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



Taxonomy: HBW - BirdLife (v3)

ORDERS: 43       Genera: 2432       Species: 11676
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