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



Taxonomy: HBW - BirdLife (v3)

ORDERS: 43       Genera: 2432       Species: 11676
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