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



Taxonomy: HBW - BirdLife (v3)

ORDERS: 43       Genera: 2432       Species: 11676
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