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VIRTUAL MUSEUM OF CAMPUS BIODIVERSITY

Approximately 150 species of birds, representing 16 orders and 46 families are known to occur on campus:

ORDER ANSERIFORMES (Ducks, Geese, Swans)

ORDER GALLIFORMES (Grouse, Pheasant, Quail)

ORDER PODICIPEDIFORMES (Grebes)

ORDER COLUMBIFORMES (Doves, Pigeons)

ORDER CAPRIMULGIFORMES (Nighthawks, Poor-wills, Goatsuckers)

ORDER APODIFORMES (Swifts, Hummingbirds)

ORDER GRUIFORMES (Rails, Coots, Cranes)

ORDER CHARADRIIFORMES (Shorebirds, Sandpipers, Plovers, Gulls, Terns)

ORDER PELICANIFORMES (Pelicans, Cormorants, Herons, Egrets)

ORDER CATHARTIFORMES (Vultures)

ORDER ACCIPITRIFORMES (Hawks, Osprey, Eagles)

ORDER STRIGIFORMES (Owls)

ORDER CORACIIFORMES (Kingfishers)

ORDER PICIFORMES (Woodpeckers, Flicker)

ORDER FALCONIFORMES (Falcons)

ORDER PASSERIFORMES (Songbirds)