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



Taxonomy: HBW - BirdLife (v3)

ORDERS: 43       Genera: 2432       Species: 11676