Bird Types
A Quick Glance At The Different Bird Types
There are countless bird types, more than you may ever be aware of within your lifetime. It is thought that across the world, at least one previously undocumented bird types is discovered every day. Known to the world to, there is not an exact number of bird types available. Strange, I know, with today’s modern methods and scientific outreaches, but there are a few figures which seem generally solid and will give you a pretty good idea of the vastness that is the bird world. The sound estimate for bird subspecies, which is the combined total of each species of each genus and all of the types therein, is 9,800 to 10,300. These numbers may seem rough, and they are a bit jagged around the edges, but with a solid 200 plus newly discovered species or subspecies added to the tally each year, you can bet that your interest in the wide world of bird types will be fueled for the rest of our time on earth.
The total number of bird super families is around 160, but this number is merely used to break each of the bird types into similar characteristic groups. These defining traits may include such prerequisites as webbed feet, crested heads, or whether the bird is an herbivore, omnivore, carnivore, or scavenger. Size rarely has anything to do with a bird types ranking in the genus, or family, of its origin. There are pint sized hawks who are directly affiliated with the mighty and formidable bald eagle who, incidentally, could swallow the tiny hawk whole without missing a wing beat. The huge, horribly unattractive and necessary vulture shares a seat in his family with the intelligent crow, who is also a scavenger though rarely considered with such disgust.
The bird types which make up the songbird family are vast, one of the only 63 families of birds which has over 100 species. And from these one hundred plus species, there are an estimated three thousand subspecies in total across the world. The nightingale, or mockingbird, falls into this family, as well as the magpie. These bird types are prone to seasonal migration, though some may stay put if the seasons in their habitat of choice allow for year round feeding opportunities. The robin is also a migratory bird who falls into the perching bird family. There are water fowl, there are shore birds, stick legged flamingoes and pelicans and herons. The lists go on and on, almost as far as your imagination can carry you. There are birds who are indigenes to the marshes and swamp lands, and those who can not fly at all, such as the penguin and the domesticated chicken.