NOTES ON CLASSIFICATION BY ORDER fac 
Finches are smaller than the Song Thrush and 
have conical bills. 
Flycatchers are small birds with bristly hair on 
the nostrils. 
Larks walk and run and keep much to the ground 
except when singing. 
Pipits are.small birds which walk and run instead. 
of hopping. 
Thrushes have slender bills and their size varies. 
Tits are very small birds. 
Warblers are small olive green or brown birds 
with slender bills. 
CORACITFORMES (Crow-shaped). 
Owls. 
Morepork Kingfisher 
Laughing Owl 
A variety of perching birds. Four toes; rather 
short legs. Only slight difference between sexes. 
Young helpless and fed by parents. Mostly nest in 
holes. Food various. Owls nocturnal and carnivorous. 
SUB-ORDER PSITTACI. 
Red-breasted Parakeet Yellow-breasted Parakeet 
Kea Kaka 
Owl Parrot 
Feet adapted for climbing; two toes in front, two 
behind covered with plates. Bill short and very 
stout, strongly hooked and furnished with fleshy 
cere. Renowned for bright colour. 
CHARADRITFORMES (Curlew-shaped). 
A mixed class, including Gulls, Pigeons, and many 
Waders. 
