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



Taxonomy: HBW - BirdLife (v3)

ORDERS: 43       Genera: 2432       Species: 11676