Why are there birds on the reptiles page?
Overwhelming physical, fossil, and molecular evidence has now convincingly established that birds, as a group, fall within the group Reptilia. Birds are the closest living relatives of crocodiles, which are traditionally included in Reptilia, so birds fall within that group as well. Please see our information on Reptilia for more information relevant to this debate, and our details on how animals are classified.
Because we have more pictures of birds than of reptiles (a function mainly of their popularity with people), these pictures seem to be weighted towards birds.
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Sri Lanka frogmouth Batrachostomus moniliger |
Philippine frogmouth Batrachostomus septimus |
Philippine frogmouth Batrachostomus septimus |
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Gould's frogmouth Batrachostomus stellatus |
black-and-white shrike-flycatcher Bias musicus |
Gaboon viper Bitis gabonica |
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Gaboon viper Bitis gabonica |
musk duck Biziura lobata |
boa constrictor Boa constrictor |
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boa constrictor Boa constrictor |
boa constrictor Boa constrictor |
boa constrictor Boa constrictor |
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brown tree snake Boiga irregularis |
brown tree snake Boiga irregularis |
brown tree snake Boiga irregularis |
