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



Taxonomy: HBW - BirdLife (v3)

ORDERS: 43       Genera: 2432       Species: 11676