Taxonomical Tree Of Bird

Taxonomy of Indian birds

More than 1250 birds are found in India. All these birds has been devided in to 25 groups called "Orders" which are again devided into "Famillies" , "Sub families" and "Genera". These process of classification is called Taxonomy.

See below the full details of:

Taxonomy of Indian birds

ANSERIFORMES:. Anatidae :: Waterfowl-ducks, geese, swans,teals, pochard, wigeons.

Dendrocygnidae :: Waterfowl-whistling ducks.

APODIFORMES : Apodidae :: Needle tails, swifts, swiftles,

Hemiprocnidae :: Treeswifts

BUCEROTIFORMES: Bucerotidae :: Hornbills-Malabar Grey Hornbill

CAPRIMULGIFORMES : Batrachostomidae :: Frogmouths

Caprimulgidae :: Nightjars

Eurostopodidae :: Eared nightjars

CHARADRIIFORMES : Burhinidae :: Stone plovers.

Charadriidae ::Avocets, doterels, lapwings, plovers, stilts.

Glareotidae:: Coursers, pratincoles.

Jacanadae :: Jacanas. Laridae:: Gulls, jaegers, noddies, skimmers, skuas, terns. Rostratulidae :: Painted-snipes.

Scolopacidae :: Godwits, sandpipers, shanks, snipes, stints.

CICONIIFORMES : Ciconiidae :: Adjutants, openbills, storks.

Threskiornithidae :: Ibis, spoonbills

Ardeidae :: Bitterns, egrets, herons.

COLUMBIFORMES : Columbidae :: Dove, pigeons, wood pigeons.

CORACIIFORMES : Alcedinidae :: River kingfishers (smaller).

Cerylidae :: Water kingfisher (pied). Halcyonidae :: Tree kingfisher (larger). Coraciidae :: Dollarbird, Roller. Meropidae :: Bee eaters.

CUCULIFORMES : Centropodidae:: Coucals (crow pheasant). Coculidae :: Cuckoos, koels, malkohas

FALCONIFORMES: Falconidae:: Falcons, falconets, hobbies, kestrels, merlins. Accipitridae:: Buzzards, eagles, harriers, hawk, kites, vultures, Shikra. Pandionidae:: Osprey.

GALLIFORMES: Megapodidae:: Scrubfowl. Phasianidae:: Francolin, junglefowl, pheasant, tragopan, quails.

GAVIIFORMES: Gaviidae:: Divers, loon.

GRUIFORMES: Gruidae:: cranes. Heliornithidae:: Finfoots. Otididae:: Bustards, floricans. Rallidae:: Coots, crakes, moorhens, rails, swamphens, white breasted waterhen.

PHOENICOPTERIFORMES: Phoenicopteridae:: Flamingos.

PASSERIFORMES: Aegithalidae:: Long-tailed tits. Alaudidae:: Larks, skylarks, sparrow-larks. Bombycillidae:: Waxwings. Certhiidae:: Creepers, tree creepers, wrens. Cinclidae:: Dippers. Cisticolidae:: Cisticolas, prinia, common tailor bird. Corvidae:: Crows, drongos, magpies, minivets, orioles, treepies, fantails. Eurylaimidae:: Broadbills. Fringillidae:: Buntings, finches, grisbeaks, rosefinches, serins. Hirundinidae:: Crag-martins, house Martin's, Martin's, swallows. Hypocoliidae:: Hypocolius . Irenidae:: Fairy -blue bird, leaf birds. Laniidea:: Shrikes. Muscicapidae:: Chats, flycatchers, redstarts, robins, thrushes, wheatears. Nectariniidae:: Flowerpeckers, spider hunters, sunbirds. Paribar:: Typical tits. Passeridae:: Munias, pipits, sparrows, wagtails, weavers, accentors. Pittidae:: Pittas. Pycnonotidae:: Bulbuls, finchbills. Regulidae:: Crests of kinglets. Sittidae:: Nuthatches, wallcreepers. Sturnidae:: Mynas, starlings. Sylviidae:; Babblers, laughing thrushes, wrablers, yuhinas, tesias. Zosteropidae:: White-eyes.
PICIFORMES: Indicatoridae:: Honeyguides--Yellow-rumped honeyguide. Megalamidae:: Barbets. Picidae:: Piculets, woodpeckers, wrynecks, yellownapes.
PODICIPEDIFORMES: Podicipedidae:: Grebs.
PROCELLARIIFORMES: Procellariidae:: Pestrels, shearwaters, strom-petrels.
PSITTACIFORMES: Psittacidae:: Cockatoos, lories, lorikets, parakeets, parrots.
PTEROCLIDIFORMES: Ptericlididae:: Sandgrouse.
STRIGIFORMES: Strigidae:: Owls-- Eurasian Eagle owl. Tytonidae:: Barn-owls, bay-owls, grass-owls.
TROGONIFORMES: Trogonidae:: Trogans.
TURNICIFORMES: Turnicidae:: Button-quails.
UPUPIFORMES: Upupidae:: Hoopoes-- Eurasian hoopoe.

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