Craciformes

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  Gruiformes

  The polyphyletic order Gruiformes contains a considerable number of living and extinct bird families with little in common. They are morphologically diverse and geographically widespread. Gruiform means "crane-like." Traditionally, a number of wading and terrestrial bird families that did not seem...
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  Galliformes

  Galliformes are an order of birds containing turkeys, grouse, chickens, quails, and pheasants. Common names are gamefowl or gamebirds, landfowl, gallinaceous birds or galliforms. "Wildfowl" or just "fowl" are also often used for Galliformes, but usually these terms also refer to waterfowl ...
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  Falconiformes

  The order Falconiformes is a group of about 290 species of birds that comprises the diurnal birds of prey. Raptor classification is difficult and the order is treated in several ways. Traditionally, all the raptors are grouped into four families in this single order. However, in Europe, it has...
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  Penguin

  Spheniscidae is the main biological family in the Penguin order.

• Trochiliformes

  In the Sibley-Ahlquist taxonomy, Apodiformes is raised to a superorder Apodimorphae in which hummingbirds are separated as a new order, Trochiliformes, but this was refuted by subsequent research. Hermits and Hummingbirds

• Upupiformes

  Hoopoes and Scimitarbill. In the Sibley-Ahlquist taxonomy, the Hoopoe is separated from the Coraciiformes as a separate order, the Upupiformes.