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



Taxonomy: HBW - BirdLife (v3)

ORDERS: 43       Genera: 2432       Species: 11676