EXPLORE > ANIMAL SPECIES

Birds are warm-blooded vertebrates distinguished by bodies and wings covered in feathers. Most birds are able to fly and all reproduce by laying eggs. Birds are classified into thirty separate groups, only some of which are represented here.

BIRDS OF PREY (Accipitriformes): 

CRANES, COOTS AND RELATIVES (Gruiformes):

GAMEFOWL (Galliformes):

KINGFISHERS (Coraciiformes):

OWLS (Strigiformes):

PELICANS, CORMORANTS AND FRIGATEBIRDS (Suliformes): 

PERCHING BIRDS (Passeriformes):

SHOREBIRDS (Charadriiformes):

WATERFOWL (Anseriformes):

WOODPECKERS AND RELATIVES (Piciformes):