What are the four members of the bird family and what is a phylum?

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I need help with this really badly! Can you just name one if you dont know the other. Thanks!

Answer 1

Phylum:
One of the major divisions of the kingdoms of living things; the second-largest standard unit of biological classification.

Bird groups are organized by scientific classification, based upon their anatomical structure, geographic distribution, behavior, blood proteins, and a variety of other characteristics.

Birds, Class Aves, are arranged into groups called Orders (ending in-iformes); these are such groups as the ducks and geese, loons, hawks and eagles, hummingbirds, kingfishers and rollers, herons and egrets, and penguins. The largest group, Passeriformes, is the songbirds. In each order are Families, ending in -idae. In Gruiformes, the Cranes are in Gruidae and Rails in Rallidae. Finally, birds have scientific names, the genus and species, such as Cathartes aura (Turkey Vulture) and the American Robin, Turdus migratorius.

Bird Orders: Struthioniformes, Tinamiformes, Procellariiformes, Sphenisciformes, Gaviiformes, Podicipediformes, Pelecaniformes, Ciconiiformes, Phoenicopteriformes, Anseriformes, Galliformes, Falconiformes, Turniciformes, Mesitornithiformes, Gruiformes, Charadriiformes, Cuculiformes, Musophagiformes, Opisthocomiformes, Columbiformes, Psittaciformes, Strigiformes, Caprimulgiformes, Coliiformes, Apodiformes, Coraciiformes, Piciformes, Passeriformes

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Answer 2

Not sure WHAT you are asking....there are hundreds of bird families...not just four.