Chordate Zoology - Textbook - Y. V. Tsaryk - 2013
Chapter 5. SUPERCLASS TETRAPODS (TERRESTRIAL VERTEBRATES) TETRAPODA, seu QUADRIPEDA.
ANAMNIOTS (ANAMNIA) AND AMNIOTES (AMNIOTA)
5.3. CLASS BIRDS AVES
5.3.3. Systematics and characteristics of representatives of the main orders of the class Aves
Class="center">Avian System N.P. Naumova, N.N. Kartashova (1979) |
Avian System J.F. Clements et al. (2011) |
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f Subclass I. Archaeornithes, or lizard-tailed birds Archeaornithes |
Order Struthioniformes |
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Subclass II. Neornithes, or true birds Neornithes |
Order Tinamiformes |
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f Superorder Odontognathae |
Order Sphenisciformes |
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f Superorder Ichthyornites |
Order Gaviiformes |
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Superorder Impennes |
Order Podicipediformes |
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Order Sphenisciformes |
Order Procellariiformes |
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Superorder Neognathae |
Order Pelecaniformes |
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Order Struthioniformes |
Order Cicоmiforτes |
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Order Rheiformes |
Order Phoenicopteriformes |
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Order Casuariiformes |
Order Anseriformes |
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Order Aepyorithiformes |
Order Falconiformes |
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Order Dinornithiformes |
Order Galliformes |
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Order Apterygiformes |
Order Gruiformes |
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Order Tinamiformes |
Order Charadriiformes |
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Order Gaviiformes |
Order Pterocliformes |
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Order Podicipediformes |
Order Columbiformes |
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Order Procellariiformes |
Order Psittaciformes |
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Order Pelecaniformes |
Order Cuculiformes |
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Order Cюоmifoπτιes |
Order Strigiformes |
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Order Phoenicopteriformes |
Order Caprimulgiformes |
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Order Anseriformes |
Order Apodiformes |
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Order Falconiformes |
Order Coliiformes |
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Order Galliformes |
Order Trogoniformes |
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Order Gruiformes |
Order CоracNforτes |
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Order Diatrymiformes |
Order Galbuliformes |
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Order Charadriiformes |
Order Piciformes |
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Order Pterocliformes |
Order Passeriformes |
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Order Columbiformes |
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Order Psittaciformes |
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Order Cuculiformes |
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Order Strigiformes |
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Order Caprimulgiformes |
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Order Apodiformes |
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Order Trochiliformes |
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Order Coliiformes |
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Order Trogoniformes |
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Order Coraciiformes |
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Order Upupiformes |
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Order Piciformes |
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Order Passeriformes |
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Note: f - extinct taxonomic groups.
Below is a brief description of modern avian orders (the number of species According to the modern Taxonomy by Clements et al., 2011 is given in parentheses).
Last update: 13/08/2026
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