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



Taxonomy: HBW - BirdLife (v3)

ORDERS: 43       Genera: 2432       Species: 11676