Slide 1BIRD CLASSIFICATION Slide 2 Slide 3 BIRDS Birds are classified as members of Class Aves. The major characteristics of this class are: Adaptations for flight Appendages…

Slide 1Bird Orders and Families of Lowland Southeastern Peru Slide 2 Order TINAMIFORMES Slide 3 Tinamou family TINAMIDAE 27 species in Perú Great Tinamou Tinamus major Slide…

1. This subclass is divided into 2superorders, Odontognathae, and Neognathae. 2. (from ratis, "raft", refe carinates (keeled)rring to the flatness of Can fly the…

Slide 1 Class Aves: Birds Slide 2  Evolved from small, carnivorous dinosaurs about 150 million years ago.  Oldest known bird fossils belong to the species named Archaeopteryx.…

Slide 1 Class Aves By Matt Glattstein & Nick Zorn Slide 2 Class Aves  Around 10,000 living species  Largest number of species out of all Tetrapods  Adaptations…

Phylum Chordate Subphylum Vertebrata Phylum Chordate Subphylum Vertebrata Class Aves: Birds Class Aves: Birds Evolved from small, carnivorous dinosaurs about 150 million…