The Aviary
A birding room. Every sheet has the field marks that clinch an identification, the song written out and recorded, the look-alikes and how to separate them, and where and when to go. 254 birds have full sheets; the rest of the world's eleven thousand are in the open stacks.
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Perching birds & songbirds Passeriformes
15
NL·0587 · Panuridae
Bearded reedling
Panurus biarmicus
NL·0416 · Dicruridae
Black drongo
Dicrurus macrocercus
NL·0575 · Oriolidae
Black-naped oriole
Oriolus chinensis
NL·0377 · Corvidae
Common raven
Corvus corax
NL·0359 · Cisticolidae
Common tailorbird
Orthotomus sutorius
NL·0380 · Corvidae
Eurasian jay
Garrulus glandarius
NL·0336 · Cettiidae
Japanese bush warbler
Horornis diphone
NL·0508 · Laniidae
Long-tailed shrike
Lanius schach
NL·0241 · Aegithalidae
Long-tailed tit
Aegithalos caudatus
NL·0544 · Muscicapidae
Oriental magpie-robin
Copsychus saularis
NL·0383 · Corvidae
Red-billed blue magpie
Urocissa erythroryncha
NL·0382 · Corvidae
Red-billed chough
Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax
NL·0752 · Tichodromidae
Wallcreeper
Tichodroma muraria
NL·0790 · Zosteropidae
Warbling white-eye
Zosterops japonicus
NL·0358 · Cinclidae
White-throated dipper
Cinclus cinclus
Hawks, eagles & vultures Accipitriformes
7
NL·0219 · Accipitridae
Bearded vulture (Lammergeier)
Gypaetus barbatus
NL·0228 · Accipitridae
Black kite
Milvus migrans
NL·0213 · Accipitridae
Eurasian sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisus
NL·0216 · Accipitridae
Golden eagle
Aquila chrysaetos
NL·0233 · Accipitridae
Shikra
Tachyspiza badia
NL·0217 · Accipitridae
Steppe eagle
Aquila nipalensis
NL·0223 · Accipitridae
White-tailed eagle
Haliaeetus albicilla
Ducks, geese & swans Anseriformes
2
Swifts & hummingbirds Apodiformes
1
Hornbills & hoopoes Bucerotiformes
2
Shorebirds, gulls & auks Charadriiformes
5
Storks Ciconiiformes
1
Kingfishers, rollers & bee-eaters Coraciiformes
2
Cuckoos Cuculiformes
2
Falcons Falconiformes
2
Pheasants, grouse & fowl Galliformes
6
NL·0611 · Phasianidae
Black grouse
Lyrurus tetrix
NL·0604 · Phasianidae
Chukar partridge
Alectoris chukar
NL·0607 · Phasianidae
Golden pheasant
Chrysolophus pictus
NL·0615 · Phasianidae
Green peafowl
Pavo muticus
NL·0610 · Phasianidae
Himalayan monal
Lophophorus impejanus
NL·0608 · Phasianidae
Red junglefowl (and domestic chicken)
Gallus gallus
Cranes & rails Gruiformes
5
Bustards Otidiformes
2
Pelicans, herons & ibises Pelecaniformes
4
Woodpeckers, toucans & barbets Piciformes
2
Owls Strigiformes
3
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