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 sounds of birds than of reptiles (a function mainly of their popularity with people), these sounds seem to be weighted towards birds.
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great blue heron Ardea herodias |
great blue heron Ardea herodias |
orange-billed sparrow Arremon aurantiirostris |
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black-striped sparrow Arremonops conirostris |
black-striped sparrow Arremonops conirostris |
black-striped sparrow Arremonops conirostris |
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gray hawk Asturina nitida |
bright-rumped attila Attila spadiceus |
bright-rumped attila Attila spadiceus |
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emerald toucanet Aulacorhynchus prasinus |
emerald toucanet Aulacorhynchus prasinus |
emerald toucanet Aulacorhynchus prasinus |
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verdin Auriparus flaviceps |
verdin Auriparus flaviceps |
verdin Auriparus flaviceps |
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