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



Taxonomy: HBW - BirdLife (v3)

ORDERS: 43       Genera: 2432       Species: 11676