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LIST OF BIRDS TO LEARN FROM OUTSIDE NORTH AMERICA

The LOWEST taxonomic level you need to learn is followed by an asterix* for each species.

Picture
Common Name
Order
Family   
Species   
Range
euphonia
Blue-hooded Euphonia   
Passeriformes   
Fringilidae*   
Euphonia jamaica   
Jamaica
falcon
Bat Falcon
Falconiformes
Falconidae*
Falco rufigularis   
Mexico to northern South America
sunbittern
Sunbittern   
Gruiformes*   
Eurypygidae    
Eurypyga helias   
Mexico to northern Brazil
shag
Imperial Shag
(King Cormorant)   
Pelecaniformes   
Phalacrocoracidae*   
Phalacrocorax atriceps   
Southern South American and sub-Antarctic Islands
wood rail
Grey-necked Wood Rail   
Gruiformes   
Rallidae*  
Aramides cajanea   
Central and South America
macaw
Blue and Gold Macaw*   
Psittaciformes   
Psittacidae   
Ara ararauna   
Panama to lowland Columbia
cuckoo
Indian Cuckoo   
Cuculiformes   
Cuculidae*   
Cuculus micropterus   
Southeast Asia (Nepal to Java)
motmot
Turquoise-browed Motmot   
Coraciiformes*   
Momotidae   
Eumomota superciliosa   
Mexico and Central America

mouse bird
White-bellied Go-away-bird  
Cuculiformes*   
Musophagidae   
Corythaixoides leucogaster   
Africa

golden pheasant
Golden Pheasant   
Galliformes   
Phasianidae*   
Chrysolophus pictus   
China
lapwing
Northern Lapwing   
Charadriiformes  
Charadriidae*   
Vanellus vanellus   
Temperate Europe and Asia
oropendula
Montezuma Oropendola   
Passeriformes   
Icteridae*   
Gymnostinops montezuma   
Southern Mexico to Ecuador and Brazil
trogon
Violaceous Trogon*   
Trogoniformes  
Trogonidae   
Trogon violaceus               
Trinidad
tody
Jamaican Tody
Coraciiformes*   
Todidae   
Todus todus
Jamaica
cordon bleu
Cordon Bleu
Passeriformes*  
Estrildidae   
Uraeginthus cyanocephalus
Africa
swift
White-throated Swift
Apodiformes   
Apodidae*   
Aeronautes saxatalis
Western North America
scaled antpitta
Scaled Antpitta
Passeriformes*   
Formicariidae   
Grallaria guatimalensis
Trinidad
streamertail
Red-billed Streamertail
Apodiformes   
Trochilidae*   
Trochilus polytmus
Jamaica's National Bird
pompadour
Pompadour Pigeon
Columbiformes  
Columbidae*
Treron Pompadora
Southeast Asia