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Aves (birds)

Scientific Classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Aves
Common:birds

Aves is the class of bipedal, endothermic (warm-blooded), vertebrate animals that lay eggs. There are approximately 10,000 species of living birds.

See also

Index of Birds by Common Name
Index of Birds by Scientific Name
Index of Birds by Taxonomy

Related Page Hierarchy

Species
Kingdom: Animalia (animals)
Phylum: Chordata (vertebrates, sea squirts)
Class: Amphibia (amphibians)
Class: Aves (birds)
Order: Accipitriformes (diurnal birds of prey)
Order: Anseriformes (waterfowl)
Order: Apodiformes (swifts, treeswifts, hummingbirds)
Order: Caprimulgiformes (nightjars, frogmouths)
Order: Charadriiformes (shorebirds)
Order: Ciconiiformes (storks, herons, egrets, ibises, spoonbills)
Order: Coliiformes (mousebirds)
Order: Columbiformes (doves, pigeons)
Order: Coraciiformes (kingfishers, hornbills)
Order: Cuculiformes (cuckoos, turacos)
Order: Falconiformes (falcons, caracaras)
Order: Galliformes (fowl)
Order: Gaviiformes (loons)
Order: Gruiformes (cranes)
Order: Opisthocomiformes (hoatzin)
Order: Passeriformes (perching birds)
Order: Pelecaniformes (pelicans)
Order: Phaethontiformes (tropicbirds)
Order: Phoenicopteriformes (flamingos)
Order: Piciformes (woodpeckers, toucans)
Order: Podicipediformes (grebes)
Order: Procellariiformes (albatrosses, petrels)
Order: Psittaciformes (parrots)
Order: Pteroclidiformes (sandgrouse)
Order: Sphenisciformes (penguins)
Order: Strigiformes (owls)
Order: Struthioniformes (ratites)
Order: Trogoniformes (trogons)
Class: Mammalia (mammals)
Class: Reptilia (reptiles)