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ostriches, kiwis, rheas, emus, cassowaries
secondarily flightless |
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tinamous
extremely poor fliers |
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chachalacas, guans, curassows, megapodes
short round wings |
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pheasant, turkey, peacock, grouse, quail, guineafowl
muscular gizzard |
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ducks, swans, geese, screamers
three toes webbed |
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buttonquailes
no crop, no hind toe |
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toucans, barbets, woodpeckers, wrynecks, honey guides
zygodactyl foot arrangement |
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puff birds, jacamars,
long graduate tails |
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hornbills
beak outfitted with casque |
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hoopoes, skimitar bills, wood hoopoes
unique and spectacular crest |
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trogons, quetzals
heterodactyl toe arrangement |
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king fishers dollar birds mot mots bee eaters rollers
relatively large heads |
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mouse birds
relatively skinny long tails |
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road runners, cuckoos, ground cuckoos, anis, coucals, couas, malkohas
most individuals are solidary |
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parrots, parakeets, parrotlets, louries, lourikeets, rosellas, macaws
most colorful order |
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swifts, tree swifts
flexible toe arrangement |
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hermits, hummingbirds
most specialized birds |
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turacos, go-away birds
5 alular feathers |
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owls, nightjars, owlet-nightjars, potoos, frogmouths, oilbird
very large eyes |
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pigeons, doves, pheasant pigeons
small heads w short beaks |
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rails, crakes, cranes, bustards, sunbittern, trumpeters
slim with long legs and necks |
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Penguins, Loons, Grebes, Petrels, Shearwaters, Albatrosses, Pelicans, Cormorants, Frigatebirds, Herons, Egrets, Storks, Ibises, Spoonbills, Hawks, Eagles, Osprey, Falcons, Harriers, Kites, Sandpipers, Plovers, Jacanas, Painted Snipe, Gulls Terns
strong pointed or hooked beaks |
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Flycatchers, Cotingas, Manakins, Antbirds, Antvireos, Antwrens, Antshrikes, Antpittas, Antthrushes, Ovenbirds, Woodcreepers, Broadbills, Pittas, Crow Relatives, Thrush Relatives, Old World Insect Eaters
diverse in form; bill shape |
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