#order level

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Charadriiformes order - RUNOFF

Which is the best bird?

American woodcock

Atlantic puffin

Voting ended onJan 27

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Eurypygiformes order

Which is the best bird?

Kagu

Sunbittern

Voting ended onFeb 8

This order contains just two extant species, both in different families (Rhynochetidae and Eurypygidae) and genera (Rhynochetos and Eurypyga).

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Pelecaniformes order

Which is the best bird?

Shoebill

Great blue heron

Great white pelican

Roseate spoonbill

Hamerkop

Brown pelican

Least bittern

Voting ended onJan 17

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Suliformes order

Which is the best bird?

Magnificent frigatebird

Blue-footed booby

Anhinga

Double-crested cormorant

Voting ended onJan 16

[best-bird-tournament]

Pelecaniformes order - RUNOFF

Which is the best bird?

Roseate spoonbill

Shoebill

Least bittern

Voting ended onJan 28

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Charadriiformes order

Which is the best bird?

American woodcock

Killdeer

Atlantic puffin

Voting ended onJan 17

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Gruiformes order - RUNOFF

Which is the best bird?

Red-crowned crane

South Island takahe

Voting ended onJan 19

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Kiwi (Apterygiformes) family / Apterygidae family / Apteryx genus

Which is the best bird?

North Island brown kiwi

Okarito kiwi

Southern brown kiwi

Little spotted kiwi

Great spotted kiwi

Voting ended onJan 13

This order contains just five extant species, all within the same family and genus.