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



Taxonomy: HBW - BirdLife (v3)

ORDERS: 43       Genera: 2432       Species: 11676
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