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Welcome to Class Aves!

Aves - Liber Deserti

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(From Wikipedia) Birds are a group of warm-blooded vertebrates constituting the class Aves, characterised by feathers, toothless beaked jaws, the laying of hard-shelled eggs, a high metabolic rate, a four-chambered heart, and a strong yet lightweight skeleton.

FACT: Somewhat comedically, the only two types of bird known to be completely wingless, the moa and the elephant bird, are both extinct!

Currently discovered: 10/42 Orders

Order

  1. Anseriformes - Waterfowl
  2. Galliformes - Landfowl
  3. Columbiformes - Pigeons and Doves
  4. Gruiformes - Cranes, Rails and Allies
  5. Suliformes - Gannets, Cormorants and Allies
  6. Pelecaniformes - Pelicans, Herons, Ibises and Allies
  7. Charadriiformes - Shorebirds and Allies
  8. Cathartiformes - New World Vultures
  9. Accipitriformes - Hawks, Eagles, Kites and Allies
  10. Passeriformes - Perching Birds