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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Bohemian waxwing Bombycilla garrulus |
Bohemian waxwing Bombycilla garrulus |
ruffed grouse Bonasa umbellus |
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ruffed grouse Bonasa umbellus |
ruffed grouse Bonasa umbellus |
ruffed grouse Bonasa umbellus |
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ruffed grouse Bonasa umbellus |
ruffed grouse Bonasa umbellus |
ruffed grouse Bonasa umbellus |
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ruffed grouse Bonasa umbellus |
aurochs Bos taurus cattle egret Bubulcus ibis |
Hadada ibis Bostrychia hagedash |
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Hadada ibis Bostrychia hagedash |
American bittern Botaurus lentiginosus |
American bittern Botaurus lentiginosus |
