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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plumbeous vireo Vireo plumbeus |
blue-black grassquit Volatinia jacarina |
blue-black grassquit Volatinia jacarina |
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blue-black grassquit Volatinia jacarina |
Wilson's warbler Wilsonia pusilla |
yellow-headed blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus |
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spotted woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus erythropygius |
buff-throated woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus guttatus |
white-winged dove Zenaida asiatica |
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white-winged dove Zenaida asiatica |
mourning dove Zenaida macroura |
mourning dove Zenaida macroura |
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white-throated sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis |
white-crowned sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys |
white-crowned sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys |
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