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



Taxonomy: HBW - BirdLife (v3)

ORDERS: 43       Genera: 2432       Species: 11676
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