Types of birds of the World

What are birds? The animals with feathers, most of them can fly, but some lost this ability. There are 44 orders of birds. Each order includes families. The largest order is Passeriformes (Perching Birds) - 148 families and 6773 species (~60% of all kinds of birds).

• Seriemas / Cariamiformes Seriemas

  

  How many bird species are there in order Seriemas / Cariamiformes? There are 2 species, 2 genera and 1 family in Seriemas / Cariamiformes birds group.

• Falcons / Falconiformes Falcons

  

  65 species, 12 genera and 1 family - the Falcons / Falconiformes.

• Parrots / Psittaciformes Parrots

  

  How many bird species are there in order Parrots / Psittaciformes? There are 406 species, 100 genera and 4 families in Parrots / Psittaciformes birds group.

• Perching birds / Passeriformes Perching birds

  

  Families of Perching birds / Passeriformes birds includes 6773 species, 1373 genera and 148 families.