AVES

Birds

Record a sighting Alerts
Name source
Australian Faunal Directory
Rank
class
Data links
LSID
JSON / WMS/ RDF

Life Science Identifier (LSID):

urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:5ed80139-31bb-48a8-9f57-42d8015dacbb

LSIDs are persistent, location-independent,resource identifiers for uniquely naming biologically significant resources including species names, concepts, occurrences, genes or proteins, or data objects that encode information about them. To put it simply, LSIDs are a way to identify and locate pieces of biological information on the web.

Data Links

JSON

For a JSON view of this data, click here

WMS

To use WMS services, copy and paste the following GetCapabilities URL into your OGC client (e.g. uDIG, ESRI ArcGIS)
http://biocache.ala.org.au/ws/ogc/ows?q=class:AVES
For higher taxa, this will give you a hierarchical listing of layers for each taxon.

RDF

To download an RDF/XML document for the concepts and names click here
A JSON view of this information is here here
A html view of this information is here here

Further details

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For more details on names webservices, click here

Species presence

 Recorded In Australia

Occurrence records map

occurrence map map legend

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Online resources

Names and sources

Accepted name Source
AVES

Common Names

Common name Source
Birds
Is this a preferred common name for this class? YES | NO

Working classification

kingdom
ANIMALIA
phylum
CHORDATA
subphylum
VERTEBRATA
suprageneric
GNATHOSTOMATA
class
AVES  Recorded in Australia
order
ANSERIFORMES: Ducks, Geese, Swans, And Relatives  Recorded in Australia
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APODIFORMES: Hummingbirds And Swifts  Recorded in Australia
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CAPRIMULGIFORMES  Recorded in Australia
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CHARADRIIFORMES  Recorded in Australia
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CICONIIFORMES: Pelicans, Tropicbirds, Cormorants, And Relatives  Recorded in Australia
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COLUMBIFORMES: Doves  Recorded in Australia
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CORACIIFORMES: Kingfishers  Recorded in Australia
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CUCULIFORMES: Cuckoos  Recorded in Australia
order
Craciformes  [inferred placement]
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FALCONIFORMES  Recorded in Australia
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GALLIFORMES: Fowls  Recorded in Australia
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GRUIFORMES: Cranes  Recorded in Australia
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PASSERIFORMES: Perching Birds  Recorded in Australia
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PELECANIFORMES  Recorded in Australia
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PHOENICOPTERIFORMES  Recorded in Australia
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PODICIPEDIFORMES  Recorded in Australia
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PROCELLARIIFORMES  Recorded in Australia
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PSITTACIFORMES: Parrots  Recorded in Australia
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Piciformes  [inferred placement]
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SPHENISCIFORMES  Recorded in Australia
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STRIGIFORMES: Owls  Recorded in Australia
order
STRUTHIONIFORMES: Ostriches  Recorded in Australia
order
TURNICIFORMES  Recorded in Australia
order
Upupiformes  [inferred placement]
unranked
Aerodramus fuciphagus: Edible-nest Swiftlet  Recorded in Australia
unranked
Aerodramuss francicus  Recorded in Australia
unranked
Ardea rectirostris  Recorded in Australia
unranked
Carbo ater  Recorded in Australia
unranked
Malurus galactotes  Recorded in Australia
unranked
Philemon diemenensis: New Caledonian Friarbird  Recorded in Australia
unranked
Polophilus leucogaster  Recorded in Australia
unranked
Psittacus auriceps  Recorded in Australia
unranked
Psittacus erythronotus  Recorded in Australia
unranked
Psittacus fieldii  Recorded in Australia
unranked
Psittacus geoffroyi  Recorded in Australia
unranked
Psittacus jonquillaceus  Recorded in Australia
unranked
Psittacus personatus  Recorded in Australia
unranked
Psittacus tabuanus  Recorded in Australia
unranked
Stictocarbo magellanicus  Recorded in Australia
unranked
Tanysiptera galatea: Galatea Paradise Kingfisher  Recorded in Australia
unranked
Trichoglossus haematodus capistratus  Recorded in Australia

Occurrence records

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Charts showing breakdown of occurrence records

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Name references found in the Biodiversity Heritage Library

Name references found in the TROVE - NLA