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



Taxonomy: HBW - BirdLife (v3)

ORDERS: 43       Genera: 2432       Species: 11676