Aves in the 10th edition of Systema Naturae

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In the 10th edition of Systema Naturae, Carl Linnaeus listed the 564 species of bird from around the world which were known to him at the time.[1] There are now believed to be around 10,000 extant species.[2][3] Linnaeus described the class Aves as:[4]

A beautiful and cheerful portion of created nature consisting of animals having a body covered with feathers and down; protracted and naked jaws (the beak), two wings formed for flight, and two feet. They are areal, vocal, swift and light, and destitute of external ears, lips, teeth, scrotum, womb, bladder, epiglottis, corpus callosum and its arch, and diaphragm.

Linnaean Characteristics [4]

  • Heart: 2 auricles, 2 ventricles. Warm, dark red blood
  • Lungs: respires alternately
  • Jaw: incombent, naked, extended, without teeth
  • Eggs: covered with a calcareous shell
  • Organs of Sense: tongue, nostrils, eyes, and ears without auricles
  • Covering: incumbent, imbricate feathers
  • Supports: 2 feet, 2 wings; and a heart-shaped rump. Flies in the Air & Sings

Linnaeus divided the birds based upon the characters of the bill and feet.[5]

Accipitres

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The turkey vulture was named Vultur aura in 1758.
Vultur (vultures & condors)
The swallow-tailed kite was named Falco forficatus in 1758.
The snowy owl was named Strix scandiaca and Strix nyctea in 1758.
Falco (falcons, eagles, & kin)
Strix (owls)
Lanius (shrikes)

Picae

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The African grey parrot, Psittacus erithacus, is the only species to remain in the genus Psittacus.
Psittacus (parrots)
Ramphastos (toucans[12]
Buceros (hornbills)
Crotophaga (anis)
The common raven was named Corvus corax in 1758.
Corvus (crows & ravens)
Coracias (rollers & orioles)
The common hill myna was named Gracula religiosa in 1758.
Gracula (mynas)
Paradisea (birds-of-paradise)
The yellow-billed cuckoo was named Cuculus americanus in 1758.
Cuculus (cuckoos)
Jynx (wrynecks)
Picus (woodpeckers)
The Eurasian nuthatch was named Sitta europaea in 1758.
Sitta (nuthatches)
Alcedo (kingfishers)
Merops (bee-eaters)
The Hoopoe, Upupa epops, is now the only species in the genus Upupa and the family Upupidae.
Upupa (hoopoes)
Certhia (treecreepers)
The ruby-throated hummingbird was named Trochilus colubris in 1758.
Trochilus (hummingbirds)

Anseres

The king eider was named Anas spectabilis in 1758.
The Eurasian wigeon was named Anas penelope in 1758.
Anas (ducks, geese, & swans)
Mergus (mergansers)
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The little auk was named Alca alle in 1758.
Alca (auks)
Procellaria (petrels)
The African penguin was named Diomedea demersus in 1758.
Diomedea (albatrosses & penguins)
Pelecanus (pelicans & kin)
Phaethon (tropicbirds)
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The horned grebe, or Slavonian grebe, was named Colymbus auritus in 1758.
Colymbus (grebes & loons)[Note 1]
Larus (gulls)
Sterna (terns)
Rhyncops (skimmers)

Grallae

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The American flamingo was named Phoenicopterus ruber in 1758.
Phoenicopterus (flamingoes)
Platalea (spoonbills)
Mycteria (storks)
Tantalus
  • Tantalus loculator – the "wood ibis", a synonym for the wood stork [18]
Ardea (herons, cranes & kin)
Scolopax (godwits, ibises & kin)
File:Bar-Tailed Godwit on Tundra.jpg
The bar-tailed godwit was named Scolopax lapponica in 1758.
Tringa (phalaropes and sandpipers)
The ruff (shown here in breeding plumage) was named Tringa pugnax in 1758.
Charadrius (plovers)
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The European golden plover was named Charadrius apricarius and Charadrius pluvialis in 1758.
Recurvirostra (avocets)
Haematopus (oystercatchers)
Fulica (coots & kin)
Rallus (rails)
Psophia (trumpeters)
Otis (bustards)
Struthio (ratites)

Gallinae

Pavo (peafowl)
Meleagris (turkeys)
Crax (curassows)
Phasianus (pheasants & chickens)
Tetrao (grouse & kin)

Passeres

Columba (pigeons & doves)
Alauda (larks & pipits)
Sturnus (starlings)
Turdus (thrushes & kin)
Loxia (cardinals, bullfinches & kin)
Emberiza (buntings)
Fringilla (finches & kin)
Motacilla (wagtails)
Parus (tits & manakins)
Hirundo (swallows & swifts)
Caprimulgus (nightjars)

Notes

  1. The genus Colymbus was mis-spelt "Columbus" in the list of bird genera on p. 84, but appears as Colymbus elsewhere.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Linnaeus mixed the two species Turdus iliacus and Turdus musicus in the 10th edition of Systema Naturae. Under Turdus iliacus, he gave a description of the song thrush, but cited references referring to the redwing; under Turdus musicus, he gave a description of the redwing, but cited referenced referring to the song thrush. The confusion was partly clarified in the 1766 12th edition. The name Turdus musicus was suppressed after a 1957 appeal to the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature by Ernst Mayr and Charles Vaurie.[25]

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