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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red-wattled lapwing Vanellus indicus |
yellow-wattled lapwing Vanellus malabaricus |
yellow-wattled lapwing Vanellus malabaricus |
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spur-winged plover Vanellus spinosus |
spur-winged plover Vanellus spinosus |
spur-winged plover Vanellus spinosus |
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spur-winged plover Vanellus spinosus |
spur-winged plover Vanellus spinosus |
northern lapwing Vanellus vanellus |
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hook-billed vanga Vanga curvirostris |
Vanzosaura rubricauda
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Bengal monitor Varanus bengalensis |
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Bengal monitor Varanus bengalensis |
short-tailed monitor Varanus brevicauda |
Varanus caudolineatus
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