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Anseriformes ducks, geese and swans

Galliformes quail, pheasants, grouse, and turkeys

Podicipediformes grebes

Columbiformes pigeons and doves

Cuculiformes cuckoos and roadrunners

Caprimulgiformes Nightjars

Apodiformes hummingbirds, swifts

Gruiformes cranes, rails and coots

Charadriiformes plovers, oystercatchers, avocets and stilts, sandpipers, gulls, terns and skimmers

Gaviiformes loons

Ciconiiformes storks

Suliformes boobies and gannets, cormorants

Pelecaniformes pelicans, herons, ibis and spoonbills

Cathartiformes vultures and condors

Accipitriformes osprey, hawks and eagles

Strigiformes typical owls, barn owls

Trogoniformes trogons

Coraciiformes kingfishers

Piciformes woodpeckers

Falconiformes falcons

Passeriformes flycatchers, jays, crows and magpies, swallows, chickadees, bushtit, nuthatches, wrens, bulbuls thrushes, starlings, warblers, sparrows, tanagers and cardinals, meadowlarks, blackbirds and orioles, finches, waxbills

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