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| Flightless birds of Gondwanan origin (Ostriches, Kiwis, Rheas, etc.) |
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| Clade containing game birds |
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| quails, chickens, pheasants |
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| Loons (pointy-billed ducks w/ webbed feet) |
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| Grebes (Like loons, but not spotted and w/ lobed rather than webbed toes) |
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| Seabirds: Albatross and petrols |
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| gulls, snipe, and waders (pipers) |
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| Cuckoos and roadrunners (passerine-like)- zygodactyl foot arrangement |
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| Kingfishers (short bodies, big beaks) |
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| Songbirds, corvids (crows and jays), |
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Anseriformes
Anatidae
Branta canadensis |
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Galliformes
Phasianidae
Meleagris gallopavo |
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Gaviiformes
Gaviidae
Gavia |
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Podicipediformes
Podicipedidae
Podilymbus Podiceps
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Sphenisciformes
Spheniscidae
Aptenodytes forsteri |
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Procellariformes
Diomedeidae
Phoebastria albatrus |
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Pelecaniformes
Pelcanidae
Pelecanus occidentalis |
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Ciconiiformes
Ardeidae
Ardea herodias |
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Gruiformes
Gruidae
Grus canadensis |
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Charadriformes
Laridae
Larus canus |
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Strigiformes
Strigidae
Strix varia
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Falconiformes
Accipitridae
Buteo lineatus |
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Cuculiformes
Cuculidae
Geococcyx californianus |
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Psittaciformes
Psittacidae
Psitacus erithacus |
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Columbiformes
Columbidae
Columba livia |
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Caprimulgiformes
Caprimulgidae
Caprimulgus vociferus |
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Apodiformes
Apodidae
Chaetura pelagica |
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Coraciiformes
Cerylidae
Megaceryle alcyon |
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Piciformes
Picidae
Dryocopus pileatus |
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Passeriformes
Corvidae
Cyanocitta cristata
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Passeriformes
Fringillidae
Spinus tristis |
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