Birds

Aves

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Aves (Birds) is a group of Dinosauria. There are 11370 species of birds, in 2616 genera and 360 families. Birds includes groups like Confuciusornithidae, Archaeopterygidae, and Anchiornithidae. They relies on flight to move around.

URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NBO_0000367
Definition: self-propelled movement of an organism from one location to another through the air, usually by means of active wing movement

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EOL has data for 34 attributes, including:

eats
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002470
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Corvus corax Linnaeus 1758 (Common raven)
first appearance
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/FossilFirst
- Definition: The first appearance of this taxon in the fossil record.
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167.7 million years ago
habitat
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002303
- Definition: x has habitat y if: x is an organism, y is a habitat, and y can sustain and allow the growth of a population of x
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prairie
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000260
- Definition: An area of land of low topographic relief that historically supported grasses and herbs, with few trees, and having generally a mesic (moderate or temperate) climate. Dominated by tall grasses (contrast steppe).
- Comment: Ontology Description: http://environmentontology.org/ Ontology Source: http://envo.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/src/envo/envo.owl
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has pathogen
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002557
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Coxiella burnetii
is eaten by
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002471
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Falco sparverius Linnaeus 1758 (American kestrel)
is vector for
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002459
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Acacia (acacia)
locomotion
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GO_0040011
- Definition: Self-propelled movement of a cell or organism from one location to another.
- Attribution: [database_cross_reference: GOC:dgh]
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flight
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NBO_0000367
- Definition: self-propelled movement of an organism from one location to another through the air, usually by means of active wing movement
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number of fossil occurrences
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/fossilOccPBDB
- Definition: The number of fossil occurrences in the Paleobiology Database (https://paleobiodb.org) that are identified as belonging to a particular taxon or any of its subtaxa.
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12589
parasitized by
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002445
- Definition: automatically added during harvest
- Comment: Auto-added during harvest #37. A human needs to edit this.
- Attribution: Global Biotic Interactions
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Sarcophaga melanura Meigen 1826
preyed upon by
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002458
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Sphyraenidae (barracudas)
preys on
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002439
- Definition: An interaction relationship involving a predation process, where the subject kills the target in order to eat it or to feed to siblings, offspring or group members
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Aphididae (aphids)
trophic level
- URI: http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1053008
- Definition: position of an organism in a food web. May be described verbally with descriptors including primary producer, herbivore or carnivore. If described numerically, 1 indicates a primary producer, 2 a herbivore, and so on up the food web.
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carnivore
- URI: http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q81875
- Definition: organism that eats mostly or exclusively animal tissue
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Known occurrences, collected specimens and observations of birds. View this species on GBIF

birds Habitats

The environments in which many birds species are known to live. Select an environment to see its birds species checklist.

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Bird Habitats

The environments in which many birds species are known to live. Select an environment to see its birds species checklist.

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