Aves, the Birds

Characterized by feathers, a beak, wings, and the laying of hard-shelled eggs, modern birds are the only living class of the dinosaur clade Theropoda. Dinosaurs live!
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Little blue heron (Egretta caerulea), breeding plumage. A small heron of both marine and freshwater habitats found throughout the Americas. photo: amaw, flickr.
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Sacred kingfisher (Todiramphus sanctus), a woodland and valley kingfisher of Australia, New Zealand, and other parts of the western Pacific. photo: Ruben Giron.
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Sedge Warbler
Sedge warbler (Acrocephalus schoenobaenus),a migratoryOld World warbler. It breeds in Europe and Asia, wintering in Africa. photo: Neale Smith.
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Red-breasted flycatcher (Ficedula parva) is a migratory Old World flycatcher of eastern Europe and Central Asia, wintering in south Asia. credit: Chandrakala Rathnam, Twitter.
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Striated laughingthrush (Grammatoptila striatus) is a passerine bird of forests in northern temperate India and nearby countries. credit: Chandrakala Rathnam, Twitter.
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Vernal hanging parrot (Loriculus vernalis), a small parrot of India and southeast Asia. credit: Chandrakala Rathnam, Twitter.
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Streaked Spiderhunter (Arachnothera magna) is a small nectar-eating bird of South and Southeast Asia. photo: Sandeep Chakraborty on Twitter.
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Cuban Gnatcatcher (Polioptila lembeyei). A tiny insectivore endemic to Cuba. photo: Luis Segura.
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Red-tailed comet (Sappho sparganurus). A relatively large hummingbird, adaptable to varied habitats within its range in Chile, Peru, Argentina, and Bolivia.
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Whiskered Treeswift (Hemiprocne comata). A crested swift of Southeast Asia. photo: mahi mahi 163.
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Cinnamon Hummingbird (Amazilia rutila). A hummingbird of Mexico and Central America. photo: Antonio Hidalgo.
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Black-throated Bushtit (Aegithalos concinnus). A very small Asian long-tailed tit. photo: Howard Tseng.
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Stresemann's rosefinch (Carpodacus eos). Found in China and Thailand. photo: Paul Jones.
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Blue Whistling Thrush (Myophonus caeruleus). A colorful sexually monomorphic (this may be a female) thrush of the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia. photo: Somchai Kanchanasut.