Aves in the 10th edition of Systema Naturae

In the 10th edition of Systema Naturae, published in 1758, the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus described 554 species of bird and gave each a binomial name.

The entries for each species were very brief; rather than including a description, he gave a citation to an earlier publication — often to his own Fauna suecica, which had been published in 1746.

He increased the number of birds to 554 species, collectively filling 116 pages (contrasting with a mere 17 in the 6th edition).

[11] For many North America species Linnaeus relied on Mark Catesby's The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands which included 220 plates of birds, reptiles, amphibians, fish, insects, mammals and plants.

[14] In 2016 the list of birds of the world maintained by Frank Gill and David Donsker on behalf of the International Ornithologists' Union included 448 species for which Linnaeus's description in the 10th edition is cited as the authority.

[16][17] Linnaeus described the class Aves as: A beautiful and cheerful portion of created nature consisting of animals having a body covered with feathers and down; protracted and naked jaws (the beak), two wings formed for flight, and two feet.

They are aereal, vocal, swift and light, and destitute of external ears, lips, teeth, scrotum, womb, bladder, epiglottis, corpus callosum and its arch, and diaphragm.

The turkey vulture was named Vultur aura in 1758
The swallow-tailed kite was named Falco forficatus in 1758.
The snowy owl was named Strix scandiaca and Strix nyctea in 1758
The eastern kingbird was named Lanius tyrannus in 1758
The bohemian waxwing was named Lanius garrulus in 1758
Congo grey parrot , ( Psittacus erithacus )
The scarlet macaw was named Psittacus macao in 1758.
The white throated toucan.
The rhinoceros hornbill.
The smooth billed ani.
The common raven was named Corvus corax in 1758
The common european roller.
The common hill myna was named Gracula religiosa in 1758
The greater bird of paradise.
The yellow-billed cuckoo was named Cuculus americanus in 1758
The Eurasian nuthatch was named Sitta europaea in 1758
The Eurasian hoopoe , Upupa epops , is the type species of the genus Upupa
The ruby-throated hummingbird was named Trochilus colubris in 1758
The king eider was named Anas spectabilis in 1758
The Eurasian wigeon was named Anas penelope in 1758
The little auk was named Alca alle in 1758
The African penguin was named Diomedea demersus in 1758
The horned grebe , or Slavonian grebe, was named Colymbus auritus in 1758
The American flamingo was named Phoenicopterus ruber in 1758
The bar-tailed godwit was named Scolopax lapponica in 1758
The ruff (shown here in breeding plumage) was named Tringa pugnax in 1758
The European golden plover was named Charadrius apricarius and Charadrius pluvialis in 1758