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Their oddly shaped beaks are specially adapted to separate mud and silt from the food they consume and, uniquely, are used upside-down. Flamingos filter-feed on shellfish and algae. Order: Phoenicopteriformes Family: Phoenicopteridaeįlamingos are gregarious wading birds, usually 3 to 5 feet (0.9 to 1.5 m) tall, found in both the Western and Eastern Hemispheres. In general, they are plump (although they vary in size) and have broad, relatively short wings. The Phasianidae are a family of terrestrial birds which consists of quails, partridges, snowcocks, francolins, spurfowls, tragopans, monals, pheasants, peafowls, and jungle fowls.

Northern bobwhite, Colinus virginianus (I).

The New World quails are small, plump terrestrial birds only distantly related to the quails of the Old World, but named for their similar appearance and habits. Order: Galliformes Family: Odontophoridae

Helmeted guineafowl, Numida meleagris (I).

Guineafowls are a group of African seed-eating, ground-nesting birds resembling partridges, but with featherless heads and spangled gray plumage.

Red-breasted merganser, Mergus serrator (A).

Hooded merganser, Lophodytes cucullatus (A).

Northern shoveler, Spatula clypeata (A).

Fulvous whistling-duck, Dendrocygna bicolor (A).

West Indian whistling-duck, Dendrocygna arborea.

Black-bellied whistling-duck, Dendrocygna autumnalis (A).

These birds are adapted to an aquatic existence with webbed feet, bills which are flattened to a greater or lesser extent, and feathers that are excellent at shedding water due to special oils. The Anatidae include the ducks and most duck-like waterfowl, such as geese and swans. 44 Vireos, shrike-babblers, and erpornis.(I) Introduced - a species introduced to Puerto Rico as a consequence, direct or indirect, of human actions.(Ex) Extirpated - a species that no longer occurs in Puerto Rico although populations exist elsewhere.(E) Endemic - a species endemic to Puerto Rico.(A) Accidental - a species that rarely or accidentally occurs in Puerto Rico.The following tags have been used to highlight several categories of occurrence: Common and scientific names are also those of the Check-list, except that the common names of families are from the Clements taxonomy because the AOS list does not include them. This list is presented in the taxonomic sequence of the Check-list of North and Middle American Birds, 7th edition through the 61st Supplement, published by the American Ornithological Society (AOS).

Around 120 species breed in Puerto Rico while the majority of the others overwinter in the archipelago. For example, a 2018 study on introduced Psittacidae on the island found at least 46 species present, of which 24% are only found in the pet trade (captivity), 48% have been observed in the wild (but are not known to be breeding), and 28% are established (naturalized) and know to have bred or are currently breeding. Individuals of many other species (mostly parrots, finches, and waxbills) are flying free, presumably after escaping or being released from captivity. Non-native species are common 40 listed here were introduced by humans. Of them, 198 are accidental, two have been extirpated, and one is believed to be extinct. The avifauna of Puerto Rico included a total of 376 species as of March 2021, according to Bird Checklists of the World. This is a list of the bird species recorded in the archipelago of Puerto Rico, which consists of the main island of Puerto Rico, two island municipalities off the east coast ( Vieques and Culebra), three uninhabited islands off the west coast ( Mona, Monito and Desecheo) and more than 125 smaller cays and islands.