SIMPLIFIED LIST OF RECENT CLASSES AND ORDERS 24 



Class Subcl Order 



Rheae (Rheiformes) rheas 



Casuarii (Casuariiformes) cassowaries, emus 



Apteryges (Apterygiformes) kiwis 



Crypturi {Crypturijormes, Tinami, Tinamijormes) tinamous 



Gaviae (Gaviiformes) loons 



Podicipedes (Podicipediformes, Colymbae, Colymbijormes) 



grebes, divers 

 Procellariae (Procellariiformes, Tubinares) albatrosses, 



shearwaters, petrels, fulmars, 

 Steganopodes (Pelecani, Pelecaniformes) cormorants, 



pelicans, gannets, tropicbirds, boobies, snake-birds, 



frigate-birds 

 Ciconiae (Ciconiiformes) herons, bitterns, storks, 



hammerheads, spoonbills, ibises, flamingoes 

 Anseres (A nseri formes) ducks, geese, swans, screamers 

 Falcones (Falconiformes) hawks, eagles, vultures, falcons, 



caracaras, ospreys, harriers, secretary-birds 

 Galli (Galliformes) megapodes, pheasants, quails, grouse, 



turkeys, fowls, peacocks, hoatzins 

 Grues (Gruiformes) cranes, limpkins, raUs, sunbitterns, 



bustard-quails, plainwanderers, trumpeters, coots, gaUinules, 



kagus, sungrebes, bustards 

 Charadriae (Charadriiformes) jacanas, snipe, oyster-catchers, 



plovers, tumstones, surf-birds, woodcock, sandpipers, 



avocets, stilts, phalaropes, gulls, terns, skimmers, awks, 



murres 

 Columbae (Columbi formes) doves, pigeons, dodos, 



sandgrouse, solitaires 

 Psittaci (Psittaciformes) parrots, parakeets, lories, macaws 

 Cuculi (Cuculiformes) cuckoos, plantain-eaters, touracos, 



anis, roadrunners 

 Striges (Strigiformes) owls 

 Caprimulgi (Caprimulgiformes) goatsuckers, potoos, 



oil-birds, frogmouths 

 Macrochires (Macrochiriformes, Apoda, Micropodi) swifts, 



humming-birds 

 Colli (Coliiformes) mouse-birds, colics 

 Trogones (Trogoniformes) trogans 

 Coraciae (Coraciiformes) kingfishers, rollers, hoopoes, 



hornbills, todies, motmots, bee-eaters 

 Pici (Piciformes) woodpeckers, toucans, honey-guides, 



jacamars, puffbirds, barbets, piculets 



