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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broad-winged hawk Buteo platypterus |
broad-winged hawk Buteo platypterus |
red-backed hawk Buteo polyosoma |
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red-backed hawk Buteo polyosoma |
red-backed hawk Buteo polyosoma |
ferruginous hawk Buteo regalis |
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ferruginous hawk Buteo regalis |
ferruginous hawk Buteo regalis |
Swainson's hawk Buteo swainsoni |
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Swainson's hawk Buteo swainsoni |
Swainson's hawk Buteo swainsoni |
common black-hawk Buteogallus anthracinus |
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striated heron Butorides striata |
lava heron Butorides sundevalli |
green heron Butorides virescens |
