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ORDER SULIFORMES Frigatebirds Family Fregatidae Ascension Frigatebird Fregata aquila AO se Christmas Frigatebird Fregata andrewsi IO ne Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens AO, PO Caribbean, e Pacific Great Frigatebird Fregata minor TrO widespread Lesser Frigatebird Fregata ariel TrO widespread Gannets, Boobies Family Sulidae Northern Gannet Morus bassanus AO n Cape Gannet Morus capensis AF s coasts Australasian Gannet Morus serrator AU Australia, New Zealand Abbott's Booby Papasula abbotti IO ne Blue-footed Booby Sula nebouxii PO ec Peruvian Booby Sula variegata SA w coast Masked Booby Sula dactylatra TrO widespread Nazca Booby Sula granti PO ec Red-footed Booby Sula sula TrO widespread Brown Booby Sula leucogaster TrO widespread Cormorants, shags Family Phalacrocoracidae Little Pied Cormorant Microcarbo melanoleucos AU widespread Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus AF widespread Crowned Cormorant Microcarbo coronatus AF sw coast Little Cormorant Microcarbo niger OR widespread Pygmy Cormorant Microcarbo pygmeus EU se Europe Red-legged Cormorant Phalacrocorax gaimardi SA w coast Flightless Cormorant Phalacrocorax harrisi SA Galápagos Islands Bank Cormorant Phalacrocorax neglectus AF sw coast Spotted Shag Phalacrocorax punctatus AU New Zealand Pitt Shag Phalacrocorax featherstoni AU Chatham Islands Brandt's Cormorant Phalacrocorax penicillatus NA w coast Pelagic Cormorant Phalacrocorax pelagicus PO n coasts Red-faced Cormorant Phalacrocorax urile PO n coasts Neotropic Cormorant Phalacrocorax brasilianus LA widespread,also s USA Double-crested Cormorant Phalacrocorax auritus NA, MA widespread European Shag Phalacrocorax aristotelis EU w coasts, also n AF Black-faced Cormorant Phalacrocorax fuscescens AU s Australian coast Indian Cormorant Phalacrocorax fuscicollis OR India, Southeast Asia Little Black Cormorant Phalacrocorax sulcirostris AU also to Indonesia Australian Pied Cormorant Phalacrocorax varius AU Australia, New Zealand Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo EU, AU, OR also ne NA, n AF White-breasted Cormorant Phalacrocorax lucidus AF w, s, e Japanese Cormorant Phalacrocorax capillatus EU e Cape Cormorant Phalacrocorax capensis AF s coasts Socotra Cormorant Phalacrocorax nigrogularis EU Persian Gulf Rock Shag Phalacrocorax magellanicus SA s coasts Guanay Cormorant Leucocarbo bougainvillii SA w coast Imperial Shag Leucocarbo atriceps AN, SA coasts, also Heard I, Shetland Is King Shag Leucocarbo albiventer SA s SA, Falklands, Marion, Crozet, Prince Edward, and Macquarie Is. Kerguelen Shag Leucocarbo verrucosus IO Kerguelen Islands Rough-faced Shag Leucocarbo carunculatus AU New Zealand, South Island Bronze Shag Leucocarbo chalconotus AU New Zealand, Stewart Island Chatham Shag Leucocarbo onslowi AU Chatham Islands Campbell Shag Leucocarbo campbelli AU Campbell Island Auckland Shag Leucocarbo colensoi AU Auckland Islands Bounty Shag Leucocarbo ranfurlyi AU Bounty Island Anhingas, darters Family Anhingidae Oriental Darter Anhinga melanogaster OR Pakistan to se Asia through Greater Sundas, Sulawesi and Philippines. African Darter Anhinga rufa AF Subsaharan Africa, Madagascar, Iraq Australasian Darter Anhinga novaehollandiae AU New Guinea, Australia Anhinga Anhinga anhinga NA, LA ORDER ACCIPITRIFORMES New World Vultures Family Cathartidae Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura NA, LA widespread Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture Cathartes burrovianus LA e Mexico to n Argentina Greater Yellow-headed Vulture Cathartes melambrotus SA Amazonia Black Vulture Coragyps atratus NA, LA widespread King Vulture Sarcoramphus papa LA Mexico to n Argentina California Condor Gymnogyps californianus NA w USA Andean Condor Vultur gryphus SA Venezuela to s Chile & Argentina Secretarybird Family Sagittariidae Secretarybird Sagittarius serpentarius AF widespread Ospreys Family Pandionidae Western Osprey Pandion haliaetus Worldwide widespread,except AU and Sulawesi Eastern Osprey Pandion cristatus AU Sulawesi to Australasia, Solomon Is, New Caledonia Kites, Hawks & Eagles Family Accipitridae African Cuckoo-Hawk Aviceda cuculoides AF w, c, sc, se Madagascar Cuckoo-Hawk Aviceda madagascariensis AF Madagascar
Jerdon's Baza Aviceda jerdoni OR widespread Pacific Baza Aviceda subcristata AU widespread Black Baza Aviceda leuphotes OR widespread Grey-headed Kite Leptodon cayanensis LA ec Mexico to n Argentina White-collared Kite Leptodon forbesi SA ne Brazil Hook-billed Kite Chondrohierax uncinatus NA, LA s Texas to n Argentina Cuban Kite Chondrohierax wilsonii NA e Cuba Long-tailed Honey Buzzard Henicopernis longicauda AU New Guinea Black Honey Buzzard Henicopernis infuscatus AU New Britain European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus EU w AF Crested Honey Buzzard Pernis ptilorhynchus EU, OR e EU, widespread OR Barred Honey Buzzard Pernis celebensis AU Sulawesi Philippine Honey Buzzard Pernis steerei OR Philippines Square-tailed Kite Lophoictinia isura AU Australia Black-breasted Buzzard Hamirostra melanosternon AU Australia Swallow-tailed Kite Elanoides forficatus NA, LA s USA to ne Argentina Bat Hawk Macheiramphus alcinus AF, OR widespread in AF, Burma to Borneo Pearl Kite Gampsonyx swainsonii SA n, Amazonia, also w Nicaragua Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus AF, OR widespread Black-shouldered Kite Elanus axillaris AU Australia White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus NA, LA s, w USA to c Argentina Letter-winged Kite Elanus scriptus AU Australia Scissor-tailed Kite Chelictinia riocourii AF e, c, w Snail Kite Rostrhamus sociabilis NA, LA s Florida & Caribbean to ne Argentina Slender-billed Kite Helicolestes hamatus LA e Panama through Amazonia Double-toothed Kite Harpagus bidentatus LA e Mexico to se Brazil Rufous-thighed Kite Harpagus diodon SA e Amazonia, se SA Mississippi Kite Ictinia mississippiensis NA se, c sc SA Plumbeous Kite Ictinia plumbea LA ne Mexico to n Argentina Red Kite Milvus milvus EU Europe Black Kite Milvus migrans EU, AF, OR, AU widespread Whistling Kite Haliastur sphenurus AU widespread Brahminy Kite Haliastur indus OR, AU Pakistan to n Australia White-bellied Sea Eagle Haliaeetus leucogaster OR, AU India to Tasmania Sanford's Sea Eagle Haliaeetus sanfordi AU Solomon Islands African Fish Eagle Haliaeetus vocifer AF widespread Madagascar Fish Eagle Haliaeetus vociferoides AF Madagascar Pallas's Fish Eagle Haliaeetus leucoryphus EU c, also n India White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla EU widespread Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus NA widespread, also nw Mexico Steller's Sea Eagle Haliaeetus pelagicus EU ne Lesser Fish Eagle Icthyophaga humilis OR widespread Grey-headed Fish Eagle Icthyophaga ichthyaetus OR widespread Palm-nut Vulture Gypohierax angolensis AF w, c, sc, se Bearded Vulture Gypaetus barbatus AF, EU n, e, s AF; c, sw Asia Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus AF, EU, OR w AF to India, s Spain to c Asia Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus AF widespread White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus AF widespread White-rumped Vulture Gyps bengalensis OR Iran through Southeast Asia Indian Vulture Gyps indicus OR se Pakistan, s India Slender-billed Vulture Gyps tenuirostris OR Himalayas through Southeast Asia Rüppell's Vulture Gyps rueppellii AF e, c, w Himalayan Vulture Gyps himalayensis OR Himalayas Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus AF, EU n AF, sw EU, also n India Cape Vulture Gyps coprotheres AF s Red-headed Vulture Sarcogyps calvus OR widespread White-headed Vulture Trigonoceps occipitalis AF widespread Cinereous Vulture Aegypius monachus EU sw, c n AF, India, China Lappet-faced Vulture Torgos tracheliotus AF widespread, also Arabian Peninsula Short-toed Snake Eagle Circaetus gallicus EU, OR w,c EU, India e, c, w AF Beaudouin's Snake Eagle Circaetus beaudouini AF c, w Black-chested Snake Eagle Circaetus pectoralis AF e, sc, s Brown Snake Eagle Circaetus cinereus AF widespread Southern Banded Snake Eagle Circaetus fasciolatus AF s, se Western Banded Snake Eagle Circaetus cinerascens AF w, c, e, sc Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus AF widespread Crested Serpent Eagle Spilornis cheela OR widespread, including one form on Great Nicobar Is (P Rasmussen) Central Nicobar Serpent Eagle Spilornis minimus OR c Nicobar Islands Great Nicobar Serpent Eagle Spilornis klossi OR Great Nicobar Island Mountain Serpent Eagle Spilornis kinabaluensis OR Borneo Sulawesi Serpent Eagle Spilornis rufipectus OR Sulawesi Philippine Serpent Eagle Spilornis holospilus OR Philippines Andaman Serpent Eagle Spilornis elgini OR Andaman Islands Congo Serpent Eagle Dryotriorchis spectabilis AF w, c Madagascar Serpent Eagle Eutriorchis astur AF Madagascar Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus EU w, wc AF, India Eastern Marsh Harrier Circus spilonotus EU e e OR Papuan Harrier Circus spilothorax AU c, e New Guinea Swamp Harrier Circus approximans AU widespread African Marsh Harrier Circus ranivorus AF e, s Reunion Harrier Circus maillardi AF La Réunion Malagasy Harrier Circus macrosceles AF Madagascar, Comoro Is Long-winged Harrier Circus buffoni SA n, ec, se Spotted Harrier Circus assimilis AU widespread
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Page 3 and 4: Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagri
Page 5 and 6: Red Spurfowl Galloperdix spadicea O
Page 7 and 8: Chestnut Teal Anas castanea AU Aust
Page 9 and 10: Tahiti Petrel Pseudobulweria rostra
Page 11: Forest Bittern Zonerodius heliosylu
Page 15 and 16: Common Black Hawk Buteogallus anthr
Page 17 and 18: Savile's Bustard Lophotis savilei A
Page 19 and 20: Eurasian Coot Fulica atra EU, OR, A
Page 21 and 22: Hooded Dotterel Thinornis rubricoll
Page 23 and 24: Andean Gull Chroicocephalus serranu
Page 25 and 26: Eastern Bronze-naped Pigeon Columba
Page 27 and 28: Ashy-headed Green Pigeon Treron pha
Page 29 and 30: Yellow-throated Hanging Parrot Lori
Page 31 and 32: Hyacinth Macaw Anodorhynchus hyacin
Page 33 and 34: ORDER OPISTHOCOMIFORMES Hoatzin Fam
Page 35 and 36: Black Cuckoo Cuculus clamosus AF wi
Page 37 and 38: Cloud-forest Pygmy Owl Glaucidium n
Page 39 and 40: Montane Nightjar Caprimulgus polioc
Page 41 and 42: Koepcke's Hermit Phaethornis koepck
Page 43 and 44: Green-breasted Mountaingem Lamporni
Page 45 and 46: White-tipped Quetzal Pharomachrus f
Page 47 and 48: Puerto Rican Tody Todus mexicanus N
Page 49 and 50: Semicollared Puffbird Malacoptila s
Page 51 and 52: Zenker's Honeyguide Melignomon zenk
Page 53 and 54: Black-necked Woodpecker Colaptes at
Page 55 and 56: Stout-billed Cinclodes Cinclodes ex
Page 57 and 58: Guttulate Foliage-gleaner Syndactyl
Page 59 and 60: White-streaked Antvireo Dysithamnus
Page 61 and 62: Rufous-capped Antthrush Formicarius
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Yellow-bellied Elaenia Elaenia flav
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Rusty-fronted Tody-Flycatcher Poeci
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Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher Myiodyna
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Yellow-crested Manakin Heterocercus
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Streak-breasted Honeyeater Meliphag
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Fernwren Oreoscopus gutturalis AU n
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Retz's Helmetshrike Prionops retzii
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Black Cicadabird Coracina melas AU
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Dwarf Vireo Vireo nelsoni MA sw Mex
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Blue Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphon
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Violet Crow Corvus violaceus AU Ser
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Palmchat Family Dulidae Palmchat Du
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Hume's Short-toed Lark Calandrella
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Chestnut Bulbul Hemixos castanonotu
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Chestnut-capped Flycatcher Erythroc
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Fan-tailed Grassbird Schoenicola br
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Chestnut-throated Apalis Apalis por
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White-chested Babbler Trichastoma r
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Asian Desert Warbler Sylvia nana EU
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Kikuyu White-eye Zosterops kikuyuen
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Yellow-billed Nuthatch Sitta solang
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Sharpe's Starling Poeoptera sharpii
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Ecuadorian Thrush Turdus maculirost
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Mountain Wheatear Oenanthe monticol
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Rufous-throated Dipper Cinclus schu
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Malagasy Green Sunbird Cinnyris not
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Cardinal Quelea Quelea cardinalis A
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Timor Sparrow Lonchura fuscata AU L
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Oriole Finch Linurgus olivaceus AF
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Flame-throated Warbler Oreothlypis
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Bullock's Oriole Icterus bullockii
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Prevost's Ground Sparrow Melozone b
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Purplish-mantled Tanager Iridosorni
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Cinereous Warbling Finch Poospiza c
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Ultramarine Grosbeak Cyanocompsa br
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