In this list of birds by common name, a total of 10,976
extant
Extant is the opposite of the word extinct. It may refer to:
* Extant hereditary titles
* Extant literature, surviving literature, such as ''Beowulf'', the oldest extant manuscript written in English
* Extant taxon, a taxon which is not extinct, ...
and recently extinct (since 1500)
bird
Birds are a group of warm-blooded vertebrates constituting the class Aves (), characterised by feathers, toothless beaked jaws, the laying of hard-shelled eggs, a high metabolic rate, a four-chambered heart, and a strong yet lightweigh ...
species are recognised. Species marked with a "†" are extinct.
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Quailfinch
The quailfinch (''Ortygospiza atricollis'') is a species of the estrildid finch. It is found in open grasslands in Africa. They are gregarious seed-eaters with short, thick, red bills. They are very terrestrial, with lark-like feet and claws.
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Quailfinch indigobird
The quailfinch indigobird (''Vidua nigeriae'') is a small songbird. It is a resident breeding bird in The Gambia, Nigeria and Cameroon. It occurs in isolated localities, especially on river flood plains.
It was formerly considered to be a subsp ...
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Quail-plover
The quail-plover, lark buttonquail or lark-plover (''Ortyxelos meiffrenii'') is a small ground-living bird in the buttonquail family Turnicidae that is found in the Sahel region of Africa and in a disjunct region of East Africa. It is the only sp ...
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Quebracho crested tinamou
The quebracho crested tinamou (''Eudromia formosa'') is a species of tinamou found in dry forest habitatsBirdLife International (2008) in Paraguay and northern Argentina in South America.Clements, J. (2007)
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Xantus's hummingbird
Xantus's hummingbird (''Basilinna xantusii''), previously known as the black-fronted hummingbird, is a species in the "emeralds", tribe Trochilini of subfamily Trochilinae. It is endemic to the Baja California Peninsula.HBW and BirdLife Intern ...
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Xavier's greenbul
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Xingu scale-backed antbird
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List of birds
This article lists living orders and families of birds. The links below should then lead to family accounts and hence to individual species.
The passerines (perching birds) alone account for well over 5,000 species. In total there are about 1 ...
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Birds
Birds are a group of warm-blooded vertebrates constituting the class Aves (), characterised by feathers, toothless beaked jaws, the laying of hard-shelled eggs, a high metabolic rate, a four-chambered heart, and a strong yet lightweigh ...