Template:Bird list header

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Example: {{Bird list header|dialect=US|family=Anatidae}}

Ducks, Geese, and Swans

Order: Anseriformes Family: Anatidae

The family Anatidae includes the ducks and most duck-like waterfowl, such as geese and swan. These are birds that are modified for an aquatic existence with webbed feet, bills which are flattened to a greater or lesser extent, and feathers that are excellent at shedding water due to special oils.

Introduction

This template includes a large amount of heading text that has been thruought hundreds of bird lists. This text has been put in template form for standardization and to make it easier to update.

Use

Use {{Bird list header|dialect=US|family=Anatidae}} to create a heading for a list of birds. If you would like to add an adendum to show how many birds are in this region, you may type it in after the template normally. Example: {{Bird list header|dialect=US|family=Anatidae}} There are 38 Canadian species. An implemented example may be viewed at List of California birds. See /Code for code to copy and paste from and to see a list of currently supported families.

Dialects

If you wish to modify some of the text for a particular dialect of English, replace the text with {{ #ifeq: {{{dialect}}}|US|color|{{ #ifeq: {{{dialect}}}|GB|colour|color}}}}. More dialects can be added if necessary by nesting more if statements. The last word "color", in this example, is the default in case the parameter "dialect" is not specified. It will be best to keep the default standardized to one dialect, so US will be used (not that it matters if you specify the dialect).

Expansion

More families of birds may be added and of course existing entries can be changed and expanded; just carefully follow the format already in place.

Assistance

You may ask User:Basar or others for assistance if you would like some part of this template added or expanded and do not know how to yourself.