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Chapter Outline
- Description of Aves
- Classification of Aves
- Palaeognathae
- Neognathae
- Neoaves
- Terrestrornithes
- Raptores
- Coccyges
- Trogones
- Incessores
- Picoclamatores
- Passeriformes
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This section focuses on the orders in bold below.
- Terrestrornithes - Land Birds
- Charadriiformes - Gulls, Terns, Shorebirds [37-VI-A]
- Gruiformes - Cranes, Rails, Sunbitterns, Limpkins [37-VI-B]
- Musophagiformes - Turacos, Go-Away-Birds [37-VI-C]
- Dendrornithes (following pages)
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- FAMILY ALCIDAE
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Atlantic Puffin (Fratercula arctica)
Omaha Zoo - 2021
St. Louis Zoo - 2022
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Tufted Puffin (Fratercula cirrhata)
Omaha Zoo - 2021
St. Louis Zoo - 2022
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Common Murre (Uria aalge)
Omaha Zoo - 2016
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- FAMILY BURHINIDAE
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Cape Thick-Knee (Burhinus capensis)
Omaha Zoo - 2016
St. Louis Zoo - 2022
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Bush Thick-Knee (Burhinus grallarius)
Sedgwick County Zoo - 2018
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Peruvian Thick-Knee (Burhinus superciliarus)
Sedgwick County Zoo - 2018
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- FAMILY CHARADRIIDAE
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Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus)
Cheyenne Bottoms - 2022
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Blacksmith Plover (Vanellus armatus)
Omaha Zoo, Desert Dome - 2021
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Masked Lapwing (Vanellus miles)
Omaha Zoo, Desert Dome - 2017
Sedgwick County Zoo - 2018
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Spur-Winged Plover (Vanellus spinosus)
St. Louis Zoo - 2022
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- FAMILY CHIONIDIDAE
- FAMILY DROMADIDAE
- FAMILY GLAREOLIDAE
- FAMILY HAEMATOPODIDAE - OYSTERCATCHERS
- Black Oystercatcher (Haematopus bachmani) - Redwoods, Monterey Bay, Olympic
- American Oystercatcher (Haematopus palliatus) - Assateague Island
- FAMILY JACANIDAE
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African Jacana (Actophilornis africanus)
Omaha Zoo, Desert Dome - 2017
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- FAMILY LARIDAE - GULLS
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Black Tern (Chlidonias niger)
Perry Lake, Kansas - 5/12/2020
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Inca Tern (Larosterna inca)
Sedgwick County Zoo - 2021
Omaha Zoo - 2006
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Herring Gull (Larus argentatus)
Acadia NP - 8/3/2007
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California Gull (Larus californicus)
Astoria, OR - 7/30/2016
iNat
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Ring-Billed Gull (Larus delawarensis)
Quivira NWR, Cheyenne Bottoms, Perry Lake, KS - from 2/25 to 10/20
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Bonaparte's Gull (Larus philadelphia)
Perry Lake, KS - 4/16/2018
iNat
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Franklin's Gull (Leucophaeus pipixcan)
Cheyenne Bottoms - 5/2/2022
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- FAMILY PEDIONOMIDAE
- FAMILY RECURVIROSTRIDAE
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Black-Necked Stilt (Himantopus mexicanus)
Cheyenne Bottoms - 5/2/2022
iNat
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American Avocet (Recurvirostra americana)
Quivira NWR - 9/16/2021
Cheyenne Bottoms - 5/2/2022
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- FAMILY ROSTRATULIDAE
- FAMILY SCOLOPACIDAE - SNIPES
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Spotted Sandpiper (Actitis macularius)
Quivira NWR - 9/16/2021
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Semipalmated Sandpiper (Calidris pusilla)
Quivira NWR - 9/16/2021
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Long-Billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus scolopaceus)
Quivira NWR - 9/16/2021
Cheyenne Bottoms - 5/2/2022
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Wilson's Phalarope (Phalaropus tricolor)
Cheyenne Bottoms - 5/2/2022
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Lesser Yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes)
Perry Lake, KS - 4/16/2018
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Greater Yellowlegs (Tringa melanoleuca)
Cheyenne Bottoms - 5/2/2022
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Willet (Tringa semipalmata)
Cheyenne Bottoms - 5/2/2022
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- Surfbird (Aphriza virgata) - Olympic, Redwoods
- Ruddy Turnstone (Arenaria interpres) - Assateague, Everglades
- Black Turnstone (Arenaria melanocephala) - Olympic, Bering LB
- Upland Sandpiper (Bartramia longicauda) - Quivira NWR, Cheyenne Bottoms
- Sharp-Tailed Sandpiper (Calidris acuminata) - Redwoods
- Sanderling (Calidris alba) - Redwoods, Olympic, Florida
- Dunlin (Calidris alpina) - Everglades, Redwoods, Olympic
- Baird's Sandpiper (Calidris bairdii) - Quivira NWR, Cheyenne Bottoms
- Red Knot (Calidris canutus) - Everglades
- Curlew Sandpiper (Calidris ferruginea) - Delaware Bay, Monterey Bay
- White-Rumped Sandpiper (Calidris fuscicollis) - Quivira NWR, Cheyenne Bottoms
- Stilt Sandpiper (Calidris himantopus) - Quivira NWR, Cheyenne Bottoms
- Purple Sandpiper (Calidris maritima) - Acadia
- Western Sandpiper (Calidris mauri) - Olympic, Cheyenne Bottoms
- Pectoral Sandpiper (Calidris melanotos) - Quivira NWR, Cheyenne Bottoms
- Least Sandpiper (Calidris minutilla) - Quivira NWR, Cheyenne Bottoms, Everglades, Redwoods
- Rock Sandpiper (Calidris ptilocnemis) - Olympic, Redwoods
- Ruff (Calidris pugnax) - Assateague, Chesapeake bay
- Buff-Breasted Sandpiper (Calidris subruficollis) - Quivira NWR, Cheyenne Bottoms
- Wilson's Snipe (Gallinago delicata) - Quivira NWR, Cheyenne Bottoms, Everglades
- Common Snipe (Gallinago gallinago) - Cheyenne Bottoms
- Short-Billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus griseus) - Everglades
- Marbled Godwit (Limosa fedoa) - Everglades
- Hudsonian Godwit (Limosa haemastica) - Quivira NWR, Cheyenne Bottoms
- Bar-Tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica) - Bering LB
- Long-Billed Curlew (Numenius americanus) - Cheyenne Bottoms, Everglades
- Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus) - Everglades
- Red Phalarope (Phalaropus fulicaria) - Bering LB
- Red-Necked Phalarope (Phalaropus lobatus) - Mono Lake, Bering LB
- American Woodcock (Scolopax minor) - Voyageurs, Acadia
- Wandering Tattler/`Ulili, ulili (Tringa incana) - Haleakala
- Solitary Sandpiper (Tringa solitaria) - Acadia
- FAMILY STERCORARIIDAE
- FAMILY TURNICIDAE - BUTTONQUAILS
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Madagascar Button Quail (Turnix nigricollis)
Omaha Zoo - 2017
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