BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)
AVES (birds)
Subtaxa
| Rank | Taxon |  |
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| Order | ACCIPITRIFORMES (ospreys, hawks, kites, eagles, vultures) | 5 | |||
| Family | ACCIPITRIDAE (hawks, kites, eagles, vultures) | 5 | 2 | 4 | |
| Order | ANSERIFORMES (ducks, geese, mergansers and swans) | 11 | 135 | 10 | |
| Order | CAPRIMULGIFORMES (nightjars) | 1 | |||
| Family | CAPRIMULGIDAE (nightjars) | 1 | 2 | ||
| Order | CHARADRIIFORMES (plovers and sea birds) | 18 | |||
| Family | ALCIDAE (puffins, guillemots and auks) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Family | BURHINIDAE (stone curlews) | 1 | 4 | ||
| Family | CHARADRIIDAE (plovers) | 2 | 3 | ||
| Family | HAEMATOPODIDAE (oystercatchers) | 1 | 2 | ||
| Family | LARIDAE (sea gulls) | 3 | 20 | 1 | |
| Family | RECURVIROSTRIDAE (avocets and stilts) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Family | SCOLOPACIDAE (sandpipers, curlews, godwits, stints, woodcocks etc) | 6 | 2 | 6 | |
| Family | STERCORARIDAE (skuas) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Family | STERNIDAE (terns) | 2 | 2 | ||
| Order | CICONIIFORMES (herons, spoonbills and storks) | 2 | 2 | ||
| Order | COLUMBIFORMES (pigeons and doves) | 3 | |||
| Family | COLUMBIDAE (pigeons and doves) | 3 | 10 | 4 | |
| Order | CORACIIFORMES (kingfishers, rollers, bee-eaters and hoopoes) | 1 | |||
| Family | MEROPIDAE (bee-eaters) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Order | FALCONIFORMES (kestrels and falcons) | 1 | |||
| Family | FALCONIDAE (kestrels and falcons) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Order | GALLIFORMES (game birds) | 5 | |||
| Family | PHASIANIDAE (game birds) | 5 | 2 | 6 | |
| Order | GAVIIFORMES (divers) | 1 | |||
| Family | GAVIIDAE (divers) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Order | GRUIFORMES (bustards, cranes and rails) | 5 | 20 | 4 | |
| Order | PASSERIFORMES (perching birds) | 42 | 40 | 2 | 43 |
| Order | PELECANIFORMES (gannets, cormorants, shags and pellicans) | 2 | 4 | ||
| Order | PICIFORMES (woodpeckers etc) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Order | PODICIPEDIFORMES (grebes) | 1 | |||
| Family | PODICIPEDIDAE (grebes) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Order | PROCELLARIIFORMES (shearwaters, petrels and albatrosses) | 1 | |||
| Family | HYDROBATIDAE (petrels) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Order | PSITTACIFORMES (parrakeets) | 2 | |||
| Family | PSITTACIDAE (parrakeets) | 2 | 2 | ||
| Order | STRIGIFORMES (owls) | 2 | |||
| Family | STRIGIDAE (a family of owls) | 2 | 2 |
Suggested Literature
Identification Works
| Benson, S.V., 1960 | The Observer's Book of Birds |
| Ferguson-Lees, J., Willis, I. & Sharrock, J.T.R., 1983 | The Shell Guide to the Birds of Britain and Ireland |
| Paris, P., 1921 | Oiseaux |
| Photo gallery: Birds: http://www.eakringbirds.com/eakringbirds4/photogallerythumbsbirds.htm | Photo gallery: Birds |
| Cercle de Mycologie de Mons (Belgique): (Page perso de JJ. Wuilbaut): http://users.skynet.be/jjw.myco.mons | Cercle de Mycologie de Mons (Belgique): (Page perso de JJ. Wuilbaut) |
Dung identification | |
| Pagett, M., 2007 | What shat that? the pocket guide to poop identity |
Feeding signs | |
| Bang, P. & Dahlstrom, P., 1974 | Animal Tracks and Signs |
Nests and eggs | |
| Atkinson, J.C., 1901 | British birds' eggs and nests |
| Harrison, C.J.O., 1985 | A Field Guide to Nests, Eggs & Nestlings of British & European Birds |
| Pochin, E | British Birds' Eggs and Their Nests |
BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk)
has 21 general literature references to AVES (birds)
AVES may also be covered by literature listed under:
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BIOTA (living things) |
Eukaryota (eukaryotes) |
ANIMALIA (animals) |
CHORDATA (vertebrates) |
BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk)
has 249 feeding and other relationships of AVES (birds)
