marshharrier__Circus_Aeruginosus  Old World harrier frequenting marshy regions
           member:  #Montagu's_harrier__Circus_pygargus  brownish European harrier
           member:  #marsh_hawk__marshhawk__northern_harrier__hen_harrier__henharrier__Circus_cyaneus  common harrier of North America and Europe; nests in marshes and open land
        member:  #genus_Circaetus__Circaetus  Harrier eagles
           member:  #harrier_eagle__harriereagle__short-toed_eagle  any of numerous large Old Wold hawks intermediate in some respects between typical hawks and typical eagles
        member:  #bird_of_Jove__eagle  any of various large keen-sighted diurnal birds of prey noted for their broad wings and strong soaring flight
        member:  #genus_Harpia__Harpia  a genus of Accipitridae
           member:  #harpy_eagle__harpyeagle__harpy__Harpia_harpyja  large black-and-white crested eagle of tropical America
        member:  #genus_Aquila__Aquila  a genus of Accipitridae
           member:  #golden_eagle__Aquila_chrysaetos  large eagle of mountainous regions of the northern hemisphere having a golden-brown head and neck
           member:  #tawny_eagle__tawnyeagle__Aquila_rapax  brownish eagle of Africa and parts of Asia
        member:  #genus_Haliaeetus__Haliaeetus  a genus of Accipitridae
           member:  #bald_eagle__American_eagle__Haliaeetus_leucocephalus  large North American eagle having a white head and dark wings and body
           member:  #sea_eagle__seaeagle  any of various large eagles that usually feed on fish
        member:  #Old_World_vulture  any of several large vultures of Africa and Eurasia
        member:  #genus_Gyps__Gyps  a genus of Accipitridae
           member:  #griffon_vulture__griffonvulture__griffon__Gyps_fulvus  large vulture of southern Europe and northern Africa having pale plumage with black wings
        member:  #genus_Gypaetus__Gypaetus  in some classifications the type genus of the family Aegypiidae
        member:  #genus_Neophron__Neophron  a genus of Accipitridae
           member:  #Egyptian_vulture__Pharaoh's_chicken__Neophron_percnopterus  small mostly white vulture of Africa and southern Eurasia
        member:  #genus_Aegypius__Aegypius  a genus of Accipitridae
           member:  #Aegypius_monachus__black_vulture__blackvulture  of southern Eurasia and northern Africa
     member:  #family_Falconidae__Falconidae  a family of birds of the order Falconiformes
        member:  #falcon  diurnal birds of prey having long pointed powerful wings adapted for swift flight
        member:  #genus_Falco__Falco  a genus of Falconidae
           member:  #peregrine_falcon__peregrinefalcon__Falco_peregrinus  a widely distributed falcon formerly used in falconry
           member:  #gyrfalcon__gerfalcon__Falco_rusticolus  large and rare arctic falcon having white and dark color phases
           member:  #Falco_tinnunculus__kestrel  small Old World falcon that hovers in the air against a wind
           member:  #sparrow_hawk__sparrowhawk__americankestrel__kestrel__Falco_sparverius  small North American falcon
           member:  #pigeon_hawk__merlin__Falco_columbarius  small falcon of Europe and America having dark plumage with black-barred tail; used in falconry
           member:  #Falco_subbuteo__hobby  small Old World falcon formerly trained and flown at small birds
        member:  #genus_Polyborus__Polyborus  a genus of Falconidae
           member:  #Audubon's_caracara__Polyborus_cheriway_audubonii  widespread from southern United States to Central America; rusty black with black-and-white breast and tail
           member:  #carancha__Polyborus_plancus  South American caracara
     member:  #family_Pandionidae__Pandionidae  ospreys
        member:  #genus_Pandion__Pandion  type genus of the Pandionidae
           member:  #osprey__fish_hawk__fish_eagle__sea_eagle__seaeagle__Pandion_haliaetus  large harmless hawk found worldwide that feeds on fish and builds a bulky nest often occupied for years
     member:  #family_Sagittariidae__Sagittariidae  secretary birds
        member:  #genus_Sagittarius__Sagittarius  type family of the Sagittariidae
           member:  #secretary_bird__secretarybird__Sagittarius_serpentarius  large long-legged African bird of prey that feeds on reptiles
     member:  #family_Cathartidae__Cathartidae  condors; turkey buzzards; king vultures
        member:  #New_World_vulture__cathartid  large birds of prey superficially similar to Old World vultures
        member:  #genus_Cathartes__Cathartes  type genus of the Cathartidae: turkey vultures
           member:  #turkey_buzzard__buzzard__turkey_vulture__Cathartes_aura  common in South and Central America and southern United States
        member:  #genus_Vultur__Vultur  usually restricted to the Andean condor
           member:  #Andean_condor__Vultur_gryphus  large vulture of the high Andes having black plumage and white neck ruff
        member:  #genus_Gymnogyps__Gymnogyps  containing solely the California condor
        member:  #genus_Coragyps__Coragyps  a genus of Cathartidae
           member:  #black_vulture__blackvulture__carrion_crow__carrioncrow__Coragyps_atratus  American vulture smaller than the turkey buzzard
        member:  #genus_Sarcorhamphus__Sarcorhamphus  usually containing only the king vulture
           member:  #king_vulture__Sarcorhamphus_papa  large black-and-white vulture of South and Central America have colorful wattles and wartlike protuberances on head and neck
  member:  #young_bird__youngbird  a bird that is still young
  member:  #order_Strigiformes__Strigiformes  owls
     member:  #owl__bird_of_Minerva__bird_of_night__hooter  nocturnal bird of prey with hawk-like beak and claws and large head with front-facing eyes
     member:  #family_Strigidae__Strigidae  a family of nocturnal birds of the order Strigiformes
        member:  #genus_Athene__Athene  a genus of Strigidae
           member:  #little_owl__Athene_noctua  small European owl
        member:  #genus_Bubo__Bubo  a genus of Strigidae
           member:  #horned_owl  large owls having prominent ear tufts
        member:  #genus_Strix__Strix  owls lacking ear tufts
           member:  #great_gray_owl__Strix_nebulosa  large dish-faced owl of northern North America and western Eurasia
           member:  #tawny_owl__tawnyowl__Strix_aluco  reddish-brown European owl having a round head with black eyes
           member:  #barred_owl__Strix_varia  large owl of eastern North America having its breast and abdomen streaked with brown
        member:  #genus_Otus__Otus  a genus of Strigidae
           member:  #Otus_asio__screech_owl__screechowl  small North American owl having hornlike tufts of feathers
           member:  #scops_owl__scopsowl  any of several small owls having ear tufts and a whistling call
        member:  #genus_Surnia__Surnia  a genus of hawk-like owls
           member:  #hawk_owl__Surnia_ulula  gray-and-white diurnal hawk-like owl of northern parts of the northern hemisphere
        member:  #genus_Asio__Asio  a genus of European owls
           member:  #long-eared_owl__Asio_otus  slender European owl of coniferous forests with long ear tufts
        member:  #genus_Sceloglaux__Sceloglaux  a genus of Strigidae
           member:  #laughing_owl__laughing_jackass__Sceloglaux_albifacies  almost extinct owl of New Zealand
     member:  #family_Tytonidae__Tytonidae  comprising only the barn owls
        member:  #genus_Tyto__Tyto  type and only genus of the family Tytonidae
           member:  #barn_owl__Tyto_alba  mottled buff and white owl often inhabiting barns and other structures; important in rodent control
  member:  #order_Galliformes__Galliformes  pheasants; turkeys; grouse; partridges; quails; chickens; brush turkeys; curassows; hoatzins
     member:  #gallinaceous_bird__gallinaceon  heavy-bodied largely ground-feeding domestic or game birds
     member:  #family_Meleagrididae__Meleagrididae  turkeys and some extinct forms
        member:  #genus_Meleagris__Meleagris  type genus of the Meleagrididae: wild and domestic turkeys
           member:  #Meleagris_gallopavo__turkey  large gallinaceous bird with fan-shaped tail; widely domesticated for food
        member:  #genus_Agriocharis__Agriocharis  a genus of birds of the family Meleagrididae including the ocellated turkey
           member:  #ocellated_turkey__ocellatedturkey__agriocharisocellata  wild turkey of Central and northern South America
     member:  #family_Tetraonidae__Tetraonidae  grouse
        member:  #grouse  popular game bird having a plump body and feathered legs and feet
        member:  #genus_Lyrurus__Lyrurus  black grouse
           member:  #black_grouse__blackgrouse  grouse of which the male is bluish-black
        member:  #genus_Lagopus__Lagopus  ptarmigans
           member:  #ptarmigan  large arctic and subarctic grouse with feathered feet and usually white winter plumage
        member:  #genus_Tetrao__Tetrao  type genus of the Tetraonidae: capercaillies
           member:  #capercaillie__capercailzie__horse_of_the_wood__Tetrao_urogallus  large black Old World grouse
        member:  #genus_Canachites__Canachites  spruce grouse
           member:  #spruce_grouse__Canachites_canadensis  North American grouse that feeds on evergreen buds and needles
        member:  #genus_Centrocercus__Centrocercus  sage grouse
           member:  #sage_grouse__sage_hen__Centrocercus_urophasianus  large grouse of sagebrush regions of North America
        member:  #genus_Bonasa__Bonasa  ruffed grouse
           member:  #ruffed_grouse__partridge__Bonasa_umbellus  valued as a game bird in eastern United States and Canada
        member:  #genus_Pedioecetes__Pedioecetes  sharp-tailed grouse
        member:  #genus_Tympanuchus__Tympanuchus  prairie chickens
           member:  #prairie_chicken__prairiechicken__prairie_grouse__prairiegrouse__prairie_fowl__prairiefowl  brown mottled North American grouse of western prairies
     member:  #family_Cracidae__Cracidae  curassows; guans; chachalacas
        member:  #guan  any of several large turkey-like game birds of the family Cracidae; native to jungles of tropical America; resembling the curassows and valued as food
        member:  #genus_Crax__Crax  type genus of the Cracidae: curassows
           member:  #curassow  large crested arboreal game bird of warm parts of the Americas having long legs and tails; highly esteemed as game and food
        member:  #genus_Penelope__Penelope  a genus of guans (turkey-like arboreal birds valued as game and food birds)
        member:  #genus_Pipile__Pipile  genus of large crested guans (the piping guans)
           member:  #piping_guan  a kind of guan
        member:  #genus_Ortalis__Ortalis  chachalacas
           member:  #chachalaca  slender arboreal guan resembling a wild turkey; native to Central America and Mexico; highly regarded as game birds
           member:  #Texas_chachalaca__Ortilis_vetula_macalli  of Mexico and Texas
     member:  #family_Megapodiidae__Megapodiidae  megapodes
        member:  #genus-Megapodius__Megapodius  type genus of the Megapodiidae
        member:  #megapode__moundbird__mound_builder__moundbuilder__scrub_fowl__scrubfowl  large-footed short-winged birds of Australasia; build mounds of decaying vegetation to incubate eggs
        member:  #genus_Leipoa  mallee fowl
           member:  #mallee_fowl__leipoa__lowan__Leipoa_ocellata  Australian moundbird; incubates eggs naturally in sandy mounds
        member:  #genus_Alectura__Alectura  brush turkeys
           member:  #brush_turkey__brushturkey__Alectura_lathami  black megapode of wooded regions of Australia and New Guinea
        member:  #genus_Macrocephalon__Macrocephalon  maleos
           member:  #Macrocephalon_maleo__maleo  Celebes megapode that lays eggs in holes in sandy beaches
     member:  #family_Phasianidae__Phasianidae  pheasants; quails; partridges
        member:  #genus_Gallus__Gallus  common domestic birds and related forms
           member:  #domestic_fowl__fowl__poultry  a domesticated gallinaceous bird though to be descended from the red jungle fowl
           member:  #jungle_fowl__gallina  small Asiatic wild bird; believed to be ancestral to domestic fowl
        member:  #phasianid  a kind of game bird in the family Phasianidae
        member:  #genus_Phasianus__Phasianus  type genus of the Phasianidae: the typical pheasants
           member:  #pheasant  large long-tailed gallinaceous bird native to the Old World but introduced elsewhere
           member:  #ring-necked_pheasant__Phasianus_colchicus  common pheasant having bright plumage and a white neck ring
        member:  #genus_Afropavo  Congo peafowl
        member:  #genus_Argusianus__Argusianus  argus pheasants
           member:  #argus_pheasant__arguspheasant__argus__argu  large brilliantly patterned East Indian pheasant
        member:  #genus_Chrysolophus__Chrysolophus  golden pheasants
           member:  #golden_pheasant__Chrysolophus_pictus  brightly colored crested pheasant of mountains of western and central Asia
        member:  #genus_Colinus__Colinus  New World quail: the bobwhites
           member:  #bobwhite_quail__bobwhite__partridge  a popular North American game bird; named for its call
        member:  #genus_Coturnix__Coturnix  Old World quail
           member:  #Old_World_quail  small game bird with a rounded body and small tail
        member:  #genus_Lophophorus__Lophophorus  monals
           member:  #monal__monaul  brilliantly colored south Asian pheasant
        member:  #genus_Odontophorus__Odontophorus  genus of Central and South American crested partridges resembling quails; sometimes placed in a distinct subfamily or isolated in a distinct family
        member:  #genus_Pavo__Pavo  peafowl
           member:  #peafowl__bird_of_Juno  very large terrestrial southeast Asian pheasant often raised as an ornamental bird
        member:  #genus_Lofortyx__Lofortyx  California quail
        member:  #genus_Tragopan  a genus of Phasianidae
           member:  #tragopan  brilliantly colored Asian pheasant having wattles and two fleshy processes on the head
        member:  #subfamily_Perdicidae__Perdicidae__Perdicinae__subfamily_Perdicinae  Old World partridges
           member:  #partridge  small Old World gallinaceous game birds
           member:  #genus_Perdix__Perdix  a genus of Perdicinae
              member:  #Hungarian_partridge__gray_partridge__Perdix_perdix  common European partridge
           member:  #genus_Alectoris__Alectoris  a genus of Perdicidae
              member:  #red-legged_partridge__Alectoris_ruffa  common western European partridge with red legs
              member:  #Greek_partridge__rock_partridge__Alectoris_graeca  of mountainous areas of southern Europe
           member:  #genus_Oreortyx__Oreortyx  mountain quail of western United States
              member:  #mountain_quail__mountain_partridge__Oreortyx_picta_palmeri  California partridge; slightly larger than the California quail
        member:  #subfamily_Numididae__Numididae__Numidinae__subfamily_Numidinae  guinea fowl and related birds of Africa and Madagascar
           member:  #genus_Numida__Numida  guinea fowl
              member:  #guinea_fowl__guinea__Numida_meleagris  W African bird having dark plumage mottled with white; native to Africa but raised for food in many parts of the world
     member:  #family_Opisthocomidae__Opisthocomidae  comprising the hoatzins
        member:  #genus_Opisthocomus__Opisthocomus  type genus of the Opisthocomidae: hoatzins
           member:  #hoatzin__hoactzin__stinkbird__Opisthocomus_hoazin  crested ill-smelling South American bird whose young have claws on the first and second digits of the wings
  member:  #order_Columbiformes__Columbiformes  sand grouse; pigeons; doves; extinct dodos and solitaires
     member:  #columbiform_bird__columbiformbird  cosmopolitan order of land birds having small heads and short legs with four unwebbed toes
     member:  #family_Raphidae__Raphidae  extinct dodos and solitaires
        member:  #genus_Raphus__Raphus  type genus of the Raphidae: dodos
           member:  #Raphus_cucullatus__dodo  extinct heavy flightless bird of Mauritius related to pigeons
        member:  #genus_Pezophaps__Pezophaps  constituted by the extinct solitaire
           member:  #Pezophaps_solitaria__solitaire  extinct flightless bird related to the dodo
     member:  #family_Columbidae__Columbidae  doves and pigeons
        member:  #pigeon  wild and domesticated birds having a heavy body and short legs
        member:  #genus_Columba__Columba  type genus of the Columbidae: typical pigeons
           member:  #rock_dove__rock_pigeon__Columba_livia  pale gray Eurasian pigeon having black-striped wings from which most domestic species are descended
           member:  #band-tailed_pigeon__band-tail_pigeon__bandtail__Columba_fasciata  wild pigeon of western North America; often mistaken for the now extinct passenger pigeon
           member:  #wood_pigeon__ringdove__cushat__Columba_palumbus  Eurasian pigeon with white patches on wings and neck
        member:  #genus_Streptopelia__Streptopelia  turtledoves
           member:  #turtledove  any of several Old World wild doves
        member:  #genus_Stictopelia__Stictopelia  a genus of Columbidae
           member:  #Australian_turtledove__turtledove__Stictopelia_cuneata  small Australian dove
        member:  #genus_Zenaidura__Zenaidura  mourning doves
           member:  #mourning_dove__Zenaidura_macroura  wild dove of the United States having a mournful call
        member:  #genus_Ectopistes__Ectopistes  a genus of Columbidae
           member:  #passenger_pigeon__passengerpigeon__Ectopistes_migratorius  gregarious North American migratory pigeon now extinct
     member:  #family_Pteroclididae__Pteroclididae  sandgrouses
        member:  #sandgrouse__sand_grouse  pigeon-like bird of arid regions of the Old World having long pointed wings and tail and precocial downy young
        member:  #genus_Pterocles__Pterocles  type genus of the Pteroclididae
           member:  #painted_sandgrouse__paintedsandgrouse__Pterocles_indicus  sandgrouse of India
           member:  #pin-tailed_sandgrouse__pin-tailed_grouse__Pterocles_alchata  sandgrouse of Europe and Africa having elongated middle tail feathers
        member:  #genus_Syrrhaptes__Syrrhaptes  a genus of Pteroclididae
           member:  #pallas's_sandgrouse__Syrrhaptes_paradoxus  Eurasiatic sandgrouse with a black patch on the belly
  member:  #order_Psittaciformes__Psittaciformes  an order of birds including parrots and amazons and cockatoos and lorikeets and lories and macaws and parakeets
     member:  #parrot  usually brightly colored zygodactyl tropical birds with short hooked beaks and the ability to mimic sounds
     member:  #family_Psittacidae__Psittacidae  coextensive with the order Psittaciformes
        member:  #genus_Psittacus__Psittacus  type genus of the Psittacidae: usually restricted to the African gray
           member:  #African_gray__Psittacus_erithacus  commonly domesticated gray parrot with red-and-black tail and white face; native to equatorial Africa
        member:  #genus_Amazona__Amazona  a genus of Psittacidae
           member:  #amazon  mainly green tropical American parrots
        member:  #genus_Ara__Ara  macaws
           member:  #macaw  long-tailed brilliantly colored parrot of Central and South America; among the largest and showiest of parrots
        member:  #genus_Nestor__Nestor  a genus of Psittacidae
           member:  #kea__Nestor_notabilis  large brownish-green New Zealand parrot
        member:  #genus_Kakatoe__Kakatoe__Cacatua__genus_Cacatua  a genus of Psittacidae
           member:  #cockatoo  white or light-colored crested parrot of the Australian region; often kept as cage birds
        member:  #genus_Nymphicus__Nymphicus  a genus of Psittacidae
           member:  #cockateel__cockatiel__cockatooparrot__Nymphicus_hollandicus  small gray Australian parrot with a yellow crested head
        member:  #genus_Agapornis__Agapornis  a genus of Psittacidae
           member:  #lovebird  small African parrot noted for showing affection for their mates
        member:  #subfamily_Loriinae__Loriinae  lories
           member:  #lory  small brightly colored Australasian parrots having a brush-tipped tongue for feeding on nectar and soft fruits
           member:  #genus_Glossopsitta__Glossopsitta  a genus of Loriinae
              member:  #varied_Lorikeet__Glossopsitta_versicolor  lorikeet with a colorful coat
           member:  #genus_Trichoglossus__Trichoglossus  a genus of Loriinae
              member:  #rainbow_lorikeet__rainbowlorikeet__Trichoglossus_moluccanus  a kind of lorikeet
        member:  #genus_Conuropsis__Conuropsis  a genus of Psittacidae
           member:  #Carolina_parakeet__Conuropsis_carolinensis  extinct parakeet whose range extended far into the United States
        member:  #genus_Melopsittacus__Melopsittacus  a genus of Psittacidae
           member:  #budgerigar__budgereegah__budgie__grass_parakeet__grassparakeet__lovebird__shell_parakeet__shellparakeet__Melopsittacus_undulatus  small Australian parakeet usually light green with black and yellow markings in the wild but bred in many colors
        member:  #genus_Psittacula__Psittacula  a genus of Psittacidae
           member:  #ring-necked_parakeet__Psittacula_krameri  African parakeet
  member:  #order_Cuculiformes__Cuculiformes  cuckoos; touracos; etc.
     member:  #cuculiform_bird  birds having zygodactyl feet (except for the touracos)
     member:  #family_Cuculidae__Cuculidae  includes cuckoo; ani; roadrunner
        member:  #cuckoo  any of numerous European and North American birds having pointed wings and a long tail
        member:  #genus_Cuculus__Cuculus  type genus of the Cuculidae
           member:  #European_cuckoo__Cuculus_canorus  common European cuckoo having a distinctive two-note call; lays eggs in the nests of other birds
        member:  #genus_Coccyzus__Coccyzus  a genus of Cuculidae
           member:  #black-billed_cuckoo__Coccyzus_erythropthalmus  North American cuckoo; builds a nest and rears its own young
        member:  #genus_Geococcyx__Geococcyx  roadrunners
           member:  #roadrunner__chaparral_cock__chaparralcock__Geococcyx_californianus  speedy largely terrestrial bird found from California and Mexico to Texas
        member:  #genus_Crotophaga__Crotophaga  ani
           member:  #ani  black tropical American cuckoo
        member:  #genus_Centropus__Centropus  a genus of Cuculidae
           member:  #coucal  Old World ground-living cuckoo having a long dagger-like hind claw
     member:  #family_Musophagidae__Musophagidae  touracos
        member:  #genus_Musophaga__Musophaga  type genus of the Musophagidae
        member:  #touraco__turaco__turacou__turakoo  large brightly crested bird of Africa
  member:  #order_Coraciiformes__Coraciiformes  rollers; kingfishers; hornbills; hoopoes; motmots; bee eaters; todies
     member:  #coraciiform_bird__coraciiformbird  chiefly short-legged arboreal nonpasserine birds that nest in holes
     member:  #family_Coraciidae__Coraciidae  rollers
        member:  #roller.coraciiform_bird  Old World bird that tumbles or rolls in flight; related to kingfishers
        member:  #genus_Coracias__Coracias  type genus of the Coraciidae
           member:  #European_roller__Coracias_garrulus  common European blue-and-green roller with a reddish-brown back
     member:  #family_Alcedinidae__Alcedinidae  kingfishers
        member:  #kingfisher  nonpasserine large-headed bird with a short tail and long sharp bill; usually crested and bright-colored; feed mostly on fish
        member:  #genus_Alcedo__Alcedo  type genus of the Alcedinidae
           member:  #Eurasian_kingfisher__Alcedo_atthis  small kingfisher with greenish-blue and orange plumage
        member:  #genus_Ceryle__Ceryle  a genus of birds of the family Alcedinidae
           member:  #belted_kingfisher__Ceryle_alcyon  grayish-blue North American kingfisher with a chestnut band on its chest
        member:  #genus_Dacelo__Dacelo  Australasian kingfishers
           member:  #kookaburra__laughing_jackass__Dacelo_gigas  Australian kingfisher having a loud cackling cry
     member:  #family_Meropidae__Meropidae  bee-eaters
        member:  #genus_Merops__Merops  type genus of the Meropidae
        member:  #bee_eater__beeeater  colorful chiefly tropical Old World bird having a strong graceful flight; feeds on especially bees
     member:  #family_Bucerotidae__Bucerotidae  hornbills
        member:  #genus_Buceros__Buceros  type genus of the family Bucerotidae
        member:  #hornbill  bird of tropical Africa and Asia having a very large bill surmounted by a bony protuberance; related to kingfishers
     member:  #family_Upupidae__Upupidae  hoopoes
        member:  #genus_Upupa__Upupa  type genus of the Upupidae
           member:  #Euopean_hoopoe__Upupa_epops  pinkish-brown hoopoe with black-and-white wings
        member:  #hoopoe__hoopoo  any of several crested Old World birds with a slender down-curving bill
     member:  #family_Phoeniculidae__Phoeniculidae  wood hoopoes
        member:  #genus_Phoeniculus__Phoeniculus  type and only genus of the family Phoeniculidae
           member:  #wood_hoopoe  tropical African bird having metallic blackish plumage but no crest
     member:  #family_Momotidae__Momotidae  a family of birds of the order Coraciiformes
        member:  #genus_Momotus__Momotus  type genus of the Momotidae
        member:  #motmot__momot  tropical American bird resembling a blue jay and having greenish and bluish plumage
     member:  #family_Todidae__Todidae  a family of birds of the order Coraciiformes
        member:  #genus_Todus__Todus  type genus of the Todidae
           member:  #tody  tiny insectivorous West Indian bird having red-and-green plumage and a long straight bill
  member:  #order_Picariae__Picariae  term used in some classifications as nearly equivalent to the order Coraciiformes
  member:  #order_Apodiformes__Apodiformes  swifts; hummingbirds
     member:  #apodiform_bird__apodiformbird  nonpasserine bird having long wings and weak feet; spends much of its time in flight
     member:  #family_Apodidae__Apodidae  swifts; in former classifications included in the order Coraciiformes
        member:  #swift  small plain-colored bird that resembles a swallow and is noted for its rapid flight
        member:  #genus_Apus__Apus  type genus
           member:  #European_swift__Apus_apus  common European bird with a shrieking call that nests chiefly about eaves of buildings or on cliffs
        member:  #genus_Chateura__Chateura  a genus of Apodidae
           member:  #chimney_swift__chimney_swallow__chimneyswallow__Chateura_pelagica  American swift that nests in e.g. unused chimneys
        member:  #genus_Collocalia__Collocalia  a genus of Apodidae
           member:  #swiftlet__Collocalia_inexpectata  swift of eastern Asia; produces the edible bird's nest
     member:  #family_Hemiprocnidae__Hemiprocnidae  tree swifts
        member:  #tree_swift__crested_swift__crestedswift  birds of southeast Asia and East Indies differing from true swifts in having upright crests and nesting in trees
     member:  #family_Trochilidae__Trochilidae  hummingbirds
        member:  #hummingbird  tiny American bird having brilliant iridescent plumage and long slender bills; wings are specialized for vibrating flight
        member:  #genus_Archilochus__Archilochus  a genus of Trochilidae
           member:  #Archilochus_colubris  a kind of hummingbird
        member:  #genus_Chalcostigma__Chalcostigma  thornbills
           member:  #thornbill  any of various South American hummingbirds with a sharp pointed bill
        member:  #genus_Ramphomicron__Ramphomicron  thornbills
           member:  #thornbill  any of various South American hummingbirds with a sharp pointed bill
  member:  #order_Caprimulgiformes__Caprimulgiformes  goatsuckers; frogmouths; oilbirds
     member:  #caprimulgiform_bird  long-winged nonpasserine birds
     member:  #family_Caprimulgidae__Caprimulgidae  goatsuckers
        member:  #goatsucker__nightjar__caprimulgid  mainly crepuscular or nocturnal nonpasserine birds with mottled grayish-brown plumage and large eyes; feed on insects
        member:  #genus_Caprimulgus__Caprimulgus  type genus of the Caprimulgidae
           member:  #European_goatsucker__European_nightjar__Caprimulgus_europaeus  Old World goatsucker
           member:  #chuck-will's-widow__Caprimulgus_carolinensis  large whippoorwill-like bird of the southern United States
           member:  #whippoorwill__Caprimulgus_vociferus  American nocturnal goatsucker with gray-and-white plumage
        member:  #genus_Chordeiles__Chordeiles  a genus of Caprimulgidae
           member:  #nighthawk__bullbat__mosquito_hawk  mainly nocturnal North American goatsucker
        member:  #genus_Phalaenoptilus__Phalaenoptilus  a genus of Caprimulgidae
           member:  #poorwill__Phalaenoptilus_nuttallii  goatsucker of western North America
     member:  #family_Podargidae__Podargidae  frogmouths
        member:  #genus_Podargus__Podargus  type genus of the Podargidae
        member:  #frogmouth  insectivorous bird of Australia and southeastern Asia having a wide frog-like mouth
     member:  #family_Steatornithidae__Steatornithidae  oilbirds
        member:  #genus_Steatornis__Steatornis  type and sole genus of the family Steatornithidae
           member:  #oilbird__guacharo__Steatornis_caripensis  nocturnal fruit-eating bird of South America that has fatty young yielding an oil that is used instead of butter
  member:  #order_Piciformes__Piciformes  woodpeckers; jacamars; puffbirds; barbets; honey guides; toucans
     member:  #piciform_bird  any of numerous nonpasserine insectivorous climbing birds usually having strong bills for boring wood
     member:  #family_Picidae__Picidae  woodpeckers
        member:  #woodpecker__peckerwood__pecker  bird with strong claws and a stiff tail adapted for climbing and a hard chisel-like bill for boring into wood for insects
        member:  #genus_Picus__Picus  type genus of Picidae
           member:  #green_woodpecker__greenwoodpecker__Picus_viridis  woodpecker of Europe and western Asia
        member:  #genus_Picoides__Picoides  a genus of Picidae
        member:  #genus_Colaptes__Colaptes  a genus of Picidae
           member:  #flicker  North American woodpecker
        member:  #genus_Campephilus__Campephilus  a genus of Picidae
           member:  #ivorybill__ivory-billed_woodpecker__Campephilus_principalis  large black-and-white woodpecker of southern United States and Cuba having an ivory bill; nearly extinct
        member:  #genus_Melanerpes__Melanerpes  a genus of Picidae
           member:  #redheaded_woodpecker__redheadedwoodpecker__redhead__melanerpeserythrocephalu  black-and-white North American woodpecker having a red head and neck
        member:  #genus_Sphyrapicus__Sphyrapicus  a genus of Picidae
           member:  #sapsucker  small American woodpecker that feeds on sap from e.g. apple and maple trees
        member:  #genus_Jynx__Jynx  wrynecks
           member:  #wryneck  Old World woodpecker with a peculiar habit of twisting the neck
        member:  #genus_Picumnus__Picumnus  a genus of Picidae
           member:  #piculet  small woodpeckers of South America and Africa and East Indies having soft rounded tail feathers
     member:  #family_Capitonidae__Capitonidae  barbets
        member:  #barbet  small brightly colored stout-billed tropical bird having short weak wings
     member:  #family_Bucconidae__Bucconidae  puffbirds
        member:  #puffbird  brownish tropical American bird having a large head with fluffed out feathers
     member:  #family_Indicatoridae__Indicatoridae  honey guides
        member:  #honey_guide__honeyguide  small bird of tropical Africa and Asia; feeds on beeswax and honey and larvae
     member:  #family_Galbulidae__Galbulidae  jacamars
        member:  #jacamar  tropical American insectivorous bird having a long sharp bill and iridescent green or bronze plumage
     member:  #family_Ramphastidae__Ramphastidae  toucans
        member:  #toucan  brilliantly colored arboreal fruit-eating bird of tropical America having a very large thin-walled beak
        member:  #genus_Aulacorhyncus__Aulacorhyncus  a genus of Ramphastidae
           member:  #toucanet  small toucan
  member:  #order_Trogoniformes__Trogoniformes  trogons
     member:  #family_Trogonidae__Trogonidae  coextensive with the order Trogoniformes
        member:  #genus_Trogon  type genus of the Trogonidae
        member:  #trogon  forest bird of warm regions of the New World having brilliant lustrous plumage and long tails
        member:  #genus_Pharomacrus__Pharomacrus  a genus of Trogonidae
           member:  #quetzal_bird__quetzalbird__quetzal  large trogon of Central and South America having golden-green and scarlet plumage
  member:  #order_Anseriformes__Anseriformes  ducks; geese; swans; screamers
     member:  #anseriform_bird  chiefly web-footed swimming birds
     member:  #family_Anatidae__Anatidae  swimming birds having heavy short-legged bodies and bills with a horny tip: swans; geese; ducks
        member:  #duck  small wild or domesticated web-footed broad-billed swimming bird usually having a depressed body and short legs
        member:  #genus_Anas__Anas  type genus of the Anatidae: freshwater ducks
           member:  #mallard__Anas_platyrhynchos  wild dabbling duck from which domestic ducks are descended; widely distributed
           member:  #black_duck__blackduck__Anas_rubripes  dusky black duck of northeastern United States and Canada
           member:  #teal  any of various small short-necked dabbling river ducks of Europe and America
           member:  #widgeon__wigeon__Anas_penelope  freshwater duck of Eurasia and North Africa related to mallards and teals
           member:  #Anas_clypeata__shoveler__shoveller__broadbill  freshwater duck of the northern hemisphere having a broad flat bill
           member:  #pintail__pin-tailed_duck__Anas_acuta  long-necked river duck of the Old and New Worlds having elongated central tail feathers
        member:  #genus_Tadorna__Tadorna  sheldrakes
           member:  #sheldrake  Old World gooselike duck slightly larger than a mallard with variegated mostly black-and-white plumage and a red bill
        member:  #genus_Oxyura__Oxyura  ruddy duck
           member:  #ruddy_duck__ruddyduck__oxyurajamaicensi  reddish-brown stiff-tailed duck of North America and and northern South America
        member:  #genus_Bucephala__Bucephala  buffleheads and goldeneyes
           member:  #bufflehead__butterball__dipper__Bucephela_albeola  small North American diving duck; males have bushy head plumage
           member:  #goldeneye__whistler__Bucephela_clangula  large-headed swift-flying diving duck of arctic regions
        member:  #genus_Aythya__Aythya  canvasback; redhead; pochard; etc.
           member:  #canvasback_duck__canvasback__Aythya_valisineria  North American wild duck valued for sport and food
           member:  #pochard__Aythya_ferina  heavy-bodied Old World diving duck having a gray-and-black body and reddish head
           member:  #Aythya_americana__redhead  North American diving duck with a gray-and-black body and reddish-brown head
           member:  #scaup_duck__scaupduck__bluebill__broadbill  diving ducks of North America having a bluish-gray bill
        member:  #genus_Aix__Aix  wood duck and mandarin duck
           member:  #wood_duck__summer_duck__wood_widgeon__Aix_sponsa  showy North American duck that nests in hollow trees
           member:  #mandarin_duck__Aix_galericulata  showy crested Asiatic duck; often domesticated
        member:  #genus_Cairina__Cairina  a genus of Anatidae
           member:  #muscovy_duck__muscovyduck__muskduck__Cairina_moschata  large crested wild duck of Central and South America; widely domesticated
        member:  #genus_Somateria__Somateria  eider ducks
           member:  #eider_duck__eiderduck  duck of the northern hemisphere much valued for the fine soft down of the females
        member:  #genus_Melanitta__Melanitta  scoters
           member:  #scoter__scooter  large black diving duck of northern parts of the northern hemisphere
        member:  #subfamily_Merginae__Merginae  mergansers and closely related diving birds
           member:  #genus_Mergus__Mergus  mergansers
              member:  #merganser__fish_duck__sawbill  large crested fish-eating diving duck having a slender hooked bill with serrated edges
              member:  #goosander__Mergus_merganser  common merganser of Europe and North America
              member:  #American_merganser__Mergus_merganser_americanus  common North American diving duck considered a variety of the European goosander
              member:  #red-breasted_merganser__Mergus_serrator  widely distributed merganser of America and Europe
              member:  #smew__Mergus_albellus  smallest merganser and most expert diver; found in northern Eurasia
           member:  #genus_Lophodytes__Lophodytes  a genus of Merginae
              member:  #hooded_merganser__hooded_sheldrake__Lophodytes_cucullatus  small North American duck with a high circular crest on the male's head
        member:  #goose  web-footed long-necked typically gregarious migratory aquatic birds usually larger and less aquatic than ducks
        member:  #genus_Anser__Anser  typical geese
           member:  #Chinese_goose__Anser_cygnoides  very large wild goose of northeast Asia; interbreeds freely with the graylag
           member:  #graylag__greylag__greylag_goose__greylaggoose__Anser_anser  common gray wild goose of Europe; ancestor of many domestic breeds
           member:  #subgenus_Chen__Chen  wild goose having white adult plumage
              member:  #blue_goose__Chen_caerulescens  North American wild goose having dark plumage in summer but white in winter
        member:  #genus_Branta__Branta  wild geese
           member:  #brant_goose__brantgoose__brant__brent__brent_goose__brentgoose  small dark geese that breed in the north and migrate southward
           member:  #Canada_goose__honker__Canadian_goose__Branta_canadensis  common grayish-brown wild goose of North America
           member:  #barnacle_goose__barnacle__Branta_leucopsis  European goose smaller than the brant; breeds in the far north
        member:  #subfamily_Anserinae__Anserinae  used in some classifications for the swans
        member:  #genus_Coscoroba  a genus of Anatidae
           member:  #coscoroba  large white South American bird intermediate in some respects between ducks and swans
        member:  #swan  stately heavy-bodied aquatic bird with very long neck and usually white plumage as adult
        member:  #genus_Cygnus__Cygnus  a genus of Anatidae
           member:  #mute_swan__Cygnus_olor  soundless Eurasian swan; commonly domesticated
           member:  #whooper_swan__whooperswan__whooper__Cygnus_cygnus  common Old World swan noted for its whooping call
           member:  #tundra_swan__Cygnus_columbianus  swan that nests in tundra regions of the New and Old Worlds
           member:  #trumpeter_swan__trumpeterswan__trumpeter__Cygnus_buccinator  large pure white wild swan of western North America having a sonorous cry
           member:  #black_swan__blackswan__Cygnus_atratus  large Australian swan having black plumage and a red bill
     member:  #suborder_Anseres__Anseres  used in some especially older classifications; coextensive with the family Anatidae
     member:  #family_Anhimidae__Anhimidae  screamers
        member:  #screamer  gooselike aquatic bird of South America having a harsh trumpeting call
        member:  #genus_Anhima__Anhima  type genus of the Anhimidae; horned screamers
           member:  #horned_screamer__Anhima_cornuta  screamer having a hornlike process projecting from the forehead
        member:  #genus_Chauna__Chauna  crested screamers
           member:  #crested_screamer__crestedscreamer  distinguished from the horned screamer by a feathery crest on the back of the head
  member:  #order_Ciconiiformes__Ciconiiformes  order of chiefly tropical marsh-dwelling fish-eating wading birds with long legs and bills and (except for flamingos) unwebbed feet: herons; storks; spoonbills; flamingos; ibises
     member:  #family_Ciconiidae__Ciconiidae  storks
        member:  #stork  large mostly Old World wading birds typically having white-and-black plumage
        member:  #genus_Ciconia__Ciconia  type genus of the Ciconiidae: European storks
           member:  #white_stork__whitestork__Ciconia_ciconia  the common stork of Europe; white with black wing feathers and a red bill
           member:  #black_stork__blackstork__Ciconia_nigra  Old World stork that is glossy black above and white below
        member:  #genus_Leptoptilus__Leptoptilus  adjutant birds and marabous
           member:  #adjutant_bird__adjutant__adjutant_stork__Leptoptilus_dubius  large Indian stork with a military gait
           member:  #marabou_stork__maraboustork__marabou__marabout__Leptoptilus_crumeniferus  large African black-and-white carrion-eating stork; downy under-wing feathers are used to trim garments
        member:  #genus_Anastomus__Anastomus  openbills
           member:  #openbill  stork with a grooved bill whose upper and lower parts touch only at the base and tip
        member:  #genus_Jabiru  jabirus
           member:  #jabiru__Jabiru_mycteria  large white stork of warm regions of the world especially America
        member:  #genus_Ephippiorhynchus__Ephippiorhynchus  saddlebills
           member:  #saddlebill__jabiru__Ephippiorhynchus_senegalensis  large black-and-white stork of tropical Africa; its red bill has a black band around the middle
        member:  #genus_Xenorhyncus__Xenorhyncus  East Indian and Australian storks
           member:  #policeman_bird__policemanbird__black-necked_stork__jabiru__Xenorhyncus_asiaticus  large mostly white Australian stork
        member:  #genus_Mycteria__Mycteria  a genus of storks of the family Ciconiidae now including only the American wood ibis
           member:  #Mycteria_americana__wood_ibis__wood_stork  American stork resembling the true ibises in having a downward-curved bill; inhabits wooded swamps of New World tropics
     member:  #family_Balaenicipitidae__Balaenicipitidae  shoebills
        member:  #genus_Balaeniceps__Balaeniceps  type genus of the Balaenicipitidae: shoebills
           member:  #shoebill__shoebird__Balaeniceps_rex  large stork-like bird of the valley of the White Nile with a broad bill suggesting a wooden shoe
     member:  #family_Threskiornithidae__Threskiornithidae__family_Ibidiidae  ibises
        member:  #ibis  wading birds of warm regions having long slender down-curved bills
        member:  #genus_Ibis  ibises
           member:  #wood_ibis__wood_stork__Ibis_ibis  Old World wood ibis
        member:  #genus_Threskiornis__Threskiornis  type genus of the Threskiornithidae
           member:  #sacred_ibis__Threskiornis_aethiopica  African ibis venerated by ancient Egyptians
     member:  #family_Plataleidae__Plataleidae  spoonbills
        member:  #spoonbill  wading birds having a long flat bill with a tip like a spoon
        member:  #genus_Platalea__Platalea  type genus of the Plataleidae
           member:  #common_spoonbill__Platalea_leucorodia  pure white crested spoonbill of southern Eurasia and northeastern Africa
           member:  #genus_Ajaia__Ajaia  a genus of Platalea
              member:  #roseate_spoonbill__roseatespoonbill__Ajaia_ajaja  tropical rose-colored New World spoonbill
     member:  #family_Phoenicopteridae__Phoenicopteridae  flamingos
        member:  #flamingo  large pink to scarlet web-footed wading bird with down-bent bill; inhabits brackish lakes
     member:  #family_Ardeidae__Ardeidae  herons; egrets; night herons; bitterns
        member:  #heron  gray or white wading bird with long neck and long legs and (usually) long bill
        member:  #genus_Ardea__Ardea  type genus of the Ardeidae: large New and Old World herons
           member:  #great_blue_heron__Ardea_herodius  large American heron having bluish-gray plumage
           member:  #Ardea_occidentalis__great_white_heron__greatwhiteheron  large white heron of Florida and the Florida Keys
        member:  #genus_Egretta__Egretta  small Old and New World herons
           member:  #little_blue_heron__Egretta_caerulea  small bluish gray heron of the western hemisphere
           member:  #snowy_egret__snowyegret__snowy_heron__snowyheron__Egretta_thula  small New World egret
           member:  #little_egret__Egretta_garzetta  Old World egret
           member:  #great_white_heron__greatwhiteheron__Casmerodius_albus  widely distributed Old World white egret
           member:  #American_egret__great_white_heron__greatwhiteheron__Egretta_albus  the common American egret; a variety of the Old World Casmerodius albus
        member:  #genus_Casmerodius__Casmerodius  white egrets
           member:  #great_white_heron__greatwhiteheron__Casmerodius_albus  widely distributed Old World white egret
        member:  #genus_Bubulcus__Bubulcus  small white egrets
           member:  #cattle_egret__Bubulcus_ibis  small white egret widely distributed in warm regions often found around grazing animals
        member:  #genus_Nycticorax__Nycticorax  Old World night herons
           member:  #black-crowned_night_heron__blackcrownednightheron__Nycticorax_nycticorax  night heron of both Old and New Worlds
        member:  #genus_Nyctanassa__Nyctanassa  American night herons
           member:  #yellow-crowned_night_heron__Nyctanassa_violacea  North American night heron
        member:  #genus_Cochlearius__Cochlearius__cochleariu  boatbills
           member:  #boatbill__boat-billed_heron__broadbill__Cochlearius_cochlearius  tropical American heron related to night herons
        member:  #genus_Botaurus__Botaurus  bitterns
           member:  #American_bittern__stake_driver__stakedriver__Botaurus_lentiginosus  a kind of bittern
           member:  #European_bittern__Botaurus_stellaris  a kind of bittern
        member:  #genus_Ixobrychus__Ixobrychus  bitterns
           member:  #least_bittern__leastbittern__Ixobrychus_exilis  small American bittern
  member:  #order_Gruiformes__Gruiformes  inland marsh-dwelling birds with long legs and necks and bills that wade in water in search of food: cranes; rails; bustards
     member:  #family_Gruidae__Gruidae  cranes
        member:  #crane  large long-necked wading bird of marshes and plains in many parts of the world
        member:  #genus_Grus__Grus  type genus of the Gruidae: typical cranes
           member:  #whooping_crane__whooper__Grus_americana  rare North American crane having black-and-white plumage and a trumpeting call
     member:  #genus_Aramus__Aramus  genus of large brown long-billed wading birds found in warm swampy regions of the Western Hemisphere: courlan; limpkin
     member:  #courlan__Aramus_guarauna  wading bird of South and Central America
     member:  #limpkin__Aramus_pictus  wading bird of Florida, Cuba and Jamaica having a drooping bill and a distinctive wailing call
     member:  #family_Cariamidae__Cariamidae  cranelike South American wading birds
        member:  #genus_Cariama__Cariama  type genus of the Cariamidae comprising only the crested cariama
           member:  #crested_cariama__crestedcariama__seriema__Cariama_cristata  Brazilian cariama; sole representative of the genus Cariama
        member:  #genus_Chunga  a genus of Cariamidae
           member:  #chunga__seriema__Chunga_burmeisteri  Argentinian cariama
     member:  #family_Rallidae__Rallidae  rails; crakes; gallinules; coots
        member:  #rail.wading_bird  any of numerous widely distributed small wading birds of the family Rallidae having short wings and very long toes for running on soft mud
        member:  #genus_Gallirallus__Gallirallus  rails of New Zealand
           member:  #weka__maori_hen__maorihen__wood_hen  flightless New Zealand rail of thievish disposition having short wings each with a spur used in fighting
        member:  #genus_Crex__Crex  corncrakes
           member:  #corncrake__land_rail__Crex_crex  common Eurasian rail that frequents grain fields
        member:  #genus_Porzana__Porzana  spotted crakes
           member:  #spotted_crake__spottedcrake__Porzana_porzana  Eurasian rail of swamps and marshes
        member:  #genus_Gallinula__Gallinula  gallinules
           member:  #gallinule__marsh_hen__marshhen__water_hen__waterhen__swamphen  any of various small aquatic birds of the genus Gallinula distinguished from rails by a frontal shield and a resemblance to domestic hens
           member:  #Florida_gallinule__Gallinula_chloropus_cachinnans  North American dark bluish-gray gallinule
           member:  #Gallinula_chloropus__moorhen  black gallinule that inhabits ponds and lakes
        member:  #genus_Porphyrio__Porphyrio  Old World purple gallinules
        member:  #genus_Porphyrula__Porphyrula  American purple gallinules
           member:  #American_gallinule__Porphyrula_martinica  American purple gallinule
        member:  #genus_Notornis  a genus of Rallidae
           member:  #notornis__takahe__Notornis_mantelli  flightless New Zealand birds similar to gallinules
        member:  #genus_Fulica__Fulica  coots
           member:  #coot  slaty-black slow-flying birds somewhat resembling ducks
           member:  #American_coot__marsh_hen__marshhen__mud_hen__mudhen__water_hen__waterhen__Fulica_americana  North American coot
           member:  #Old_World_coot__Fulica_atra  Eurasian coot
     member:  #suborder_Otides__Otides  terrestrial game birds of the Old World and Australia: bustards
     member:  #family_Otididae__Otididae  bustards
        member:  #bustard  large heavy-bodied chiefly terrestrial game bird capable of powerful swift flight; classified with wading birds but frequents grassy steppes
        member:  #genus_Otis__Otis  type genus of the Otididae: European bustard
           member:  #great_bustard__greatbustard__Otis_tarda  largest European land bird
        member:  #genus_Choriotis__Choriotis  Australian bustard
           member:  #plain_turkey__plainturkey__Choriotis_australis  popular Australian game bird
     member:  #family_Turnicidae__Turnicidae  small Old World birds resembling but not related to true quail
        member:  #genus_Turnix__Turnix  type genus of the Turnicidae: button quail
           member:  #button_quail__bustard_quail__bustardquail__hemipode  small quail-like terrestrial bird of southern Eurasia and North Africa that lacks a hind toe; classified with wading birds but inhabits grassy plains
           member:  #ortygan  any of several East Indian birds
        member:  #genus_Pedionomus__Pedionomus  plain wanderer
           member:  #plain_wanderer__plainwanderer__pedionomustorquatu  small Australian bird related to the button quail; classified as wading bird but inhabits plains
     member:  #family_Psophiidae__Psophiidae  trumpeters
        member:  #genus_Psophia__Psophia  type genus of the Psophiidae: trumpeters
           member:  #trumpeter  large gregarious forest-dwelling cranelike bird of South America having glossy black plumage and a loud prolonged cry; easily domesticated
  member:  #order_Charadriiformes__Charadriiformes  large diverse order of aquatic birds found along seacoasts and inland waters: shorebirds and coastal diving birds; most feed on anima life
     member:  #suborder_Charadrii__Charadrii  shorebirds: plovers; sandpipers; avocets; phalaropes; coursers; stone curlews
        member:  #shorebird__shore_bird__shorebird__limicoline_bird__limicolinebird  any of numerous wading birds that frequent mostly seashores and estuaries
        member:  #family_Charadriidae__Charadriidae  plover family
           member:  #plover  any of numerous chiefly shorebirds of relatively compact build having straight bills and large pointed wings; closely related to the sandpipers
           member:  #genus_Charadrius__Charadrius  type genus of the Charadriidae: plovers
              member:  #piping_plover__Charadrius_melodus  small plover of eastern North America
              member:  #killdeer_plover__killdeer__kildeer__Charadrius_vociferus  American plover of inland waters and fields having a distinctive cry
              member:  #dotterel__dotrel__Charadrius_morinellus__Eudromias_morinellus  rare plover of upland areas of Eurasia
           member:  #genus_Pluvialis__Pluvialis  golden plovers
              member:  #golden_plover  plovers of Europe and America having the backs marked with golden-yellow spots
           member:  #genus_Vanellus__Vanellus  Eurasian lapwings
              member:  #lapwing__green_plover__greenplover__peewit__pewit  large crested Old World plover having wattles and spurs
           member:  #genus_Arenaria__Arenaria  turnstones
              member:  #turnstone  migratory shorebirds of the plover family that turn over stones in searching for food
        member:  #family_Scolopacidae__Scolopacidae  sandpiper family: sandpipers; woodcocks; snipes; tattlers; curlews; godwits; dowitchers
           member:  #sandpiper  any of numerous usually small wading birds having a slender bill and piping call; closely related to the plovers
           member:  #genus_Aphriza__Aphriza  a genus of Scolopacidae
              member:  #surfbird__Aphriza_virgata  sandpiper-like shorebird of Pacific coasts of North and South America
           member:  #genus_Actitis__Actitis  a genus of Scolopacidae
              member:  #European_sandpiper__Actitis_hypoleucos  a variety of sandpiper
              member:  #spotted_sandpiper__spottedsandpiper__Actitis_macularia  common North American sandpiper
           member:  #genus_Erolia__Erolia  a genus of Scolopacidae
              member:  #least_sandpiper__leastsandpiper__stint__Erolia_minutilla  smallest American sandpiper
              member:  #red-backed_sandpiper__dunlin__Erolia_alpina  small common sandpiper that breeds in northern or arctic regions and winters in southern United States or Mediterranean regions
           member:  #genus_Tringa__Tringa  a genus of Scolopacidae
              member:  #greenshank__Tringa_nebularia  large European sandpiper with greenish legs
              member:  #redshank__Tringa_totanus  a common Old World wading bird with long red legs
              member:  #yellowlegs  either of two North American shorebird with yellow legs
           member:  #genus_Calidris__Calidris  a genus of Scolopacidae
              member:  #pectoral_sandpiper__jacksnipe__Calidris_melanotos  American sandpiper that inflates its chest when courting
              member:  #grayback__knot__Calidris_canutus  sandpiper that breeds in the arctic and winters in the S hemisphere
              member:  #curlew_sandpiper__Calidris_Ferruginea  Old World sandpiper with a curved bill like a curlew
           member:  #genus_Crocethia__Crocethia  a genus of Scolopacidae
              member:  #sanderling__Crocethia_alba  small sandpiper that breeds in the arctic and migrates south along sandy coasts in most of world
           member:  #genus_Bartramia__Bartramia  a genus of Scolopacidae
              member:  #upland_sandpiper__upland_plover__Bartramian_sandpiper__Bartramia_longicauda  large plover-like sandpiper of North American fields and uplands
           member:  #genus_Philomachus__Philomachus  ruffs
              member:  #Philomachus_pugnax__ruff  common Eurasian sandpiper; male has an erectile ruff in breeding season
           member:  #genus_Heteroscelus__Heteroscelus  tattlers
              member:  #Polynesian_tattler__Heteroscelus_incanus  tattler of Pacific coastal regions
           member:  #genus_Catoptrophorus__Catoptrophorus  willet
              member:  #willet__Catoptrophorus_semipalmatus  large North American shorebird of eastern and Gulf coasts
           member:  #genus_Scolopax__Scolopax  type of the Scolopacidae: Old World woodcocks
              member:  #Eurasian_woodcock__Scolopax_rusticola  short-legged long-billed migratory Old World woodcock
           member:  #genus_Philohela__Philohela  American woodcocks
              member:  #American_woodcock__woodcock_snipe__Philohela_minor  small long-billed American woodcock; prized as a game bird
           member:  #genus_Gallinago__Gallinago__Capella__genus_Capella  snipes
              member:  #whole_snipe__wholesnipe__common_snipe__Gallinago_gallinago  common snipe of Eurasia and Africa
              member:  #Wilson's_snipe__Gallinago_gallinago_delicata  American snipe
              member:  #great_snipe__greatsnipe__woodcock_snipe__Gallinago_media  Old World snipe larger and darker than the whole snipe
           member:  #genus_Limnocryptes__Limnocryptes  snipe
              member:  #jacksnipe__half_snipe__Limnocryptes_minima  a small short-billed Old World snipe
           member:  #genus_Limnodromus__Limnodromus  dowitchers
              member:  #dowitcher  shorebird of the sandpiper family that resembles a snipe
           member:  #genus_Numenius__Numenius  curlews
              member:  #curlew  large migratory shorebirds of the sandpiper family; closely related to woodcocks but having a down-curved bill
           member:  #genus_Limosa__Limosa  godwits
              member:  #godwit  large wading bird that resembles a curlew; has a long slightly upturned bill
        member:  #genus_Himantopus__Himantopus  major one of two genera of stilts; similar to avocets but with straight bills
           member:  #Himantopus_stilt__stilt__stiltbird__longlegs__stilt_plover__stiltplover  long-legged three-toed black-and-white wading bird of inland ponds and marshes or brackish lagoons
           member:  #black-necked_stilt__Himantopus_mexicanus  stilt of southwestern United States to northern South America having black plumage extending from the head down the back of the neck
           member:  #black-winged_stilt__Himantopus_himantopus  stilt of Europe and Africa and Asia having mostly white plumage but with black wings
           member:  #white-headed_stilt__Himantopus_himantopus_leucocephalus__himantopushimantopusleucocephalu  stilt of the southwest Pacific including Australia and New Zealand having mostly white plumage but with black wings and nape of neck
           member:  #kaki__Himantopus_novae-zelandiae  blackish stilt of New Zealand sometimes considered a color phase of the white-headed stilt
        member:  #genus_Cladorhyncus__Cladorhyncus  one of two genera of stilts; similar to avocets but with straight bills
           member:  #Australian_stilt__stilt  long-legged three-toed wading bird of brackish marshes of Australia
           member:  #banded_stilt__Cladorhyncus_leucocephalum  web-footed Australian stilt with reddish-brown pectoral markings
        member:  #family_Recurvirostridae__Recurvirostridae  long-legged shorebirds
           member:  #genus_Recurvirostra__Recurvirostra  type genus of the Recurvirostridae: avocets
              member:  #avocet  long-legged web-footed black-and-white shorebird with slender upward-curving bill
        member:  #family_Haematopodidae__Haematopodidae  oystercatchers
        member:  #family_Phalaropidae__Phalaropidae  phalaropes
           member:  #phalarope  small sandpiper-like shorebird having lobate toes and being good swimmers; breed in the arctic and winter in the tropics
           member:  #genus_Phalaropus__Phalaropus  type genus of the Phalaropidae: phalaropes
              member:  #red_phalarope__redphalarope__Phalaropus_fulicarius  phalarope of northern oceans and lakes
           member:  #genus_Lobipes__Lobipes  a genus of Phalaropidae
              member:  #northern_phalarope__Lobipes_lobatus  breeds in arctic regions of Old and New worlds; large flocks often seen far out at sea
           member:  #genus_Steganopus__Steganopus  a genus of Phalaropidae
              member:  #Wilson's_phalarope__Steganopus_tricolor  breeds on the northern great plains of Canada
        member:  #family_Glareolidae__Glareolidae  Old World shorebirds: pratincoles and coursers
           member:  #genus_Glareola__Glareola  type genus of the Glareolidae: the pratincoles
              member:  #pratincole__glareole  Old World shorebird with long pointed wings and short legs; closely related to the coursers
           member:  #courser  swift-footed terrestrial plover-like bird of southern Asia and Africa
           member:  #genus_Cursorius__Cursorius  coursers
              member:  #cream-colored_courser__creamcoloredcourser__Cursorius_cursor  courser of desert and semidesert regions of the Old World
           member:  #genus_Pluvianus__Pluvianus  coursers
              member:  #crocodile_bird__crocodilebird__Pluvianus_aegyptius  African courser that feeds on insect parasites on crocodiles
        member:  #family_Burhinidae__Burhinidae  large wading birds resembling the plovers: stone curlews
           member:  #genus_Burhinus__Burhinus  type genus of the Burhinidae: stone curlews
              member:  #stone_curlew__stonecurlew__thick-knee__thickknee__Burhinus_oedicnemus  large-headed large-eyed crepuscular or nocturnal shorebird of the Old World and tropical America having a thickened knee joint
     member:  #suborder_Limicolae__Limicolae  term used in some classifications for migratory shorebirds; coextensive with the Charadrii
     member:  #genus_Haematopus__Haematopus  oystercatchers
        member:  #oystercatcher__oyster_catcher  black-and-white shorebird with stout legs and bill; feed on oysters etc.
     member:  #coastal_diving_bird  gull family; skimmer family; jaeger family; auk family
     member:  #suborder_Lari__Lari  gulls; terns; jaegers; skimmers
        member:  #family_Laridae__Laridae  gull family: gulls and terns
           member:  #larid  long-winged web-footed aquatic bird of the gull family
           member:  #genus_Larus__Larus  type genus of the Laridae
              member:  #mew_gull__mewgull__sea_mew__Larus_canus  the common gull of Eurasia and northeastern North America
              member:  #great_black-backed_gull__black-backed_gull__cob__larusmarinu  white gull having a black back and wings
              member:  #herring_gull__herringgull__Larus_argentatus  large gull of the northern hemisphere
              member:  #laughing_gull__blackcap__pewit__pewit_gull__pewitgull__Larus_ridibundus  small black-headed European gull
           member:  #genus_Pagophila__Pagophila  a genus of Laridae
              member:  #ivory_gull__ivorygull__Pagophila_eburnea  white arctic gull; migrates as far south as England and New Brunswick
           member:  #genus_Rissa__Rissa  a genus of Laridae
              member:  #kittiwake  small pearl-gray gull of northern regions; nests on cliffs and has a rudimentary hind toe
           member:  #subfamily_Sterninae__subfamilysterninae__Sterninae  terns
              member:  #tern  small slender gull having narrow wings and a forked tail
              member:  #genus_Sterna__Sterna  a genus of Sterninae
                 member:  #sea_swallow__seaswallow__Sterna_hirundo  common tern of Eurasia and America having white black and gray plumage
        member:  #family_Rynchopidae__Rynchopidae  coextensive with the genus Rynchops: skimmers
           member:  #genus_Rynchops__Rynchops  type genus of the Rynchopidae: skimmers
              member:  #skimmer  gull-like seabird that flies along the surface of the water with an elongated lower mandible immersed to skim out food
        member:  #family_Stercorariidae__Stercorariidae  jaegers and skuas:
           member:  #jaeger  rapacious seabird that pursues weaker birds to make them drop their prey
           member:  #genus_Stercorarius__Stercorarius  type genus of the Stercorariidae: jaegers
              member:  #parasitic_jaeger__parasiticjaeger__arctic_skua__Stercorarius_parasiticus  a variety of jaeger
           member:  #genus_Catharacta__Catharacta  skuas
              member:  #skua__bonxie  gull-like jaeger of northern seas
     member:  #family_Alcidae__Alcidae  web-footed diving seabirds of northern seas: auks; puffins; guillemots; murres; etc.
        member:  #auk  black-and-white short-necked web-footed diving bird of northern seas
        member:  #genus_Alca__Alca  type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill
           member:  #razorbill__razor-billed_auk__Alca_torda  black-and-white North Atlantic auk having a compressed sharp-edged bill
        member:  #genus_Plautus__Plautus  a genus of Alcidae
           member:  #little_auk__dovekie__plautusalle  small short-billed auk abundant in arctic regions
        member:  #genus_Pinguinus__Pinguinus  great auk
           member:  #great_auk__greatauk__Pinguinus_impennis  large large flightless auk of rocky islands off North Atlantic coast; extinct
        member:  #genus_Cepphus__Cepphus  a genus of birds including: guillemots
           member:  #guillemot  small black or brown speckled auks of northern seas
        member:  #genus_Uria__Uria  murres
           member:  #murre  black-and-white diving bird of northern seas
        member:  #puffin  any of two genera of northern seabirds having short necks and brightly colored compressed bills
        member:  #genus_Fratercula__Fratercula  puffins
           member:  #Atlantic_puffin__Fratercula_arctica  common puffin of the North Atlantic
           member:  #horned_puffin__Fratercula_corniculata  N Pacific puffin
        member:  #genus_Lunda__Lunda  puffins
           member:  #tufted_puffin__Lunda_cirrhata  N Pacific puffin having a large yellow plume over each eye
  member:  #order_Gaviiformes__Gaviiformes  large aquatic birds: loons and some extinct forms
     member:  #gaviiform_seabird__gaviiformseabird  seabirds of the order Gaviiformes
     member:  #family_Gavidae__Gavidae  loon family
        member:  #genus_Gavia__Gavia  type genus of the Gavidae: loons
           member:  #loon.gaviiform_seabird__diver  large somewhat primitive fish-eating diving bird of the northern hemisphere having webbed feet placed far back; related to the grebes
  member:  #order_Podicipitiformes__Podicipitiformes__Podicipediformes__order_Podicipediformes__Colymbiformes__order_Colymbiformes  grebes
     member:  #podicipitiform_seabird  aquatic birds related to the loons
     member:  #family_Podicipedidae__Podicipedidae  coextensive with the order Podicipitiformes
        member:  #genus_Podiceps__Podiceps  type genus of the Podicipedidae: grebes
           member:  #grebe  small compact-bodied almost completely aquatic bird that builds floating nests; similar to loons but smaller and with lobate rather than webbed feet
        member:  #genus_Podilymbus__Podilymbus  a genus of Podicipedidae
           member:  #pied-billed_grebe__Podilymbus_podiceps  American grebe having a black-banded whitish bill
  member:  #order_Pelecaniformes__Pelecaniformes  pelicans; frigate birds; gannets; cormorants
     member:  #family_Pelecanidae__Pelecanidae  pelicans
        member:  #pelican  large long-winged warm-water seabird having a large bill with a distensible pouch for fish
        member:  #genus_Pelecanus__Pelecanus  type genus of the Pelecanidae
           member:  #white_pelican__whitepelican__Pelecanus_erythrorhynchos  large American pelican; white with black wing feathers
           member:  #Old_world_white_pelican__Pelecanus_onocrotalus  similar to American white pelican
     member:  #family_Fregatidae__Fregatidae  frigate birds
        member:  #genus_Fregata__Fregata  type genus of the Fregatidae
           member:  #frigate_bird__frigatebird__manofwarbird  long-billed warm-water seabird with wide wingspan and forked tail
     member:  #family_Sulidae__Sulidae  gannets and boobies
        member:  #gannet  large heavily built seabird with a long stout bill noted for its plunging dives for fish
        member:  #genus_Sula__Sula  type genus of the Sulidae
           member:  #solan_goose__solangoose__solan__solant_goose__Sula_bassana  very large white gannet with black wing tips
           member:  #booby  small tropical gannet having a bright bill or bright feet or both
     member:  #family_Phalacrocoracidae__Phalacrocoracidae  cormorants
        member:  #genus_Phalacrocorax__Phalacrocorax  type genus: coextensive with the family Phalacrocoracidae
           member:  #cormorant__phalacrocoraxcarbo  large voracious dark-colored long-necked seabird with a distensible pouch for holding fish; used in Asia to catch fish
     member:  #family_Anhingidae__Anhingidae  snakebirds
        member:  #genus_Anhinga  type genus of the Anhingidae
           member:  #snakebird__anhinga__darter  fish-eating bird of warm inland waters having a long flexible neck and slender sharp-pointed bill
     member:  #family_Phaethontidae__Phaethontidae  tropicbirds
        member:  #genus_Phaethon__Phaethon  type genus of the Phaethontidae
           member:  #tropic_bird__boatswain_bird__boatswainbird  mostly white web-footed tropical seabird often found far from land
  member:  #order_Sphenisciformes__Sphenisciformes  penguins
     member:  #family_Spheniscidae__Spheniscidae  comprising all existing penguins
        member:  #penguin  short-legged flightless birds of cold southern especially Antarctic regions having webbed feet and wings modified as flippers
        member:  #genus_Pygoscelis__Pygoscelis  a genus of Spheniscidae
           member:  #Adelie_penguin__Adelie__Pygoscelis_adeliae  medium-sized penguins occurring in large colonies on the Adelie coast of Antarctica
        member:  #genus_Aptenodytes__Aptenodytes  large penguins
           member:  #king_penguin__Aptenodytes_patagonica  large penguin on islands bordering the Antarctic Circle
           member:  #emperor_penguin__emperorpenguin__Aptenodytes_forsteri  the largest penguin; an Antarctic penguin
        member:  #genus_Spheniscus__Spheniscus  type genus of the Spheniscidae: jackass penguins
           member:  #jackass_penguin__jackasspenguin__Spheniscus_demersus  small penguin of South America and southern Africa with a braying call
        member:  #genus_Eudyptes__Eudyptes  rock hoppers
           member:  #rock_hopper__crested_penguin__crestedpenguin  small penguin of the Falkland Islands and New Zealand
     member:  #sphenisciform_seabird__sphenisciformseabird  flightless cold-water seabirds: penguins
  member:  #order_Procellariiformes__Procellariiformes  petrels; albatrosses; shearwaters; diving petrels
     member:  #procellariiform_seabird__procellariiformseabird  large long-winged bird with hooked bill and tubular nostrils that wanders the open seas
     member:  #family_Diomedeidae__Diomedeidae  albatrosses
        member:  #mollymawk__albatross__albatros  large web-footed birds of the southern hemisphere having long narrow wings; noted for powerful gliding flight
        member:  #genus_Diomedea  type of the Diomedeidae
           member:  #wandering_albatross__wanderingalbatros__Diomedea_exulans  very large albatross; white with wide black wings
           member:  #black-footed_albatross__gooney__gooney_bird__goonie__goony__Diomedea_nigripes  a variety of albatross with black feet
     member:  #family_Procellariidae__Procellariidae  petrels; fulmars; shearwaters;
        member:  #petrel  relatively small long-winged tube-nosed bird that flies far from land
        member:  #genus_Procellaria__Procellaria  type genus of the Procellariidae
           member:  #white-chinned_petrel__whitechinnedpetrel__Procellaria_aequinoctialis  large black petrel of southern seas having a white mark on the chin
        member:  #genus_Macronectes__Macronectes  giant petrels
           member:  #giant_petrel__giantpetrel__giantfulmar__macronectesgiganteu  large brownish petrel chiefly of Antarctic seas
        member:  #genus_Fulmarus__Fulmarus  fulmars
           member:  #fulmar_petrel__fulmar__Fulmarus_glacialis  heavy short-tailed oceanic bird of polar regions
        member:  #genus_Puffinus__Puffinus  shearwaters
           member:  #shearwater  long-winged oceanic bird that in flight skims close to the waves
     member:  #family_Hydrobatidae__Hydrobatidae  storm petrels
        member:  #storm_petrel__stormpetrel  any of various small petrels having dark plumage with paler underparts
        member:  #genus_Hydrobates__Hydrobates  type genus of the Hydrobatidae
           member:  #stormy_petrel__northern_storm_petrel__Hydrobates_pelagicus  sooty black petrel with white markings; of the north Atlantic and Mediterranean
        member:  #genus_Oceanites__Oceanites  a genus of Hydrobatidae
           member:  #Mother_Carey's_chicken__Mother_Carey's_hen__Oceanites_oceanicus  medium-sized storm petrel
     member:  #family_Pelecanoididae__Pelecanoididae  diving petrels
        member:  #diving_petrel  any of several small diving birds of S hemisphere seas; somewhat resemble auks

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