There are about 10,000 species of birds.

The types of birds (orders) are:

• Anseriformes (ducks, geese, screamers, swans, and waterfowl)
• Apodiformes (hummingbirds and swifts)
• Caprimulgiformes (nightbirds)
• Charadriiformes (shorebirds and relatives)
• Ciconiiformes (storks, herons, egrets, ibises, spoonbills, and relatives)
• Coliiformes (mousebirds and colies)
• Columbiformes (pigeons and doves)
• Coraciiformes (kingfishers)
• Craciformes (megapodes, curassows)
• Cuculiformes (cuckoos, hoatzin, relatives, and turacoss)
• Falconiformes (birds of prey)
• Galliformes (chickens, fowls)
• Gaviiformes (loons)
• Gruiformes (coots, cranes, and railss)
• Passeriformes (songbirds) – this order contains more than half of all bird species
• Pelecaniformes (pelicans and relatives)
• Phoenicopteriformes (flamingos)
• Piciformes (woodpeckers)
• Podicipediformes (grebess)
• Procellariiformes (tube-nosed seabirds)
• Psittaciformes (parrots)
• Sphenisciformes (penguin)
• Strigiformes (owls)
• Struthioniformes (emus, kiwis, cassowaires, ostriches, and rheas)
• Tinamiformes (tinamous)
• Trogoniformes (trogons)
• Turniciformes (buttonquail)