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



Taxonomy: HBW - BirdLife (v3)

ORDERS: 43       Genera: 2432       Species: 11676