Birds - Orders

This part of the site contains my collection of bird pictures. At the moment I have pictures of 961 species, some very good by my standards, some barely recognizable. The site is automatically created from my picture collection. This is a work in progress, not all links work, some pictures occur more than once, and most pictures have no description. When a description exists, it is written in Dutch.

Birds species are classified in orders, families and species. This classification used to be based on behaviour and looks, but now is mostly based on DNA research, and the new insights cause changes to the classification over time. This site uses the names and classification from the IOC World Bird List, Version 3.5.

Below an overview of the birds orders that I have pictures of, with links to the corresponding order pages.

Ostriches	Rheas	Grouse, Pheasants, Quail, Turkeys, Hoatzin, etc.	Duck, Geese, and relatives	Loons
Penguins	Tube noses	Grebes	Flamingos	Tropicbirds
Herons and Egrets	Pelicans, Cormorants, and relatives	Fregatebirds, Gannets and Cormorants	Birds of prey	Hawks, Eagles, Falcons, etc.
Bustards	Cranes, Rails, and relatives	Shorebirds, Gulls, and relatives	Sandgrouse	Pigeons, and Doves
Parrots, Macaws, Parakeets, and Lories	Cuckoos	Owls	Goatsuckers, Nighthawks, and allies	Swifts and Hummingbirds
Trogons	Kingfishers	Motmots, Hoopoes, Bee-eaters, and Todies	Woodpeckers	Perching birds

Below a complete list of bird orders, with links to the corresponding pictures where applicable.

• 001 Tinamiformes (Tinamous)
• 002 Struthioniformes (Ostriches, 1 species)
• 003 Rheiformes (Rheas, 1 species)
• 004 Casuariiformes (Cassowaries)
• 005 Apterygiformes (Kiwis)
• 006 Galliformes (Grouse, Pheasants, Quail, Turkeys, Hoatzin, etc., 12 species)
• 007 Anseriformes (Duck, Geese, and relatives, 63 species)
• 008 Gaviiformes (Loons, 1 species)
• 009 Sphenisciformes (Penguins, 1 species)
• 010 Procellariiformes (Tube noses, 6 species)
• 011 Podicipediformes (Grebes, 7 species)
• 012 Phoenicopteriformes (Flamingos, 2 species)
• 013 Phaethontiformes (Tropicbirds, 2 species)
• 014 Ciconiiformes (Herons and Egrets, 7 species)
• 015 Pelecaniformes (Pelicans, Cormorants, and relatives, 33 species)
• 016 Suliformes (Fregatebirds, Gannets and Cormorants, 14 species)
• 017 Accipitriformes (Birds of prey, 42 species)
• 018 Falconiformes (Hawks, Eagles, Falcons, etc., 11 species)
• 019 Otidiformes (Bustards, 2 species)
• 020 Mesitornithiformes (Mesites)
• 021 Cariamiformes (Seriemas)
• 022 Eurypygiformes (Kagus and Sunbittern)
• 023 Gruiformes (Cranes, Rails, and relatives, 13 species)
• 024 Charadriiformes (Shorebirds, Gulls, and relatives, 95 species)
• 025 Pterocliformes (Sandgrouse, 1 species)
• 026 Columbiformes (Pigeons, and Doves, 20 species)
• 027 Psittaciformes (Parrots, Macaws, Parakeets, and Lories, 13 species)
• 028 Opisthocomiformes (Hoatzins)
• 029 Musophagiformes (Turacos)
• 030 Cuculiformes (Cuckoos, 40 species)
• 031 Strigiformes (Owls, 5 species)
• 032 Caprimulgiformes (Goatsuckers, Nighthawks, and allies, 2 species)
• 033 Apodiformes (Swifts and Hummingbirds, 42 species)
• 034 Coliiformes (Mousebirds)
• 035 Trogoniformes (Trogons, 6 species)
• 036 Leptosomiformes (Cuckoo Roller)
• 037 Coraciiformes (Kingfishers, 16 species)
• 038 Bucerotiformes (Motmots, Hoopoes, Bee-eaters, and Todies, 3 species)
• 039 Piciformes (Woodpeckers, 42 species)
• 040 Passeriformes (Perching birds, 492 species)