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birds.md

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 ## [Order _Anseriformes_](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anseriformes)
 
-### [Family Anatidae](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anatidae)
+### [Family Anatidae (ducks, geese, and swans)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anatidae)
 
 * [mallard (_Anas platyrhynchos_)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mallard)
 
 * [muscovy duck (_Cairina moschata_)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muscovy_duck)
 
+## [Order Charadriiformes](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charadriiformes)
+
+### [Family Laridae (gulls)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laridae)
+
+* [ring-billed gull (_Larus delawarensis_)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ring-billed_gull)
+
+## [Order Passeriformes ("perching birds")](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passeriformes)
+
+> [!info]
+> * from the Latin for "sparrow shaped".
+> * includes over half of all bird species.
+
+* [blue jay (Corvidae _Cyanocitta cristata_)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_jay)
+
+* [American crow (Corvidae _Corvus brachyrhynchos_)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_crow)
+
 ## [Order Pelecaniformes](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pelecaniformes)
 
-### [Family Ardeidae](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ardeidae)
+### [Family Ardeidae (herons)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ardeidae)
 
 #### [Subfamily Ardeinae](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ardeinae)
 
-##### [Genus _Ardea_](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ardea_\(bird\))
+##### [Genus _Ardea_](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ardea_(bird))
 
 * [great egret/great white heron (_A. alba_)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_egret)
 * [great blue heron (_A. herodias)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_blue_heron)
 
 ##### [Genus _Egretta_](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egretta)
 
+> [!info]
+> "Egret" is a common name that just means "small heron",
+> 
+> * _Aigron_ -> "Heron"
+> * _Aigrette_ -> "Egret"
+> 
+> which itself just means "screecher".
+
 * [tricolored heron (_E. tricolor_)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tricolored_heron)
 * [little blue heron (_E. caerulea_)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_blue_heron)
 * [snowy egret (_E. thula)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snowy_egret)
@@ -48,7 +72,7 @@ title: Birds I've Seen Around Here
 
 * [green heron (_Butorides virescens_)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_heron)
 
-### [Family Threskiornithidae](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Threskiornithidae)
+### [Family Threskiornithidae (Ibises and Spoonbills)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Threskiornithidae)
 
 * [American white ibis (_Eudocimus albus_)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_white_ibis)
 * [glossy ibis (_Plegadis falcinellus_)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossy_ibis)
@@ -56,10 +80,9 @@ title: Birds I've Seen Around Here
 
 ## Other Orders
 
-* [ring-billed gull (Charadriiformes Laridae _Larus delawarensis_)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ring-billed_gull)
-
 * [wood stork (Ciconiiformes Ciconiidae _Mycteria americana_)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wood_stork)
 
 * [common gallinule (Gruiformes Rallidae _Gallinula galeata_)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_gallinule)
 
 * [anhinga (Suliformes Anhingidae _Anhinga anhinga_)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anhinga)
+