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Bird Orders (Oregon)
Oregon bird orders, as needed for PCC's BI 164
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Biology
Undergraduate 1
06/03/2010

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Order Podicipediformes

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Family Podicipedidae

 

 

(Western Grebe)

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Order Pelecaniformes

Definition

 

 

Family Pelecanidae

(pelicans)

 

Family Phalacrocoracidae

(cormorants)

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Order Ciconiiformes

Definition

 

 

Family Ardeidae

(herons, egret)

 

Family Cathartidae

(Turkey Vulture)

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Order Anseriformes

Definition

 

 

 

Family Anatidae

 

(water birds)

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Order Falconiformes

Definition

 

 

Family Accipitridae

(osprey, hawk, ect.)

 

Family Falconidae

(kestrel, falcon)

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Order Galliformes

Definition

 

 

Family Phasianidae

(pheasant, grouse)

 

Family Odontophoridae

(California Quail)

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Order Gruiformes

Definition

 

 

Family Rallidae

(rail, coot)

 

Family Gruidae

(Sandhill Crane)

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Order Charadriiformes

Definition

 

Family Charadriidae

(Killdeer)

Family Haematopodidae

(Black Oystercatcher)

Family Scolopacidae

(Whimbrel, phalarope)

Family Laridae

(gulls)

Family Alcidae

(murre, puffin)

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Order Columbiformes

Definition

 

 

Family Columbidae

(doves, pigeons)

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Order Strigiformes

Definition

 

 

Family Tytonidae

(Barn Owl)

 

Family Strigidae

(owls)

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Order Apodiformes

Definition

 

 

Family Apodidae

(Vaux's Swift)

 

Family Trochilidae

(hummingbird)

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Order Coraciiformes

Definition

 

 

Family Alcedinidae

(Belted Kingfisher)

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Order Piciformes

Definition

 

 

Family Picidae

 

(woodpeckers, sapsuckers, etc.)

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Order Passeriformes

Definition

Family Corvidae                  Family Sturnidae

(jays, crows)                               (European Starling)

Family Hirundinidae             Family Bombycillidae

(swallows)                                      (Cedar Waxwing)

Family Paridae                    Family Parulidae

(chickadees)                               (warbler, yellowthroat)

Family Aegithalidae             Family Thraupidae

(Bushtit)                                      (Western Tanager)

Family Sittidae                   Family Emberizidae

(Red-breasted Nuthatch)                 (towhee, sparrows, junco)

Family Certhiidae                Family Cardinalidae

(Brown Creeper)                            (Black-headed Grosbeak)

Family Troglodytidae           Family Icteridae

(wrens)                                         (blackbirds)

Family Cinclidae                 Family Fringillidae

(American Dipper)                            (finches)

Family Regulidae                Family Passeridae

(kinglets)                                       (House Sparrow)

Family Turdidae

(robin, thrush)

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