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Kinds

Acanthisittidae -- New zealand wrens, Newzealand wrens Acanthizidae -- Australo-Papuan Warblers Accipitridae -- Hawks, Eagles, Kites Aegithalidae -- Long-tailed Tits, Bushtit Aegithinidae -- Ioras Aegothelidae -- Owlet-Nightjars Alaudidae -- Larks Alcedinidae -- Kingfishers, Alcedinid Kingfishers Alcidae -- Auks, Auklets, Puffins, Murres, Murrelets, Guillemots Anatidae -- Swans, Geese, Ducks, Waterfowl Anhimidae -- Screamers Anhingidae -- Darters, Anhingas Anseranatidae -- Magpie Goose, Magpie-Goose Apodidae -- Swifts, Typical Swifts Apterygidae -- Kiwis Aramidae -- Limpkin Ardeidae -- Herons, Egrets, Night-herons Artamidae -- Woodswallows, Wood-swallows Atrichornithidae -- Scrub-birds Balaenicipitidae -- Shoebill Batrachostomidae -- Asian Frogmouths Bernieridae -- Malagasy Warblers Bombycillidae -- Waxwings Brachypteraciidae -- Ground-Rollers Bucconidae -- Puffbirds Bucerotidae -- Hornbills, Typical Hornbills Bucorvidae -- Ground-Hornbills Buphagidae -- Oxpeckers Burhinidae -- Thick-knees Cacatuidae -- Cockatoos Callaeatidae -- New Zealand Wattlebirds Callaeidae -- New zealand wattlebirds Campephagidae -- Cuckoo-Shrikes, Cuckoo-shrikes Capitonidae -- American Barbets Caprimulgidae -- Nightjars, Nighthawks, Allies Cardinalidae -- Cardinals, Grosbeaks, Buntings, Allies Cariamidae -- Seriemas Casuariidae -- Cassowaries Catamblyrhynchidae Cathartidae -- New World Vultures, New world vultures Centropidae -- Coucals Centropodidae Certhiidae -- Creepers, Northern Creepers Cerylidae -- Cerylid Kingfishers, Cerylid kingfishers Chaetopidae -- Rockjumpers Charadriidae -- Plovers Chionidae -- Sheathbills Chionididae Chloropseidae -- Leafbirds Ciconidae -- Jabiru, Stork Ciconiidae -- Storks, Jabiru, Stork Cinclidae -- Dippers Cinclosomatidae -- Quail-Thrushes Cisticolidae -- Cisticolas, African Warblers, Allies Climacteridae -- Australasian Treecreepers, Australo-Papuan Treecreepers Cnemophilidae -- Cnemophilines, Satinbirds, Cnemophilines Satinbirds Coccyzidae -- American Cuckoos, American cuckoos Cochleariidae Coerebidae -- Bananaquits Coliidae -- Mousebirds Colluricinclidae -- Shrike-thrushes, Pitohuis, Allies Columbidae -- Pigeons, Doves Conopophagidae -- Gnateaters Coraciidae -- Rollers, Typical Rollers Corcoracidae -- Apostlebirds Corvidae -- Crows, Jays, Ravens, Magpies, Allies Cotingidae -- Cotingas Cracidae -- Curassows, Guans, Chachalaca Cracticidae -- Butcherbirds, Bellmagpies Crotophagidae -- Anis Cuculidae -- Cuckoos, Coucals, Anis, Old World Cuckoos Dacelonidae Dasyornithidae -- Bristlebirds Dendrocolaptidae -- Woodcreepers Dendrocygnidae -- Whistling-Ducks Dicaeidae -- Flowerpeckers Dicruridae -- Drongos Diomedeidae -- Albatrosses, Albatross Donacobiidae -- Donacobius Drepanididae -- HawaiianHoneycreepers, Hawaiian honeycreepers Drepaniidae Dromadidae -- Crab Plover Dromaiidae -- Emu Dulidae -- Palmchat Emberizidae -- Sparrows, Old World Buntings, Towhees, Longspurs, Grassquits, New world sparrows, Old world buntings Estrildidae -- Waxbills Eupetidae -- Whipbirds, Wedgebills, Jewel-babblers Eurostopodidae -- Eared-Nightjars Eurylaimidae -- Broadbills Eurypygidae -- Sunbittern Falconidae -- Falcons, Caracaras, Kestrels Falcunculidae -- Shrike-Tits, Ploughbill, Shrike-tits Formicariidae -- Ground Antbirds, Ground antbirds Fregatidae -- Frigatebirds Fringillidae -- Finches, Goldfinches, Rosefinches, Redpolls Furnariidae -- Ovenbirds, Furnarids Galbulidae -- Jacamars Gaviidae -- Loons Glareolidae -- Coursers, Pratincoles Grallinidae Gruidae -- Cranes Haematopodidae -- Oystercatchers Halcyonidae -- Halcyonid Kingfishers Heliornithidae -- Finfoots, Sungrebes Hemiprocnidae -- Treeswifts, Crested-Swifts Hirundinidae -- Swallows, Martins Hydrobatidae -- Storm-Petrels Hypocolidae Hypocoliidae -- Hypocolius Ibidorhynchidae -- Ibisbill Icteridae -- Icterids, Blackbirds, Orioles Indicatoridae -- Honeyguides Irenidae -- Fairy-Bluebirds, Fairy-bluebirds Jacanidae -- Jacanas Laniidae -- True Shrikes Laridae -- Gulls, Sea birds, Jaegers, Puffins, Terns Leptosomidae -- Cuckoo-Rollers, Cuckoo-Roller Lybiidae -- African Barbets, Tinkerbirds, African barbets Machaerirhynchidae -- Boatbills Malaconotidae -- Bush-Shrikes Maluridae -- Fairywrens, Grasswrens Megalaimidae -- Asian Barbets Megaluridae -- Grassbirds Megapodiidae -- Megapodes, Mound-builders Melanocharitidae -- Berrypeckers, Longbills, Solitary Berrypeckers Meleagridae Meleagrididae -- Turkeys Meliphagidae -- Honeyeaters, Allies Menuridae -- Lyrebirds Meropidae -- Bee-eaters Mesitornithidae -- Mesites Mestiornithidae Mimidae -- Thrashers, Mimids, Mockingbirds, Catbirds Momotidae -- Motmots Monarchidae -- Monarch-flycatchers, Allies Motacillidae -- Pipits, Wagtails, Flycatchers Muscicapidae -- Old World Flycatchers, Chats, Old world flycatchers Musophagidae -- Turacos Nectariniidae -- Sunbirds, Spiderhunters Neomorphidae -- Roadrunners, Ground cuckoos Neosittidae -- Sittellas Numididae -- Guineafowl, Guineafowls Nyctibiidae -- Potoos Odontophoridae -- New World Quails, New world quails Odotophoridae Opisthocomidae -- Hoatzin Oriolidae -- OldWorld Orioles, Figbirds, Oldworld orioles Orthonychidae -- Logrunners Otididae -- Bustards Oxyruncidae Pachycephalidae -- Whistlers, Shrike-thrushes, Pitohuis Pandionidae -- Osprey Paradisaeidae -- Birds-of-Paradise Paradoxornithidae -- Parrotbills Paramythiidae -- Painted Berrypeckers, Flock Berrypeckers Pardalotidae -- Pardalotes Paridae -- Tits, Chickadees, Titmice Parulidae -- New World Warblers Passeridae -- OldWorld Sparrows, Oldworld sparrows Pedionomidae -- Plains-wanderer Pelecanidae -- Pelicans, Pelecans Pelecanoididae -- Diving-Petrels Petroicidae -- Australo-Papuan Robins Peucedramidae -- Olive Warbler, Warblers Phaethontidae -- Tropicbirds Phalacrocoracidae -- Cormorants Phalaropodidae Phasianidae -- Pheasants, Partridges, Grouse, Quail, Francolins, Ptarmigans Philepittidae -- Asities Phoenicopteridae -- Flamingos, Flamingo Phoeniculidae -- Wood-Hoopoes, Scimitarbills, Woodhoopoes, Wood-hoopoes Phytotomidae Picathartidae -- Rockfowl Picidae -- Woodpeckers Pipridae -- Manakins Pittidae -- Pittas Pityriaseidae -- Bristlehead Platysteiridae -- Wattle-eyes, Batises Ploceidae -- Weavers, Bishops Pluvianellidae -- Magellanic Plover Podargidae -- Frogmouths, Australian Frogmouths Podicipedidae -- Grebes Polioptilidae -- Gnatcatchers Pomatostomidae -- Pseudo-babblers, Australo-Papuan Babblers Prionopidae -- Helmet-Shrikes Procellariidae -- Petrels, Shearwaters Promeropidae -- Sugarbirds Prunellidae -- Accentors Pseudopodociidae -- Groundpecker Psittacidae -- Parrots, Parakeets, Macaws Psophiidae -- Trumpeters Pteroclidae -- Sandgrouse, Sandgrouses Pteroclididae -- Sandgrouse Ptilogonatidae -- Silky-flycatchers, Silky Flycatchers Ptilonorhynchidae -- Bowerbirds Pycnonotidae -- Bulbuls Rallidae -- Rails, Coots, Gallinules, Crakes Ramphastidae -- New World Barbets, Toucans Raphidae -- Dodos Recurvirostridae -- Stilts, Avocets Regulidae -- Kinglets Remizidae -- Penduline Tits, Verdin, Penduline tits Rhabdornithidae -- Rhabdornis, Philippine Creepers, Rhabdornis philippine creepers Rheidae -- Rheas Rhinocryptidae -- Tapaculos Rhinopomastidae -- Scimitarbills Rhipiduridae -- Fantails Rhynchocetidae Rhynochetidae -- Kagu Rhynocryptidae Rostratulidae -- Painted-snipe, Paintedsnipe Rynchopidae -- Skimmers Sagittariidae -- Secretarybird Sapayoidae -- Sapayoa Scolopacidae -- Sandpipers, Snipes, Phalaropes, Snipe, Curlews, Godwits Scopidae -- Hamerkop Semnornithidae -- Toucan-Barbets Sittidae -- Nuthatches Spheniscidae -- Penguins Steatornithidae -- Oilbird Stercorariidae -- Skuas, Jaegers Sternidae -- Terns Strigidae -- Typical Owls Stringidae Struthionidae -- Ostrich Sturnidae -- Starlings, Mynas Sulidae -- Boobies Sylviidae -- Old World Warblers, Gnatcatchers Tersinidae Tetraonidae -- Grouse, Allies Thamnophilidae -- Typical Antbirds Thinocoridae -- Seedsnipes Thraupidae -- Tanagers Threskiornithidae -- Ibises, Ibis Tichodromidae -- Wallcreeper Timaliidae -- Babblers, Wrentits Tinamidae -- Tinamous Todidae -- Todies Trochilidae -- Hummingbirds Troglodytidae -- Wrens Trogonidae -- Trogons Turdidae -- Thrushes Turnicidae -- Buttonquails Tyrannidae -- Tyrant Flycatchers, Tyrant flycatchers, Kingbirds Tytonidae -- Barn Owls, Grass Owls, Owl, Barn, Grass owls Upupidae -- Hoopoes Vangidae -- Vangas Viduidae -- Indigobirds Vireonidae -- Vireos Xenicidae Zeledoniidae Zosteropidae -- White-eyes

Overview

The Sibley/Monroe World List of Bird Names includes 9,702 species that are classified into 146 families. This list is on the Web, thanks to the efforts of Rolf A. de By. It is based on Sibley and Monroes work through 1993, and hence, does not reflect new taxonomic insights or include a few recently discovered species. As of 2005, Don Robertson's Bird Families of the World site lists 218 families, for example. Sibley and Monroe's list includes 77 bird species that have gone extinct in recent history. These include the Dodo (Raphus cucullatus), Great Auk (Pinguinus impennis), Passenger Pigeon (Ectopistes migratorius), and Carolina Parakeet (Conuropsis carolinensis), all hunted to death by man, either for food or, in the case of the latter, because it was a crop pest. See Extinct Birds for the list of all 77 species. Note many of the extinct bird were formerly on oceanic islands such as Hawaii. Sibley and Monroe list 918 species that have in total 2,139 subspecies, which are possible incipient species. Some of these subspecies may be elevated to the taxonomic status of species, as science learns more about birds. Thus, there are potentially up to 10,846 living kinds of birds, give or take a few, that dedicated bird watchers (or is that bird checkers?) should be trying to study and add to their life lists.

Phylogeny

Chordata -- Chordates Aves -- Birds Neornithes -- Living birds Anseriformes -- waterfowl Apodiformes -- hummingbirds and swifts Caprimulgiformes -- nightbirds Charadriiformes -- shorebirds and relatives Ciconiiformes -- storks and relatives Coliiformes -- mousebirds Columbiformes -- doves and pigeons Coraciiformes -- kingfishers and relatives Cuculiformes -- cuckoos, hoatzin, turacos, and relatives Falconiformes -- diurnal birds of prey Galliformes -- chicken-like birds Gaviiformes -- loons Gruiformes -- coots, cranes, and rails Passeriformes -- perching birds Pelecaniformes -- pelicans and relatives Phoenicopteriformes -- flamingos Piciformes -- woodpeckers and relatives Podicipediformes -- grebes Procellariiformes -- tube-nosed seabirds Psittaciformes -- parrots Sphenisciformes -- penguins Strigiformes -- owls Struthioniformes -- cassowaires, emus, kiwis, ostriches, and rheas Tinamiformes -- tinamous Trogoniformes -- trogons Turniciformes -- buttonquail

Links to other sites

American Ornithologists' Union, Checklist of common names BirdLife International Bird Links to the World, Bird Life International WhatBird: Bird identification guide Cornell Lab of Ornithology Patuxent -- Bird Population Studies Breeding Bird Survey, USGS Bird Identification, USGS The Sibley/Monroe World List of Bird Names Bird families of the world, Don Roberson Checklist & classification of North American birds, American Ornithologists' Union Checklist & classification of South American birds, American Ornithologists' Union American Ornithologists' Union Bird Stuff, BiologyBase Supplement to Birds of the World: A Checklist by James F. Clements

Acknowledgements

John Pickering University of Georgia, Athens

Updated: 2009-11-22 22:49:26 gmt

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