![]() Swans are grouped with the closely related geese in the subfamily Anserinae where they form the tribe Cygnini. The swans’ closest relatives include the geese and ducks. Swans are birds of the family Anatidae within the genus Cygnus. Females and young birds are coloured pale brown and grey, and males have brighter black, white, and brown markings. It is a small bird that has a typical length of 16 cm and a mass of 24–39.5 g. The house sparrow is a bird of the sparrow family Passeridae, found in most parts of the world. They are most closely related to the terns and skimmers and only distantly related to auks, and even more distantly to waders. Gulls, or colloquially seagulls, are seabirds of the family Laridae in the suborder Lari. The raven has a heavier bill and shaggier plumage than the crow, especially around the throat. ![]() RavensĬlosely related, both ravens and crows are species of the genus Corvus. They are characterized by a long beak and a large throat pouch used for catching prey and draining water from the scooped-up contents before swallowing. Pelicans are a genus of large water birds that make up the family Pelecanidae. The Indian peafowl, also known as the common peafowl, and blue peafowl, is a peafowl species native to the Indian subcontinent. Parrots, also known as psittacines, are birds of the roughly 398 species in 92 genera comprising the order Psittaciformes, found mostly in tropical and subtropical regions. Owls are birds from the order Strigiformes, which includes over 200 species of mostly solitary and nocturnal birds of prey typified by an upright stance, a large, broad head, binocular vision, binaural hearing, sharp talons, and feathers adapted for silent flight. Ostriches are large flightless birds of the genus Struthio in the order Struthioniformes, part of the infra-class Palaeognathae, a diverse group of flightless birds also known as ratites that includes the emus, rheas, and kiwis. ![]() They have a cosmopolitan distribution, with most species found in the tropical regions of Africa, Asia, and Oceania, but also can be seen in Europe. Kingfishers are a family, the Alcedinidae, of small to medium-sized, brightly colored birds in the order Coraciiformes. With about 361 species and 113 genera, they occur from Alaska to Tierra del Fuego, but the vast majority of the species are found in the tropics around the equator. Hummingbirds are birds native to the Americas and comprise the biological family Trochilidae. Rooster or cock is a term for an adult male bird, and a younger male may be called a cockerel. The chicken is a domesticated junglefowl species with attributes of wild species such as the grey and the Ceylon junglefowl that are originally from Southeastern Asia. Some other birds, mostly related to the shelducks, have “goose” as part of their names. This group comprises the genera Anser and Branta. A goose is a bird of any of several waterfowl species in the family Anatidae. ![]()
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