Why are bird families always in the same order in bird identifiction books?
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That's how Scientific Classification works. There are catagories that are broken down into sub-catagories. Each step gets more specific. Here's the order: Kingdom > Phylum > Class > Order > Family > Genus > Species There are other subdivisions, but those do not pertain to this situation. The "scientific name" of any species is determined by the combination of "genus " and "species". For example, humans are "homo sapiens". "Homo" is the genus, "sapiens" is the species. As you see above, "order" is subdivided into "family". Family is then broken down into "genus". So, any group of birds in the same family are also in the same order, class, phylum, and kingdom. However, not all birds in the same "order" are in the same "family". http://www.ornithology.com/ is a good resource for all bird dealings.
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