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



Taxonomy: HBW - BirdLife (v3)

ORDERS: 43       Genera: 2432       Species: 11676