There are about 10 000 species of birds on the planet, all classified in the Class Aves. There are almost 30 Orders of birds in this class. Hear is a list of representative birds by Order. Go to an encyclopaedia or Wikipedia to research more.

Order Struthioniformes (ostriches - 2 species)

Order Rheiformes (rheas - 2 species)

Order Casuariiformes (cassowaries, emus)

Order Apterygiformes (kiwis - 3 species)

Order Tinamiformes (tinamous 40- 50 species)

Order Sphenisciformes (penguins - 18 species)

Order Podicepediformes (grebes)

Order Gaviiformes (loons/divers - 5 species)

Order Procellariiformes (albatrosses, petrels, shearwaters, storm petrels, prions, giant petrels, diving petrels)

Order Pelecaniformes (pelicans, cormorants, frigatebirds, tropic birds, boobies)

Order Ciconiiformes (storks, ibises, spoonbills, hammerhead/Scopus umbretta, whale headed stork/shoebill, limpkin, herons, egrets, bitterns, flamingoes are in Order Phoenicopteriformes)

Order Anseriformes (ducks, geese, swans, whistling ducks, teals)

Order Falconiformes (vultures, eagles, hawks, buzzards, sparrowhawks, sea eagles, fish eagles , goshawks, harriers, kestrels, falcons, osprey snake eagles, New World vultures are in Order Cathartiformes?)

Order Galliformes (grouse, pheasants, quails, ptarmigans, peafowl, guinea fowl, turkeys, chickens, spurfowl/francolins, magapodes, monias, mesites, chachalacas, guans)

Order Gruiformes (moorhen, cranes, bustards, plains wanderers, kagu, seriemas)

Order Charadriiformes (painted snipe, thick knees/stone curlews, curlews, sandpipers, phalaropes, auks, puffins, murrelets, gulls, skuas/jaegars, terns, kittiwakes, jacanas, plovers, crab plover, avocets, stilts, oystercatchers)

Order Pteroclidiformes (sandgrouse)

Order Columbiformes (doves, pigeons, fruit doves)

Order Psittaciformes (parrots, kakapo, kaka, kea, parrotlets, parrakeets, macaws, cockatoos, lovebirds)

Order Cuculiformes (anis, cuckoos, couas, coucals, malkohas, turacos, go away birds, hoatzin is in Order Opisthocomiformes?)

Order Apodiformes (swifts, tree swifts)

Order Trochiliformes (used to be part of Apodiformes, hummingbirds)

Order Coliiformes (mousebirds - 6 species)

Order Trogoniformes (trogons, quetzals)

Order Upupiformes (hoopoes, woodhoopoes)

Order Strigiformes (owls, barn owls, eagle owls, screech owls, fish owls, scops owls)

Order Caprimulgiformes (nightjars, whip poor wills, nighthawks, potoos, oilbird, owlet nightjars, owlet frogmouths)

Order Coraciiformes (kingfishers, todies, motmots, rollers, bee eaters, cuckoo roller, hornbills, honeyguides)

Order Piciformes (jacamars, wrynecks, woodpeckers, puffbirds, barbets)

Order Passeriformes (broadbills, pittas, ovenbirds, antbirds, antpittas, pittas, sharpbill, lyrebirds, swallows, larks, wagtails, plantcutters, tyrant flycatchers, wrens, thrushes, shrikes, cuckooshrikes, bush shrikes, robins, chats, robin-chats, bulbuls, babblers, dippers, laughing thrushes, thrashers, mockingbirds, sunbirds, waxbills, white-eyes, tanagers, buntings, canaries, seed-eaters, sugarbirds, honeyeaters, kokako, spider hunters, flycatchers, paradise flycatchers, Australasian robins, fantails, minivets, yuhinas, Hawaiian honeycreepers, nuthatches, waxwings, wood swallows, butcherbirds drongoes, birds of paradise, catbirds, bowerbirds, crows, jays, treepies)

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