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Taxonomy
The Superorder Passerimorphae is further organized into finer groupings including:
- Order (5): Ciconiiformes · Columbiformes · Diatrymiformes · Gruiformes · Passeriformes
Orders
Ciconiiformes
Traditionally, the Ciconiiformes has included a variety of large, long-legged wading birds with large bills: storks, herons, egrets, ibises, spoonbills, and several others. Ciconiiformes are known from the Late Eocene. At present the only family retained in the order is the storks, Ciconiidae. [more]
Columbiformes
The order Columbiformes includes the very widespread and successful doves and pigeons, classified in the family Columbidae, and the extinct Dodo and the Rodrigues Solitaire, long classified as a second family Raphidae. 313 species, found worldwide, comprise the Columbiformes order. Like many birds, all Columbiformes are monogamous. Unlike most other birds, however, they are capable of drinking by sucking up water, without needing to tilt the head back. [more]
Diatrymiformes
Gruiformes
The polyphyletic Gruiformes contains a considerable number of living and extinct bird families with little in common. They are morphologically diverse and geographically widespread. Gruiform means "crane-like." [more]
Passeriformes
A passerine is a of the order Passeriformes, which includes more than half of all bird species. Sometimes known as perching birds or, less accurately, as songbirds, the passerines form one of the most diverse terrestrial vertebrate orders: it is roughly twice as diverse as the largest of the mammal orders, the Rodentia. [more]
At least 26,106 species and subspecies belong to the Order Passeriformes.
More info about the Order Passeriformes may be found here.
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