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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white-backed woodpecker Dendrocopos leucotos |
white-backed woodpecker Dendrocopos leucotos |
great spotted woodpecker Dendrocopos major |
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great spotted woodpecker Dendrocopos major |
great spotted woodpecker Dendrocopos major |
great spotted woodpecker Dendrocopos major |
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great spotted woodpecker Dendrocopos major |
great spotted woodpecker Dendrocopos major |
West Indian whistling-duck Dendrocygna arborea |
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black-bellied whistling-duck Dendrocygna autumnalis |
black-bellied whistling-duck Dendrocygna autumnalis |
fulvous whistling-duck Dendrocygna bicolor |
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fulvous whistling-duck Dendrocygna bicolor |
fulvous whistling-duck Dendrocygna bicolor |
fulvous whistling-duck Dendrocygna bicolor |
