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



Taxonomy: HBW - BirdLife (v3)

ORDERS: 43       Genera: 2432       Species: 11676
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