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



Taxonomy: HBW - BirdLife (v3)

ORDERS: 43       Genera: 2432       Species: 11676
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