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



Taxonomy: HBW - BirdLife (v3)

ORDERS: 43       Genera: 2432       Species: 11676