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This page lists living orders and families of birds, class Aves (for extinct birds, please see Extinct birds and Prehistoric birds, and Fossil birds). Birds ( class Aves) are bipedal endothermic ( Warm-blooded) Vertebrate animals that lay eggs. Birds ( class Aves) are bipedal endothermic ( Warm-blooded) Vertebrate animals that lay eggs. This page refers only to birds that have gone extinct since the year 1500 A Prehistoric birds are various taxa of Birds that became Extinct before recorded History, or more precisely before they could be studied Birds are generally believed to have evolved from certain feathered Theropod dinosaurs and there is no real dividing line between birds and Dinosaurs except The links below should then lead to family accounts and hence to individual species.

Taxonomy is very fluid in the age of DNA analysis, so comments are made where appropriate, and all numbers are approximate. Deoxyribonucleic acid ( DNA) is a Nucleic acid that contains the genetic instructions used in the development and functioning of all known In particular see Sibley-Ahlquist taxonomy for a very different classification. The Sibley-Ahlquist taxonomy is a radical bird Taxonomy proposed by Charles Sibley and Jon Edward Ahlquist.

This article and the descendant family articles follow the taxonomy of the Handbook of Australian, New Zealand and Antarctic Birds (HANZAB) for families largely endemic to that region, and otherwise the Handbook of Birds of the World (HBW). The Handbook of Australian New Zealand and Antarctic Birds, known as HANZAB, is the pre-eminent scientific reference on Birds in the region which includes

Paleognathae

The flightless and mostly giant Struthioniformes lack a keeled sternum and are collectively known as ratites. A ratite is any of a diverse group of large Flightless birds of Gondwanan origin most of them now extinct Together with the Tinamiformes, they form the Paleognathae (or 'old jaws'), one of the two evolutionary "super orders".

Neognathae

Nearly all living birds belong to the super order of Neognathae— or 'new jaws'. A ratite is any of a diverse group of large Flightless birds of Gondwanan origin most of them now extinct The Ostrich ( Struthio camelus) is a large Flightless bird native to Africa (and formerly the Middle East) The bird family Casuariidae has four surviving members the three Species of Cassowary, and the only remaining species of Emu. The Emu ( Dromaius novaehollandiae, is the largest Bird native to Australia and the only extant member of the Genus Cassowaries ( Genus Casuarius) are very large flightless Birds native to the Tropical forests of New Guinea and KIWI (1029 FM, "Radio Lobo" is a commercial Radio station located in McFarland California, broadcasting to the Bakersfield California The rheas are species of flightless Ratite Birds in the genus Rhea, native to South America. The tinamous are one of the most ancient groups of Bird, members of a South American Bird family of about 47 species in 9 genera The tinamous are one of the most ancient groups of Bird, members of a South American Bird family of about 47 species in 9 genera With their keels, unlike the ratites, they are known as carinates. In Phylogenetic taxonomy the Carinatae are considered the last common ancestor of Neornithes (living Birds and Ichthyornis (an extinct The passerines alone account for well over 5000 species.

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The Osprey (Pandion haliaetus, also called Sea Hawk, is a diurnal, fish-eating Bird of prey. The Accipitridae is one of the two major families within the order Falconiformes (the diurnal birds of prey) The Secretary Bird, Sagittarius serpentarius, is a large mostly terrestrial Bird of prey. The falcons and caracaras are around 60 Species of diurnal birds of prey that comprise the family Falconidae. The diverse order Gruiformes contains a considerable number of living and extinct Bird families with on first sight little in common Cranes are large long-legged and long-necked Birds of the order Gruiformes, and family Gruidae. The Limpkin (common names carrao, courlan, crying bird) Aramus guarauna, is a bird that looks like a large rail, but is skeletally The trumpeters are a small family of Birds restricted to the forests of the Amazon and Orinoco basins in South America. The rails, or Rallidae, are a large cosmopolitan family of small to medium-sized Birds The family exhibits considerable diversity The Heliornithidae are a small family of tropical Birds with webbed lobes on their feet similar to those of Grebes and Coots The family overall KAGU is a Classical music Radio station run by Gonzaga University in Spokane Washington. The Sunbittern, Eurypyga helias is a Bittern -like Bird of tropical regions of the Americas, and the sole member of the family The Seriemas are a small and ancient family (Cariamidae of tropical South American Birds related to the rails and Bustards There are two Bustards are large terrestrial Birds mainly associated with dry open country and steppes in the Old World. Charadriiformes is a diverse order of small to medium-large Birds It includes about 350 Species and has members in all parts of the world "Sandpiper" redirects here For the 1965 film see The Sandpiper. Painted snipes are three distinctive Wader Species in the family Rostratulidae. For the Melbourne suburb see Jacana Victoria. The jacanas or jaçanas (sometimes referred to as Jesus birds are a group of tropical Waders The seedsnipes are a family, Thinocoridae, of small gregarious Waders which have adapted to a herbivorous diet The Plains Wanderer, Pedionomus torquatus, is a unique Bird and is put in a family of its own Gulls (often informally Seagulls) are birds in the family Laridae The Skimmers, Rhynchopidae, are a small family of Tern -like Birds in the order Charadriiformes which also includes the Waders Gulls Terns are Seabirds in the family Sternidae, previously considered a subfamily (Sterninae of the gull family Laridae (van Tuinen et al This article is about a family of birds For the American ornithological journal see The Auk. Skuas are Seabirds in the family Stercorariidae. The three smaller skuas are called jaegers in North America Glareolidae is a family of Birds in the Wader suborder Charadri The Coursers are a group of Birds which together with the Pratincoles make up the family Glareolidae The Pratincoles are a group of Birds which together with the Coursers and Egyptian Plover make up the family Glareolidae. The Crab Plover ( Dromas ardeola is a Bird related to the Waders but sufficiently distinctive to merit its own family Dromadidae. The buttonquails or hemipodes are a small family of Birds which resemble but are unrelated to the true Quails They inhabit warm grasslands in Asia The Stone-curlews or Thick-knees are a group of largely tropical birdsin the family Burhinidae. The sheathbills are a family of Birds Chionididae. The family contains one genus Chionis, with only two species The Magellanic Plover, Pluvianellus socialis, is a rare and unique Wader found only in southernmost South America. The Ibisbill ( Ibidorhyncha struthersii) is a Bird related to the Waders but sufficiently distinctive to merit its own family Ibidorhynchidae Recurvirostridae is a family of Birds in the Wader suborder Charadrii The four species of Avocets are Waders in the same Avian family as the Stilts They are found in warm or hot climates For the journal of the Australasian Wader Studies Group, see Stilt Stilts are Waders in the same Bird family as the "Oystercatchers" is also a novel by Susan Fletcher. The oystercatchers are a group of Waders they form the family The bird family Charadriidae includes the Plovers Dotterels and Lapwings about 64 to 66 Species in all Sandgrouse is also the name of the journal of the Ornithological Society of the Middle East - see Sandgrouse (journal The sandgrouse are a Sandgrouse is also the name of the journal of the Ornithological Society of the Middle East - see Sandgrouse (journal The sandgrouse are a The Bird order Columbiformes includes the very widespread and successful Doves and pigeons, classified in the family Columbidae and the The Raphinae are a Subfamily of Extinct Flightless birds colloquially called didines or didine birds Parrots are birds of the roughly 350 Species in 85 genera comprising the order Psittaciformes, found in most warm and tropical regions A cockatoo is any of the 20 Bird Species belonging to the family Cacatuidae. Parrots are birds of the roughly 350 Species in 85 genera comprising the order Psittaciformes, found in most warm and tropical regions The Near passerine Bird order Cuculiformes traditionally included three families as below Musophagidae - turacos and allies The turacos, Plantain -eaters and go-away-birds make up the Bird family Musophagidae (literally "banana-eaters" The cuckoos are a family Cuculidae, of Near passerine Birds The order Cuculiformes, in addition to the cuckoos also includes the The Hoatzin ( Opisthocomus hoazin) also known as the Hoactzin, Stinkbird, or Canje "Pheasant", is an unusual species The Owls are an order of birds of prey. Most are Solitary, and nocturnal, with some exceptions (e Barn-owls (family Tytonidae) are one of the two families of owls the other being the Typical owls Strigidae True owls or typical owls ( family Strigidae) are one of the two generally accepted families of Owls the other being the barn owls The Caprimulgiformes is an order of Birds that includes a number of Birds with global distribution (except Antarctica) The Oilbird ( Steatornis caripensis) also known as Guácharo, is a slim long-winged bird related to the Nightjars and usually placed with these in the The frogmouths are a group of Nocturnal Birds related to the Nightjars They are found from India across southern Asia to The potoos are a family, Nyctibiidae of Near passerine Birds related to the Nightjars and Frogmouths They are sometimes Owlet-nightjars are small Nocturnal Birds related to the Nightjars and Frogmouths Most are native to New Guinea, but some species This article is about the bird For the aircraft see Gloster Nightjar. The swifts are a family Apodidae, of highly aerial Birds They are superficially similar to Swallows but are actually not closely related to those The treeswifts or crested swifts are a family, Hemiprocnidae, of aerial Near passerine Birds closely related to the true swifts Hummingbirds are Birds in the family Trochilidae, and are endemic to the Americas. The mousebirds are a small group of (possibly Near passerine) Birds which have no real close affinities to other groups though they and the parrots and cockatoos The mousebirds are a small group of (possibly Near passerine) Birds which have no real close affinities to other groups though they and the parrots and cockatoos The trogons and quetzals are Birds in the order Trogoniformes which contains only one family the Trogonidae. The trogons and quetzals are Birds in the order Trogoniformes which contains only one family the Trogonidae. The Coraciiformes are a group of usually colourful Near passerine Birds including the Kingfishers the Hoopoe, the Bee-eaters the The river kingfishers or Alcedinidae, are one of the three families of Bird in the Kingfisher group The tree kingfishers or wood kingfishers, family Halcyonidae, are the most numerous of the three families of Birds in the Kingfisher The water kingfishers or Cerylidae are one of the three families of Kingfishers and are also known as the cerylid kingfishers. The todies are a family, Todidae, of Caribbean Birds in the order Coraciiformes, which also includes the Kingfishers The motmots or Momotidae are a family of tropical Birds in the Near passerine order Coraciiformes, which also includes the The bee-eaters are a group of Near passerine Birds in the family Meropidae The Cuckoo-roller, Leptosomus discolor, is the only Bird in the family Leptosomatidae, which is usually considered to be within the order Coraciiformes The ground-rollers are a small family of non-migratory Near-passerine Birds restricted to Madagascar. The rollers are an Old World family of Near passerine Birds related to the Kingfishers and Bee-eaters The group gets its name The Hoopoe (ˈhuːpuː Upupa epops is a colourful bird that is found across Afro-Eurasia, notable for its distinctive 'crown' of feathers The Woodhoopoes are a small African family of Near passerine Birds These tropical Species are not migratory. Hornbills ( family Bucerotidae) are a group of Birds characterized by a long down-curved bill sometimes with a casque on the upper mandible Six families of largely arboreal Birds make up the order Piciformes, the best-known of them being the Picidae which includes the Woodpeckers The jacamars are a family, Galbulidae, of Near passerine Birds from tropical South and Central America, extending up to The puffbirds and their relatives in the Near passerine family Bucconidae are tropical birds breeding from South America up to Mexico. American barbets, family Capitonidae, are Near passerine Birds of the order Piciformes which inhabit South America. Honeyguides, ( family Indicatoridae) are Near passerine Bird species of the order Piciformes. Toucans are a family Ramphastidae, of Near-passerine Birds from the Neotropics (i The New Zealand wrens, Acanthisittidae, are a family of tiny Passerines endemic to New Zealand. The New Zealand wrens, Acanthisittidae, are a family of tiny Passerines endemic to New Zealand. The Suborder of Passerine Birds Tyranni (the suboscines) includes about 1000 Species, the large majority of which are South The tyrant flycatchers ( Tyrannidae) are a family of Passerine Birds which occur throughout North and South America, but are mainly Pittas are a family, Pittidae, of Passerine Birds mainly found in tropical Asia and Australasia, although a couple of species Ovenbirds or furnariids comprise a large family of small Suboscine Passerine Bird Species found in Central and The antbirds are a large family, Thamnophilidae, of Passerine Birds found across subtropical and tropical Central and South America The Formicariidae, formicariids or ground antbirds are a family of smallish Passerine Birds of subtropical and tropical Central The gnateaters are a Bird family, Conopophagidae, consisting of ten small Passerine Species in two genera, which occur The tapaculos are a group of small Suboscine passeriform Birds with numerous species found mainly in South America and with the highest The cotingas are a large family of Passerine Bird Species found in Central America and Tropical South America. The manakins are a family, Pipridae, of some sixty small Passerine bird Species of the American tropics The asities, are a family, the Philepittidae, of small Suboscine Passerine Birds The family consists of four Species SongBird is a Dutch Record label owned by Tijs Verwest and Arny Bink Scrub-birds are shy secretive ground-dwelling birds of the family Atrichornithidae. A Lyrebird is either of two Species of ground-dwelling Australian Birds most notable for their superb ability to mimic natural and artificial The family Turnagridae consisted of two species of Piopio Passerine Birds endemic to New Zealand, both of which are now considered Larks are Passerine Birds of the family Alaudidae. All species occur in the Old World, including northern and eastern Australia The swallows and martins are a group of Passerine Birds in the family Hirundinidae which are characterised by their adaptation to aerial The Motacillidae are a family of small Passerine Birds with medium to long tails The cuckoo-shrikes and allies in the Campephagidae family are small to medium-sized Passerine Bird Species found in the subtropical The Malaysian Rail-babbler ( Eupetes macrocerus) is a strange rail-like pied inhabitant of the floor of primary forest in the Malay Peninsula and Sumatra Bulbuls ( Pycnonotidae) are a family of medium-sized passerine Songbirds Many forest species are known as Greenbuls The family The kinglets or crests are a small group of birds sometimes included in the Old World warblers but are frequently given family status because they also resemble the The leafbirds ( Chloropseidae) are a family of small Passerine Bird species found in India, Sri Lanka and Southeast Asia For the Australian Aboriginal people of the Sydney region see Eora The ioras are a family of small Passerine Bird The silky-flycatchers are a small family of Passerine Birds which occur mainly in Central America, although the range of one Species, the For the Seattle band featuring Rocky Votolato, see Waxwing (band. The Grey Hypocolius ( Hypocolius ampelinus; alternative name Hypocolius) is a small Passerine Bird Species. The Palmchat, Dulus dominicus, is a small long-tailed Passerine Bird, the only species in the genus Dulus and the family Dulidae Dippers are members of the genus Cinclus in the Bird family Cinclidae The wrens are Passerine birds in the mainly New World family Troglodytidae. The mimids are the New World family of passerine Birds Mimidae, that includes Thrashers Mockingbirds Tremblers The accentors are in the only Bird family the Prunellidae, which is completely endemic to the Palearctic. See also other birds with "thrush" in their name Waterthrush, Shrike-thrush, Thrush Nightingale The Thrushes, The Cisticolidae family of small Passerine Birds is a group of about 110 warblers found mainly in warmer southern regions of the Old World The " Old World Warblers " family Sylviidae are a family of small Passerine Bird species the names sylviid warblers The 15-20 species of small Passerine Birds in the gnatcatcher family occur in North and South America (except far south and high Andean The Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae is a large family of small Passerine Birds restricted to the Old World. Platysteiridae is a family of small stout Passerine Birds of the African tropics The Bird family Petroicidae includes roughly 45 species in about 15 genera The family Pachycephalidae includes the whistlers shrike-thrushes shrike-tits Pitohuis and Crested Bellbird and is part of the ancient Australo-Papuan radiation The picathartes, rockfowl or bald crows are a small genus of two Passerine Bird Species within the family Picathartidae found The Old World babblers or timaliids are a large family of mostly Old World Passerine Birds They are rather diverse in size and coloration The Pomatostomidae ( Australo-Papuan or Australasian babblers, also known as pseudo-babblers) are small to medium-sized birds endemic to Australia-New The parrotbills are a group of peculiar Birds native to East and Southeast Asia, though Feral populations are known from elsewhere The Orthonychidae is a family of Birds with a single Genus, Orthonyx, which comprises three species of Passerine birds The family Cinclosomatidae contains 9 Species of Passerine bird including the 3 whipbirds 2 wedgebills and the quail-thrushes The Long-tailed tits or Bushtits, Aegithalidae, are a family of small passerine birds Most species live in mountainous habitats in and around The Maluridae are a family of small insectivorous Passerine Birds endemic to Australia and New Guinea. The sittellas are a family Neosittidae, of small Passerine Birds found only in Australasia. There are 7 Species of Australasian treecreeper in the Passerine bird family Climacteridae. The tits, chickadees, and titmice comprise Paridae, a large family of small Passerine Birds which occur in the Northern hemisphere The nuthatches are a Genus, Sitta, of small Passerine Birds belonging to the Wallcreeper, constitute the The Wallcreeper ( Tichodroma muraria) is a small Passerine Bird found throughout the high mountains of Eurasia. The treecreepers (Certhiidae are a family of small Passerine birds widespread in wooded regions of the Northern Hemisphere and Sub-Saharan Africa The Philippine creepers or rhabdornises are small passerine Birds The family is endemic to the Philippines. The penduline tits are a family of small passerine Birds related to the true tits. The sunbirds and '''spiderhunters''' are very small Passerine Birds which feed largely on Nectar, although they will also take insects especially The Melanocharitidae, the berrypeckers and longbills, is a small Bird family restricted to the forests of New Guinea. The painted berrypeckers, Paramythiidae, are a very small Bird family restricted to the mountain forests of New Guinea. The flowerpeckers are a family of Passerine Birds found in tropical southern Asia and Australasia from India east to the Philippines The large and diverse Passerine bird family Pardalotidae includes the Pardalotes Scrubwrens Thornbills Gerygones and allies The white-eyes are small Passerine Birds native to tropical subtropical and temperate Sub-Saharan Africa, southern and eastern Asia The sugarbirds are a small family of Passerine Birds which are restricted to Africa. The honeyeaters are a large and diverse family of small to medium sized birds most common in Australia and New Guinea, The orioles are a family of Old World Passerine Birds The family Oriolidae comprises the Figbird Sphecotheres viridis, the only The two fairy-bluebirds are small Passerine Bird Species found in forests and plantations in tropical southern Asia and the Philippines Shrikes are Passerine Birds of the family Laniidae Most shrike species occur in Eurasia and Africa, but two breed in North America The bushshrikes are smallish Passerine Bird Species. They were formerly classed with the true Shrikes in the family Laniidae but are now The helmetshrikes are smallish Passerine Bird Species. These birds were included with the true shrikes in the family Laniidae, later on split The vangas are a group of little-known small to medium-sized Passerine Birds restricted to Madagascar. The drongos are a family of small Passerine Birds of the Old World tropics The small bird family Callaeidae (also named in some sources as Callaeatidae) is endemic to New Zealand. The very small and rather unusual Passerine family Corcoracidae now contains just two superficially dissimilar Species: the White-winged Chough and The family Artamidae gathers together 20 Species of mostly crow-like birds native to Australasia and nearby areas The Bornean Bristlehead, Pityriasis gymnocephala, also variously known as the Bristled Shrike, Bald-headed Crow or the Bald-headed Wood-Shrike The birds of paradise are members of the family Paradisaeidae of the order Passeriformes. This article is about the species of bird called bowerbird For the band see Bowerbirds (band. Corvidae is a cosmopolitan family of Oscine Passerine Birds that contains the Crows Ravens rooks Starlings are small to medium-sized Passerine Birds in the family Sturnidae. The "true sparrows" the Old World sparrows in the family Passeridae, are small Passerine Birds Generally sparrows tend to be The estrildid finches are small Passerine Birds of the Old World tropics and Australasia. See also Whydah Gally for the Pirate ship and Ouidah for the town in Benin. For the record label see Vireo Records The vireos are a group of small to medium-sized Passerine Birds restricted to the Finches are Passerine Birds often Seed -eating found chiefly in the northern hemisphere and Africa. Hawaiian honeycreepers are small Passerine Birds endemic to Hawaiʻi. The Olive Warbler, Peucedramus taeniatus, is a small Passerine Bird, the only member of the family Peucedramidae This article refers to the New World wood warbler family of birds the Parulidae The Bananaquit, Coereba flaveola, is a Passerine Bird first described by Linnaeus in his Systema naturae in 1758 as Certhia The tanagers are a family, Thraupidae, of birds in the order Passeriformes. The Emberizidae are a large family of Passerine Birds They are seed-eating Birds with a distinctively shaped bill The Cardinals or Cardinalidae are a family of Passerine Birds found in North and South America. The Icterids are a group of small to medium often colourful Passerine Birds restricted to the New World. This list of African birds is a listing of all the bird species known from the continent of Africa. This list of Asian birds is a listing of all the bird species known from the continent of Asia. This list is based on the Handbook of Australian New Zealand and Antarctic Birds list May 2002 update with the doubtfuls omitted This list is based on the Birds Australia list September 2003 ( PDF, free registration required In this article Europe refers to the geographical continent not the somewhat larger Western Palearctic, which includes parts of the Middle East and north Africa Wikipedia talkFeatured lists for an explanation of this and other inclusion tags below -->This list of birds in Canada and the United States is a comprehensive This page refers only to birds that have gone extinct since the year 1500 A Prehistoric birds are various taxa of Birds that became Extinct before recorded History, or more precisely before they could be studied There are hundreds of Chicken Breeds in existence Domesticated for thousands of years distinguishable breeds of chicken have been present since the combined factors The following are the regional bird lists by continent Some are full species lists others particularly continental lists have just the families
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