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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red-tailed hawk Buteo jamaicensis |
common black-hawk Buteogallus anthracinus |
green heron Butorides virescens |
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green heron Butorides virescens |
scarlet-rumped cacique Cacicus uropygialis |
scarlet-rumped cacique Cacicus uropygialis |
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scarlet-rumped cacique Cacicus uropygialis |
Muscovy duck Cairina moschata |
pectoral sandpiper Calidris melanotos |
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California quail Callipepla californica |
Gambel's quail Callipepla gambelii |
Gambel's quail Callipepla gambelii |
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Gambel's quail Callipepla gambelii |
Gambel's quail Callipepla gambelii |
Gambel's quail Callipepla gambelii |
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