42 VERTEBRATA 



Order GAVIIFORMES (divers) 



(=Pygopodes, Colymbiformes) 



Gavia ( = Colymbus) 



Order PODICIPEDIFORMES (grebes) 



( = Pygopodes, Colymbiformes) 



Podiceps; Aechmophorus ; Podilymbus 



Order SPHENISCIFORMES (penguins) 



Spheniscus ; Aptenodytes; Eudyptes 

 Order PROCELLARIIFORMES 



(=TUBINARES) 



Hydrobates (storm petrel) ; Procellaria (shear- 

 water);^ Diomedea (alhatross) ; Pelecanoides (diving 

 petrel) 



Order PELECANIFORMES 

 ( = Steganopodes) 

 Phaethon (tropic bird) ; Pelecanus (pelican) ; 

 Phalacrocorax (cormorant) ; Sula (gannet) ; Fregata 

 (frigate bird) 



Order CICONIIFORMES 



(=Ardeiformes, Gressores) 

 Ardea (heron); Balaeniceps (whale-headed stork); 

 Ciconia (stork) ; Threskiornis (ibis) ; Scopus 

 (hammerhead) ; Platalea (spoonbill) 



Order PHOENICOPTERIFORMES (flamingos) 

 Phoenicopterus 



Order ANSERIFORMES 



Anhima (screamer); Anas (duck); Anser (goose); 

 Cygnus (swan) 



Order FALCONIFORMES 



(=:ACCIPITRES) 



Cathartes (turkey vulture); Sagittarius (secretary 

 bird); Aegypius (black vulture); Accipiter ( —Astur) 

 (goshawk, sparrow hawk) ; Falco ( = Cerchneis) 

 (kestrel, falcon, etc.) ; Pondion (osprey) 



Order GALLIFORMES 



Crax (curassow) ; Megapodius (megapode) ; 

 Phasianus (pheasant) ; G alius (fowl) ; Numida 

 (guinea fowl) ; Meleagris (turkey) ; Opisthocomus 

 (hoatzin) 



Order GRUIFORMES 



Mesoenas (xoa.iQ\o)\ Turnix (button-quail); Grus 

 (crane); Aramus (limpkin) ; Psophia (trumpeter); 

 Rallus (rail); Heliornis (sun-grebe); Rhynochetos 

 (kagu); Eurypyga (sun-bittern); Cariania (cariama); 

 Otis (bustard) 



Order CHARADRHFORMES 

 ( = Laro-Limicolae) 

 Jacana (lily trotter); Charadrius (ringed plover, 

 sand plover, etc.); Stercorarius (=Lestris) (skua); 

 Larus (gull) ; Sterna (tern) ; Alca (razorbill) ; 

 Fraterculo (puffin) 



» The correct Latin name of the Manx shearwater (formerly Puffinus puffinus) is Procellaria puffinus. 



