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



Taxonomy: HBW - BirdLife (v3)

ORDERS: 43       Genera: 2432       Species: 11676
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