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The complete list of FAMILIES by ORDER is given below.

Note that several of the families have no surviving members: they are extinct.

Families [Taxonomy: HBW - BirdLife (v3)] (256) [Orders: 43] Help 

  No. Scientific Family Family Genera Species Extinct View
ORDER: ARCHAEOPTERYGIFORMES (Archaeopteryx) 1 1      
  1 Archaeopterygidae Archaeopteryx 1? 1? Yes All az
ORDER: HESPERORNITHIFORMES (Fossil Marine Birds) 3 14      
  1 Hesperorithidae Hesperornis 1? 9? Yes All az
  2 Enaliornithidae Enaliornis 1? 3? Yes All az
  3 Baptornithidae Baptornis 1? 2? Yes All az
ORDER: ICHTHYORNITHIFORMES (Extinct Toothed Birds) 2 2      
  1 Ichthyornithidae Ichthyornis 1? 1? Yes All az
  2 Apatornithidae Apatornis 1? 1? Yes All az
ORDER: STRUTHIONIFORMES (Ostriches, Rheas, Tinamous, Cassowaries, Emus, Kiwis) 14 69      
  1 Struthionidae Ostriches 1 2 No All az
  2 Rheidae Rheas 1 4 No All az
  3 Tinamidae Tinamous 9 52 No All az
  4 Casuariidae Cassowaries, Emus 2 6 No All az
  5 Apterygidae Kiwis 1 5 No All az
ORDER: GALLIFORMES (Megapodes, Guans, Chachalacas, Curassows, Guineafowl, New World Quails, Pheasants, Partridges, Turkeys, Grouse) 83 319      
  1 Megapodiidae Megapodes 7 23 No All az
  2 Cracidae Guans, Chachalacas, Curassows 11 56 No All az
  3 Numididae Guineafowl 4 8 No All az
  4 Odontophoridae New World Quails 10 36 No All az
  5 Phasianidae Pheasants, Partridges, Turkeys, Grouse 51 196 No All az
ORDER: AEPYORNITHIFORMES (Elephant Birds (pleistocene - Recent, Madagascar)) 1 7      
  1 Aepyornithidae Elephant Birds 1? 7? Yes All az
ORDER: ANSERIFORMES (Screamers, Magpie Goose, Ducks, Geese, Swans) 56 184      
  1 Anhimidae Screamers 2 3 No All az
  2 Anseranatidae Magpie Goose 1 1 No All az
  3 Anatidae Ducks, Geese, Swans 53 180 No All az
ORDER: PODICIPEDIFORMES (Grebes) 6 24      
  1 Podicipedidae Grebes 6 24 No All az
ORDER: PHOENICOPTERIFORMES (Flamingos) 3 6      
  1 Phoenicopteridae Flamingos 3 6 No All az
ORDER: PHAETHONTIFORMES (Tropicbirds) 1 3      
  1 Phaethontidae Tropicbirds 1 3 No All az
ORDER: EURYPYGIFORMES (Kagu, Sunbittern) 2 2      
  1 Rhynochetidae Kagu 1 1 No All az
  2 Eurypygidae Sunbittern 1 1 No All az
ORDER: MESITORNITHIFORMES (Mesites) 2 3      
  1 Mesitornithidae Mesites 2 3 No All az
ORDER: DIATRYMIFORMES (Extinct Flightless Birds) ? ?      
  1 Diatrymidae Diatryma ? ? Yes All az
ORDER: COLUMBIFORMES (Pigeons, Doves) 56 376      
  1 Columbidae Pigeons, Doves 54 373 No All az
  2 Raphidae Dodos, Solitaires 2? 3? Yes All az
ORDER: PTEROCLIFORMES (Sandgrouse) 2 16      
  1 Pteroclidae Sandgrouse 2 16 No All az
ORDER: CAPRIMULGIFORMES (Oilbird, Frogmouths, Potoos, Nightjars, Owlet-nightjars, Treeswifts, Swifts, Hummingbirds) 151 628      
  1 Steatornithidae Oilbird 1 1 No All az
  2 Podargidae Frogmouths 3 16 No All az
  3 Nyctibiidae Potoos 1 7 No All az
  4 Caprimulgidae Nightjars 20 101 No All az
  5 Aegothelidae Owlet-nightjars 1 10 No All az
  6 Hemiprocnidae Treeswifts 1 4 No All az
  7 Apodidae Swifts 19 110 No All az
  8 Trochilidae Hummingbirds 105 379 No All az
ORDER: OPISTHOCOMIFORMES (Hoatzin) 1 1      
  1 Opisthocomidae Hoatzin 1 1 No All az
ORDER: ODONTOPTERYGIFORMES (Extinct Bony-toothed Birds) 13 45      
  1 Odontopterygidae Bony-tooths 1? 5? Yes All az
  2 Pelagornithidae False-toothed Birds 12? 40? Yes All az
ORDER: CUCULIFORMES (Cuckoos) 37 159      
  1 Cuculidae Cuckoos 37 159 No All az
ORDER: GRUIFORMES (Finfoots, Rails, Gallinules, Coots, Trumpeters, Limpkin, Cranes) 54 203      
  1 Heliornithidae Finfoots 3 3 No All az
  2 Rallidae Rails, Gallinules, Coots 43 178 No All az
  3 Psophiidae Trumpeters 1 6 No All az
  4 Aramidae Limpkin 1 1 No All az
  5 Gruidae Cranes 6 15 No All az
ORDER: OTIDIFORMES (Bustards) 12 26      
  1 Otididae Bustards 12 26 No All az
ORDER: MUSOPHAGIFORMES (Turacos) 7 24      
  1 Musophagidae Turacos 7 24 No All az
ORDER: GAVIIFORMES (Loons/divers) 1 5      
  1 Gaviidae Loons/divers 1 5 No All az
ORDER: SPHENISCIFORMES (Penguins) 6 19      
  1 Spheniscidae Penguins 6 19 No All az
ORDER: PROCELLARIIFORMES (Southern Storm-petrels, Northern Storm-petrels, Albatrosses, Petrels, Shearwaters) 28 154      
  1 Oceanitidae Southern Storm-petrels 5 10 No All az
  2 Hydrobatidae Northern Storm-petrels 1 18 No All az
  3 Diomedeidae Albatrosses 6 24 No All az
  4 Procellariidae Petrels, Shearwaters 16 102 No All az
ORDER: CICONIIFORMES (Storks) 7 21      
  1 Ciconiidae Storks 7 21 No All az
ORDER: PELECANIFORMES (Ibises, Spoonbills, Herons, Hamerkop, Shoebill, Pelicans) 36 120      
  1 Threskiornithidae Ibises, Spoonbills 14 36 No All az
  2 Ardeidae Herons 19 74 No All az
  3 Scopidae Hamerkop 1 1 No All az
  4 Balaenicipitidae Shoebill 1 1 No All az
  5 Pelecanidae Pelicans 1 8 No All az
ORDER: SULIFORMES (Frigatebirds, Gannets, Boobies, Cormorants, Darters) 15 59      
  1 Fregatidae Frigatebirds 1 5 No All az
  2 Sulidae Gannets, Boobies 3 11 No All az
  3 Phalacrocoracidae Cormorants 10 39 No All az
  4 Anhingidae Darters 1 4 No All az
ORDER: CHARADRIIFORMES (Thick-knees, Sheathbills, Magellanic Plover, Egyptian Plover, Oystercatchers, Ibisbill, Avocets, Stilts, Plovers, Plains-wanderer, Seedsnipes, Painted-snipes, Jacanas, Sandpipers, Snipes, Phalaropes, Buttonquails, Crab-plover, Coursers, Pratincoles, Gulls, Terns, Skimmers, Skuas, Auks) 90 402      
  1 Burhinidae Thick-knees 2 10 No All az
  2 Chionidae Sheathbills 1 2 No All az
  3 Pluvianellidae Magellanic Plover 1 1 No All az
  4 Pluvianidae Egyptian Plover 1 1 No All az
  5 Haematopodidae Oystercatchers 1 12 No All az
  6 Ibidorhynchidae Ibisbill 1 1 No All az
  7 Recurvirostridae Avocets, Stilts 3 10 No All az
  8 Charadriidae Plovers 12 71 No All az
  9 Pedionomidae Plains-wanderer 1 1 No All az
  10 Thinocoridae Seedsnipes 2 4 No All az
  11 Rostratulidae Painted-snipes 2 3 No All az
  12 Jacanidae Jacanas 6 8 No All az
  13 Scolopacidae Sandpipers, Snipes, Phalaropes 16 99 No All az
  14 Turnicidae Buttonquails 2 18 No All az
  15 Dromadidae Crab-plover 1 1 No All az
  16 Glareolidae Coursers, Pratincoles 5 17 No All az
  17 Laridae Gulls, Terns, Skimmers 20 110 No All az
  18 Stercorariidae Skuas 2 8 No All az
  19 Alcidae Auks 11 25 No All az
ORDER: STRIGIFORMES (Barn-owls, Typical Owls) 32 262      
  1 Tytonidae Barn-owls 2 22 No All az
  2 Strigidae Typical Owls 30 240 No All az
ORDER: CATHARTIFORMES (New World Vultures) 5 8      
  1 Cathartidae New World Vultures 5 8 No All az
ORDER: ACCIPITRIFORMES (Secretarybird, Osprey, Hawks, Eagles) 72 271      
  1 Sagittariidae Secretarybird 1 1 No All az
  2 Pandionidae Osprey 1 2 No All az
  3 Accipitridae Hawks, Eagles 70 268 No All az
ORDER: COLIIFORMES (Mousebirds) 2 6      
  1 Coliidae Mousebirds 2 6 No All az
ORDER: LEPTOSOMIFORMES (Cuckoo Roller) 1 3      
  1 Leptosomidae Cuckoo Roller 1 3 No All az
ORDER: TROGONIFORMES (Trogons) 8 46      
  1 Trogonidae Trogons 8 46 No All az
ORDER: BUCEROTIFORMES (Hornbills, Hoopoes, Woodhoopoes) 19 76      
  1 Bucerotidae Hornbills 16 63 No All az
  2 Upupidae Hoopoes 1 5 No All az
  3 Phoeniculidae Woodhoopoes 2 8 No All az
ORDER: CORACIIFORMES (Bee-eaters, Rollers, Ground-rollers, Todies, Motmots, Kingfishers) 35 190      
  1 Meropidae Bee-eaters 3 31 No All az
  2 Coraciidae Rollers 2 13 No All az
  3 Brachypteraciidae Ground-rollers 4 5 No All az
  4 Todidae Todies 1 5 No All az
  5 Momotidae Motmots 6 14 No All az
  6 Alcedinidae Kingfishers 19 122 No All az
ORDER: DINORNITHIFORMES (Moas (pleistocene - Recent, New Zealand)) 8 17      
  1 Dinornithidae Moas 6? 11? Yes All az
  2 Anomalopterygidae Anomalopteryx 2? 6? Yes All az
ORDER: PICIFORMES (Jacamars, Puffbirds, Toucans, New World Barbets, Prong-billed Barbets, Asian Barbets, African Barbets, Honeyguides, Woodpeckers) 75 496      
  1 Galbulidae Jacamars 5 19 No All az
  2 Bucconidae Puffbirds 12 38 No All az
  3 Ramphastidae Toucans 5 54 No All az
  4 Capitonidae New World Barbets 2 18 No All az
  5 Semnornithidae Prong-billed Barbets 1 2 No All az
  6 Megalaimidae Asian Barbets 2 35 No All az
  7 Lybiidae African Barbets 11 56 No All az
  8 Indicatoridae Honeyguides 4 17 No All az
  9 Picidae Woodpeckers 33 257 No All az
ORDER: CARIAMIFORMES (Seriemas) 2 2      
  1 Cariamidae Seriemas 2 2 No All az
ORDER: FALCONIFORMES (Falcons, Caracaras) 11 70      
  1 Falconidae Falcons, Caracaras 11 70 No All az
ORDER: PSITTACIFORMES (New Zealand Parrots, Cockatoos, Parrots) 92 437      
  1 Strigopidae New Zealand Parrots 2 4 No All az
  2 Cacatuidae Cockatoos 7 21 No All az
  3 Psittacidae Parrots 83 412 No All az
ORDER: PASSERIFORMES (New Zealand Wrens, Pittas, Asities, Typical Broadbills, Sapayoa, African And Green Broadbills, Typical Antbirds, Gnateaters, Crescentchests, Antpittas, Tapaculos, Ground-antbirds, Ovenbirds, Manakins, Cotingas, Tityras And Allies, Tyrant-flycatchers, Lyrebirds, Scrub-birds, Bowerbirds, Australasian Treecreepers, Fairy-wrens, Bristlebirds, Honeyeaters, Pardalotes, Thornbills, Logrunners, Australasian Babblers, Mohouas, Ploughbill, Sittellas, Old World Orioles, Painted Berrypeckers, Australo-papuan Bellbirds, Quail-thrushes And Jewel-babblers, Shrike-tits, Whistlers, Whipbirds And Wedgebills, Vireos, Cuckooshrikes, Berryhunter, Woodswallows And Butcherbirds, Boatbills, Vangas And Allies, Batises And Wattle-eyes, Ioras, Bristlehead, Bush-shrikes, Fantails, Drongos, Ifrit, Monarch-flycatchers, Crested Jay, Shrikes, Crows And Jays, Melampittas, Australian Mudnesters, Birds-of-paradise, New Zealand Wattlebirds, Stitchbird, Berrypeckers And Longbills, Satinbirds, Picathartes, Rail-babbler, Rockjumpers, Australasian Robins, Hyliotas, Fairy Flycatcher And Allies, Tits And Chickadees, Penduline-tits, Larks, Bearded Reedling, Nicators, Crombecs And Allies, Cisticolas And Allies, Reed-warblers, Cupwings, Grasshopper-warblers And Grassbirds, Donacobius, Tetrakas, Swallows And Martins, Bulbuls, Leaf-warblers, Bush-warblers, Long-tailed Tits, Old World Warblers And Parrotbills, White-eyes And Yuhinas, Scimitar-babblers And Allies, Ground Babblers, Laughingthrushes And Allies, Treecreepers, Nuthatches, Gnatcatchers, Wrens, Dippers, Oxpeckers, Starlings, Mockingbirds And Thrashers, Thrushes, Old World Flycatchers And Chats, Kinglets And Firecrests, Palmchat, Hypocolius, Hylocitreas, Waxwings, Silky-flycatchers, Oos, Elachura, Sugarbirds, Spot-throat And Allies, Fairy-bluebirds, Leafbirds, Flowerpeckers, Sunbirds, Accentors, Olive Warbler, Przevalski's Rosefinch, Weavers, Waxbills, Whydahs And Indigobirds, Old World Sparrows, Pipits And Wagtails, Finches, Longspurs, Thrush-tanager, Old World Buntings, New World Sparrows, Wrenthrush, Cuban Warblers, New World Blackbirds, New World Warblers, Hispaniolan Tanagers, Spindalises, Puerto Rican Tanager, Chat-tanagers, Mitrospingid Tanagers, Cardinals, Tanagers) 1380 6900      
  1 Acanthisittidae New Zealand Wrens 3 4 No All az
  2 Pittidae Pittas 3 48 No All az
  3 Philepittidae Asities 2 4 No All az
  4 Eurylaimidae Typical Broadbills 7 12 No All az
  5 Sapayoidae Sapayoa 1 1 No All az
  6 Calyptomenidae African And Green Broadbills 2 6 No All az
  7 Thamnophilidae Typical Antbirds 61 254 No All az
  8 Conopophagidae Gnateaters 2 12 No All az
  9 Melanopareiidae Crescentchests 1 4 No All az
  10 Grallariidae Antpittas 4 55 No All az
  11 Rhinocryptidae Tapaculos 12 61 No All az
  12 Formicariidae Ground-antbirds 2 12 No All az
  13 Furnariidae Ovenbirds 69 340 No All az
  14 Pipridae Manakins 17 53 No All az
  15 Cotingidae Cotingas 24 68 No All az
  16 Tityridae Tityras And Allies 11 49 No All az
  17 Tyrannidae Tyrant-flycatchers 103 456 No All az
  18 Menuridae Lyrebirds 1 2 No All az
  19 Atrichornithidae Scrub-birds 1 2 No All az
  20 Ptilonorhynchidae Bowerbirds 8 21 No All az
  21 Climacteridae Australasian Treecreepers 2 7 No All az
  22 Maluridae Fairy-wrens 6 32 No All az
  23 Dasyornithidae Bristlebirds 1 3 No All az
  24 Meliphagidae Honeyeaters 52 195 No All az
  25 Pardalotidae Pardalotes 1 4 No All az
  26 Acanthizidae Thornbills 13 66 No All az
  27 Orthonychidae Logrunners 1 3 No All az
  28 Pomatostomidae Australasian Babblers 2 5 No All az
  29 Mohouidae Mohouas 1 3 No All az
  30 Eulacestomidae Ploughbill 1 1 No All az
  31 Neosittidae Sittellas 1 3 No All az
  32 Oriolidae Old World Orioles 4 40 No All az
  33 Paramythiidae Painted Berrypeckers 2 3 No All az
  34 Oreoicidae Australo-papuan Bellbirds 3 3 No All az
  35 Cinclosomatidae Quail-thrushes And Jewel-babblers 2 11 No All az
  36 Falcunculidae Shrike-tits 1 3 No All az
  37 Pachycephalidae Whistlers 5 52 No All az
  38 Psophodidae Whipbirds And Wedgebills 2 6 No All az
  39 Vireonidae Vireos 8 66 No All az
  40 Campephagidae Cuckooshrikes 13 100 No All az
  41 Rhagologidae Berryhunter 1 1 No All az
  42 Artamidae Woodswallows And Butcherbirds 6 24 No All az
  43 Machaerirhynchidae Boatbills 1 2 No All az
  44 Vangidae Vangas And Allies 21 41 No All az
  45 Platysteiridae Batises And Wattle-eyes 4 34 No All az
  46 Aegithinidae Ioras 1 4 No All az
  47 Pityriasidae Bristlehead 1 1 No All az
  48 Malaconotidae Bush-shrikes 11 54 No All az
  49 Rhipiduridae Fantails 3 66 No All az
  50 Dicruridae Drongos 1 26 No All az
  51 Ifritidae Ifrit 1 1 No All az
  52 Monarchidae Monarch-flycatchers 16 112 No All az
  53 Platylophidae Crested Jay 1 1 No All az
  54 Laniidae Shrikes 4 36 No All az
  55 Corvidae Crows And Jays 21 136 No All az
  56 Melampittidae Melampittas 2 2 No All az
  57 Corcoracidae Australian Mudnesters 2 2 No All az
  58 Paradisaeidae Birds-of-paradise 15 42 No All az
  59 Callaeidae New Zealand Wattlebirds 3 5 No All az
  60 Notiomystidae Stitchbird 1 1 No All az
  61 Melanocharitidae Berrypeckers And Longbills 4 11 No All az
  62 Cnemophilidae Satinbirds 2 4 No All az
  63 Picathartidae Picathartes 1 2 No All az
  64 Eupetidae Rail-babbler 1 1 No All az
  65 Chaetopidae Rockjumpers 1 2 No All az
  66 Petroicidae Australasian Robins 20 53 No All az
  67 Hyliotidae Hyliotas 1 4 No All az
  68 Stenostiridae Fairy Flycatcher And Allies 4 9 No All az
  69 Paridae Tits And Chickadees 16 71 No All az
  70 Remizidae Penduline-tits 3 12 No All az
  71 Alaudidae Larks 21 105 No All az
  72 Panuridae Bearded Reedling 1 1 No All az
  73 Nicatoridae Nicators 1 3 No All az
  74 Macrosphenidae Crombecs And Allies 7 21 No All az
  75 Cisticolidae Cisticolas And Allies 26 171 No All az
  76 Acrocephalidae Reed-warblers 6 64 No All az
  77 Pnoepygidae Cupwings 1 4 No All az
  78 Locustellidae Grasshopper-warblers And Grassbirds 13 67 No All az
  79 Donacobiidae Donacobius 1 1 No All az
  80 Bernieridae Tetrakas 8 11 No All az
  81 Hirundinidae Swallows And Martins 21 100 No All az
  82 Pycnonotidae Bulbuls 33 166 No All az
  83 Phylloscopidae Leaf-warblers 1 84 No All az
  84 Scotocercidae Bush-warblers 12 38 No All az
  85 Aegithalidae Long-tailed Tits 4 15 No All az
  86 Sylviidae Old World Warblers And Parrotbills 17 74 No All az
  87 Zosteropidae White-eyes And Yuhinas 12 139 No All az
  88 Timaliidae Scimitar-babblers And Allies 11 57 No All az
  89 Pellorneidae Ground Babblers 16 65 No All az
  90 Leiotrichidae Laughingthrushes And Allies 21 151 No All az
  91 Certhiidae Treecreepers 1 9 No All az
  92 Sittidae Nuthatches 3 32 No All az
  93 Polioptilidae Gnatcatchers 3 19 No All az
  94 Troglodytidae Wrens 19 96 No All az
  95 Cinclidae Dippers 1 5 No All az
  96 Buphagidae Oxpeckers 1 2 No All az
  97 Sturnidae Starlings 35 132 No All az
  98 Mimidae Mockingbirds And Thrashers 10 35 No All az
  99 Turdidae Thrushes 20 187 No All az
  100 Muscicapidae Old World Flycatchers And Chats 58 358 No All az
  101 Regulidae Kinglets And Firecrests 1 7 No All az
  102 Dulidae Palmchat 1 1 No All az
  103 Hypocoliidae Hypocolius 1 1 No All az
  104 Hylocitreidae Hylocitreas 1 2 No All az
  105 Bombycillidae Waxwings 1 3 No All az
  106 Ptiliogonatidae Silky-flycatchers 3 4 No All az
  107 Mohoidae Oos 2 5 No All az
  108 Elachuridae Elachura 1 1 No All az
  109 Promeropidae Sugarbirds 1 2 No All az
  110 Modulatricidae Spot-throat And Allies 3 3 No All az
  111 Irenidae Fairy-bluebirds 1 3 No All az
  112 Chloropseidae Leafbirds 1 13 No All az
  113 Dicaeidae Flowerpeckers 2 55 No All az
  114 Nectariniidae Sunbirds 17 152 No All az
  115 Prunellidae Accentors 1 13 No All az
  116 Peucedramidae Olive Warbler 1 1 No All az
  117 Urocynchramidae Przevalski's Rosefinch 1 1 No All az
  118 Ploceidae Weavers 15 126 No All az
  119 Estrildidae Waxbills 34 148 No All az
  120 Viduidae Whydahs And Indigobirds 2 20 No All az
  121 Passeridae Old World Sparrows 8 44 No All az
  122 Motacillidae Pipits And Wagtails 8 90 No All az
  123 Fringillidae Finches 51 232 No All az
  124 Calcariidae Longspurs 3 6 No All az
  125 Rhodinocichlidae Thrush-tanager 1 1 No All az
  126 Emberizidae Old World Buntings 2 45 No All az
  127 Passerellidae New World Sparrows 29 150 No All az
  128 Zeledoniidae Wrenthrush 1 1 No All az
  129 Teretistridae Cuban Warblers 1 2 No All az
  130 Icteridae New World Blackbirds 31 116 No All az
  131 Parulidae New World Warblers 20 124 No All az
  132 Phaenicophilidae Hispaniolan Tanagers 3 4 No All az
  133 Spindalidae Spindalises 1 4 No All az
  134 Nesospingidae Puerto Rican Tanager 1 1 No All az
  135 Calyptophilidae Chat-tanagers 1 2 No All az
  136 Mitrospingidae Mitrospingid Tanagers 3 4 No All az
  137 Cardinalidae Cardinals 11 56 No All az
  138 Thraupidae Tanagers 107 415 No All az



Taxonomy: HBW - BirdLife (v3)

ORDERS: 43       Genera: 2432       Species: 11676
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