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



Taxonomy: HBW - BirdLife (v3)

ORDERS: 43       Genera: 2432       Species: 11676
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