Roster of Orders of Living Birds 



Orders represented in California are indicated by Arabic numerals 

 and bold-face type. 



Distribution. 



I. 



RHEIFORMES 



Rheas. 



Brazil to Patagonia. 



II. 



STRUTHIONES 



Ostriches. 



Arabia and Africa. 



III. 



CASUARIIFORMES 



Cassowaries, Emus. 



Australia and the southern East Indies 



IV. 



APTERYGES 



Kiwis. 



New Zealand. 



V. 



SPHENISCIFORMES 



Penguins. 



Antarctic and South Temperate oceans 

 and shores north to southern Africa 

 and the Galapagos Islands. 



VI. 



22 Podicipedes. 



Grebes. 



Cosmopolitan. 



VII. 



21 Gaviae 



Loons. 



Holarctic (Northern Hemisphere). 



VIII. 



20 Procellariiformes 



Petrels. 



Cosmopolitan pelagic, but chiefly 

 South Temperate oceans. 



IX. 



19 Steganopodes. 



Shags, Pelicans, etc. 



Cosmopolitan. 



X. 



18 Herodiones. 



Herons. 



Cosmopolitan. 



XI. 



PHCENICOPTERIFORMES 



Flamingoes. 



Southern Europe, central and western 

 Asia, Africa, South America, and 

 southern North America. 



XII. 



17 Anseres. 



Ducks, Geese and Swans. 



Cosmopolitan. 



XIII. 



PALAMEDEIFORMES 



Screamers. 



South America. 



XIV. 



16 Falconiformes. 



Hawks, Eagles, etc. 



Cosmopolitan. 



XV. 



CRYPTURI FORMES 



Tinamous. 



South and Central America. 



XVI. 



OPISTHOCOMIFORMES 



Hoatzins. 



Tropical South America. 



XVII. 



MESCENATES 



Kagus. 



Madagascar. 



XVIII. 



MEGAPODES 



Megapodes. 



The Indo-Australian region. 



XIX. 



15 Galliformes. 



Fowls. 



Cosmopolitan. 



XX. 



14 Ralliformes. 



Rails. 



Cosmopolitan. 



XXI. 



13 Grues. 



Cranes. 



Cosmopolitan. 



XXII. 



OTIDES 



Bustards. 



The Old World, including Australia. 



XXIII. 



12 Alciformes. 



Auks. 



Holarctic pelagic south to Mexico. 



XXIV. 



1 1 Lariformes. 



Gulls. 



Cosmopolitan. 



XXV. 



10 Charadriiformes. 



Shore-birds. 



Cosmopolitan. 



XXVI. 



TURNICES 



Button Quails. 



The Indo-Australian region, southern 

 Asia, Africa, and extreme southern 

 Europe. 



XXVII. 



PTEROCLIDES. 



Sand-grouse. 



Eurasia, chiefly centrally, and Africa. 



XXVIII. 



9 Columbiformes. 



Pigeons. 



Cosmopolitan, including Oceanica. 



XXIX. 



8 Coccyges. 



Cuckoos. 



Cosmopolitan. 



XXX. 



PSITTACIFORMES. 



Parrots. 



Tropico-cosmopolitan and South Tem- 

 perate (also barely North Tem- 

 perate), notably in Indo-Australian 

 region. 



XXXI. 



7 Striges. 



Owls. 



Cosmopolitan. 



XXXII. 



6 Caprimulgiformes. 



Nighthawks. 



Cosmopolitan. 



XXXIII. 



5 Coraciiformes. 



Roller-like birds. 



Cosmopolitan. 



XXXIV. 



COLIIFORMES. 



Colies. 



Africa. 



XXXV. 



TROGONES. 



Trogons. 



Central and South America, Africa, 

 southern Asia and the East Indies 

 broadly. 



XXXVI. 



4 Piciformes. 



Woodpecker-like birds. 



Cosmopolitan. 



XXXVII. 



3 Cypseliformes. 



Swifts. 



Cosmopolitan. 



XXXVIII. 



2 Trochiliformes. 



Hummers. 



New World, chiefly tropical. 



XXXIX. 



MENURIFORMES. 



Lyre-birds. 



Australia. 



XL. 



1 Passsriformes. 



Sparrow-like birds. 



Cosmopolitan. 



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