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List of bird genera concerns the chordata class of aves or 
Eagles, Old World vultures, secretary-birds, hawks, harriers, etc.
*Family
Waterfowl
* Family Anhimidae - screamers
** Genus ''
Swifts, treeswifts and hummingbirds
* Family
* Family Apterygidae
** Genus '' Apteryx'' - kiwi
* Family
*Family Aegothelidae - owlet-nightjars
**Genus '' Aegotheles''
*Family Caprimulgidae - nightjars
**Genus ''
*Family Cariamidae - seriemas
**Genus ''
*Family Casuariidae
**Genus ''
*Family
*Family
*Family Stork, Ciconiidae
**Genus ''Openbill stork, Anastomus'' - openbills
**Genus ''Ciconia''
**Genus ''Ephippiorhynchus''
**Genus ''Jabiru''
**Genus ''Leptoptilos''
**Genus ''Mycteria''
*Family Mousebird, Coliidae
**Genus ''Colius''
**Genus ''Urocolius''
*Family Columbidae
**Genus ''Blue pigeon, Alectroenas'' - fruit doves
**Genus ''Alopecoenas''
**Genus ''Caloenas'' - Nicobar pigeon
**Genus ''Chalcophaps'' - emerald doves
**Genus ''Claravis (bird), Claravis''
**Genus ''Columba (genus), Columba'' includes ''Aplopelia'', Old World pigeons
**Genus ''Columbina (genus), Columbina''
**Genus ''Sombre pigeon, Cryptophaps'' - sombre pigeon
**Genus ''Didunculus'' - tooth-billed pigeon
**Genus ''Cloven-feathered dove, Drepanoptila'' - possibly better merged with ''Ptilinopus''
**Genus ''Imperial pigeon, Ducula'' - imperial pigeons
**Genus ''Saint Helena dove, Dysmoropelia'' - Saint Helena dove
**Genus ''Gallicolumba''
**Genus ''Geopelia''
**Genus ''Geophaps''
**Genus ''Geotrygon'' - quail-doves
**Genus ''Crowned pigeon, Goura''
**Genus ''Mountain pigeon, Gymnophaps'' - mountain pigeons
**Genus ''Hemiphaga''
**Genus ''Henicophaps''
**Genus ''Leptotila''
**Genus ''Olive-backed quail-dove, Leptotrygon'' - olive-backed quail-dove
**Genus ''Wonga pigeon, Leucosarcia'' - wonga pigeon
**Genus ''Topknot pigeon, Lopholaimus'' - topknot pigeon
**Genus ''Macropygia''
**Genus ''Metriopelia''
**Genus ''Nesoenas''
**Genus ''Crested pigeon, Ocyphaps'' - crested pigeon
**Genus ''Namaqua dove, Oena'' - Namaqua dove, tentatively placed here
**Genus ''Pheasant pigeon, Otidiphaps'' - pheasant pigeon
**Genus ''Patagioenas'' - American pigeons
**Genus ''Petrophassa'' - rock pigeons
**Genus ''Brown dove, Phapitreron'' - brown dove
**Genus ''Phaps''
**Genus ''Fruit dove, Ptilinopus''
**Genus ''Reinwardtoena''
**Genus ''Blue-headed quail-dove, Starnoenas'' - blue-headed quail-dove
**Genus ''Spilopelia''
**Genus ''Streptopelia'' - turtledoves
**Genus ''Green pigeon, Treron'' - green pigeons
**Genus ''Thick-billed ground pigeon, Trugon'' - thick-billed ground pigeon
**Genus ''Turacoena''
**Genus ''Turtur'' - African wood doves, tentatively placed here
**Genus ''Long-tailed ground dove, Uropelia'' - long-tailed ground dove
**Genus ''Zenaida doves, Zenaida'' - Zenaida doves
**Genus ''Zentrygon''
*Family Kingfisher, Alcedinidae - kingfishers
**Genus ''Actenoides''
**Genus ''Alcedo''
**Genus ''Glittering kingfisher, Caridonax'' - glittering kingfisher
**Genus ''Pied kingfisher, Ceryle'' - pied kingfisher
**Genus ''Ceyx (bird), Ceyx''
**Genus ''American green kingfisher, Chloroceryle'' - American green kingfisher
**Genus ''Lilac kingfisher, Cittura'' - lilac kingfisher
**Genus ''Shovel-billed kookaburra, Clytoceyx''
**Genus ''Corythornis''
**Genus ''Kookaburra, Dacelo''
**Genus ''Halcyon (genus), Halcyon''
**Genus ''Ispidina''
**Genus ''Banded kingfisher, Lacedo''
**Genus ''Megaceryle''
**Genus ''Hook-billed kingfisher, Melidora'' - hook-billed kingfisher
**Genus ''Pelargopsis''
**Genus ''Syma''
**Genus ''Paradise kingfisher, Tanysiptera'' - paradise kingfisher
**Genus ''Todirhamphus''
*Family Ground roller, Brachypteraciidae - ground rollers
**Genus ''Atelornis''
**Genus ''Short-legged ground roller, Brachypteracias'' - short-legged ground roller
**Genus ''Scaly ground roller, Geobiastes'' - scaly ground roller
**Genus ''Long-tailed ground roller, Uratelornis'' - long-tailed ground roller
*Family Coraciidae - rollers
**Genus ''Coracias''
**Genus ''Eurystomus''
*Family Bee-eater, Meropidae - bee-eaters
**Genus ''Purple-bearded bee-eater, Meropogon'' - purple-bearded bee-eater
**Genus ''Merops (genus), Merops''
**Genus ''Nyctyornis''
*Family Motmot, Momotidae - motmots
**Genus ''Blue-throated motmot, Aspatha'' - blue-throated motmot
**Genus ''Baryphthengus''
**Genus ''Electron (bird), Electron''
**Genus ''Turquoise-browed motmot, Eumomota'' - turquoise-browed motmot
**Genus ''Tody motmot, Hylomanes'' - tody motmot
**Genus ''Momotus''
*Family Tody, Todidae - todies
**Genus ''Todus''
*Family Cuckoo, Cuculidae
**Genus ''Cacomantis''
**Genus ''Carpococcyx'' – Asian ground-cuckoos
**Genus ''Coucal, Centropus'' - coucals
**Genus ''Cercococcyx'' – long-tailed cuckoos
**Genus ''Ceuthmochares'' – yellowbills
**Genus ''Chrysococcyx'' – bronze cuckoos
**Genus ''Clamator''
**Genus ''Coccycua'' – formerly in ''Coccyzus'' and ''Piaya'', includes ''Micrococcyx''
**Genus ''Coccyzus'' – includes ''Saurothera'' and ''Hyetornis''
**Genus ''Coua'' – coua
**Genus ''Ani (bird), Crotophaga'' – anis
**Genus ''Cuculus'' – typical cuckoos
**Genus ''Dromococcyx''
**Genus ''Koel, Eudynamys'' – typical koels
**Genus ''Roadrunner, Geococcyx'' – roadrunners
**Genus ''Guira cuckoo, Guira'' – guira cuckoo
**Genus ''Hierococcyx'' – hawk-cuckoos
**Genus ''Dwarf koel, Microdynamis'' – dwarf koel
**Genus ''Lesser ground cuckoo, Morococcyx'' – lesser ground cuckoo
**Genus ''Neomorphus'' – Neotropical ground-cuckoos
**Genus ''Thick-billed cuckoo, Pachycoccyx'' – thick-billed cuckoo
**Genus ''Malkoha, Phaenicophaeus'' – typical malkohas
**Genus ''Piaya''
**Genus ''Raffles's malkoha, Rhinortha'' – Raffles's malkoha (sometimes in ''Phaenicophaeus''; tentatively placed here)
**Genus ''Channel-billed cuckoo, Scythrops'' – channel-billed cuckoo
**Genus ''Surniculus'' – drongo-cuckoos
**Genus ''Striped cuckoo, Tapera'' – striped cuckoo
**Genus ''Pacific long-tailed cuckoo, Urodynamis'' – Pacific long-tailed cuckoo
*Family Sunbittern, Eurypygidae - sunbittern
**Genus ''Sunbittern, Eurypyga''
*Family Rhynochetidae - kagu
** Genus ''Rhynochetos''
*Family Falconidae
** Genus ''Caracara (genus), Caracara'' – crested caracaras
** Genus ''Black caracara, Daptrius'' – black caracara
** Genus ''Falcon, Falco'' – true falcons, hobbies and kestrels
** Genus ''Laughing falcon, Herpetotheres'' – laughing falcon
** Genus ''Red-throated caracara, Ibycter'' – red-throated caracara (sometimes included in ''Daptrius'')
** Genus ''Forest falcon, Micrastur'' – forest falcons
** Genus ''Microhierax'' – typical falconets
** Genus ''Milvago'' – brown caracaras
** Genus ''Phalcoboenus'' – Andean and southern South American caracaras
** Genus ''Polihierax'' – pygmy falcons
** Genus ''Spot-winged falconet, Spiziapteryx'' – spot-winged falconet
*Family Cracidae
** Genus ''Wattled guan, Aburria''
** Genus ''Chamaepetes''
** Genus ''Crax'' - curassows
** Genus ''Mitu (bird), Mitu'' - curassows
** Genus ''Nocturnal curassow, Nothocrax'' - nocturnal curassow
** Genus ''Horned guan, Oreophasis'' - horned guan
** Genus ''Chachalaca, Ortalis'' - chachalacas
** Genus ''Piping guan, Papile'' - Piping guan
** Genus ''Pauxi'' - helmeted curassows
** Genus ''Penelope (genus), Penelope''
** Genus ''Highland guan, Penelopina''
*Family Megapodiidae
** Genus ''Aepypodius''
** Genus ''Australian brushturkey, Alectura'' - Australian brushturkey
** Genus ''Moluccan megapode, Eulipoa'' - Moluccan megapode
** Genus ''Leipoa''
** Genus ''Maleo, Macrocephalon'' - maleo
** Genus ''Scrubfowl, Megapodius'' - scrubfowl
** Genus ''Talegalla''
*Family Guineafowl, Numididae
** Genus ''Vulturine guineafowl, Acryllium''
** Genus ''Agelastes''
** Genus ''Guttera''
** Genus ''Helmeted guineafowl, Numida'' - helmeted guineafowl
*Family New World quail, Odontophoridae
** Genus ''Callipepla''
** Genus ''Colinus''
** Genus ''Cyrtonyx''
** Genus ''Singing quail, Dactylortyx'' - singing quail
** Genus ''Dendrortyx''
** Genus ''Wood quail, Odontophorus'' - wood quails
** Genus ''Mountain quail, Oreortyx'' - mountain quails
** Genus ''Banded quail, Philortyx'' - banded quail
** Genus ''Ptilopachus''
** Genus ''Tawny-faced quail, Rhynchortyx'' - tawny-faced quail
*Family Phasianidae
** Genus ''Congo peafowl, Afropavo - Congo peafowl
** Genus ''Alectoris'' - rock partridges
** Genus ''Ammoperdix'' - see-see and sand partridge
** Genus ''Snow Mountain quail, Anurophasis'' - Snow Mountain quail
** Genus ''Arborophila'' - hill partridge
** Genus ''Great argus, Argusianus'' - great argus
** Genus ''Bamboo partridge, Bambusicola'' - bamboo partridge
** Genus ''Ruffed grouse, Bonasa'' - ruffed grouse
** Genus ''Ferruginous partridge, Caloperdix'' - ferruginous partridge
** Genus ''Cheer pheasant, Catreus'' - cheer pheasant
** Genus ''Centrocercus'' - sage grouse
** Genus ''Chrysolophus'' - ruffed pheasant
** Genus ''Coturnix'' - mouse pheasant
** Genus ''Crossoptilon'' - eared pheasant
** Genus ''Dendragapus''
** Genus ''Excalfactoria''
** Genus ''Falcipennis''
** Genus ''Francolinus'' - true francolins
** Genus ''Galloperdix'' - Indian spurfowl
** Genus ''Junglefowl, Gallus'' - junglefowl
** Genus ''Crimson-headed partridge, Haematortyx'' - crimson-headed partridge
** Genus ''Blood pheasant, Ithaginis'' - blood pheasant
** Genus ''Lagopus'' - ptarmigans
** Genus ''Snow partridge, Lerwa'' - snow partridge
** Genus ''Monal, Lophophorus'' - monal
** Genus ''Gallopheasant, Lophura'' - gallopheasants
** Genus ''Madagascan partridge, Margaroperdix'' - Madagascan partridge
** Genus ''Black partridge, Melanoperdix'' - black partridge
** Genus ''Turkey (bird), Meleagris'' - turkeys
** Genus ''Himalayan quail, Ophrysia'' - Himalayan quail
** Genus ''Pavo (genus), Pavo'' - peafowl
** Genus ''Peliperdix''
** Genus ''Perdicula'' - bush quail
** Genus ''Perdix'' - true partridges
** Genus ''Phasianus'' - typical pheasants
** Genus ''Peacock-pheasant, Polyplectron'' - peacock-pheasant
** Genus ''Pternistis'' - African spurfowls
** Genus ''Koklass pheasant, Pucrasia'' - Koklass pheasant
** Genus ''Crested argus, Rheinardia'' - crested argus
** Genus ''Rhizothera''
** Genus ''Crested partridge, Rollulus'' - crested partridge
** Genus ''Scleroptila''
** Genus ''Synoicus'' - see ''Coturnix''
** Genus ''Syrmaticus'' - long-tailed pheasants
** Genus ''Tetrao'' - capercaillies and black grouse
** Genus ''Snowcock, Tetraogallus'' - snowcocks
** Genus ''Tetraophasis'' - monal-partridge
** Genus ''Tetrastes''
** Genus ''Tragopan'' - horned pheasant
** Genus ''Tympanuchus'' - prairie chickens
** Genus ''Xenoperdix'' - forest partridges
*Family Loon, Gaviidae
** Genus ''Loon, Gavia'' - loons
* Family Limpkin, Aramidae - limpkin
** Genus ''Limpkin, Aramus''
* Family Gruidae - cranes
** Genus ''Antigone (genus), Antigone''
** Genus ''Balearica''
** Genus ''Grus (genus), Grus'' - cranes
** Genus ''Siberian crane, Leucogeranus'' - Siberian crane
* Family Heliornithidae - finfoots
** Genus ''Masked finfoot, Heliopais'' - masked finfoot
** Genus ''Sungrebe, Heliornis'' - sungrebe
** Genus ''African finfoot, Podica'' - African finfoot
* Family Psophiidae
** Genus ''Psophia'' - trumpeters
* Family Rallidae - crakes, moorhens, gallinules, and rails
** Genus ''Striped crake, Aenigmatolimnas'' - striped crake
** Genus ''Uniform crake, Amaurolimnas'' - uniform crake
** Genus ''Amaurornis'' - bush-hens
** Genus ''Anurolimnas''
** Genus ''Aramides''
** Genus ''Snoring rail, Aramidopsis'' – snoring rail
** Genus ''Inaccessible Island rail, Atlantisia'' - Inaccessible Island rail
** ?Genus ''Biensis'' - Madagascan rails (synonym of Rallus?)
** Genus ''Chatham rail, Cabalus'' - Chatham rail
** Genus ''Coturnicops'' - barred-backed crake
** ?Genus ''Creciscus'' - blackish crake
** Genus ''African crake, Crecopsis'' – African crake
** Genus ''Crex'' - corn crake
** Genus ''Zapata rail, Cyanolimnas'' – Zapata rail
** Genus ''Hawkins's rail, Diaphorapteryx'' - Hawkins's rail
** Genus ''Dryolimnas''
** Genus ''Chestnut rail, Eulabeornis'' – chestnut rail
** Genus ''Coot, Fulica'' - coots
** Genus ''Watercock, Gallicrex'' - watercock
** Genus ''Moorhen, Gallinula'' - moorhens
** Genus ''Gallirallus''
** Genus ''Gymnocrex'' - bare-faced rails
** Genus ''Invisible rail, Habroptila'' – invisible rail
** Genus ''Yellow-breasted crake, Hapalocrex'' - yellow-breasted crake
** Genus ''Nkulengu rail, Himantornis'' - Nkulengu rail
** Genus ''Laterallus'' - ruddy crake
** Genus ''Lewinia''
** ?Genus ''Limnocrex'' (synonym of Laterallus?)
** Genus ''New Guinea flightless rail, Megacrex'' - New Guinea flightless rail
** Genus ''Ocellated crake, Micropygia'' - ocellated crake
** Genus ''Ascension crake, Mundia'' - Ascension crake
** Genus ''Mustelirallus''
** Genus ''Nesoclopeus''
** Genus ''Lesser moorhen, Paragallinula'' - lesser moorhen
** Genus ''Pardirallus''
** Genus ''Poliolimnas'' - see ''Amaurornis''
** Genus ''Swamphen, Porphyrio'' - swamphens
** Genus ''Spot-flanked gallinule, Porphyriops'' – spot-flanked gallinule
** Genus ''Porzana''
** Genus ''Rallicula'' - forest rails
** Genus ''Rallina'' - chestnut rails
** Genus ''Rallus''
** Genus ''Rouget's rail, Rougetius'' - Rouget's rail
** Genus ''Rufirallus'' - russet-crowned crake
** Genus ''Tribonyx'' - native-hens
** Genus ''Zapornia'' - see ''Porzana''
* Family Sarothruridae
** Genus ''Canirallus'' - grey-throated rail and wood rails
** Genus ''Flufftail, Sarothrura'' - flufftails
*Family Cuckoo roller, Leptosomidae
**Genus ''Cuckoo roller, Leptosomus'' - cuckoo roller
*Family Mesite, Mesitornithidae - mesites
** Genus ''Mesitornis''
** Genus ''Subdesert mesite, Monias'' - Subdesert mesite
*Family Turaco, Musophagidae
** Genus ''Great blue turaco, Corythaeola'' - great blue turaco
** Genus ''Go-away-bird, Corythaixoides'' - go-away-birds
** Genus ''Plantain-eater, Crinifer'' - plantain-eaters
** Genus ''Musophaga''
** Genus ''Rwenzori turaco, Ruwenzorornis'' - Rwenzori turaco
** Genus ''Tauraco''
*Family Opisthocomidae
** Genus ''Hoatzin, Opisthocomus'' - hoatzin
* Family Bustard, Otididae
** Genus ''Afrotis''
** Genus ''Ardeotis''
** Genus ''Chlamydotis''
** Genus ''Eupodotis''
** Genus ''Bengal florican, Houbaropsis'' - Bengal florican
** Genus ''Lissotis''
** Genus ''Lophotis''
** Genus ''Neotis''
** Genus ''Great bustard, Otis'' - great bustard
** Genus ''Lesser florican, Sypheotides''
** Genus ''Little bustard, Tetrax'' - little bustard
Passerines, the "song birds". This is the largest order of birds and contains more than half of all birds.
* Family Acanthisittidae
** Genus ''Rifleman (bird), Acanthisitta'' - rifleman
** Genus ''New Zealand wren, Xenicus'' - New Zealand wrens
* Family Acanthizidae - scrubwrens, thornbills, and gerygones
** Genus ''Acanthiza'' – thornbill
** Genus ''Scrubtit, Acanthornis'' – scrubtit
** Genus ''Aethomyias'' – scrubwrens
** Genus ''Aphelocephala'' – whiteface
** Genus ''Calamanthus'' – fieldwren
** Genus ''Crateroscelis''
** Genus ''Gerygone''
** Genus ''Hylacola'' – heathwren
** Genus ''Yellow-throated scrubwren, Neosericornis'' – yellow-throated scrubwren
** Genus ''Fernwren, Oreoscopus'' – fernwren
** Genus ''Origma''
** Genus ''Goldenface, Pachycare'' – goldenface
** Genus ''Pilotbird, Pycnoptilus'' – pilotbird
** Genus ''Speckled warbler, Pyrrholaemus'' - speckled warbler
** Genus ''Sericornis'' – scrubwrens
** Genus ''Weebill, Smicrornis'' – weebill
* Family Acrocephalidae - marsh- and tree-warblers, recently split from the Sylviidae
** Genus ''Acrocephalus (bird), Acrocephalus''
** Genus ''Papyrus yellow warbler, Calamonastides'' - papyrus yellow warbler
** Genus ''Chloropeta''
** Genus ''Hippolais''
** Genus ''Iduna (bird), Iduna''
** Genus ''Nesillas''
* Family Aegithalidae - long-tailed tits or bushtits
** Genus ''Aegithalos''
** Genus ''Leptopoecile''
** Genus ''American bushtit, Psaltriparus'' - American bushtit
* Family Iora, Aegithinidae
** Genus ''Iora, Aegithina'' - iora
* Family Lark, Alaudidae - larks
** Genus ''Alaemon'' – hoopoe-lark
** Genus ''Alauda'' – skylark
** Genus ''Alaudala''
** Genus ''Ammomanes''
** Genus ''Gray's lark, Ammomanopsis'' – Gray's lark
** Genus ''Calandrella'' – short-toed lark
** Genus ''Calendulauda''
** Genus ''Certhilauda'' – short-clawed lark and long-billed lark
** Genus ''Chersomanes'' – spike-heeled lark
** Genus ''Dupont's lark, Chersophilus'' – Dupont's lark
** Genus ''Dunn's lark, Eremalauda'' – Dunn's lark
** Genus ''Eremophila (bird), Eremophila'' – horned lark
** Genus ''Eremopterix'' – sparrow-larks
** Genus ''Galerida'' – Large-billed lark and crested lark
** Genus ''Heteromirafra'' – Rudd's lark and Archer's lark
** Genus ''Lullula'' – woodlark
** Genus ''Melanocorypha''
** Genus ''Mirafra'' – larks and bushlarks
** Genus ''Pinarocorys'' – dusky lark and rufous-rumped lark
** Genus ''Thick-billed lark, Ramphocoris'' – thick-billed lark
** Genus ''Spizocorys''
* Family Artamidae - woodswallows, butcherbirds, currawongs, and Australian magpie
** Genus ''Woodswallow, Artamus'' - woodswallows
** Genus ''Cracticus''
** Genus ''Australian magpie, Gymnorhina'' - Australian magpie
** Genus ''Black butcherbird, Melloria'' - black butcherbird
** Genus ''Peltops''
** Genus ''Currawong, Strepera'' - currawongs
* Family Scrubbird, Atrichornithidae
** Genus ''Scrubbird, Atrichornis'' - scrub-birds
* Family Bernieridae - Malagasy warblers, a newly assembled family
** Genus ''Madagascan warbler, Bernieria'' – Madagascan warbler
** Genus ''Madagascan yellowbrow, Crossleyia'' – Madagascan yellowbrow
** Genus ''Cryptic warbler, Cryptosylvicola'' – cryptic warbler
** Genus ''Wedge-tailed jery, Hartertula'' – wedge-tailed jery
** Genus ''White-throated oxylabes, Oxylabes'' – white-throated oxylabes
** Genus ''Rand's warbler, Randia'' – Rand's warbler
** Genus ''Thamnornis'' – Thamnornis
** Genus ''Xanthomixis''
* Family Waxwing, Bombycillidae
** Genus ''Waxwing, Bombycilla'' - waxwings
* Family Oxpecker, Buphagidae
** Genus ''Oxpecker, Buphagus'' - oxpeckers. Formerly usually included in Sturnidae.
* Family Calcariidae - longspurs and snow buntings
** Genus ''Longspur, Calcarius'' - longspurs
** Genus ''Plectrophenax'' - snow and McKay's buntings
** Genus ''McCown's longspur, Rhynchophanes'' - thick-billed longspur
* Family Callaeidae - New Zealand wattlebirds
** Genus ''Kokako, Callaeas'' - kokako
** Genus ''Huia, Heteralocha'' - huia
** Genus ''Saddleback (bird), Philesturnus'' - saddleback
* Family Calyptophilidae
** Genus ''Calyptophilidae, Calyptophilus'' - chat-tanagers
* Family Cuckooshrike, Campephagidae - cuckooshrikes and trillers
** Genus ''Campephaga''
** Genus ''Golden cuckooshrike, Campochaera'' - golden cuckooshrike
** Genus ''Ceblepyris''
** Genus ''Pygmy cuckooshrike, Celebesica'' - pygmy cuckooshrike
** Genus ''Coracina''
** Genus ''Blue cuckooshrike, Cyanograucalus'' - blue cuckooshrike
** Genus ''Edolisoma''
** Genus ''Lalage (bird), Lalage''
** Genus ''Lobotos''
** Genus ''McGregor's cuckooshrike, Malindangia'' - McGregor's cuckooshrike
** Genus ''Minivet, Pericrocotus'' - minivet
* Family Cardinal (bird), Cardinalidae - cardinals and allies
** Genus ''Amaurospiza''
** Genus ''Cardinalis''
** Genus ''Caryothraustes''
** Genus ''Chlorothraupis''
** Genus ''Cyanocompsa''
** Genus ''Glaucous-blue grosbeak, Cyanoloxia'' - Glaucous-blue grosbeak
** Genus ''Granatellus''
** Genus ''Habia (bird), Habia''
** Genus ''Passerina''
** Genus ''Red-and-black grosbeak, Periporphyrus'' - red-and-black grosbeak
** Genus ''Pheucticus''
** Genus ''Piranga''
** Genus ''Crimson-collared grosbeak, Rhodothraupis'' - crimson-collared grosbeak
** Genus ''Dickcissel, Spiza'' - dickcissel
* Family Treecreeper, Certhiidae - treecreepers
** Genus ''Certhia''
** Genus ''Salpornis''
* Family Cettiidae - ground-warblers and allies, recently split from the Sylviidae
** Genus ''Abroscopus'' – abroscopus warbler
** Genus ''Cettia'' – typical bush warblers
** Genus ''Horornis''
** Genus ''Green hylia, Hylia'' – green hylia (tentatively placed here)
** Genus ''Tit hylia, Pholidornis'' – tit hylia (formerly in Remizidae; tentatively placed here)
** Genus ''Phyllergates''
** Genus ''Tesia''
** Genus ''Broad-billed warbler, Tickellia'' – broad-billed warbler
** Genus ''Urosphena'' – stubtails
* Family Rockjumper, Chaetopidae
** Genus ''Rockjumper, Chaetops'' - rockjumpers, recently split from the Turdidae
* Family Leafbird, Chloropseidae
** Genus ''Leafbird, Chloropsis'' - leafbirds
* Family Dipper, Cinclidae
** Genus ''Dipper, Cinclus'' - dippers
* Family Cisticolidae - cisticolas and allies
** Genus ''Apalis''
** Genus ''Artisornis''
** Genus ''Bathmocercus'' - rufous warblers
** Genus ''Calamonastes''
** Genus ''Camaroptera''
** Genus ''Cisticola''
** Genus ''Red-winged grey warbler, Drymocichla'' - red-winged grey warbler
** Genus ''Grey-capped warbler, Eminia'' - grey-capped warbler
** Genus ''Eremomela''
** Genus ''Cinnamon-breasted warbler, Euryptila'' - cinnamon-breasted warbler
** Genus ''Red-winged warbler, Heliolais'' – red-winged warbler (Sometimes placed in ''Prinia'')
** Genus ''Oriole warbler, Hypergerus'' - oriole warbler
** Genus ''Socotra warbler, Incana'' - Socotra warbler
** Genus ''Rufous-eared warbler, Malcorus'' - rufous-eared warbler
** Genus ''Micromacronus''
** Genus ''Neomixis'' - Jerys (genus is basal to all other Cisticolidae)
** Genus ''Oreolais'' (moved here from ''Apalis'')
** Genus ''Roberts's warbler, Oreophilais'' - Roberts's warbler
** Genus ''Tailorbird, Orthotomus'' - tailorbirds
** Genus ''Namaqua warbler, Phragmacia'' - Namaqua warbler
** Genus ''Buff-bellied warbler, Phyllolais'' - buff-bellied warbler
** Genus ''White-tailed warbler, Poliolais'' - white-tailed warbler
** Genus ''Prinia''
** Genus ''Scepomycter'' (sometimes merged into ''Bathmocercus'')
** Genus ''Schistolais''
** Genus ''Cricket warbler, Spiloptila'' - cricket warbler
** Genus ''Green longtail, Urolais'' - green longtail
** Genus ''Red-fronted warbler, Urorhipis''– sometimes placed in ''Prinia''
* Family Australasian treecreeper, Climacteridae - Australian treecreeper
** Genus ''Cormobates''
** Genus ''Climacteris''
* Family Satinbird, Cnemophilidae - satinbirds
** Genus ''Cnemophilus''
** Genus ''Yellow-breasted satinbird, Loboparadisea'' - yellow-breasted satinbird
* Family Gnateater, Conopophagidae - gnateaters and gnatpittas
** Genus ''Conopophaga''
** Genus ''Pittasoma''
* Family Australian mudnester, Corcoracidae - Australian mudnester
** Genus ''White-winged chough, Corcorax'' - white-winged chough
** Genus ''Apostlebird, Struthidea'' - apostlebird
* Family Corvidae - crows, ravens, and jays
** Genus ''Aphelocoma'' – scrub jays
** Genus ''Magpie-jay, Calocitta'' – Magpie-jay
** Genus ''Cissa (genus), Cissa'' - magpies
** Genus ''Corvus'' - crows and ravens
** Genus ''Crypsirina'' - treepies
** Genus ''Cyanocitta'' - jays
** Genus ''Cyanocorax'' - jays
** Genus ''Cyanolyca''
** Genus ''Cyanopica'' - magpies
** Genus ''Dendrocitta'' - treepies
** Genus ''Garrulus'' - jays
** Genus ''Pinyon jay, Gymnorhinus'' - pinyon jay
** Genus ''Nutcracker (bird), Nucifraga'' - nutcrackers
** Genus ''Perisoreus'' - jays
** Genus ''Pica (genus), Pica'' - magpies
** Genus ''Crested jay, Platylophu'' - Crested jay
** Genus ''Black magpie, Platysmurus'' - black magpie
** Genus ''Ground jay, Podoces'' – ground jays
** Genus ''Brown jay, Psilorhinus'' - brown jay
** Genus ''Piapiac, Ptilostomus'' - piapiac
** Genus ''Chough, Pyrrhocorax'' - chough
** Genus ''Ratchet-tailed treepie, Temnurus'' - ratchet-tailed treepie
** Genus ''Urocissa'' - blue magpies
** Genus ''Stresemann's bushcrow, Zavattariornis'' - Stresemann's bushcrow
* Family Cotinga, Cotingidae - cotingas and allies
** Genus ''Scaled fruiteater, Ampelioides'' - scaled fruiteater
** Genus ''Ampelion''
** Genus ''Carpodectes''
** Genus ''Berryeater, Carpornis'' - berryeaters
** Genus ''Umbrellabird, Cephalopterus'' - umbrellabirds
** Genus ''Black-faced cotinga, Conioptilon'' - black-faced cotinga
** Genus ''Cotinga''
** Genus ''Doliornis''
** Genus ''Bare-necked fruitcrow, Gymnoderus'' - bare-necked fruitcrow
** Genus ''Crimson fruitcrow, Haematoderus'' - crimson fruitcrow
** Genus ''Lipaugus''
** Genus ''Capuchinbird, Perissocephalus'' - capuchinbird
** Genus ''Swallow-tailed cotinga, Phibalura'' - swallow-tailed cotinga
** Genus ''Phoenicircus''
** Genus ''Plantcutter, Phytotoma'' - plantcutters
** Genus ''Pipreola''
** Genus ''Purple-throated cotinga, Porphyrolaema'' - purple-throated cotinga
** Genus ''Neotropical bellbird, Procnias'' - Neotropical bellbird
** Genus ''Red-ruffed fruitcrow, Pyroderus'' - red-ruffed fruitcrow
** Genus ''Purple-throated fruitcrow, Querula'' - purple-throated fruitcrow
** Genus ''Rupicola (bird), Rupicola''
** Genus ''Snowornis''
** Genus ''Tijuca (bird), Tijuca''
** Genus ''Xipholena''
** Genus ''White-cheeked cotinga, Zaratornis'' - white-cheeked cotinga
* Family Bristlebird, Dasyornithidae
** Genus ''Bristlebird, Dasyornis'' - bristlebirds (formerly in Acanthizidae)
* Family Flowerpecker, Dicaeidae - flowerpeckers (sunbirds and flowerpeckers, might be included in Passeroidea)
** Genus ''Dicaeum''
** Genus ''Prionochilus''
* Family Drongo, Dicruridae
** Genus ''Drongo, Dicrurus'' - drongos
* Family Black-capped donacobius, Donacobiidae
** Genus ''Black-capped donacobius, Donacobius'' - black-capped donacobius (previously classed as a wren, but probably closest to the Locustellidae or Bernieridae)
* Family Palmchat, Dulidae (tentatively placed here)
** Genus ''Palmchat, Dulus''- palmchat
* Family Spotted elachura, Elachuridae
** Genus ''Spotted elachura, Elachura'' - spotted elachura
* Family Emberizidae
** Genus ''Diglossopis''
** Genus ''Emberiza'' - Old World buntings
* Family Erythrocercus, Erythrocercidae
** Genus ''Erythrocercus''
* Family Estrildidae - estrildid finches (waxbills, munias, and allies)
** Genus ''Amadina'' - cut-throats
** Genus ''Amandava'' - avadavats
** Genus ''Brown twinspot, Clytospiza'' - brown twinspot
** Genus ''Coccopygia''
** Genus ''Crimsonwing, Cryptospiza'' - crimsonwings
** Genus ''Painted finch, Emblema'' - painted finch
** Genus ''Parrotfinch, Erythrura'' - parrotfinches (includes ''Chloebia'')
** Genus ''Estrilda'' - waxbills
** Genus ''Euodice'' - silverbill
** Genus ''Euschistospiza''
** Genus ''Pictorella mannikin, Heteromunia'' - pictorella mannikin
** Genus ''Hypargos (bird), Hypargos''
** Genus ''Firefinch, Lagonosticta'' - firefinches
** Genus ''Lonchura'' - Munias, mannikins, and silverbills
** Genus ''Green-backed twinspot, Mandingoa'' - green-backed twinspot
** Genus ''Neochmia''
** Genus ''Nesocharis'' - oliveback
** Genus ''Nigrita (bird), Nigrita''
** Genus ''Grey-headed silverbill, Odontospiza'' - grey-headed silverbill
** Genus ''Mountain firetail, Oreostruthus'' - mountain firetail
** Genus ''Ortygospiza'' - quailfinches
** Genus ''Padda''
** Genus ''Locust finch, Paludipasser'' - locust finch
** Genus ''Antpecker, Parmoptila'' - antpeckers
** Genus ''Poephila''
** Genus ''Seedcracker, Pyrenestes'' - seedcrackers
** Genus ''Pytilia''
** Genus ''Bluebill, Spermophaga'' - bluebill
** Genus ''Stagonopleura'' - firetail
** Genus ''Taeniopygia''
** Genus ''Uraeginthus''
* Family Wattled ploughbill, Eulacestomidae
** Genus ''Wattled ploughbill, Eulacestoma'' - wattled ploughbill
* Family Rail-babbler, Eupetidae
** Genus ''Rail-babbler, Eupetes'' - Malaysian rail-babbler (recently split from the Cinclosomatidae)
* Family Eurylaimidae - broadbills
** Genus ''Calyptomena''
** Genus ''Dusky broadbill, Corydon'' - dusky broadbill
** Genus ''Black-and-red broadbill, Cymbirhynchus'' - black-and-red broadbill
** Genus ''Eurylaimus''
** Genus ''Neodrepanis''
** Genus ''Philepitta''
** Genus ''Long-tailed broadbill, Psarisomus'' - long-tailed broadbill
** Genus ''Grauer's broadbill, Pseudocalyptomena'' - Grauer's broadbill
** Genus ''Sarcophanops''
** Genus ''Silver-breasted broadbill, Serilophus'' - silver-breasted broadbill
** Genus ''Smithornis''
* Family Formicariidae - Antthrushe
** Genus ''Chamaeza''
** Genus ''Formicarius (bird), Formicarius''
* Family Finch, Fringillidae - true finches and Hawaiian honeycreepers. (Possibly polyphyletic)
** Genus ''Redpoll, Acanthis'' – redpolls
** Genus ''Blanford's rosefinch, Agraphospiza'' – Blanford's rosefinch
** Genus ''Bucanetes'' – trumpeter finch and Mongolian finch
** Genus ''Spectacled finch, Callacanthis'' – spectacled finch
** Genus ''Carduelis''
** Genus ''Rosefinch, Carpodacus'' – rosefinches
** Genus ''Chloridops''
** Genus ''Chloris (bird), Chloris'' – greenfinches
** Genus ''Chlorodrepanis'' - 'amakihis
** Genus ''Chlorophonia''
** Genus ''Mountain serin, Chrysocorythus'' – mountain serin
** Genus ''Coccothraustes''
** Genus ''Crithagra''
** Genus ''Drepanis''
** Genus ''Eophona'' – Chinese grosbeak and Japanese grosbeak
** Genus ''Euphonia''
** Genus ''Fringilla''
** Genus ''American rosefinch, Haemorhous'' – American rosefinches
** Genus ''Hemignathus''
** Genus ''Himatione''
** Genus ''Mountain finch, Leucosticte'' – mountain and rosy finches
** Genus ''Linaria (bird), Linaria''
** Genus ''Oriole finch, Linurgus'' – oriole finch
** Genus ''Crossbill, Loxia'' – crossbills
** Genus ''Loxioides'' – palila
** Genus ''Loxops''
** Genus ''ʻAnianiau, Magumma'' – ʻanianiau
** Genus ''Poʻouli, Melamprosops'' – poʻouli
** Genus ''Mycerobas'' – Palearctic grosbeaks
** Genus ''ʻAkikiki, Oreomystis'' – ʻakikiki
** Genus ''ʻAkohekohe, Palmeria'' – ʻakohekohe
** Genus ''Paroreomyza''
** Genus ''Pine grosbeak, Pinicola'' – pine grosbeak
** Genus ''Dark-breasted rosefinch, Procarduelis'' – dark-breasted rosefinch
** Genus ''Maui parrotbill, Pseudonestor'' – Maui parrotbill
** Genus ''ʻŌʻū, Psittirostra'' – ʻŌʻū
** Genus ''Golden-naped finch, Pyrrhoplectes'' – golden-naped finch
** Genus ''Pyrrhula'' – bullfinches
** Genus ''Rhodopechys''
** Genus ''Desert finch, Rhodospiza'' – desert finch
** Genus ''Golden-winged grosbeak, Rhynchostruthus'' – golden-winged grosbeak
** Genus ''Serinus''
** Genus ''Spinus (genus), Spinus''
** Genus ''Telespiza''
* Family Ovenbird (family), Furnariidae - ovenbirds and woodcreepers
** Genus ''Pink-legged graveteiro, Acrobatornis'' – pink-legged graveteiro
** Genus ''Anabacerthia'' – foliage-gleaners
** Genus ''Anabazenops'' – foliage-gleaners
** Genus ''Chestnut-winged hookbill, Ancistrops'' – chestnut-winged hookbill
** Genus ''Firewood-gatherer, Anumbius'' – firewood-gatherer
** Genus ''Aphrastura'' – rayaditos
** Genus ''Canastero, Asthenes'' – canasteros
** Genus ''Automolus'' – foliage-gleaners
** Genus ''Point-tailed palmcreeper, Berlepschia'' – point-tailed palmcreeper
** Genus ''Campylorhamphus'' – scythebills
** Genus ''Spot-throated woodcreeper, Certhiasomus'' – spot-throated woodcreeper (also described as ''Deconychura stictolaema'')
** Genus ''Certhiaxis'' – spinetails
** Genus ''Cichlocolaptes''
** Genus ''Cinclodes''
** Genus ''Clibanornis''
** Genus ''Lark-like brushrunner, Coryphistera'' – lark-like brushrunner
** Genus ''Cranioleuca'' – typical spinetails
** Genus ''Long-tailed woodcreeper, Deconychura'' – long-tailed woodcreeper
** Genus ''Cinnamon-throated woodcreeper, Dendrexetastes'' – cinnamon-throated woodcreeper
** Genus ''Dendrocincla'' – woodcreepers
** Genus ''Dendrocolaptes'' – woodcreepers
** Genus ''Dendroplex'' – straight-billed woodcreeper (formerly in ''Xiphorhynchus'')
** Genus ''Scimitar-billed woodcreeper, Drymornis'' – scimitar-billed woodcreeper
** Genus ''Greater scythebill, Drymotoxeres'' – greater scythebill
** Genus ''Hornero, Furnarius'' – horneros
** Genus ''Striated earthcreeper, Geocerthia'' – striated earthcreeper (also described as ''Upucerthia serrana'')
** Genus ''Geositta'' – miners
** Genus ''Wedge-billed woodcreeper, Glyphorynchus'' – wedge-billed woodcreeper
** Genus ''Sharp-billed treehunter, Heliobletus'' – sharp-billed treehunter
** Genus ''White-browed spinetail, Hellmayrea'' – white-browed spinetail
** Genus ''Hylexetastes'' – woodcreepers
** Genus ''Lepidocolaptes'' – narrow-billed woodcreeper
** Genus ''Tit-spinetail, Leptasthenura'' – tit-spinetails
** Genus ''Straight-billed reedhaunter, Limnoctites'' – straight-billed reedhaunter (sometimes included in ''Limnornis'', but closer to, and possibly better merged with ''Cranioleuca'')
** Genus ''Curve-billed reedhaunter, Limnornis'' – curve-billed reedhaunter
** Genus ''Sharp-tailed streamcreeper, Lochmias'' – sharp-tailed streamcreeper
** Genus ''Margarornis'' – treerunners
** Genus ''White-bellied spinetail, Mazaria'' – white-bellied spinetail
** Genus ''Great xenops, Megaxenops'' – great xenops
** Genus ''Orange-fronted plushcrown, Metopothrix'' – orange-fronted plushcrown
** Genus ''Rufous-tailed xenops, Microxenops'' – rufous-tailed xenops
** Genus ''Long-billed woodcreeper, Nasica'' – long-billed woodcreeper
** Genus ''Ochetorhynchus'' – earthcreepers (formerly included in ''Upucerthia'') (includes ''Chilia (bird), Chilia'')
** Genus ''Phacellodomus'' – Thornbird
** Genus ''Philydor'' – foliage-gleaners
** Genus ''Wren-like rushbird, Phleocryptes'' – wren-like rushbird
** Genus ''Premnoplex'' – typical barbtails
** Genus ''Rusty-winged barbtail, Premnornis'' – rusty-winged barbtail
** Genus ''Pseudasthenes'' – "false" canasteros
** Genus ''Tuftedcheek, Pseudocolaptes'' – tuftedcheeks
** Genus ''Pseudoseisura''
** Genus ''White-throated treerunner, Pygarrhichas'' – white-throated treerunner
** Genus ''Roraiman barbtail, Roraimia'' -
** Genus ''Chotoy spinetail, Schoeniophylax'' – Chotoy spinetail
** Genus ''Sclerurus'' – leaftossers
** Genus ''Spectacled prickletail, Siptornis'' – spectacled prickletail
** Genus ''Olivaceous woodcreeper, Sittasomus'' – olivaceous woodcreeper
** Genus ''Bay-capped wren-spinetail, Spartonoica'' – bay-capped wren-spinetail
** Genus ''Des Murs's wiretail, Sylviorthorhynchus'' – Des Murs's wiretail
** Genus ''Synallaxis'' – spinetails
** Genus ''Syndactyla'' – foliage-gleaners
** Genus ''Tarphonomus'' (new genus for 2 species formerly included in ''Upucerthia'')
** Genus ''Thripadectes'' – treehunters
** Genus ''Thripophaga'' – softtails
** Genus ''Upucerthia'' – earthcreepers
** Genus ''Xenerpestes'' – greytails
** Genus ''Xenops''
** Genus ''Xiphocolaptes'' – woodcreepers
** Genus ''Xiphorhynchus'' – woodcreepers (possibly polyphyletic)
* Family Antpitta, Grallariidae - antpittas
** Genus ''Grallaria''
** Genus ''Grallaricula''
** Genus ''Hylopezus''
** Genus ''Myrmothera''
* Family Swallow, Hirundinidae - swallows and martins
** Genus ''Tawny-headed swallow, Alopochelidon'' - tawny-headed swallow
** Genus ''Atticora''
** Genus ''Cecropis''
** Genus ''White-backed swallow, Cheramoeca'' - white-backed swallow
** Genus ''Delichon''
** Genus ''Andean swallow, Haplochelidon'' - Andean swallow
** Genus ''Hirundo''
** Genus ''White-thighed swallow, Neochelidon'' - white-thighed swallow
** Genus ''Notiochelidon''
** Genus ''Petrochelidon''
** Genus ''Phedina''
** Genus ''Progne''
** Genus ''Saw-wing, Psalidoprocne'' - saw-wings
** Genus ''Grey-rumped swallow, Pseudhirundo'' - grey-rumped swallow
** Genus ''River martin, Pseudochelidon'' - river martin
** Genus ''Crag martin, Ptyonoprogne'' - crag martins
** Genus ''Riparia''
** Genus ''Stelgidopteryx''
** Genus ''Tachycineta''
* Family Hyliidae - newly proposed for genera currently in other families
* Family Hyliota, Hyliotidae
** Genus ''Hyliota'' - hyliotas (recently split from the Sylviidae)
* Family Grey hypocolius, Hypocoliidae
** Genus ''Grey hypocolius, Hypocolius'' - grey hypocolius (tentatively placed here)
* Family Icteridae - grackles, New World blackbirds, and New World orioles
** Genus ''Baywing, Agelaioides'' - baywings
** Genus ''Agelaius'' – typical American blackbirds
** Genus ''Agelasticus''
** Genus ''Yellow-billed cacique, Amblycercus'' – yellow-billed cacique
** Genus ''Scarlet-headed blackbird, Amblyramphus'' – scarlet-headed blackbird
** Genus ''Forbes's blackbird, Anumara'' - Forbes's blackbird
** Genus ''Cacique (bird), Cacicus'' – true caciques
** Genus ''Chrysomus''
** Genus ''Austral blackbird, Curaeus'' - Austral blackbird
** Genus ''Dives (bird), Dives''
** Genus ''Bobolink, Dolichonyx'' – bobolink
** Genus ''Euphagus''
** Genus ''Chopi blackbird, Gnorimopsar'' – chopi blackbird
** Genus ''Oriole blackbird, Gymnomystax'' – oriole blackbird
** Genus ''Red-bellied grackle, Hypopyrrhus'' – red-bellied grackle
** Genus ''New World oriole, Icterus'' – New World orioles
** Genus ''Velvet-fronted grackle, Lampropsar'' – velvet-fronted grackle
** Genus ''Leistes'' – South American meadowlarks
** Genus ''Macroagelaius''
** Genus ''Cowbird, Molothrus'' – cowbirds
** Genus ''Jamaican blackbird, Nesopsar'' – Jamaican blackbird
** Genus ''Bolivian blackbird, Oreopsar'' – Bolivian blackbird
** Genus ''Oropendola, Psarocolius'' – oropendolas
** Genus ''Pseudoleistes'' – marshbirds
** Genus ''Quiscalus'' – grackles
** Genus ''Sturnella'' – North American meadowlarks
** Genus ''Yellow-headed blackbird, Xanthocephalus'' – yellow-headed blackbird
** Genus ''Saffron-cowled blackbird, Xanthopsar'' - saffron-cowled blackbird
* Family Blue-capped ifrit, Ifritidae
** Genus ''Blue-capped ifrit, Ifrita'' - blue-capped ifrit
* Family Fairy-bluebird, Irenidae
** Genus ''Fairy-bluebird, Irena'' - fairy-bluebirds
* Family Shrike, Laniidae - shrikes
** Genus ''Yellow-billed shrike, Corvinella'' - yellow-billed shrike
** Genus ''Eurocephalus''
** Genus ''Lanius''
** Genus ''Magpie shrike, Urolestes'' - magpie shrike
* Family Leiothrichidae - laughingthrushes and allies
** Genus ''Barwing, Actinodura'' – barwings
** Genus ''Argya'' (species previous placed in ''Turdoides'')
** Genus ''Cutia''
** Genus ''Garrulax'' – laughingthrushes
** Genus ''Striated laughingthrush, Grammatoptila'' - striated laughingthrush
** Genus ''Heterophasia'' - sibia
** Genus ''Ianthocincla'' – laughingthrushes (species previous placed in ''Garrulax'')
** Genus ''Laniellus'' – crocias
** Genus ''Rufous-backed sibia, Leioptila'' - rufous-backed sibia
** Genus ''Leiothrix (bird), Leiothrix''
** Genus ''Liocichla''
** Genus ''Red-tailed minla, Minla'' - red-tailed minla
** Genus ''Montecincla'' – laughingthrushes
** Genus ''Pterorhinus'' (species previous placed in ''Garrulax'')
** Genus ''Trochalopteron'' – laughingthrushes
** Genus ''Turdoides'' – babblers
* Family Locustellidae - grass-warbler and allies, recently split from the Sylviidae
** Genus ''Bradypterus'' – megalurid bush warblers
** Genus ''Fan-tailed grassbird, Catriscus'' – fan-tailed grassbird
** Genus ''Buff-banded thicketbird, Cincloramphus'' - buff-banded thicketbird
** Genus ''Sri Lanka bush warbler, Elaphrornis'' – Sri Lanka bush warbler
** Genus ''Helopsaltes'' – grasshopper warbler
** Genus ''Grass warbler, Locustella'' – grass warblers
** Genus ''Malia (bird), Malia''
** Genus ''Striated grassbird, Megalurus'' – striated grassbird
** Genus ''Poodytes''
** Genus ''Robsonius'' – ground warblers
** Genus ''Schoenicola''
* Family Machaerirhynchus, Machaerirhynchidae
** Genus ''Machaerirhynchus'' - boatbills
* Family Macrosphenidae - African warblers such as longbills and crombecs, a recently proposed family whose composition is still uncertain
** Genus ''Rockrunner, Achaetops'' - rockrunner
** Genus ''Victorin's warbler, Cryptillas'' – Victorin's warbler (formerly ''Bradypterus'')
** Genus ''Macrosphenus'' – longbills
** Genus ''Moustached grass warbler, Melocichla'' - moustached grass warbler
** Genus ''Cape grassbird, Sphenoeacus'' - Cape grassbird
** Genus ''Crombec, Sylvietta'' – crombecs
* Family Bushshrike, Malaconotidae - puffbacks, bushshrikes, tchagras, boubous, and allies
** Genus ''Chlorophoneus''
** Genus ''Dryoscopus''
** Genus ''Laniarius''
** Genus ''Malaconotus''
** Genus ''Brubru, Nilaus'' - brubru
** Genus ''Rosy-patched bushshrike, Rhodophoneus'' - rosy-patched bushshrike
** Genus ''Tchagra''
** Genus ''Telophorus''
* Family Maluridae - fairywrens, emu-wren, and grasswrens
** Genus ''Grasswren, Amytornis'' – grasswrens
** Genus ''Chenorhamphus''
** Genus ''Orange-crowned fairywren, Clytomyias'' – orange-crowned fairywren
** Genus ''Malurus''
** Genus ''Wallace's fairywren, Sipodotus'' – Wallace's fairywren
** Genus ''Emu-wren, Stipiturus'' – emu-wren
* Family Melampittidae
** Genus ''Greater melampitta, Megalampitta'' - greater melampitta
** Genus ''Melampitta''
* Family Melanocharitidae - berrypeckers and longbills
** Genus ''Melanocharis''
** Genus ''Oedistoma''
** Genus ''Spotted berrypecker, Rhamphocharis'' - spotted berrypecker
** Genus ''Toxorhamphus''
* Family Crescentchest, Melanopareiidae
** Genus ''Crescentchest, Melanopareia'' - crescentchests
* Family Honeyeater, Meliphagidae - honeyeaters
** Genus ''Spiny-cheeked honeyeater, Acanthagenys'' - spiny-cheeked honeyeater
** Genus ''Spinebill, Acanthorhynchus'' - spinebill
** Genus ''Anthochaera''
** Genus ''New Zealand bellbird, Anthornis'' - New Zealand bellbird
** Genus ''Gibberbird, Ashbyia'' - gibberbird
** Genus ''Bolemoreus''
** Genus ''Caligavis''
** Genus ''Pied honeyeater, Certhionyx'' - pied honeyeater
** Genus ''Banded honeyeater, Cissomela'' - banded honeyeater
** Genus ''Conopophila''
** Genus ''Blue-faced honeyeater, Entomyzon'' - blue-faced honeyeater
** Genus ''Epthianura''
** Genus ''Wattled honeyeater, Foulehaio'' - wattled honeyeater
** Genus ''Gavicalis''
** Genus ''Tawny-crowned honeyeater, Gliciphila'' - tawny-crowned honeyeater
** Genus ''Green-backed honeyeater, Glycichaera'' - green-backed honeyeater
** Genus ''Glycifohia''
** Genus ''Painted honeyeater, Grantiella''
** Genus ''Guadalcanal honeyeater, Guadalcanaria'' - Guadalcanal honeyeater
** Genus ''Gymnomyza''
** Genus ''Lichenostomus''
** Genus ''Lichmera''
** Genus ''MacGregor's honeyeater, Macgregoria'' - MacGregor's honeyeater
** Genus ''Manorina''
** Genus ''Makira honeyeater, Meliarchus'' - makira honeyeater
** Genus ''Melidectes''
** Genus ''Long-billed honeyeater, Melilestes'' - long-billed honeyeater
** Genus ''Meliphaga''
** Genus ''Melipotes''
** Genus ''Melithreptus''
** Genus ''White-streaked friarbird, Melitograis'' - white-streaked friarbird
** Genus ''Myza''
** Genus ''Myzomela''
** Genus ''Nesoptilotis''
** Genus ''Orange-cheeked honeyeater, Oreornis'' - orange-cheeked honeyeater
** Genus ''Friarbird, Philemon'' - friarbird
** Genus ''Phylidonyris''
** Genus ''Striped honeyeater, Plectorhyncha'' - striped honeyeater
** Genus ''Tui (bird), Prosthemadera'' - tui
** Genus ''Ptiloprora''
** Genus ''Ptilotula''
** Genus ''White-fronted honeyeater, Purnella'' - white-fronted honeyeater
** Genus ''Pycnopygius''
** Genus ''Ramsayornis''
** Genus ''Stomiopera''
** Genus ''Bougainville honeyeater, Stresemannia'' - Bougainville honeyeater
** Genus ''Black honeyeater, Sugomel'' - black honeyeater
** Genus ''Timeliopsis''
** Genus ''White-streaked honeyeater, Trichodere'' - white-streaked honeyeater
** Genus ''Xanthotis''
* Family Lyrebird, Menuridae
** Genus ''Lyrebird, Menura'' - lyrebirds
* Family Mimidae - mockingbirds and thrashers
** Genus ''Scaly-breasted thrasher, Allenia'' - scaly-breasted thrasher
** Genus ''Trembler, Cinclocerthia'' - tremblers
** Genus ''Gray catbird, Dumetella'' - grey catbird
** Genus ''Pearly-eyed thrasher, Margarops'' - pearly-eyed thrasher
** Genus ''Black catbird, Melanoptila'' - black catbird
** Genus ''Melanotis''
** Genus ''Mimus'' (includes ''Nesomimus'')
** Genus ''Sage thrasher, Oreoscoptes'' - sage thrasher
** Genus ''White-breasted thrasher, Ramphocinclus'' - white-breasted thrasher
** Genus ''Toxostoma''
* Family Mitrospingidae
** Genus ''Red-billed pied tanager, Lamprospiza'' - Red-billed pied tanager
** Genus ''Mitrospingus''
** Genus ''Olive-green tanager, Orthogonys'' - Olive-green tanager
* Family Modulatricidae - dapple-throat and allies (sometimes Arcanatoridae)
** Genus ''Dapple-throat, Arcanator'' - dapple-throat
** Genus ''Kakamega''
** Genus ''Spot-throat, Modulatrix'' - spot-throat
* Family Mohoua, Mohouidae
** Genus ''Mohoua''
* Family Monarch flycatcher, Monarchidae - monarch flycatchers
** Genus ''Arses (genus), Arses''
** Genus ''Carterornis''
** Genus ''‘Elepaio, Chasiempis'' - ‘elepaio
** Genus ''Shrikebill, Clytorhynchus'' – shrikebill
** Genus ''Cerulean paradise flycatcher, Eutrichomyias'' – cerulean paradise flycatcher
** Genus ''Grallina'' – magpie-larks
** Genus ''Hypothymis''
** Genus ''Mayrornis''
** Genus ''Metabolus'' – Chuuk monarch
** Genus ''Monarcha''
** Genus ''Myiagra'' – broad-billed flycatcher
** Genus ''Buff-bellied monarch, Neolalage'' – buff-bellied monarch
** Genus ''Pomarea''
** Genus ''Symposiachrus''
** Genus ''Paradise flycatcher, Terpsiphone'' – paradise flycatcher
** Genus ''Trochocercus''
* Family Motacillidae
** Genus ''Pipit, Anthus'' - pipits
** Genus ''Forest wagtail, Dendronanthus'' - forest wagtail
** Genus ''Hemimacronyx'' (proposed)
** Genus ''Longclaw, Macronyx'' - longclaws
** Genus ''Wagtail, Motacilla'' - wagtails
** Genus ''Golden pipit, Tmetothylacus'' - golden pipit
* Family Old World flycatcher, Muscicapidae - Old World flycatchers and chats. (Monophyly needs confirmation)
** Genus ''Alethe (genus), Alethe''
** Genus ''Anthipes''
** Genus ''Brachypteryx'' – shortwings
** Genus ''Calliope (genus), Calliope''
** Genus ''Buff-streaked chat, Campicoloides'' – buff-streaked chat
** Genus ''Scrub robin, Cercotrichas'' – scrub robins
** Genus ''Chamaetylas''
** Genus ''Palm thrush, Cichladusa'' – palm thrush
** Genus ''Blue-fronted robin, Cinclidium'' – blue-fronted robin
** Genus ''Magpie-robin, Copsychus'' – magpie-robins and shamas
** Genus ''Cossypha'' – robin-chats
** Genus ''White-bellied robin-chat, Cossyphicula'' – white-bellied robin-chat
** Genus ''Cyanoptila''
** Genus ''Cyornis''
** Genus ''Emarginata (genus), Emarginata''
** Genus ''Silverbird (bird), Empidornis'' – silverbirds
** Genus ''Forktail, Enicurus'' – forktails
** Genus ''European robin, Erithacus'' – European robin
** Genus ''Eumyias''
** Genus ''Ficedula'' – flycatchers
** Genus ''Fraseria'' – forest flycatchers
** Genus ''Great shortwing, Heinrichia'' – great shortwing
** Genus ''Gould's shortwing, Heteroxenicus'' – Gould's shortwing
** Genus ''Humblot's flycatcher, Humblotia'' – Humblot's flycatcher
** Genus ''White-throated robin, Irania'' – white-throated robin
** Genus ''Larvivora''
** Genus ''Bagobo babbler, Leonardina'' – Bagobo babbler
** Genus ''Luscinia''
** Genus ''Melaenornis''
** Genus ''Rock thrush, Monticola'' – rock thrushes
** Genus ''Muscicapa''
** Genus ''Pygmy flycatcher, Muscicapella'' – pygmy flycatcher
** Genus ''Myiomela''
** Genus ''Myioparus'' – tit-flycatchers
** Genus ''Whistling thrush, Myophonus'' – whistling thrush
** Genus ''Myrmecocichla''
** Genus ''Herero chat, Namibornis'' – Herero chat
** Genus ''Niltava''
** Genus ''Wheatear, Oenanthe'' – wheatears
** Genus ''Phoenicurus'' – redstarts
** Genus ''Moorland chat, Pinarochroa'' – moorland chat
** Genus ''Boulder chat, Pinarornis'' – boulder chat
** Genus ''White-starred robin, Pogonocichla'' – white-starred robin
** Genus ''Saxicola''
** Genus ''Akalat, Sheppardia'' – akalats
** Genus ''Sholicola''
** Genus ''Forest robin, Stiphrornis'' – forest robins
** Genus ''Swynnerton's robin, Swynnertonia'' – Swynnerton's robin
** Genus ''Tarsiger''
** Genus ''Thamnolaea'' – cliff chats
** Genus ''Vauriella''
* Family Sunbird, Nectariniidae - sunbirds and spiderhunters
** Genus ''Aethopyga''
** Genus ''Anabathmis'' (sometimes included in ''Nectarinia'')
** Genus ''Orange-breasted sunbird, Anthobaphes'' - orange-breasted sunbird (sometimes included in ''Nectarinia'')
** Genus ''Anthreptes''
** Genus ''Spiderhunter, Arachnothera'' - spiderhunters
** Genus ''Chalcomitra'' (sometimes included in ''Nectarinia'')
** Genus ''Ruby-cheeked sunbird, Chalcoparia'' - Ruby-cheeked sunbird (sometimes included in ''Anthreptes'')
** Genus ''Cinnyris'' (sometimes included in ''Nectarinia'')
** Genus ''Cyanomitra'' (sometimes included in ''Nectarinia'')
** Genus ''Deleornis'' (sometimes included in ''Anthreptes'')
** Genus ''Golden-winged sunbird, Drepanorhynchus'' - golden-winged sunbird (sometimes included in ''Nectarinia'')
** Genus ''Giant sunbird, Dreptes'' - giant sunbird (sometimes included in ''Nectarinia'')
** Genus ''Hedydipna'' (sometimes included in ''Anthreptes'')
** Genus ''Purple-naped sunbird, Hypogramma'' - purple-naped sunbird
** Genus ''Leptocoma'' (sometimes included in ''Nectarinia'')
** Genus ''Nectarinia''
* Family Sittella, Neosittidae
** Genus ''Sittella, Daphoenositta'' - sittellas
* Family Puerto Rican tanager, Nesospingidae
** Genus ''Puerto Rican tanager, Nesospingus'' - Puerto Rican tanager
* Family Nicatoridae
** Genus ''Nicator''- nicators
* Family Stitchbird, Notiomystidae
** Genus ''Stitchbird, Notiomystis'' - stitchbirds
* Family Oreoicidae - Australo-Papuan bellbirds
** Genus ''Rufous-naped bellbird, Aleadryas'' - rufous-naped bellbird
** Genus ''Crested bellbird, Oreoica'' - crested bellbird
** Genus ''Piping bellbird, Ornorectes'' - piping bellbird
* Family Old World oriole, Oriolidae - Old World orioles
** Genus ''Oriolus'' – orioles
** Genus ''Pitohui''
** Genus ''Figbird, Sphecotheres – figbirds
* Family Orthonychidae
** Genus ''Orthonychidae, Orthonyx'' - logrunners
* Family Pachycephalidae
** Genus ''Shrikethrush, Colluricincla'' - shrikethrushes
** Genus ''Coracornis''
** Genus ''Crested shriketit, Falcunculus'' – crested shriketit
** Genus ''Black pitohui, Melanorectes'' – black pitohui
** Genus ''Pachycephala'' – whistlers
** Genus ''Pseudorectes''
* Family Bearded reedling, Panuridae
** Genus ''Bearded reedling, Panurus'' - bearded reedling (formerly classed as a parrotbill)
* Family Bird-of-paradise, Paradisaeidae - birds-of-paradise
** Genus ''Astrapia''
** Genus ''King bird-of-paradise, Cicinnurus'' - king bird-of-paradise
** Genus ''Diphyllodes''
** Genus ''Drepanornis''
** Genus ''Epimachus''
** Genus ''Lophorina''
** Genus ''Paradise-crow, Lycocorax'' - paradise-crow
** Genus ''Manucode, Manucodia'' - manucodes
** Genus ''Paradigalla''
** Genus ''Paradisaea''
** Genus ''Parotia''
** Genus ''Trumpet manucode, Phonygammus'' - trumpet manucode
** Genus ''King of Saxony bird-of-paradise, Pteridophora'' - King of Saxony bird-of-paradise
** Genus ''Ptiloris''
** Genus ''Twelve-wired bird-of-paradise, Seleucidis'' - twelve-wired bird-of-paradise
** Genus ''Standardwing, Semioptera'' - standardwings
* Family Painted berrypecker, Paramythiidae - painted berrypeckers
** Genus ''Tit berrypecker, Oreocharis'' - tit berrypecker
** Genus ''Crested berrypecker, Paramythia'' - crested berrypecker
* Family Pardalote, Pardalotidae
** Genus ''Pardalote, Pardalotus'' - pardalotes
* Family Tit (bird), Paridae - Tits, chickadees, and titmice
** Genus ''Baeolophus''
** Genus ''Cephalopyrus'' - fire-capped tit
** Genus ''Cyanistes''
** Genus ''Lophophanes''
** Genus ''Machlolophus''
** Genus ''Melaniparus''
** Genus ''Sultan tit, Melanochlora'' - sultan tit
** Genus ''Pardaliparus''
** Genus ''Parus''
** Genus ''Periparus''
** Genus ''Poecile''
** Genus ''Ground tit, Pseudopodoces'' - ground tit
** Genus ''Sittiparus''
** Genus ''Yellow-browed tit, Sylviparus'' - yellow-browed tit
* Family New World warbler, Parulidae - New World warblers
** Genus ''Basileuterus''
** Genus ''Cardellina''
** Genus ''Whistling warbler, Catharopeza'' - whistling warbler
** Genus ''Ergaticus''
** Genus ''Yellowthroat, Geothlypis'' - yellowthroats
** Genus ''Worm-eating warbler, Helmitheros'' - worm-eating warbler
** Genus ''Semper's warbler, Leucopeza'' - Semper's warbler
** Genus ''Swainson's warbler, Limnothlypis'' - Swainson's warbler
** Genus ''Black-and-white warbler, Mniotilta'' - black-and-white warbler
** Genus ''Whitestart, Myioborus'' - whitestarts
** Genus ''Myiothlypis''
** Genus ''Connecticut warbler, Oporornis'' - Connecticut warbler
** Genus ''Oreothlypis''
** Genus ''Waterthrush, Parkesia'' - waterthrushes
** Genus ''Parula''
** Genus ''Prothonotary warbler, Protonotaria'' - prothonotary warbler
** Genus ''Ovenbird, Seiurus'' - ovenbird
** Genus ''Setophaga''
** Genus ''Vermivora''
* Family Passerellidae - New World sparrows
** Genus ''Aimophila''
** Genus ''Ammodramus''
** Genus ''Amphispiza''
** Genus ''Arremon''
** Genus ''Arremonops''
** Genus ''Artemisiospiza''
** Genus ''Atlapetes''
** Genus ''Lark bunting, Calamospiza'' - lark bunting
** Genus ''Chlorospingus'' (traditionally placed in the tanager family Thraupidae)
** Genus ''Lark sparrow, Chondestes'' - lark sparrow
** Genus ''Junco''
** Genus ''Melospiza''
** Genus ''Melozone''
** Genus ''Tanager finch, Oreothraupis'' - tanager finch
** Genus ''Striped sparrow, Oriturus'' - striped sparrow
** Genus ''Passerculus''
** Genus ''Fox sparrow, Passerella'' - fox sparrow
** Genus ''Peucaea''
** Genus ''Large-footed finch, Pezopetes'' - large-footed finch
** Genus ''Pipilo'' - Towhee
** Genus ''Vesper sparrow, Pooecetes'' - vesper sparrow
** Genus ''Pselliophorus''
** Genus ''Spizella''
** Genus ''American tree sparrow, Spizelloides'' - American tree sparrow
** Genus ''Zapata sparrow, Torreornis'' - Zapata sparrow
** Genus ''Sierra Madre sparrow, Xenospiza'' - Sierra Madre sparrow
** Genus ''Zonotrichia''
* Family Old World sparrow, Passeridae - Old World sparrows
** Genus ''Pale rockfinch, Carpospiza'' - pale rockfinch
** Genus ''Gymnoris''
** Genus ''Cinnamon ibon, Hypocryptadius'' - cinnamon ibon
** Genus ''Montifringilla''
** Genus ''White-rumped snowfinch, Onychostruthus'' - white-rumped snowfinch
** Genus ''Passer''
** Genus ''Rock sparrow, Petronia'' - rock sparrows
** Genus ''Pyrgilauda''
* Family Pellorneidae - jungle babblers
** Genus ''Alcippe (bird), Alcippe''
** Genus ''Gampsorhynchus''
** Genus ''Graminicola''
** Genus ''Illadopsis''
** Genus ''Jabouilleia''
** Genus ''Striped wren-babbler, Kenopia'' - striped wren-babbler
** Genus ''Laticilla''
** Genus ''Malacocincla''
** Genus ''Malacopteron''
** Genus ''Napothera''
** Genus ''Pellorneum''
** Genus ''Ptilocichla''
** Genus ''Spotted thrush-babbler, Ptyrticus'' - spotted thrush-babbler
** Genus ''Rimator''
** Genus ''Trichastoma''
* Family Australasian robin, Petroicidae - Australasian robins
** Genus ''Amalocichla''
** Genus ''Drymodes''
** Genus ''Eopsaltria''
** Genus ''Garnet robin, Eugerygone'' - garnet robin
** Genus ''Heteromyias''
** Genus ''Melanodryas''
** Genus ''Microeca''
** Genus ''Torrent flyrobin, Monachella'' - torrent flyrobin
** Genus ''Pachycephalopsis''
** Genus ''Mangrove robin, Peneoenanthe'' - mangrove robin
** Genus ''Peneothello''
** Genus ''Petroica''
** Genus ''Poecilodryas''
** Genus ''Tregellasia''
* Family Olive warbler, Peucedramidae
** Genus ''Olive warbler, Peucedramus'' - olive warbler
* Family Phaenicophilidae
** Genus ''Green-tailed warbler, Microligea'' - Green-tailed warbler
** Genus ''Phaenicophilus''
** Genus ''White-winged warbler, Xenoligea'' - White-winged warbler
* Family Asity, Philepittidae - asities
** Genus ''Neodrepanis''
** Genus ''Philepitta''
* Family Phylloscopidae - leaf-warblers and allies (recently split from the Sylviidae)
** Genus ''Leaf warbler, Phylloscopus'' - leaf warblers
** Genus ''Seicercus''
* Family Picathartes, Picathartidae
** Genus ''Picathartes'' - rockfowl
* Family Manakin, Pipridae - manakins
** Genus ''Antilophia''
** Genus ''Ceratopipra''
** Genus ''Chiroxiphia''
** Genus ''Chloropipo''
** Genus ''Corapipo''
** Genus ''Green manakin, Cryptopipo'' - green manakin
** Genus ''Heterocercus''
** Genus ''Pin-tailed manakin, Ilicura'' - pin-tailed manakin
** Genus ''Lepidothrix''
** Genus ''Machaeropterus''
** Genus ''Manacus''
** Genus ''Golden-winged manakin, Masius'' - golden-winged manakin
** Genus ''Neopelma''
** Genus ''Pipra''
** Genus ''White-crowned manakin, Pseudopipra'' - white-crowned manakin
** Genus ''Tyranneutes''
** Genus ''Xenopipo''
* Family Pitta, Pittidae - pittas
** Genus ''Erythropitta''
** Genus ''Hydrornis''
** Genus ''Pitta (genus), Pitta''
* Family Bornean bristlehead, Pityriaseidae
** Genus ''Bornean bristlehead, Pityriasis'' - Bornean bristlehead (tentatively placed here)
* Family Wattle-eye, Platysteiridae - wattle-eyes and relatives (formerly in ''Passerida'', probably paraphyletic)
** Genus ''Batis (bird), Batis''
** Genus ''White-tailed shrike, Lanioturdus'' - white-tailed shrike
** Genus ''Platysteira''
* Family Ploceidae - weavers
** Genus ''Thick-billed weaver, Amblyospiza'' – thick-billed weaver
** Genus ''Red-headed weaver, Anaplectes'' – red-headed weaver
** Genus ''Bob-tailed weaver, Brachycope'' – bob-tailed weaver
** Genus ''Bubalornis''
** Genus ''White-headed buffalo weaver, Dinemellia'' – white-headed buffalo weaver
** Genus ''Euplectes'' – bishops and widowbirds
** Genus ''Fody, Foudia'' – fody
** Genus ''Rufous-tailed weaver, Histurgops'' – rufous-tailed weaver
** Genus ''Malimbus''
** Genus ''Sociable weaver, Philetairus'' – sociable weaver
** Genus ''Sparrow-weaver, Plocepasser'' – sparrow-weavers
** Genus ''Ploceus''
** Genus ''Pseudonigrita''
** Genus ''Quelea''
** Genus ''Sporopipes''
* Family Pnoepyga, Pnoepygidae
** Genus ''Pnoepyga'' - pygmy wren-babbler
* Family Gnatcatcher, Polioptilidae - gnatcatchers
** Genus ''Microbates''
** Genus ''Ramphocaenus''
** Genus ''Polioptila''
* Family Australo-Papuan babbler, Pomatostomidae - Australo-Papuan babblers
** Genus ''Australo-Papuan babbler, Pomatostomus''
* Family Prionopidae - see Vangidae
* Family Sugarbird, Promeropidae
** Genus ''Sugarbird, Promerops'' - sugarbirds
* Family Accentor, Prunellidae
** Genus ''Accentor, Prunella'' - accentors
* Family Psophodidae
** Genus ''Papuan whipbird, Androphobus'' - Papuan whipbird
** Genus ''Quail-thrush, Cinclosoma'' – quail-thrushes
** Genus ''Psophodes''
** Genus ''Jewel-babbler, Ptilorrhoa'' – jewel-babblers
* Family Silky-flycatcher, Ptiliogonatidae - silky flycatchers (tentatively placed here)
** Genus ''Phainopepla''
** Genus ''Black-and-yellow phainoptila, Phainoptila'' - black-and-yellow phainoptila
** Genus ''Ptiliogonys, Ptilogonys''
* Family Bowerbird, Ptilonorhynchidae - bowerbirds
** Genus ''Ailuroedus''
** Genus ''Amblyornis''
** Genus ''Archboldia''
** Genus ''Chlamydera''
** Genus ''Golden bowerbird, Prionodura'' - golden bowerbird
** Genus ''Satin bowerbird, Ptilonorhynchus'' - satin bowerbird
** Genus ''Tooth-billed bowerbird, Scenopooetes'' - tooth-billed bowerbird
** Genus ''Sericulus''
* Family Bulbul, Pycnonotidae - bulbuls
** Genus ''Yellow-browed bulbul, Acritillas'' – yellow-browed bulbul
** Genus ''Alophoixus''
** Genus ''Sombre greenbul, Andropadus'' – sombre greenbul
** Genus ''Arizelocichla''
** Genus ''Yellow-throated leaflove, Atimastillas'' – yellow-throated leaflove
** Genus ''Baeopogon''
** Genus ''Bristlebill, Bleda'' – bristlebills
** Genus ''Golden greenbul, Calyptocichla'' – golden greenbul
** Genus ''White-headed bulbul, Cerasophila'' – white-headed bulbul
** Genus ''Chlorocichla''
** Genus ''Criniger''
** Genus ''Eurillas''
** Genus ''Hemixos''
** Genus ''Hypsipetes''
** Genus ''Iole (genus), Iole''
** Genus ''Spotted greenbul, Ixonotus'' – spotted greenbul
** Genus ''Ixos''
** Genus ''Black-collared bulbul, Neolestes'' – black-collared bulbul
** Genus ''Bare-faced bulbul, Nok'' – bare-faced bulbul
** Genus ''Phyllastrephus''
** Genus ''Pycnonotus''
** Genus ''Hook-billed bulbul, Setornis'' – hook-billed bulbul
** Genus ''Spizixos'' – finchbills
** Genus ''Slender-billed greenbul, Stelgidillas'' – slender-billed greenbul
** Genus ''Golden bulbul, Thapsinillas'' - golden bulbul
** Genus ''Swamp palm bulbul, Thescelocichla'' – swamp palm bulbul
** Genus ''Hairy-backed bulbul, Tricholestes'' – hairy-backed bulbul
* Family Kinglet, Regulidae
** Genus ''Kinglet, Regulus'' - kinglets
* Family Penduline tit, Remizidae - penduline tits (sometimes included in the Paridae)
** Genus ''Anthoscopus''
** Genus ''Verdin, Auriparus'' - verdin
** Genus ''Remiz''
* Family Mottled berryhunter, Rhagologidae
** Genus ''Mottled berryhunter, Rhagologus'' - mottled berryhunter
* Family Tapaculo, Rhinocryptidae - tapaculos
** Genus ''Ocellated tapaculo, Acropternis'' - ocellated tapaculo
** Genus ''Eleoscytalopus''
** Genus ''Ochre-flanked tapaculo, Eugralla'' - ochre-flanked tapaculo
** Genus ''Rusty-belted tapaculo, Liosceles'' - rusty-belted tapaculo
** Genus ''Merulaxis''
** Genus ''Ash-colored tapaculo, Myornis'' - ash-colored tapaculo
** Genus ''Spotted bamboowren, Psilorhamphus'' - spotted bamboowren
** Genus ''Pteroptochos''
** Genus ''Crested gallito, Rhinocrypta'' - crested gallito
** Genus ''Scelorchilus''
** Genus ''Scytalopus''
** Genus ''Sandy gallito, Teledromas'' - sandy gallito
* Family Rhipiduridae - fantails
** Genus ''Drongo fantail, Chaetorhynchus'' – drongo fantail
** Genus ''Silktail, Lamprolia'' – silktail
** Genus ''Fantail, Rhipidura'' – fantails
* Family Rosy thrush-tanager, Rhodinocichlidae
** Genus ''Rosy thrush-tanager, Rhodinocichla'' - Rosy thrush-tanager
* Family Indian spotted creeper, Salpornithidae
** Genus ''Salpornis'' - spotted creepers (Tentatively placed here; often considered a subfamily of the Certhidae)
* Family Sapayoa, Sapayoidae
** Genus ''Sapayoa'' - broad-billed sapayoa
* Family Streaked scrub warbler, Scotocercidae
** Genus ''Streaked scrub warbler, Scotocerca'' - streaked scrub warbler
* Family Nuthatch, Sittidae
* Family Spindalis, Spindalidae
** Genus ''Spindalis''
** Genus ''Nuthatch, Sitta'' - nuthatches
* Family Stenostiridae
** Genus ''Yellow-bellied fantail, Chelidorhynx'' - yellow-bellied fantail - (formerly in ''Rhipidura'')
** Genus ''Canary-flycatcher, Culicicapa'' - canary-flycatcher
** Genus ''Elminia''
** Genus ''Fairy flycatcher, Stenostira'' – fairy flycatcher
* Family Starling, Sturnidae - starlings
** Genus ''Acridotheres''
** Genus ''Agropsar'' (sometimes included in ''Sturnus'' or ''Sturnia'')
** Genus ''Golden-crested myna, Ampeliceps'' — golden-crested myna
** Genus ''Aplonis''— Pacific starlings
** Genus ''Basilornis''
** Genus ''Violet-backed starling, Cinnyricinclus'' — violet-backed starling
** Genus ''Wattled starling, Creatophora'' — wattled starling
** Genus ''Fiery-browed starling, Enodes'' — fiery-browed starling
** Genus ''Gracula'' — hill myna
** Genus ''Gracupica''
** Genus ''White-collared starling, Grafisia'' — white-collared starling
** Genus ''Madagascan starling, Hartlaubius'' - Madagascan starling
** Genus ''Hylopsar''
** Genus ''Lamprotornis'' (monophyly requires confirmation)
** Genus ''Bali myna, Leucopsar'' — Bali myna
** Genus ''Mino (bird), Mino''
** Genus ''Babbling starling, Neocichla'' — babbling starling
** Genus ''Black-bellied starling, Notopholia'' - black-bellied starling
** Genus ''Onychognathus''
** Genus ''Poeoptera'' (formerly ''Pholia'', sometimes included in ''Cinnyricinclus'')
** Genus ''Philippine creeper, Rhabdornis'' — Philippine creeper (placement here requires confirmation)
** Genus ''Rosy starling, Pastor'' — rosy starling
** Genus ''Coleto, Sarcops'' — Coleto
** Genus ''Spot-winged starling, Saroglossa'' - spot-winged starling
** Genus ''Grosbeak starling, Scissirostrum'' — grosbeak starling
** Genus ''Magpie starling, Speculipastor'' — magpie starling
** Genus ''Spodiopsar''
** Genus ''Spreo''
** Genus ''Streptocitta''
** Genus ''Sturnia'' (sometimes included in ''Sturnus'')
** Genus ''White-faced starling, Sturnornis'' — white-faced starling
** Genus ''Sturnus''
* Family Sylviidae - sylviid warblers and allies
** Genus ''Wrentit, Chamaea'' – wrentit
** Genus ''Pale-billed parrotbill, Chleuasicus'' – pale-billed parrotbill (Formerly in Paradoxornithidae)
** Genus ''Cholornis'' (Formerly in Paradoxornithidae)
** Genus ''Chrysomma'' (Formerly in Timaliidae)
** Genus ''Great parrotbill, Conostoma'' – great parrotbill (Formerly in Paradoxornithidae; tentatively placed here)
** Genus ''Fulvetta'' (Formerly in ''Alcippe'' )
** Genus ''Grauer's warbler, Graueria'' - Grauer's warbler
** Genus ''Dohrn's thrush-babbler, Horizorhinus'' – Dohrn's thrush-babbler (Formerly in Timaliidae)
** Genus ''Golden-breasted fulvetta, Lioparus'' – golden-breasted fulvetta (Formerly in ''Alcippe'')
** Genus ''Bush blackcap, Lioptilus'' – bush blackcap (Formerly in Timaliidae)
** Genus ''Rufous-tailed babbler, Moupinia'' - rufous-tailed babbler (Formerly in ''Chrysomma'')
** Genus ''Fire-tailed myzornis, Myzornis'' - fire-tailed myzornis
** Genus ''Short-tailed parrotbill, Neosuthora'' – short-tailed parrotbill (Formerly in Paradoxornithidae)
** Genus ''Paradoxornis'' (Formerly in Paradoxornithidae)
** Genus ''Abyssinian catbird, Parophasma'' - Abyssinian catbird
** Genus ''Pseudoalcippe'' (Formerly in ''Illadopsis'')
** Genus ''Psittiparus'' (Formerly in Paradoxornithidae)
** Genus ''Rhopophilus'' (Formerly in Cisticolidae)
** Genus ''Sinosuthora'' (Formerly in Paradoxornithidae)
** Genus ''Suthora'' (Formerly in Paradoxornithidae)
** Genus ''Typical warbler, Sylvia'' – typical warblers
* Family Cuban warbler, Teretistridae
** Genus ''Cuban warbler, Teretistris'' - Cuban warbler
* Family Antbird, Thamnophilidae - antbirds
** Genus ''Akletos''
** Genus ''Grey-bellied antbird, Ammonastes'' - grey-bellied antbird
** Genus ''Grey-headed antbird, Ampelornis'' - grey-headed antbird
** Genus ''Yapacana antbird, Aprositornis'' - Yapacana antbird
** Genus ''Giant antshrike, Batara'' - giant antshrike
** Genus ''White-bearded antshrike, Biatas'' - white-bearded antshrike (Placement here is provisional)
** Genus ''Cercomacra''
** Genus ''Cercomacroides''
** Genus ''Clytoctantes'' - bushbirds (Placement here is provisional)
** Genus ''Cymbilaimus'' - fasciated and bamboo antshrikes
** Genus ''Banded antbird, Dichrozona'' - banded antbird
** Genus ''Drymophila''
** Genus ''Dysithamnus'' - antvireos
** Genus ''Epinecrophylla''
** Genus ''Euchrepomis''
** Genus ''Formicivora''
** Genus ''Frederickena'' - antshrikes
** Genus ''Bare-crowned antbird, Gymnocichla'' - bare-crowned antbird
** Genus ''Gymnopithys''
** Genus ''Hafferia''
** Genus ''Herpsilochmus''
** Genus ''Hylophylax''
** Genus ''Hypocnemis'' - warbling antbirds
** Genus ''Hypocnemoides''
** Genus ''Spot-backed antshrike, Hypoedaleus'' - spot-backed antshrike
** Genus ''Isleria'' - antwrens
** Genus ''Mackenziaena'' - antshrikes
** Genus ''Pearly antshrike, Megastictus'' - pearly antshrike
** Genus ''Dot-winged antwren, Microrhopias'' - dot-winged antwren
** Genus ''White-bellied antbird, Myrmeciza'' - white-bellied antbird
** Genus ''Myrmelastes''
** Genus ''Myrmoborus''
** Genus ''Black-and-white antbird, Myrmochanes'' - black-and-white antbird
** Genus ''Myrmoderus''
** Genus ''Black-throated antbird, Myrmophylax'' - black-throated antbird
** Genus ''Stripe-backed antbird, Myrmorchilus'' - stripe-backed antbird
** Genus ''Wing-banded antbird, Myrmornis'' - wing-banded antbird
** Genus ''Myrmotherula'' - antwrens
** Genus ''Black bushbird, Neoctantes'' - black bushbird
** Genus ''Oneillornis''
** Genus ''Percnostola''
** Genus ''Ocellated antbird, Phaenostictus'' - ocellated antbird
** Genus ''Phlegopsis'' - bare-eyes
** Genus ''Pithys''
** Genus ''Chestnut-backed antbird, Poliocrania'' - chestnut-backed antbird
** Genus ''Spot-winged antshrike, Pygiptila'' - spot-winged antshrike
** Genus ''Fire-eye, Pyriglena'' - fire-eyes
** Genus ''Rhegmatorhina''
** Genus ''Star-throated antwren, Rhopias'' - star-throated antwren
** Genus ''Slender antbird, Rhopornis'' - slender antbird (Placement here is provisional)
** Genus ''Sakesphorus'' - antshrikes
** Genus ''Sciaphylax''
** Genus ''Silvered antbird, Sclateria'' - silvered antbird
** Genus ''Sipia''
** Genus ''Marsh antwren, Stymphalornis'' - marsh antwren
** Genus ''Great antshrike, Taraba'' - great antshrike
** Genus ''Terenura''
** Genus ''Thamnistes''
** Genus ''Thamnomanes''
** Genus ''Thamnophilus''
** Genus ''Willisornis''
** Genus ''Speckled antshrike, Xenornis'' - speckled antshrike (Placement here is provisional)
* Family Tanager, Thraupidae - tanagers and allies
** Genus ''Peg-billed finch, Acanthidops'' – peg-billed finch
** Genus ''Anisognathus''
** Genus ''Bangsia''
** Genus ''Buthraupis''
** Genus ''Vermilion tanager, Calochaetes'' – vermilion tanager
** Genus ''Camarhynchus'' – tree finches
** Genus ''Plushcap, Catamblyrhynchus'' – plushcap
** Genus ''Catamenia (bird), Catamenia''
** Genus ''Warbler-finch, Certhidea'' – warbler-finches
** Genus ''Coal-crested finch, Charitospiza'' – coal-crested finch
** Genus ''Chlorochrysa''
** Genus ''Green honeycreeper, Chlorophanes'' – green honeycreeper
** Genus ''Grass-green tanager, Chlorornis'' – grass-green tanager
** Genus ''Chrysothlypis''
** Genus ''Magpie tanager, Cissopis'' – magpie tanager
** Genus ''Cnemathraupis''
** Genus ''Grey-hooded bush tanager, Cnemoscopus'' – grey-hooded bush tanager
** Genus ''Bananaquit, Coereba'' – bananaquit (formerly placed in its own family Coerebidae)
** Genus ''Compsospiza'' – mountain finches
** Genus ''Scarlet-throated tanager, Compsothraupis'' – scarlet-throated tanager
** Genus ''Conirostrum''
** Genus ''Conothraupis''
** Genus ''Black-masked finch, Coryphaspiza'' – black-masked finch
** Genus ''Coryphospingus''
** Genus ''Creurgops''
** Genus ''Honeycreeper, Cyanerpes'' - honeycreepers
** Genus ''Blue-backed tanager, Cyanicterus'' – blue-backed tanager
** Genus ''White-rumped tanager, Cypsnagra'' – white-rumped tanager
** Genus ''Dacnis''
** Genus ''Diglossa (bird), Diglossa'' – flowerpiercers
** Genus ''Diuca''
** Genus ''White-naped seedeater, Dolospingus'' – white-naped seedeater
** Genus ''Long-tailed reed finch, Donacospiza'' – long-tailed reed finch (may be related to ''Poospiza'')
** Genus ''Dubusia''
** Genus ''Emberizoides''
** Genus ''Embernagra''
** Genus ''Grey-headed tanager, Eucometis'' – grey-headed tanager
** Genus ''Orangequit, Euneornis'' – orangequit
** Genus ''Geospiza'' – ground finches
** Genus ''Yellow cardinal, Gubernatrix'' – yellow cardinal
** Genus ''Haplospiza'' (paraphyletic with two species of sierra-finch ''Phrygilus'')
** Genus ''Hemispingus''
** Genus ''Hemithraupis''
** Genus ''Heterospingus''
** Genus ''Short-tailed finch, Idiopsar'' – short-tailed finch
** Genus ''Inca finch, Incaspiza'' - Inca finches
** Genus ''Golden-collared honeycreeper, Iridophanes'' – golden-collared honeycreeper
** Genus ''Iridosornis''
** Genus ''Lanio''
** Genus ''Lophospingus''
** Genus ''Loxigilla'' (polyphyletic)
** Genus ''Yellow-shouldered grassquit, Loxipasser'' – yellow-shouldered grassquit
** Genus ''Melanodera''
** Genus ''Saint Lucia black finch, Melanospiza'' – Saint Lucia black finch
** Genus ''Melopyrrha''
** Genus ''Nemosia''
** Genus ''Shrike-like tanager, Neothraupis'' – shrike-like tanager
** Genus ''Pardusco, Nephelornis'' – pardusco
** Genus ''Nesospiza''
** Genus ''Brown tanager, Orchesticus'' – brown tanager
** Genus ''Giant conebill, Oreomanes'' – giant conebill
** Genus ''Oryzoborus''
** Genus ''Yellow-shouldered grosbeak, Parkerthraustes'' – yellow-shouldered grosbeak (traditionally in Cardinalidae)
** Genus ''Paroaria''
** Genus ''Phrygilus'' – sierra finches
** Genus ''Cinereous finch, Piezorina'' – cinereous finch
** Genus ''Cocos finch, Pinaroloxias'' – Cocos finch
** Genus ''Fawn-breasted tanager, Pipraeidea'' - fawn-breasted tanager
** Genus ''Vegetarian finch, Platyspiza'' - vegetarian finch
** Genus ''Poospiza'' – warbling finches
** Genus ''Blue finch, Porphyrospiza'' - blue finch
** Genus ''Rufous-bellied mountain tanager, Pseudosaltator'' - rufous-bellied mountain tanager
** Genus ''Chestnut-headed tanager, Pyrrhocoma'' – chestnut-headed tanager
** Genus ''Ramphocelus''
** Genus ''Crimson-breasted finch, Rhodospingus'' – crimson-breasted finch
** Genus ''Gough finch, Rowettia'' – Gough finch
** Genus ''Saltator''
** Genus ''Many-colored Chaco finch, Saltatricula'' – many-colored Chaco finch
** Genus ''Schistochlamys''
** Genus ''White-capped tanager, Sericossypha'' – white-capped tanager
** Genus ''Sicalis'' – yellow finches (paraphyletic with ''Phrygilus'')
** Genus ''Sporophila'' – seedeaters
** Genus ''Diademed tanager, Stephanophorus'' – diademed tanager
** Genus ''Tachyphonus''
** Genus ''Tangara (genus), Tangara''
** Genus ''Swallow tanager, Tersina'' – swallow tanager
** Genus ''Thlypopsis''
** Genus ''Thraupis''
** Genus ''Tiaris'' – grassquits (polyphyletic)
** Genus ''Black-goggled tanager, Trichothraupis'' – black-goggled tanager
** Genus ''Black-backed bush tanager, Urothraupis'' – black-backed bush tanager
** Genus ''Blue-black grassquit, Volatinia'' – blue-black grassquit
** Genus ''Orange-throated tanager, Wetmorethraupis'' – orange-throated tanager
** Genus ''Tit-like dacnis, Xenodacnis'' – tit-like dacnis
** Genus ''Slender-billed finch, Xenospingus'' – slender-billed finch
* Family Wallcreeper, Tichodromadidae
** Genus ''Wallcreeper, Tichodroma'' - wallcreeper
* Family Old World babbler, Timaliidae - Old World babblers
** Genus ''Tawny-bellied babbler, Dumetia'' - tawny-bellied babbler
** Genus ''Macronus'' – tit-babblers
** Genus ''Pomatorhinus'' – scimitar babblers
** Genus ''Dark-fronted babbler, Rhopocichla'' - dark-fronted babbler
** Genus ''Spelaeornis'' – wren-babblers
** Genus ''Sphenocichla'' – wedge-billed babblers
** Genus ''Stachyridopsis''
** Genus ''Stachyris''
** Genus ''Chestnut-capped babbler, Timalia'' - chestnut-capped babbler
* Family Tityridae - tityras and allies
** Genus ''Purpletuft, Iodopleura'' - purpletuft
** Genus ''Laniisoma''
** Genus ''Laniocera''
** Genus ''Myiobius''
** Genus ''Royal flycatcher, Onychorhynchus'' - royal flycatchers
** Genus ''Sharpbill, Oxyruncus'' - sharpbill
** Genus ''Becard, Pachyramphus'' - becards
** Genus ''Schiffornis''
** Genus ''Ruddy-tailed flycatcher, Terenotriccus'' - ruddy-tailed flycatcher
** Genus ''Tityra''
** Genus ''White-naped xenopsaris, Xenopsaris'' - white-naped xenopsaris
* Family Wren, Troglodytidae - wrens
** Genus ''Campylorhynchus''
** Genus ''Cantorchilus'' (formerly included in ''Thryothorus'')
** Genus ''Canyon wren, Catherpes'' - canyon wren
** Genus ''Cinnycerthia''
** Genus ''Cistothorus''
** Genus ''Cyphorhinus''
** Genus ''Zapata wren, Ferminia'' - Zapata wren
** Genus ''Henicorhina'' - wood wrens
** Genus ''Hylorchilus''
** Genus ''Microcerculus''
** Genus ''Odontorchilus''
** Genus ''Pheugopedius'' (formerly included in ''Thryothorus'')
** Genus ''Rock wren, Salpinctes'' - rock wren
** Genus ''Bewick's wren, Thryomanes'' - Bewick's wren
** Genus ''Thryophilus'' (formerly included in ''Thryothorus'')
** Genus ''Timberline wren, Thryorchilus'' - timberline wren
** Genus ''Carolina wren, Thryothorus'' - Carolina wren
** Genus ''Troglodytes (bird), Troglodytes''
** Genus ''White-bellied wren, Uropsila'' - white-bellied wren
* Family Thrush (bird), Turdidae - thrushes and allies (Monophyly needs confirmation)
** Genus ''Sulawesi thrush, Cataponera'' - Sulawesi thrush
** Genus ''Catharus''
** Genus ''Fruithunter, Chlamydochaera'' - fruithunter
** Genus ''Rufous-brown solitaire, Cichlopsis'' - rufous-brown solitaire
** Genus ''Cochoa''
** Genus ''Entomodestes'' - solitaires
** Genus ''Geokichla''
** Genus ''Grandala''
** Genus ''Wood thrush, Hylocichla'' - wood thrush
** Genus ''Varied thrush, Ixoreus'' - varied thrush
** Genus ''Myadestes'' (includes formerly recognized genus ''Phaeornis'')
** Genus ''Neocossyphus'' - ant thrushes
** Genus ''Platycichla''
** Genus ''Groundscraper thrush, Psophocichla'' - groundscraper thrush
** Genus ''Aztec thrush, Ridgwayia'' - Aztec thrush
** Genus ''Bluebird, Sialia'' - bluebirds
** Genus ''Rufous thrush, Stizorhina'' - rufous thrush
** Genus ''True thrush, Turdus'' - true thrushes
** Genus ''Asian thrush, Zoothera'' - Asian thrush
* Family Tyrant flycatcher, Tyrannidae - tyrant flycatchers
** Genus ''Shrike-tyrant, Agriornis'' – shrike-tyrants
** Genus ''Alectrurus''
** Genus ''Anairetes''
** Genus ''Aphanotriccus''
** Genus ''White-headed marsh tyrant, Arundinicola'' – white-headed marsh tyrant
** Genus ''Pale-eyed pygmy tyrant, Atalotriccus'' – pale-eyed pygmy tyrant
** Genus ''Attila (genus), Attila''
** Genus ''Kinglet calyptura, Calyptura'' – kinglet calyptura
** Genus ''Camptostoma''
** Genus ''Yellow tyrannulet, Capsiempis'' – yellow tyrannulet
** Genus ''Casiornis''
** Genus ''Red-rumped bush tyrant, Cnemarchus'' – red-rumped bush tyrant
** Genus ''Fuscous flycatcher, Cnemotriccus'' – fuscous flycatcher
** Genus ''Twistwing, Cnipodectes'' - twistwings
** Genus ''Long-tailed tyrant, Colonia'' – long-tailed tyrant
** Genus ''Patagonian tyrant, Colorhamphus'' – Patagonian tyrant
** Genus ''Conopias''
** Genus ''Pewee, Contopus'' – pewees
** Genus ''Antpipit, Corythopis'' – antpipits
** Genus ''Sharp-tailed grass tyrant, Culicivora'' – sharp-tailed grass tyrant
** Genus ''Flammulated flycatcher, Deltarhynchus'' – flammulated flycatcher
** Genus ''Elaenia''
** Genus ''Empidonax''
** Genus ''Variegated flycatcher, Empidonomus'' – variegated flycatcher
** Genus ''Euscarthmus''
** Genus ''Fluvicola''
** Genus ''Crowned slaty flycatcher, Griseotyrannus'' – crowned slaty flycatcher (formerly in ''Empidonomus'')
** Genus ''Streamer-tailed tyrant, Gubernetes'' – streamer-tailed tyrant
** Genus ''Hemitriccus'' – typical tody-tyrants
** Genus ''Black-and-white monjita, Heteroxolmis'' – black-and-white monjita
** Genus ''Cliff flycatcher, Hirundinea'' – cliff flycatcher
** Genus ''Spectacled tyrant, Hymenops'' – spectacled tyrant
** Genus ''Inezia (bird), Inezia''
** Genus ''Knipolegus'' – black tyrants
** Genus ''Lathrotriccus''
** Genus ''Piratic flycatcher, Legatus'' – piratic flycatcher
** Genus ''Leptopogon''
** Genus ''Lessonia (bird), Lessonia'' - negritos
** Genus ''Lophotriccus''
** Genus ''Cattle tyrant, Machetornis'' – cattle tyrant
** Genus ''Mecocerculus''
** Genus ''Megarynchus'' – boat-billed flycatcher
** Genus ''Mionectes''
** Genus ''Mitrephanes''
** Genus ''Short-tailed field tyrant, Muscigralla'' – short-tailed field tyrant
** Genus ''Shear-tailed grey tyrant, Muscipipra'' – shear-tailed grey tyrant
** Genus ''Ground tyrant, Muscisaxicola'' – ground tyrants
** Genus ''Myiarchus''
** Genus ''Myiodynastes''
** Genus ''Myiopagis''
** Genus ''Myiophobus''
** Genus ''Myiornis''
** Genus ''Myiotheretes''
** Genus ''Ornate flycatcher, Myiotriccus'' – ornate flycatcher
** Genus ''Myiozetetes''
** Genus ''Cinnamon neopipo, Neopipo'' – cinnamon neopipo
** Genus ''Chocolate-vented tyrant, Neoxolmis'' – chocolate-vented tyrant
** Genus ''Nephelomyias''
** Genus ''Cocos flycatcher, Nesotriccus'' – Cocos flycatcher
** Genus ''Ochthoeca''
** Genus ''Drab water tyrant, Ochthornis'' – drab water tyrant
** Genus ''Bentbill, Oncostoma'' - bentbills
** Genus ''Ornithion''
** Genus ''Mouse-colored tyrannulet, Phaeomyias'' – mouse-colored tyrannulet
** Genus ''bearded, Phelpsia'' – white-bearded flycatcher
** Genus ''Lesser kiskadee, Philohydor'' – lesser kiskadee
** Genus ''Phyllomyias''
** Genus ''Phylloscartes''
** Genus ''Piprites''
** Genus ''Great kiskadee, Pitangus'' – great kiskadee
** Genus ''Spadebill, Platyrinchus'' – spadebills
** Genus ''Poecilotriccus''
** Genus ''Pogonotriccus''
** Genus ''Rufous-webbed bush tyrant, Polioxolmis'' – rufous-webbed bush tyrant
** Genus ''Polystictus (bird), Polystictus''
** Genus ''Grey-and-white tyrannulet, Pseudelaenia'' – grey-and-white tyrannulet
** Genus ''Pseudocolopteryx''
** Genus ''Pseudotriccus''
** Genus ''Pyrocephalus''
** Genus ''Cinnamon flycatcher, Pyrrhomyias'' – cinnamon flycatcher
** Genus ''Ramphotrigon''
** Genus ''Rhynchocyclus''
** Genus ''Rhytipterna''
** Genus ''Yellow-browed tyrant, Satrapa'' – yellow-browed tyrant
** Genus ''Phoebe (bird), Sayornis'' – phoebes
** Genus ''Serpophaga''
** Genus ''Silvicultrix''
** Genus ''Sirystes''
** Genus ''Wagtail-tyrant, Stigmatura'' - wagtail-tyrants
** Genus ''Sublegatus''
** Genus ''Suiriri''
** Genus ''Many-colored rush tyrant, Tachuris'' – many-colored rush tyrant
** Genus ''Black-chested tyrant, Taeniotriccus'' – black-chested tyrant
** Genus ''Todirostrum'' – typical tody-flycatchers
** Genus ''Tolmomyias''
** Genus ''Tumbes tyrant, Tumbezia'' – Tumbes tyrant
** Genus ''Sulphury flycatcher, Tyrannopsis'' – sulphury flycatcher
** Genus ''Yellow-crowned tyrannulet, Tyrannulus'' – yellow-crowned tyrannulet
** Genus ''Kingbird, Tyrannus'' – kingbirds
** Genus ''Uromyias''
** Genus ''Xenotriccus''
** Genus ''Xolmis''
** Genus ''Zimmerius''
* Family Przevalski's finch, Urocynchramidae
** Genus ''Przevalski's finch, Urocynchramus'' - Przewalski's finch
* Family Vanga, Vangidae - vangas, helmetshrikes, and allies
** Genus ''White-headed vanga, Artamella'' - white-headed vanga
** Genus ''Black-and-white shrike-flycatcher, Bias'' - black-and-white shrike-flycatcher
** Genus ''Calicalicus''
** Genus ''Blue vanga, Cyanolanius'' - blue vanga
** Genus ''Helmet vanga, Euryceros'' - helmet vanga
** Genus ''Sickle-billed vanga, Falculea'' - sickle-billed vanga
** Genus ''Flycatcher-shrike, Hemipus'' - flycatcher-shrikes
** Genus ''Nuthatch vanga, Hypositta'' - nuthatch vanga
** Genus ''Chabert vanga, Leptopterus'' - chabert vanga
** Genus ''African shrike-flycatcher, Megabyas'' - African shrike-flycatcher
** Genus ''Crossley's vanga, Mystacornis'' - Crossley's vanga
** Genus ''Newtonia (bird), Newtonia''
** Genus ''Bernier's vanga, Oriolia'' - Bernier's vanga
** Genus ''Philentoma''
** Genus ''Helmetshrike, Prionops'' - helmetshrikes
** Genus ''Ward's flycatcher, Pseudobias'' - Ward's flycatcher
** Genus ''Rufous vanga, Schetba'' - rufous vanga
** Genus ''Tephrodornis''
** Genus ''Tylas vanga, Tylas'' - tylas vanga
** Genus ''Hook-billed vanga, Vanga'' - hook-billed vanga
** Genus ''Xenopirostris''
* Family Viduidae
** Genus ''Cuckoo-finch, Anomalospiza'' - cuckoo-finch
** Genus ''Vidua''
* Family Vireonidae - vireos and allies
** Genus ''Peppershrike, Cyclarhis'' - peppershrikes
** Genus ''White-bellied erpornis, Erpornis'' - white-bellied erpornis
** Genus ''Hylophilus''
** Genus ''Shrike-babblers, Pteruthius'' - shrike-babblers
** Genus ''Vireo (genus), Vireo'' - vireos
** Genus ''Vireolanius''
* Family Wrenthrush, Zeledoniidae
** Genus ''Wrenthrush, Zeledonia''
* Family White-eye, Zosteropidae - white-eyes
** Genus ''Bonin white-eye, Apalopteron'' – Bonin white-eye
** Genus ''Golden white-eye, Cleptornis'' – golden white-eye
** Genus ''Dasycrotapha''
** Genus ''Heleia''
** Genus ''Lophozosterops''
** Genus ''Giant white-eye, Megazosterops'' – giant white-eye
** Genus ''Pygmy white-eye, Oculocincta'' – pygmy white-eye
** Genus ''Rukia''
** Genus ''Sterrhoptilus''
** Genus ''Rufescent darkeye, Tephrozosterops'' – rufescent darkeye
** Genus ''Woodfordia''
** Genus ''Yuhina''
** Genus ''Mountain blackeye, Zosterops'' - Mountain blackeye
** Genus ''Zosterornis''
* Family Uncertain (This has traditionally been considered a member of the family Pachycephalidae, but recent genetic evidence suggests it should be placed in a monotypic subfamily of the family Bombycillidae, or even its own family, Hylocitreidae)
** Genus ''Hylocitrea''
Pelicans, ibises, shoebills, egrets, herons, etc.
* Family Heron, Ardeidae - herons, egrets, and bitterns
** Genus ''Agami heron, Agamia'' – agami heron
** Genus ''Ardea (genus), Ardea''
** Genus ''Pond heron, Ardeola'' – pond herons
** Genus ''Botaurus''
** Genus ''Bubulcus'' – cattle egret (sometimes included in Ardea)
** Genus ''Butorides'' – green-backed herons (sometimes included in Ardea)
** Genus ''Boat-billed heron, Cochlearius'' – boat-billed heron
** Genus ''Egretta''
** Genus ''Gorsachius''
** Genus ''Ixobrychus''
** Genus ''Nyctanassa'' – American night herons
** Genus ''Nycticorax'' (sometimes includes ''Nyctanassa'')
** Genus ''Capped heron, Pilherodius'' – capped heron
** Genus ''Whistling heron, Syrigma'' – whistling heron
** Genus ''White-crested tiger heron, Tigriornis'' – white-crested tiger heron
** Genus ''Tigrisoma''
** Genus ''Zigzag heron, Zebrilus'' – zigzag heron
** Genus ''Forest bittern, Zonerodius'' – forest bittern
* Family Balaenicipitidae
** Genus ''Shoebill, Balaeniceps'' - shoebill
* Family Pelican, Pelecanidae
** Genus ''Pelican, Pelecanus'' - pelicans
* Family Hamerkop, Scopidae
** Genus ''Hamerkop, Scopus'' - hamerkop (sometimes included in Balaenicipitidae)
* Family Threskiornithidae - ibises and spoonbills
** Genus ''Bostrychia''
** Genus ''Sharp-tailed ibis, Cercibis'' - sharp-tailed ibis
** Genus ''Eudocimus''
** Genus ''Geronticus''
** Genus ''Madagascan ibis, Lophotibis'' - Madagascan ibis
** Genus ''Green ibis, Mesembrinibis'' - green ibis
** Genus ''Crested ibis, Nipponia'' - crested ibis
** Genus ''Bare-faced ibis, Phimosus'' - bare-faced ibis
** Genus ''Spoonbill, Platalea'' - spoonbills
** Genus ''Plegadis''
** Genus ''Pseudibis''
** Genus ''Giant ibis, Thaumatibis'' - giant ibis
** Genus ''Theristicus''
** Genus ''Threskiornis''
* Family Tropicbird, Phaethontidae
** Genus ''Tropicbird, Phaethon'' - tropicbirds
* Family Flamingo, Phoenicopteridae - flamingos
** Genus ''Lesser flamingo, Phoeniconaias'' - lesser flamingo
** Genus ''Phoenicoparrus''
** Genus ''Flamingo, Phoenicopterus''
Woodpickers, flickers, toucans, aracaris, motmots, etc.
* Family Puffbird, Bucconidae – puffbirds, nunbirds, and nunlets
** Genus ''Bucco''
** Genus ''Swallow-winged puffbird, Chelidoptera'' - swallow-winged puffbird
** Genus ''White-faced nunbird, Hapaloptila'' - white-faced nunbird
** Genus ''Hypnelus''
** Genus ''Malacoptila''
** Genus ''Lanceolated monklet, Micromonacha'' - lanceolated monklet
** Genus ''Monasa''
** Genus ''Nonnula''
** Genus ''Notharchus''
** Genus ''Nystalus''
* Family New World barbet, Capitonidae – American barbets
** Genus ''Capito''
** Genus ''Eubucco''
* Family Jacamar, Galbulidae – jacamars
** Genus ''Brachygalba''
** Genus ''Galbalcyrhynchus''
** Genus ''Galbula''
** Genus ''Three-toed jacamar, Jacamaralcyon'' - three-toed jacamar
** Genus ''Great jacamar, Jacamerops'' - great jacamar
* Family Honeyguide, Indicatoridae – honeyguides
** Genus ''Indicator (genus), Indicator''
** Genus ''Lyre-tailed honeyguide, Melichneutes'' - lyre-tailed honeyguide
** Genus ''Melignomon''
** Genus ''Honeybird, Prodotiscus'' - honeybirds
* Family African barbet, Lybiidae – African barbets (recently split from Capitonidae)
** Genus ''Yellow-spotted barbet, Buccanodon'' - yellow-spotted barbet
** Genus ''Gymnobucco''
** Genus ''Lybius''
** Genus ''Tinkerbird, Pogoniulus'' - tinkerbirds
** Genus ''Stactolaema''
** Genus ''Trachyphonus''
** Genus ''Tricholaema''
* Family Asian barbet, Megalaimidae – Asian barbets (recently split from Capitonidae)
** Genus ''Caloramphus''
** Genus ''Psilopogon''
* Family Woodpecker, Picidae – woodpeckers, piculets, and wrynecks
** Genus ''Blythipicus''
** Genus ''Campephilus''
** Genus ''Campethera''
** Genus ''Celeus (bird), Celeus''
** Genus ''Chloropicus''
** Genus ''Chrysocolaptes'' – flamebacks
** Genus ''Chrysophlegma''
** Genus ''Colaptes'' – flickers
** Genus ''Dendrocopos''
** Genus ''Dendrocoptes''
** Genus ''Dendropicos''
** Genus ''Dinopium'' – flamebacks
** Genus ''Dryobates''
** Genus ''Dryocopus''
** Genus ''Gecinulus'' (placement in Megapicini tentative)
** Genus ''Ground woodpecker, Geocolaptes'' – ground woodpeckers
** Genus ''Hemicircus''
** Genus ''Wryneck, Jynx'' - wrynecks
** Genus ''Yellow-crowned woodpecker, Leiopicus'' – yellow-crowned woodpecker
** Genus ''Leuconotopicus''
** Genus ''Meiglyptes''
** Genus ''Melanerpes''
** Genus ''Rufous woodpecker, Micropternus'' – rufous woodpecker (formerly in ''Celeus'')
** Genus ''Mulleripicus''
** Genus ''Antillean piculet, Nesoctites'' – Antillean piculet
** Genus ''Picoides''
** Genus ''Piculus''
** Genus ''Picumnus (bird), Picumnus'' – American piculets
** Genus ''Picus (genus), Picus''
** Genus ''Orange-backed woodpecker, Reinwardtipicus'' - Orange-backed woodpecker
** Genus ''Sasia'' – Asian piculets
** Genus ''Sapsucker, Sphyrapicus'' – sapsuckers
** Genus ''Veniliornis''
** Genus ''Cuban green woodpecker, Xiphidiopicus'' – Cuban green woodpecker (Placement in Dendropicini tentative)
** Genus ''Yungipicus''
* Family Ramphastidae – toucans
** Genus ''Mountain toucan, Andigena'' - mountain toucans
** Genus ''Green toucanet, Aulacorhynchus'' - green toucanet
** Genus ''Aracari, Pteroglossus'' - aracaris
** Genus ''Ramphastos''
** Genus ''Selenidera''
* Family Semnornis, Semnornithidae – toucan-barbets (recently split from Capitonidae)
** Genus ''Semnornis''
* Family Grebe, Podicipedidae - grebes
** Genus ''Aechmophorus''
** Genus ''Great grebe, Podicephorus'' - great grebe
** Genus ''Podiceps''
** Genus ''Podilymbus''
** Genus ''Poliocephalus (bird), Poliocephalus''
** Genus ''Rollandia (bird), Rollandia''
** Genus ''Tachybaptus''
* Family Albatross, Diomedeidae - albatrosses
** Genus ''Great albatross, Diomedea'' - great albatrosses
** Genus ''North Pacific albatross, Phoebastria'' - North Pacific albatrosses
** Genus ''Phoebetria''
** Genus ''Mollymawk, Thalassarche'' - "mollymawks"
* Family Northern storm petrel, Hydrobatidae - northern storm petrels
** Genus ''European storm petrel, Hydrobates'' - European storm petrel
** Genus ''Oceanodroma''
* Family Austral storm petrel, Oceanitidae - southern storm petrels
** Genus ''Fregetta''
** Genus ''Grey-backed storm petrel, Garrodia'' - grey-backed storm petrel
** Genus ''Polynesian storm petrel, Nesofregetta'' - Polynesian storm petrel
** Genus ''Oceanites''
** Genus ''White-faced storm petrel, Pelagodroma'' - white-faced storm petrel
* Family Procellariidae
** Genus ''Kerguelen petrel, Aphrodroma'' - Kerguelen petrel
** Genus ''Ardenna''
** Genus ''Bulweria''
** Genus ''Calonectris''
** Genus ''Cape petrel, Daption'' - Cape petrel
** Genus ''Fulmarus'' - fulmars
** Genus ''Blue petrel, Halobaena'' - blue petrel
** Genus ''Giant petrel, Macronectes'' - giant petrels
** Genus ''Pachyptila''
** Genus ''Snow petrel, Pagodroma'' - snow petrel
** Genus ''Diving petrel, Pelecanoides'' - diving petrels
** Genus ''Procellaria''
** Genus ''Pseudobulweria''
** Genus ''Gadfly petrel, Pterodroma'' - gadfly petrels
** Genus ''Puffinus''
** Genus ''Antarctic petrel, Thalassoica'' - Antarctic petrel
* Family Cockatoo, Cacatuidae - cockatoos
** Genus ''Cacatua''
** Genus ''Gang-gang cockatoo, Callocephalon'' - gang-gang cockatoo
** Genus ''Calyptorhynchus''
** Genus ''Galah, Eolophus'' - galah
** Genus ''Major Mitchell's cockatoo, Lophochroa'' - Major Mitchell's cockatoo
** Genus ''Cockatiel, Nymphicus'' - cockatiel
** Genus ''Palm cockatoo, Probosciger'' - palm cockatoo
* Family New Zealand parrot, Nestoridae - New Zealand parrots
** Genus ''Nestor (genus), Nestor''
* Family Psittacidae - New World and African parrots
** Genus ''Yellow-faced parrot, Alipiopsitta'' - yellow-faced parrot
** Genus ''Amazon parrot, Amazona'' - "Amazons"
** Genus ''Anodorhynchus''
** Genus ''Ara (genus), Ara''
** Genus ''Aratinga''
** Genus ''Bolborhynchus''
** Genus ''Brotogeris''
** Genus ''Carolina parakeet, Conuropsis'' - Carolina parakeet
** Genus ''Vasa parrot, Coracopsis'' - Vasa parrot
** Genus ''Burrowing parrot, Cyanoliseus'' - burrowing parrot
** Genus ''Spix's macaw, Cyanopsitta'' - Spix's macaw
** Genus ''Red-fan parrot, Deroptyus'' – red-fan parrot
** Genus ''Red-shouldered macaw, Diopsittaca'' - red-shouldered macaw
** Genus ''Enicognathus''
** Genus ''Eupsittula''
** Genus ''Forpus''
** Genus ''Short-tailed parrot, Graydidascalus'' - short-tailed parrot
** Genus ''Golden parakeet, Guaruba'' - golden parakeet
** Genus ''Hapalopsittaca''
** Genus ''Golden-plumed parakeet, Leptosittaca'' - golden-plumed parakeet
** Genus ''Myiopsitta''
** Genus ''Nannopsittaca''
** Genus ''Yellow-eared parrot, Ognorhynchus'' - yellow-eared parrot
** Genus ''Red-bellied macaw, Orthopsittaca'' - red-bellied macaw
** Genus ''Caique, Pionites'' – caiques
** Genus ''Pileated parrot, Pionopsitta'' - pileated parrot
** Genus ''Pionus''
** Genus ''Poicephalus''
** Genus ''Primolius''
** Genus ''Psilopsiagon''
** Genus ''Psittacara''
** Genus ''Psittacus'' – grey parrot and Timneh parrot
** Genus ''Pyrilia''
** Genus ''Pyrrhura''
** Genus ''Rhynchopsitta''
** Genus ''Blue-crowned parakeet, Thectocercus'' - blue-crowned parakeet
** Genus ''Touit''
** Genus ''Blue-bellied parrot, Triclaria'' - blue-bellied parrot
* Family Psittaculidae - Old World parrots
** Genus ''Lovebird, Agapornis'' - lovebirds
** Genus ''Alisterus''
** Genus ''Aprosmictus''
** Genus ''Australian ringneck, Barnardius'' - Australian ringneck (sometimes included in ''Platycercus'')
** Genus ''Guaiabero, Bolbopsittacus'' - guaiabero
** Genus ''Chalcopsitta''
** Genus ''Charmosyna''
** Genus ''Cyanoramphus''
** Genus ''Cyclopsitta''
** Genus ''Eclectus''
** Genus ''Eos (genus), Eos''
** Genus ''Eunymphicus''
** Genus ''Geoffroyus''
** Genus ''Musk lorikeet, Glossopsitta'' - musk lorikeet
** Genus ''Swift parrot, Lathamus'' - swift parrot
** Genus ''Hanging parrot, Loriculus'' - hanging parrot
** Genus ''Lorius''
** Genus ''Budgerigar, Melopsittacus'' - budgerigar
** Genus ''Pygmy parrot, Micropsitta'' - pygmy parrot
** Genus ''Neophema''
** Genus ''Bourke's parrot, Neopsephotus'' - Bourke's parrot (sometimes included in ''Neophema'')
** Genus ''Neopsittacus''
** Genus ''Bluebonnet (bird), Northiella'' - bluebonnet (often included in ''Psephotus'')
** Genus ''Plum-faced lorikeet, Oreopsittacus'' - plum-faced lorikeet
** Genus ''Parvipsitta''
** Genus ''Pezoporus''
** Genus ''Collared lory, Phigys'' - collared lory
** Genus ''Rosella, Platycercus'' - rosellas
** Genus ''Polytelis''
** Genus ''Racket-tail, Prioniturus'' - racket-tails
** Genus ''Shining parrot, Prosopeia'' - shining parrot
** Genus ''Psephotellus''
** Genus ''Red-rumped parrot, Psephotus'' - red-rumped parrot
** Genus ''Pseudeos''
** Genus ''Tiger parrot, Psittacella'' - tiger parrot
** Genus ''Psittacula''
** Genus ''Psittaculirostris''
** Genus ''Psitteuteles'' (sometimes classified in the ''Trichoglossus'')
** Genus ''Psittinus''
** Genus ''Red-capped parrot, Purpureicephalus'' - red-capped parrot
** Genus ''Tanygnathus''
** Genus ''Trichoglossus''
** Genus ''Vini (genus), Vini''
* Family Psittrichasiidae
** Genus ''Vasa parrot, Coracopsis'' - Vasa parrot
** Genus ''Pesquet's parrot, Psittrichas'' - Pesquet's parrot
* Family Kakapo, Strigopidae
** Genus ''Kakapo, Strigops'' - kakapo
* Family Sandgrouse, Pteroclidae - sandgrouse
** Genus ''Calopterocles''
** Genus ''Nyctiperdix''
** Genus ''Pterocles''
** Genus ''Syrrhaptes''
* Family Rheidae
** Genus ''Rhea (bird), Rhea''
* Family Penguin, Spheniscidae - penguins
** Genus ''Aptenodytes''
** Genus ''Crested penguin, Eudyptes'' - crested penguins
** Genus ''Eudyptula''
** Genus ''Megadyptes''
** Genus ''Pygoscelis''
** Genus ''Banded penguin, Spheniscus'' - banded penguins
* Family True owl, Strigidae - true owls
** Genus ''Aegolius'' – saw-whet owls
** Genus ''Asio'' – eared owls
** Genus ''Athene (bird), Athene''
** Genus ''Horned owl, Bubo'' – horned owls (paraphyletic with ''Nyctea'', ''Ketupa'', and ''Scotopelia'')
** Genus ''Ciccaba''
** Genus ''Pygmy owl, Glaucidium'' – pygmy owls
** Genus ''Maned owl, Jubula'' – maned owl
** Genus ''Crested owl, Lophostrix'' – crested owl
** Genus ''Bare-legged owl, Margarobyas'' – bare-legged owl
** Genus ''Screech owl, Megascops'' – screech owls
** Genus ''Elf owl, Micrathene'' – elf owl
** Genus ''Fearful owl, Nesasio'' – fearful owl
** Genus ''Ninox'' – Asian and Australasian hawk-owls and boobooks
** Genus ''Scops owl, Otus'' – scops owls (probably paraphyletic)
** Genus ''Jamaican owl, Pseudoscops'' – Jamaican owl
** Genus ''Flammulated owl, Psiloscops'' – flammulated owl
** Genus ''Ptilopsis'' – white-faced owl
** Genus ''Pulsatrix'' – spectacled owl
** Genus ''Palau owl, Pyrroglaux'' – Palau owl
** Genus ''Fishing owl, Scotopelia'' - fishing owls
** Genus ''Strix (genus), Strix'' – earless owls
** Genus ''Northern hawk-owl, Surnia'' – northern hawk-owl
** Genus ''Papuan hawk-owl, Uroglaux'' – Papuan hawk-owl
** Genus ''Long-whiskered owlet, Xenoglaux'' – long-whiskered owlet
* Family Barn-owl, Tytonidae - barn owls
** Genus ''Bay owl, Phodilus'' - bay owls
** Genus ''Tyto''
*Family Ostrich, Struthionidae - ostriches
** Genus ''Struthio''
* Family Tinamou, Tinamidae - tinamous
** Genus ''Crypturellus''
** Genus ''Eudromia''
** Genus ''Nothocercus''
** Genus ''Nothoprocta''
** Genus ''Nothura''
** Genus ''Rhynchotus''
** Genus ''Dwarf tinamou, Taoniscus'' - dwarf tinamou
** Genus ''Tinamotis''
** Genus ''Tinamus''
bird
Birds are a group of warm-blooded vertebrates constituting the class Aves (), characterised by feathers, toothless beaked jaws, the laying of hard-shelled eggs, a high metabolic rate, a four-chambered heart, and a strong yet lightweig ...
s, characterised by feathers, a beak
The beak, bill, or rostrum is an external anatomical structure found mostly in birds, but also in turtles, non-avian dinosaurs and a few mammals. A beak is used for eating, preening, manipulating objects, killing prey, fighting, probing for foo ...
with no teeth
A tooth ( : teeth) is a hard, calcified structure found in the jaws (or mouths) of many vertebrates and used to break down food. Some animals, particularly carnivores and omnivores, also use teeth to help with capturing or wounding prey, t ...
, the laying of hard-shelled eggs, and a high metabolic rate.
Accipitriformes
The Accipitriformes (; from Latin ''accipiter''/''accipitri-'' "hawk", and New Latin ''-formes'' "having the form of") are an order of birds that includes most of the diurnal birds of prey, including hawks, eagles, vultures, and kites, but not f ...
Eagles, Old World vultures, secretary-birds, hawks, harriers, etc.
*Family Accipitridae
The Accipitridae is one of the three families within the order Accipitriformes, and is a family of small to large birds with strongly hooked bills and variable morphology based on diet. They feed on a range of prey items from insects to medium-s ...
- buzzards, eagles, harriers, hawks, kites, Old World vultures
** Genus ''Accipiter
''Accipiter'' is a genus of birds of prey in the family Accipitridae. With 51 recognized species it is the most diverse genus in its family. Most species are called goshawks or sparrowhawks, although almost all New World species (excepting th ...
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** Genus ''Aegypius
''Aegypius'' is a genus of Old World vultures found in the subfamily Gypinae. Of the three species in the genus, only the cinereous vulture is extant. The Cinerous vulture (Aegypius Monachus) is a creature that is hard to find as it is “a nea ...
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** Genus '' Aquila''
** Genus '' Aviceda''
** Genus '' Busarellus''
** Genus '' Butastur''
** Genus ''Buteo
''Buteo'' is a genus of medium to fairly large, wide-ranging raptors with a robust body and broad wings. In the Old World, members of this genus are called "buzzards", but " hawk" is used in the New World (Etymology: ''Buteo'' is the Latin na ...
'' (probably paraphyletic, might include ''Leucopternis'' in part and ''Parabuteo'')
** Genus ''Buteogallus
''Buteogallus'' is a genus of birds of prey in the family Accipitridae. All members of this genus are essentially neotropical, but the distribution of a single species extends slightly into the extreme southwestern United States. Many of the sp ...
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** Genus '' Chelictinia''
** Genus ''Chondrohierax
''Chondrohierax'' is a genus of birds of prey in the family Accipitridae. Its two members, the hook-billed kite (''C. uncinatus'') and the Cuban kite (''C. wilsonii''), are often considered to be conspecific. The hook-billed kite is widespread ...
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** Genus ''Circaetus
''Circaetus'', the snake eagles, is a genus of medium-sized eagles in the bird of prey family Accipitridae. They are mainly resident African species, but the migratory short-toed snake eagle breeds from the Mediterranean basin into Russia, the ...
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** Genus ''Circus
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** Genus '' Clanga''
** Genus '' Cryptoleucopteryx'' – plumbeous hawk
** Genus '' Elanoides'' - swallow-tailed kite
** Genus '' Elanus''
** Genus ''Erythrotriorchis
''Erythrotriorchis'' is a genus of bird of prey in the family Accipitridae.
It contains the following species:
* Chestnut-shouldered goshawk (''Erythrotriorchis buergersi'')
* Red goshawk (''Erythrotriorchis radiatus'')
Etymology
"Erythro-" is ...
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** Genus '' Eutriorchis'' - Madagascan serpent eagle
** Genus '' Gampsonyx'' - pearl kite
** Genus '' Geranoaetus''
** Genus '' Geranospiza'' - crane hawk
** Genus '' Gypaetus'' - bearded vulture
** Genus '' Gypohierax'' - palm-nut vulture
** Genus ''Gyps
''Gyps'' is a genus of Old World vultures that was proposed by Marie Jules César Savigny in 1809. Its members are sometimes known as griffon vultures. ''Gyps'' vultures have a slim head, a long slender neck with downy feathers, and a ruff aroun ...
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** Genus ''Haliaeetus
A sea eagle or fish eagle (also called erne or ern, mostly in reference to the white-tailed eagle) is any of the birds of prey in the genus ''Haliaeetus'' in the bird of prey family Accipitridae.
Taxonomy and evolution
The genus ''Haliaeetus'' ...
'' - sea eagles
** Genus ''Haliastur
''Haliastur'' is a genus of medium-sized diurnal birds of prey. It consists of two species of kites which form part of the subfamily Milvinae; some authorities place these species in the genus '' Milvus'', despite clear differences in behaviou ...
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** Genus '' Hamirostra'' - black-breasted buzzard
** Genus ''Harpagus
Harpagus, also known as Harpagos or Hypargus (Ancient Greek Ἅρπαγος; Akkadian: ''Arbaku''), was a Median general from the 6th century BC, credited by Herodotus as having put Cyrus the Great on the throne through his defection during the b ...
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** Genus '' Harpia'' - harpy eagle
** Genus '' Harpyhaliaetus''
** Genus ''Harpyopsis
The Papuan eagle (''Harpyopsis novaeguineae'') is a large bird of prey.Ferguson-Lees, J., & Christie, D. A. (2001). ''Raptors of the World''. Christopher Helm, London, UK. It is also known by several other names, including Papuan harpy eagle, New ...
'' - Papuan eagle
** Genus '' Helicolestes'' – slender-billed kite, formerly included in ''Rostrhamus''
** Genus '' Henicopernis''
** Genus ''Hieraaetus
The genus ''Hieraaetus'', sometimes known as small eagles or hawk-eagles, denotes a group of smallish eagles usually placed in the accipitrid subfamilies Buteoninae or Aquilinae.
They are medium-sized birds of prey inhabiting Europe, Asia, ...
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** Genus '' Ictinaetus'' - black eagle
** Genus '' Ictinia''
** Genus '' Kaupifalco'' - lizard buzzard
** Genus '' Leptodon''
** Genus ''Leucopternis
''Leucopternis'' is a Neotropical genus of birds of prey in the family Accipitridae. They are associated with tropical forest, and are uncommon or rare. Their plumage is largely black or gray above and white below, and they have distinctive orang ...
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** Genus ''Lophaetus
The long-crested eagle (''Lophaetus occipitalis'') is an African bird of prey
Birds of prey or predatory birds, also known as raptors, are hypercarnivorous bird species that actively hunt and feed on other vertebrates (mainly mammals, r ...
'' - long-crested eagle (possibly junior synonym of ''Ictinaetus'')
** Genus ''Lophoictinia
The square-tailed kite (''Lophoictinia isura'') is a medium-sized bird of prey in the family Accipitridae, which also includes many other diurnal Bird of prey, raptors such as kite (bird), kites, eagles and harrier (bird), harriers.
Taxonomy
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** Genus '' Lophotriorchis'' - rufous-bellied eagle
** Genus '' Macheiramphus'' - bat hawk (was doubtfully placed, moved from ''Perninae'')
** Genus '' Megatriorchis'' - Doria's goshawk
** Genus ''Melierax
''Melierax'' is a genus of bird of prey in the family Accipitridae. Established by George Robert Gray in 1840, it contains the following species:
The name ''Melierax'' is a combination of the Greek
Greek may refer to:
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** Genus ''Micronisus
The gabar goshawk (''Micronisus gabar'') is a small species of African and Arabian bird of prey in the family Accipitridae.
Description
The gabar goshawk is polymorphic and occurs in two distinct forms which fluctuate in relative abundance acro ...
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** Genus ''Milvus
''Milvus'' is a genus of medium-sized birds of prey. The genus was erected by the French naturalist Bernard Germain de Lacépède in 1799 with the red kite as the type species. The name is the Latin word for the red kite.
Species
This is an Old ...
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** Genus '' Morphnarchus'' – barred hawk
** Genus ''Morphnus
The crested eagle (''Morphnus guianensis'') is a large Neotropical eagle. It is the only member of the genus ''Morphnus''. The crested eagle can grow up to long, with a wingspan up to , and weigh up to . The plumage varies between a light br ...
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** Genus ''Necrosyrtes
The hooded vulture (''Necrosyrtes monachus'') is an Old World vulture in the order Accipitriformes, which also includes eagles, kites, buzzards and hawks. It is the only member of the genus ''Necrosyrtes,'' which is sister to the larger ''Gyps'' ...
'' - hooded vulture
** Genus ''Neophron
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'' - Egyptian vulture
** Genus ''Nisaetus
''Nisaetus'' (Crested hawk-eagles group) is a genus of subfamily Aquilinae found mainly in tropical Asia. They were earlier placed within the genus ''Spizaetus'' but molecular studies show that the Old World representatives were closer to the ge ...
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** Genus '' Parabuteo''
** Genus '' Pernis''
** Genus ''Pithecophaga
The Philippine eagle (''Pithecophaga jefferyi''), also known as the monkey-eating eagle or great Philippine eagle, is a critically endangered species of eagle of the family Accipitridae which is endemic to forests in the Philippines. It has br ...
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** Genus '' Polemaetus''
** Genus ''Polyboroides
''Polyboroides'' is a genus of bird of prey in the family Accipitridae. This genus has two recognized species found in Sub-Saharan Africa and Madagascar
Madagascar (; mg, Madagasikara, ), officially the Republic of Madagascar ( mg, Repo ...
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** Genus '' Pseudastur''
** Genus '' Rostrhamus'' - snail kite
** Genus '' Rupornis'' – roadside hawk
** Genus '' Sarcogyps'' - red-headed vulture
** Genus ''Spilornis
''Spilornis'' is a genus of bird of prey in the family Accipitridae. As adults all have dark crowns, and bright yellow eyes and cere.Ferguson-Lees & Christie (2001). ''Raptors of the World.'' Christopher Helm, London. These medium-sized raptors ...
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** Genus ''Spizaetus
''Spizaetus'' is the typical hawk-eagle birds of prey genus found in the tropics of the Americas. It was however used to indicate a group of tropical eagles that included species occurring in southern and southeastern Asia and one representative ...
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** Genus '' Stephanoaetus''
** Genus ''Terathopius
The bateleur (; ''Terathopius ecaudatus'') is a medium-sized eagle in the family Accipitridae. It is often considered a relative of the snake eagles and, like them, it is classified within the subfamily Circaetinae.Kemp, A. C., G. M. Kirwan, an ...
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** Genus '' Torgos'' - lappet-faced vulture
** Genus '' Trigonoceps'' - white-headed vulture
** Genus '' Urotriorchis'' - long-tailed hawk
* Family Cathartidae
The New World vulture or condor family, Cathartidae, contains seven extant species in five genera. It includes five extant vultures and two extant condors found in warm and temperate areas of the Americas. The "New World" vultures were widespre ...
- New World vultures
** Genus ''Cathartes
The genus ''Cathartes'' includes medium-sized to large carrion-feeding birds in the New World vulture (Cathartidae) family. The three extant species currently classified in this genus occur widely in the Americas. There is one extinct species kn ...
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** Genus ''Coragyps
''Coragyps'' is a genus of New World vulture that contains the black vulture ''(Coragyps atratus)'' and two extinct relatives.
One extinct species is the 'western' black vulture, ''Coragyps occidentalis'', a larger ancestral relative of the mod ...
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** Genus ''Gymnogyps
''Gymnogyps'' is a genus of New World vultures in the family Cathartidae. There are five known species in the genus, with only one being extant, the California condor.
Fossil species
*''Gymnogyps amplus'' was first described by L. H. Miller in ...
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** Genus ''Sarcoramphus
''Sarcoramphus'' is a genus of New World vulture that contains a single extant species, the king vulture ''(Sarcoramphus papa)''.
Extinct members of the genus include the Kern vulture (''Sarcoramphus kernense'') from the mid-Pliocene of North Ame ...
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** Genus '' Vultur'' - Andean condor
* Family Pandionidae
''Pandion'' is a genus of birds of prey, known as ospreys, the only genus of family Pandionidae. Most taxonomic treatments have regarded this genus as describing a single extant species, separated to subspecies or races, while some treatments rec ...
- osprey
** Genus '' Pandion''
* Family Sagittariidae
Sagittariidae is a family of raptor with one living species—the secretarybird (''Sagittarius serpentarius'') native to Africa. This single extant species, has effected the fossil record of the group by ‘pulling’ the temporal range of the fa ...
- secretarybird
** Genus '' Sagittarius''
Waterfowl
* Family Anhimidae - screamers
** Genus ''Anhima
The horned screamer (''Anhima cornuta'') is a member of a small family of birds, the Anhimidae, which occurs in wetlands of tropical South America. There are three screamer species, the other two being the southern screamer and the northern scr ...
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** Genus ''Chauna
''Chauna'' is a genus of birds in the screamer family. Its two members are found in wetlands of South America. Description
They are large, bulky birds, with a small downy head, long legs and large feet which are only partially webbed. They have ...
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* Family Anatidae
The Anatidae are the biological family of water birds that includes ducks, geese, and swans. The family has a cosmopolitan distribution, occurring on all the world's continents except Antarctica. These birds are adapted for swimming, floating ...
** Genus ''Aix
Aix or AIX may refer to:
Computing
* AIX, a line of IBM computer operating systems
*An Alternate Index, for a Virtual Storage Access Method Key Sequenced Data Set
* Athens Internet Exchange, a European Internet exchange point
Places Belgi ...
'' - Mandarin duck and wood duck – dabbling ducks or Tadorninae?
** Genus ''Alopochen
''Alopochen'' is a genus of the bird family Anatidae, part of the subfamily Tadorninae along with the shelducks. It contains one extant species, the Egyptian goose (''Alopochen aegyptiaca''), and two or three species which became extinct in the ...
'' - Egyptian goose and Mascarene shelducks
** Genus '' Amazonetta'' - Brazilian teal
** Genus ''Anas
''Anas'' is a genus of dabbling ducks. It includes the pintails, most teals, and the mallard and its close relatives. It formerly included additional species but following the publication of a molecular phylogenetic study in 2009 the genus was s ...
'' - pintails, mallards, etc.
** Genus ''Anser
Anser may refer to:
People
* Anser (poet), poet of ancient Rome
* Anser Farooq, Canadian lawyer
Other uses
* ANSER, a security and defense analysis group
* ''Anser'' (bird), a genus of geese
* Anser (putter), a model of golf club made by Pi ...
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** Genus ''Aythya
''Aythya'' is a genus of diving ducks. It has twelve described species. The name ''Aythya'' comes from the Ancient Greek word (), which may have referred to a sea-dwelling duck or an auklet.
''Aythya shihuibas'' was described from the Late Mi ...
'' - pochards, scaups, etc.
** Genus ''Biziura
''Biziura'' is a genus of stiff-tailed ducks endemic to Australasia and containing one living and one subfossil species.
Species
* †''B. delautouri'' Forbes, 1892 – New Zealand musk duck – previously endemic to New Zealand, and occurri ...
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** Genus '' Branta'' - black geese
** Genus '' Bucephala'' - goldeneyes
** Genus '' Cairina'' - Muscovy duck and white-winged duck (traditionally dabbling ducks, but may be paraphyletic)
** Genus '' Callonetta'' - ringed teal (dabbling ducks or Tadorninae?)
** Genus ''Cereopsis
The Cape Barren goose (''Cereopsis novaehollandiae'') is a large goose resident in southern Australia.
Etymology
The species' common name is derived from Cape Barren Island, where specimens were first sighted by European explorers. It is known ...
'' - Cape Barren goose (Anserinae, Tadorninae, or own subfamily?)
** Genus '' Chenonetta'' - maned duck (dabbling ducks or Tadorninae? Includes ''Euryanas''.)
** Genus ''Chloephaga
''Chloephaga'' is a genus of sheldgeese in the family Anatidae. Other sheldgeese are found in the genera ''Alopochen'' and '' Neochen''.
Taxonomy
The genus ''Chloephaga'' was introduced in 1838 by the English naturalist Thomas Campbell Eyton ...
'' - sheldgoose
** Genus ''Clangula
The long-tailed duck (''Clangula hyemalis''), formerly known as oldsquaw, is a medium-sized sea duck that breeds in the tundra and taiga regions of the arctic and winters along the northern coastlines of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. It is th ...
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** Genus ''Coscoroba
The coscoroba swan (''Coscoroba coscoroba'') is a species of waterfowl in subfamily Anserinae of the family Anatidae.HBW and BirdLife International (2021) Handbook of the Birds of the World and BirdLife International digital checklist of the bi ...
'' - coscoroba swan (Anserinae or same subfamily as ''Cereopsis''?)
** Genus '' Cyanochen'' - blue-winged goose (Tadorninae or more distant clade?)
** Genus '' Cygnus'' - true swans
** Genus '' Dendrocygna'' - whistling ducks
** Genus '' Heteronetta'' - black-headed duck
** Genus ''Histrionicus
The harlequin duck (''Histrionicus histrionicus'') is a small sea duck. It takes its name from Harlequin (French ''Arlequin'', Italian ''Arlecchino''), a colourfully dressed character in Commedia dell'arte. The species name comes from the Lati ...
'' - harlequin duck (includes ''Ocyplonessa'')
** Genus ''Hymenolaimus
The blue duck or whio (''Hymenolaimus malacorhynchos'') is a member of the duck, goose and swan family Anatidae endemic to New Zealand. It is the only member of the genus ''Hymenolaimus''. Its exact taxonomic status is still unresolved, but i ...
'' - blue duck
** Genus ''Lophodytes
The hooded merganser (''Lophodytes cucullatus'') is a species of merganser. It is the only extant species in the genus ''Lophodytes''. The genus name derives from the Greek language: ''lophos'' meaning 'crest', and ''dutes'' meaning 'diver'. The ...
'' - hooded merganser
** Genus '' Lophonetta'' - crested duck
** Genus '' Malacorhynchus'' - pink-eared ducks (Tadorninae, Oxyurinae or Dendrocheninae?)
** Genus ''Mareca
''Mareca'' is a genus or subgenus of ducks in the family Anatidae that includes the wigeons.
The species now placed in this genus were formerly placed in the genus ''Anas''. A molecular phylogentic study comparing mitochondrial DNA sequences pub ...
'' - wigeons and gadwalls
** Genus ''Marmaronetta
The marbled duck, or marbled teal (''Marmaronetta angustirostris'') is a medium-sized species of duck from southern Europe, northern Africa, and western and central Asia. The scientific name, ''Marmaronetta angustirostris'', comes from the Greek ...
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** Genus '' Melanitta'' - scoters
** Genus ''Merganetta
The torrent duck (''Merganetta armata'') is a member of the duck, goose and swan family Anatidae. It is the only member of the genus ''Merganetta''. It is placed in the shelduck subfamily Tadorninae after the "perching duck" assemblage to which i ...
'' - torrent duck
** Genus ''Mergellus
''Mergellus'' is a genus of duck. The smew ''(Mergellus albellus)'' is the only living species, but an extinct species known as '' Mergellus mochanovi'' has also been described from Late Pleistocene deposits in the Yakutia region of Russia
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** Genus '' Mergus'' - mergansers
** Genus ''Neochen
''Neochen'' is a genus of birds in the family (biology), family Anatidae.
Extant species
The genus contains a single living species:
Fossil species
* †''Neochen barbadiana''
* †''Neochen debilis''
* †''Neochen pugil''
References ...
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** Genus ''Netta
''Netta'' is a genus of diving ducks. The name is derived from Greek ''Netta'' "duck". Unlike other diving ducks, the ''Netta'' species are reluctant to dive, and feed more like dabbling ducks.
These are gregarious ducks, mainly found on fres ...
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** Genus ''Nettapus
The pygmy geese are a group of very small "perching ducks" in the genus ''Nettapus'' which breed in the Old World tropics. They are the smallest of all wildfowl. As the "perching ducks" are a paraphyletic group, they need to be placed elsewhere. ...
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** Genus '' Nomonyx'' - masked duck
** Genus '' Oxyura'' - stiff-tailed ducks
** Genus '' Plectropterus'' - spur-winged goose
** Genus '' Polysticta'' - Steller's eider
** Genus '' Pteronetta'' - Hartlaub's duck
** Genus ''Radjah
The radjah shelduck (''Radjah radjah''), is a species of shelduck found mostly in New Guinea and Australia, and also on some of the Moluccas. It is known alternatively as the raja shelduck, black-backed shelduck, or in Australia as the Burdekin ...
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** Genus '' Salvadorina'' - Salvadori's teal
** Genus '' Sarkidiornis'' - comb duck (Tadorninae or closer to dabbling ducks?)
** Genus '' Sibirionetta'' - Baikal teal
** Genus ''Somateria
Eiders () are large seaducks in the genus ''Somateria''. The three extant species all breed in the cooler latitudes of the Northern Hemisphere.
The down feathers of eider ducks, and some other ducks and geese, are used to fill pillows and quil ...
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** Genus ''Spatula
A spatula is a broad, flat, flexible blade used to mix, spread and lift material including foods, drugs, plaster and paints.
In medical applications, "spatula" may also be used synonymously with tongue depressor.
The word ''spatula'' derives f ...
'' - shovelers
** Genus '' Speculanas'' - bronze-winged duck
** Genus '' Stictonetta'' - freckled duck
** Genus ''Tachyeres
The steamer ducks are a genus (''Tachyeres'') of ducks in the family Anatidae. All of the four species occur at the southern cone of South America in Chile and Argentina, and all except the flying steamer duck are flightless; even this one spec ...
'' - steamer ducks (Tadorninae or closer to dabbling ducks?)
** Genus ''Tadorna
The shelducks, most species of which are found in the genus ''Tadorna'' (except for the Radjah shelduck, which is now found in its own monotypic genus ''Radjah''), are a group of large birds in the Tadorninae subfamily of the Anatidae, the biolog ...
'' - shelducks (possibly paraphyletic)
** Genus ''Thalassornis
The white-backed duck (''Thalassornis leuconotus'') is a waterbird of the family Anatidae. It is distinct from all other ducks, but most closely related to the whistling ducks in the subfamily Dendrocygninae, though also showing some similarities ...
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* Family Anseranatidae
Anseranatidae, the magpie-geese, is a biological family of waterbirds. The only living species, the magpie goose, is a resident breeder in northern Australia and in southern New Guinea.
Systematics and evolution
This family is placed in the o ...
** Genus '' Anseranas''
Apodiformes
Traditionally, the bird order Apodiformes contained three living families: the swifts (Apodidae), the treeswifts (Hemiprocnidae), and the hummingbirds (Trochilidae). In the Sibley-Ahlquist taxonomy, this order is raised to a superorder Apodi ...
Swifts, treeswifts and hummingbirds
* Family Apodidae
The swifts are a family, Apodidae, of highly aerial birds. They are superficially similar to swallows, but are not closely related to any passerine species. Swifts are placed in the order Apodiformes with hummingbirds. The treeswifts are closely ...
- swifts
** Genus ''Aerodramus
''Aerodramus'' is a genus of small, dark, cave-nesting birds in the Collocaliini tribe of the swift family. Its members are confined to tropical and subtropical regions in southern Asia, Oceania and northeastern Australia. Many of its mem ...
'' sometimes included in ''Collocalia''
** Genus '' Aeronautes''
** Genus ''Apus
Apus is a small constellation in the southern sky. It represents a bird-of-paradise, and its name means "without feet" in Greek because the bird-of-paradise was once wrongly believed to lack feet. First depicted on a celestial globe by Petru ...
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** Genus ''Chaetura
''Chaetura'' is a genus of needletail swifts found in the Americas. Although they resemble swallows, the two are not at all closely related; this is instead a result of convergent evolution. Some members of ''Chaetura'' are long-distance migrant ...
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** Genus ''Collocalia
''Collocalia'' is a genus of swifts, containing some of the smaller species termed " swiftlets". Formerly a catch-all genus for these, a number of its former members are now normally (though not by all authors) placed in ''Aerodramus''.
The genu ...
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** Genus ''Cypseloides
''Cypseloides'' is a genus of swifts in the family Apodidae. It contains eight described species. They occur mainly in Central and South America. The exception being the American black swift, which has a wide range into North America.
Taxonomy ...
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** Genus ''Cypsiurus
''Cypsiurus'' is a genus of the swift family of birds.
There are three species
* Asian palm swift, ''Cypsiurus balasiensis''
* African palm swift, ''Cypsiurus parvus''
* Malagasy palm swift, ''Cypsiurus gracilis''
These very similar species w ...
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** Genus ''Hirundapus
''Hirundapus'' is a genus of swifts in the family Apodidae. The name ''Hirundapus'' is constructed from the names of the swallow genus ''Hirundo
The bird genus ''Hirundo'' is a group of passerines in the family Hirundinidae (swallows and mart ...
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** Genus ''Hydrochous
The giant swiftlet (''Hydrochous gigas''), also known as the waterfall swift, is a species of bird in the swift family, Apodidae. It is the only member of the monotypic genus ''Hydrochous''. It is found in Malaysia, Sumatra and Java, where its n ...
'' - giant swiftlet
** Genus ''Mearnsia
''Mearnsia'' is a genus of swifts in the family Apodidae
The swifts are a family, Apodidae, of highly aerial birds. They are superficially similar to swallows, but are not closely related to any passerine species. Swifts are placed in the orde ...
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** Genus '' Neafrapus''
** Genus ''Panyptila
''Panyptila'' is a genus of swifts in the family Apodidae. The two species are found in Central and South America.
Taxonomy
The genus ''Panyptila'' was introduced in 1847 by the German ornithologist Jean Cabanis with the lesser swallow-tailed ...
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** Genus '' Rhaphidura''
** Genus '' Schoutedenapus'' - African swiftlets
** Genus '' Streptoprocne''
** Genus '' Tachornis''
** Genus '' Tachymarptis''
** Genus '' Telacanthura''
** Genus '' Zoonavena''
* Family Hemiprocnidae - treeswifts
** Genus ''Hemiprocne
Treeswifts or crested swifts are a family, the Hemiprocnidae, of aerial near passerine birds, closely related to the true swifts. The family contains a single genus, ''Hemiprocne'', with four species. They are distributed from India and Southeast ...
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* Family Trochilidae
Hummingbirds are birds native to the Americas and comprise the biological family Trochilidae. With about 361 species and 113 genera, they occur from Alaska to Tierra del Fuego, but the vast majority of the species are found in the tropics aro ...
- hummingbirds
** Genus '' Abeillia'' – emerald-chinned hummingbird
** Genus '' Adelomyia'' – speckled hummingbird
** Genus '' Aglaeactis'' – sunbeams
** Genus ''Aglaiocercus
''Aglaiocercus'' is a genus of hummingbird in the family (biology), family Trochilidae. It contains the following species:
Aglaiocercus,
Bird genera
Taxa named by John T. Zimmer
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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** Genus ''Amazilia
''Amazilia'' is a hummingbird genus in the subfamily Trochilinae. It is found in tropical Central and South America.
Taxonomy
The genus ''Amazilia'' was introduced in 1843 by the French naturalist René Lesson. Lesson had used ''amazilia'' ...
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** Genus '' Androdon'' – tooth-billed hummingbird
** Genus '' Anopetia'' – broad-tipped hermit
** Genus '' Anthocephala'' – blossomcrowns
** Genus ''Anthracothorax
The mangos, ''Anthracothorax'', are a genus of hummingbirds in the subfamily Trochilinae native to the Neotropics.
The genus ''Anthracothorax'' was introduced by the German zoologist Friedrich Boie in 1831. The type species was subsequently d ...
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** Genus '' Aphantochroa'' – sombre hummingbird
** Genus '' Archilochus''
** Genus '' Atthis''
** Genus '' Augastes'' – visorbearers
** Genus '' Avocettula'' – fiery-tailed awlbill
** Genus '' Basilinna'' (recently split from ''Hylocharis'')
** Genus '' Boissonneaua'' – coronets
** Genus '' Calliphlox'' – ''Calliphlox'' woodstars
** Genus ''Calothorax
''Calothorax'' is a genus of birds in the hummingbird family Trochilidae.
Taxonomy
The genus ''Calothorax'' was introduced in 1840 by the English zoologist George Robert Gray with the lucifer sheartail as the type species. The name combines t ...
'' – ''Calothorax'' sheartails
** Genus '' Calypte''
** Genus '' Campylopterus'' – sabrewings
** Genus ''Chaetocercus
''Chaetocercus'' is a genus of hummingbirds in the family Trochilidae.
Taxonomy
The genus ''Chaetocercus'' was introduced in 1855 by the English zoologist George Robert Gray with the rufous-shafted woodstar as the type species. The name is a co ...
'' – ''Chaetocercus'' woodstars
** Genus '' Chalcostigma'' – ''Chalcostigma'' thornbills
** Genus '' Chalybura'' – plumeleteers
** Genus ''Chlorestes
''Chlorestes'' is a genus of hummingbirds.
Species
The genus contains five species:
* White-bellied emerald, ''Chlorestes candida'' (formerly placed in ''Amazilia'')
* Blue-throated sapphire, ''Chlorestes eliciae'' (formerly placed in ''Hyloch ...
'' – blue-chinned sapphire
** Genus ''Chlorostilbon
''Chlorostilbon'' is a genus of hummingbird in the family Trochilidae, known as emeralds (as are some hummingbirds in the genera ''Amazilia'' and '' Elvira''). A single species, the blue-chinned sapphire is variously placed in the monotypic gen ...
'' – typical emeralds
** Genus '' Chrysolampis'' – ruby-topaz hummingbird
** Genus ''Chrysuronia
''Chrysuronia'' is a genus of hummingbirds in the family Trochilidae.
Taxonomy
The genus ''Chrysuronia'' was introduced in 1850 by the French naturalist Charles Lucien Bonaparte. Bonaparte did not specify a type species but this was designated a ...
'' – golden-tailed sapphire
** Genus '' Clytolaema'' – Brazilian ruby
** Genus ''Coeligena
''Coeligena'' is a genus of South American hummingbirds.
It contains the following 15 species:
* Bronzy inca (''Coeligena coeligena'')
* Brown inca (''Coeligena wilsoni'')
* Black inca (''Coeligena prunellei'')
* Green inca (''Coeligena co ...
'' – Incas and starfrontlets
** Genus '' Colibri'' – violet-ears
** Genus '' Cyanophaia'' - blue-headed hummingbird
** Genus ''Cynanthus
''Cynanthus'' is a genus of hummingbird in the family Trochilidae
Hummingbirds are birds native to the Americas and comprise the biological family Trochilidae. With about 361 species and 113 genera, they occur from Alaska to Tierra del Fue ...
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** Genus '' Damophila'' – violet-bellied hummingbird
** Genus '' Discosura'' – thorntails
** Genus ''Doricha
''Doricha'' is a genus of hummingbirds in the family Trochilidae.
Taxonomy
The genus Doricha was introduced in 1854 by the German naturalist Ludwig Reichenbach to accommodate the slender sheartail which is thus the type species. The genus n ...
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** Genus '' Doryfera'' – lancebills
** Genus ''Elvira
Elvira is a female given name. First recorded in medieval Spain, it is likely of Germanic (Gothic) origin.
Elvira may refer to:
People Nobility
* Elvira Menéndez (died 921), daughter of Hermenegildo Gutiérrez and wife of Ordoño II of Leó ...
'' – elvira emeralds
** Genus ''Ensifera
Ensifera is a suborder of insects that includes the various types of crickets and their allies including: true crickets, camel crickets, bush crickets or katydids, grigs, weta and Cooloola monsters. This and the suborder Caelifera (grassh ...
'' – sword-billed hummingbird
** Genus ''Eriocnemis
''Eriocnemis'' is a genus of hummingbirds, which - together with the species in the genus ''Haplophaedia'' - are known as pufflegs. They occur in humid forest, woodland and shrub at altitudes of 1000 to 4800 m. asl in the Andes of Argentina, Bo ...
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** Genus ''Eugenes
''Eugenes'' is usually considered a monotypic genus with its sole member the magnificent hummingbird (''E. fulgens''). Species
The genus contains two species:
References
External links
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Bird genera
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** Genus ''Eulampis
The caribs are a genus, ''Eulampis'', of hummingbirds in the family Trochilidae. The genus contains two species, both of which are endemic to the islands of the Caribbean. The genus name comes from the Ancient Greek word ''eulampēs'' meaning 'b ...
'' – caribs
** Genus '' Eulidia'' – Chilean woodstar
** Genus '' Eupetomena'' – swallow-tailed hummingbird
** Genus '' Eupherusa''
** Genus ''Eutoxeres
''Eutoxeres'' is a genus of hummingbird in the family Trochilidae
Hummingbirds are birds native to the Americas and comprise the biological family Trochilidae. With about 361 species and 113 genera, they occur from Alaska to Tierra del Fu ...
'' – sicklebills
** Genus ''Florisuga
The jacobins are two species of hummingbirds in the genus ''Florisuga''.
Taxonomy
The genus ''Florisuga'' was introduced in 1850 by the French naturalist Charles Lucien Bonaparte. The name combines the Latin ''flos'', ''floris'' meaning "flower" ...
'' – jacobins
** Genus '' Glaucis''
** Genus '' Goethalsia'' – pirre hummingbird
** Genus '' Goldmania'' – violet-capped hummingbird
** Genus ''Haplophaedia
''Haplophaedia'' is a small genus of hummingbirds, which – together with the members of the genus ''Eriocnemis'' – are known as pufflegs. They are found at low levels in humid forest, woodland and shrub at altitudes of 1200 to 3100 m. Above ...
'' – ''Haplophaedia'' pufflegs
** Genus '' Heliactin'' – horned sungem
** Genus '' Heliangelus'' – sunangels
** Genus '' Heliodoxa'' – brilliants
** Genus '' Heliomaster'' – starthroats
** Genus ''Heliothryx
''Heliothryx'' is a genus of hummingbird in the family Trochilidae. The genus is assigned to the subfamily Polytminae which is sometimes referred to by the informal name "mangoes".
Taxonomy
The genus ''Heliothryx'' was introduced in 1831 by t ...
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** Genus ''Hylocharis
''Hylocharis'' is a genus of hummingbirds, in the family Trochilidae. It contains two species that are both found in South America.
Taxonomy
The genus ''Hylocharis'' was introduced in 1831 by the German naturalist Friedrich Boie. The type speci ...
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** Genus '' Hylonympha'' – scissor-tailed hummingbird
** Genus '' Klais'' – violet-headed hummingbird
** Genus '' Lafresnaya'' – mountain velvetbreast
** Genus '' Lampornis'' – typical mountaingems
** Genus '' Lamprolaima'' – garnet-throated hummingbird
** Genus '' Lepidopyga''
** Genus ''Lesbia
Lesbia was the literary pseudonym used by the Roman poet Gaius Valerius Catullus ( 82–52 BC) to refer to his lover. Lesbia is traditionally identified with Clodia, the wife of Quintus Caecilius Metellus Celer and sister of Publius Clodius P ...
'' – trainbearers
** Genus ''Leucippus
Leucippus (; el, Λεύκιππος, ''Leúkippos''; fl. 5th century BCE) is a pre-Socratic Greek philosopher who has been credited as the first philosopher to develop a theory of atomism.
Leucippus' reputation, even in antiquity, was obscured ...
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** Genus '' Leucochloris'' – white-throated hummingbird
** Genus '' Loddigesia'' – marvelous spatuletail
** Genus ''Lophornis
''Lophornis'' is a genus of hummingbird in the family Trochilidae. These are all tiny birds, ranking among the smallest hummingbirds. No species exceeds and most are under in total length, weighing 3 grams or less. The male coquettes are noted ...
'' – coquettes
** Genus '' Mellisuga''
** Genus '' Metallura'' – metaltails
** Genus '' Microchera'' – snowcap
** Genus '' Microstilbon'' – slender-tailed woodstar
** Genus '' Myrmia'' – short-tailed woodstar
** Genus ''Myrtis
Myrtis is the name given by archaeologists to an 11-year-old girl from ancient Athens, whose remains were discovered in 1994–95 in a mass grave during work to build the metro station at Kerameikos, Greece. The name was chosen from common ancie ...
'' – purple-collared woodstar
** Genus '' Ocreatus'' – booted racket-tails
** Genus '' Opisthoprora'' – mountain avocetbill
** Genus '' Oreonympha'' – bearded mountaineer
** Genus '' Oreotrochilus'' – hillstars
** Genus '' Orthorhyncus'' – Antillean crested hummingbird
** Genus '' Oxypogon'' – bearded helmetcrests
** Genus '' Panterpe'' – fiery-throated hummingbird
** Genus '' Patagona'' – giant hummingbird
** Genus '' Phaeochroa'' – scaly-breasted hummingbird
** Genus ''Phaethornis
'' Phaethornis '' is a genus of hummingbirds in the hermit subfamily, Phaethornithinae. They occur from southern Mexico, through Central America, to South America as far south as northern Argentina.
Description and ecology
Their plumage typica ...
'' – typical hermits
** Genus '' Phlogophilus'' – piedtails
** Genus '' Polyonymus'' – bronze-tailed comet
** Genus ''Polytmus
The goldenthroats are a small group of hummingbirds in the genus ''Polytmus''.
The genus ''Polytmus'' was introduced by the French zoologist Mathurin Jacques Brisson in 1760 with the type species as ''Polytmus guainumbi thaumantias'', a subspeci ...
'' – goldenthroats
** Genus '' Pterophanes'' – great sapphirewing
** Genus ''Ramphodon
The saw-billed hermit (''Ramphodon naevius'') is a hummingbird in the family Trochilidae. It is endemic to Brazil.
Taxonomy and systematics
The saw-billed hermit is placed in mcdonalds
the hermit subfamily Phaethornithinae, but among these b ...
'' – saw-billed hermit
** Genus ''Ramphomicron
''Ramphomicron'' is a genus of hummingbird in the family Trochilidae
Hummingbirds are birds native to the Americas and comprise the biological family Trochilidae. With about 361 species and 113 genera, they occur from Alaska to Tierra del ...
'' – typical thornbills
** Genus ''Rhodopis
"Rhodopis" ( grc-gre, Ῥοδῶπις ) is an ancient tale about a Greek slave girl who marries the king of Egypt. The story was first recorded by the Greek historian Strabo in the late first century BC or early first century AD and is considere ...
'' – oasis hummingbird
** Genus '' Sappho'' – red-tailed comet
** Genus '' Schistes'' - wedgebills (sometimes included in ''Augastes'')
** Genus ''Selasphorus
''Selasphorus'' is a genus of hummingbirds from Middle and North America.
Taxonomy
The genus ''Selasphorus'' was introduced in 1832 by the English naturalist William John Swainson to accommodate the rufous hummingbird which is now the type s ...
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** Genus '' Sephanoides'' – firecrowns
** Genus ''Stephanoxis
The two plovercrests comprise the genus ''Stephanoxis''. They were formerly considered conspecific under the name "black-breasted plovercrest".
Species
The SACC accepted both as distinct species in 2015. The two species are:
References
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** Genus '' Sternoclyta'' – violet-chested hummingbird
** Genus '' Taphrolesbia'' – grey-bellied comet
** Genus '' Taphrospilus'' - many-spotted hummingbird
** Genus '' Thalurania'' – woodnymphs
** Genus '' Thaumastura'' – Peruvian sheartail
** Genus '' Threnetes'' – barbthroats
** Genus '' Tilmatura'' – sparkling-tailed woodstar
** Genus '' Topaza'' – topazes
** Genus ''Trochilus
The streamertails are hummingbirds in the genus ''Trochilus'', that are endemic to Jamaica. It is the type genus of the family Trochilidae. Today most authorities consider the two taxa in this genus as separate species, but some (e.g. AOU) cont ...
'' – streamertails
** Genus '' Urochroa'' – white-tailed hillstar
** Genus '' Urosticte'' – whitetips
* Family Apterygidae
** Genus '' Apteryx'' - kiwi
Bucerotiformes
Bucerotiformes is an order of birds that contains the hornbills, ground hornbills, hoopoes and wood hoopoes. These birds were previously classified as members of Coraciiformes. The clade is distributed in Africa, Asia, Europe and Melanesia.
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Hornbills, hoopoes, and wood-hoopoes
* Family Bucerotidae
Hornbills (Bucerotidae) are a family of bird found in tropical and subtropical Africa, Asia and Melanesia. They are characterized by a long, down-curved bill which is frequently brightly coloured and sometimes has a casque on the upper mandibl ...
** Genus ''Aceros
The rufous-necked hornbill (''Aceros nipalensis'') is a species of hornbill in Bhutan, northeastern India, especially in Arunachal Pradesh, Indian Subcontinent and Southeast Asia. It is locally Local extinction, extinct in Nepal due to hunting an ...
'' - rufous-necked hornbill
** Genus ''Anorrhinus
''Anorrhinus'' is a genus of hornbills (family Bucerotidae) found in forests of Southeast Asia (just barely extending into adjacent parts of India and China). They are social and typically seen in groups, but only the dominant pair are believed ...
'' - brown hornbill
** Genus '' Anthracoceros'' - pied hornbill
** Genus '' Berenicornis'' - white-crowned hornbill (sometimes included in ''Aceros'')
** Genus ''Buceros
''Buceros'' is a genus of large Asian hornbills (family Bucerotidae).
Description
Hornbills in the genus ''Buceros'' include some of the largest arboreal hornbills in the world, with the largest being the great hornbill. All the hornbills in th ...
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** Genus ''Bycanistes
''Bycanistes'' is a genus of medium to large, primarily frugivorous hornbills (family Bucerotidae) found in the forests and woodlands of Sub-Saharan Africa. They have often been included in the genus '' Ceratogymna'', but today most authorities ...
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** Genus ''Ceratogymna
''Ceratogymna'' is a genus of large, primarily frugivorous hornbills (family Bucerotidae) found in the humid forests of Central and West Africa. They are sexually dimorphic: males are all black, while females have brown heads and a smaller casqu ...
'' - casqued hornbill
** Genus ''Lophoceros
''Lophoceros'' is a genus of birds in the hornbill family, Bucerotidae, which are native to Africa.
Taxonomy
The genus ''Lophoceros'' was introduced in 1833 by the German naturalists Wilhelm Hemprich and Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg to accommo ...
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** Genus '' Ocyceros'' - grey hornbill
** Genus ''Penelopides
''Penelopides'' is the genus of relatively small, primarily frugivorous hornbills restricted to forested areas of the Philippines. Their common name, tarictic hornbills, is an onomatopoetic reference to the main call of several of them. They ha ...
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** Genus '' Rhinoplax'' - helmeted hornbill (sometimes included in ''Buceros'')
** Genus '' Rhyticeros'' (sometimes included in ''Aceros'')
** Genus ''Tockus
''Tockus'' is a genus of birds in the hornbill family, Bucerotidae, which are native to Africa.
Description
Hornbills in the genus ''Tockus'' are medium-sized African birds with triangular shaped curved bills. They can be found in tropical an ...
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** Genus '' Tropicranus'' - white-crested hornbill (sometimes included in ''Tockus'')
* Family Bucorvidae
** Genus '' Bucorvus'' - ground hornbills
* Family Phoeniculidae
** Genus ''Phoeniculus
''Phoeniculus'' is a genus of bird in the family Phoeniculidae. They are restricted to sub-Saharan Africa.
The genus contains the following species:
Members of this genus have long, slightly down-curved, pointed bills with stout bases. Mos ...
'' - wood hoopoes
** Genus '' Rhinopomastus'' - scimitarbills
* Family Upupidae
Hoopoes () are colourful birds found across Africa, Asia, and Europe, notable for their distinctive "crown" of feathers. Three living and one extinct species are recognized, though for many years all of the extant species were lumped as a single ...
** Genus ''Upupa
Hoopoes () are colourful birds found across Africa, Asia, and Europe, notable for their distinctive "crown" of feathers. Three living and one extinct species are recognized, though for many years all of the extant species were lumped as a single ...
'' - hoopoes
Caprimulgiformes
Nightjars are medium-sized nocturnal or crepuscular birds in the family Caprimulgidae and order Caprimulgiformes, characterised by long wings, short legs, and very short bills. They are sometimes called goatsuckers, due to the ancient folk tal ...
Nightjars, nighthawks, potoos, oilbirds, frogmouths and owlet-nightjars
*Family Aegothelidae - owlet-nightjars
**Genus '' Aegotheles''
*Family Caprimulgidae - nightjars
**Genus ''Antrostomus
''Antrostomus'' is a genus of nightjars formerly included in the genus '' Caprimulgus''. They are medium-sized nocturnal birds with long pointed wings, short legs and short bills.
''Antrostomus'' nightjars are found in the New World, and like ...
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**Genus '' Caprimulgus''
**Genus ''Chordeiles
''Chordeiles'' is a New World genus of nighthawks in the family Caprimulgidae. It contains the following species:
The genus name ''Chordeiles'' is from Ancient Greek
Ancient Greek includes the forms of the Greek language used in ...
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**Genus '' Eleothreptus''
**Genus ''Eurostopodus
''Eurostopodus'' is a genus of eared nightjar in the family Caprimulgidae. This genus is distinctive among the Old World nightjars in lacking long rictal bristles. It also shows some features that are not shared with Caprimulginae and Chordeil ...
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**Genus ''Gactornis
The collared nightjar (''Gactornis enarratus'') is a species of nightjar in the family Caprimulgidae. It is endemic to Madagascar.
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical mangrove fore ...
'' – collared nightjar
**Genus ''Hydropsalis
''Hydropsalis'' is a genus of nightjars in the family Caprimulgidae. The species are widely distributed across the tropical and subtropical regions of the New World.
Taxonomy
The genus ''Hydropsalis'' was introduced in 1832 by the German natura ...
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**Genus '' Lurocalis''
**Genus '' Lyncornis''
**Genus '' Macropsalis'' – long-trained nightjar
**Genus ''Nyctidromus
Nyctidromus is a genus of nightjars in the family Caprimulgidae. The species are widely distributed in Central and South America.
Taxonomy
The genus ''Nyctidromus'' was introduced in 1838 by the English ornithologist John Gould to accommodate h ...
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**Genus '' Nyctiphrynus''
**Genus ''Nyctipolus
Nyctipolus is a genus of nightjars
Nightjars are medium-sized nocturnal or crepuscular birds in the family Caprimulgidae and order Caprimulgiformes, characterised by long wings, short legs, and very short bills. They are sometimes called ...
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**Genus '' Nyctiprogne''
**Genus '' Phalaenoptilus'' – common poorwill
**Genus ''Setopagis
''Setopagis'' is a genus of nightjars in the family
Family (from la, familia) is a group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or affinity (by marriage or other relationship). The purpose of the family is to main ...
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**Genus '' Siphonorhis''
**Genus '' Systellura''
**Genus '' Uropsalis''
*Family Nyctibiidae - potoos
**Genus ''Nyctibius Bird genera
''Nyctibius'' is a genus of potoos, nocturnal birds in the family Nyctibiidae.
Etymology
The genus ''Nyctibius'' was introduced in 1816 by the French ornithologist Louis Jean Pierre Vieillot to accommodate a single species, C ...
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*Family Podargidae - frogmouths
**Genus ''Batrachostomus
''Batrachostomus'' is a genus of frogmouths. The generic name is a direct translation from the Greek
Greek may refer to:
Greece
Anything of, from, or related to Greece, a country in Southern Europe:
*Greeks, an ethnic group.
*Greek language ...
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**Genus '' Podargus''
**Genus ''Rigidipenna
The Solomons frogmouth (''Rigidipenna inexpectata''), also known as the Cinnamon frogmouth or Solomon Islands frogmouth, is a bird in the frogmouth family. It was first described in 1901, but not recognized as a distinct species until 2007.Cleere ...
'' - Solomons frogmouth
*Family Steatornithidae
The oilbird (''Steatornis caripensis''), locally known as the , is a bird species found in the northern areas of South America including the Caribbean island of Trinidad. It is the only species in the genus ''Steatornis'', the family Steatornith ...
- oilbird
**Genus '' Steatornis''
*Family Cariamidae - seriemas
**Genus ''Cariama
The red-legged seriema (''Cariama cristata''), also known as the crested cariama and crested seriema, is a mostly predatory terrestrial bird in the seriema family ( Cariamidae), included in the Gruiformes in the old paraphyletic circumscriptio ...
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**Genus '' Chunga''
Casuariiformes
The Casuariiformes is an order of large flightless birds that has four surviving members: the three species of cassowary, and the only remaining species of emu. They are divided into either a single family, Casuariidae, or more typically two, w ...
Cassowaries and emus
*Family Casuariidae
**Genus ''Casuarius
Cassowaries ( tpi, muruk, id, kasuari) are flightless birds of the genus ''Casuarius'' in the order Casuariiformes. They are classified as ratites (flightless birds without a keel on their sternum bones) and are native to the tropical forest ...
'' - cassowary
**Genus ''Dromaius
''Dromaius'' (from greek δρομαίυς "runner") is a genus of ratite present in Australia. There is one extant species, '' Dromaius novaehollandiae'' commonly known as the emu.
In his original 1816 description of the emu, Louis Jean Pierre ...
'' - emu
Cathartiformes
The order Cathartiformes of raptors or birds of prey includes the New World vultures and the now-extinct Teratornithidae. These raptors are classified by most taxonomic authorities in the order Accipitriformes (which includes the eagles and hawk ...
New World vultures
*Family Cathartidae
The New World vulture or condor family, Cathartidae, contains seven extant species in five genera. It includes five extant vultures and two extant condors found in warm and temperate areas of the Americas. The "New World" vultures were widespre ...
**Genus ''Cathartes
The genus ''Cathartes'' includes medium-sized to large carrion-feeding birds in the New World vulture (Cathartidae) family. The three extant species currently classified in this genus occur widely in the Americas. There is one extinct species kn ...
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**Genus ''Coragyps
''Coragyps'' is a genus of New World vulture that contains the black vulture ''(Coragyps atratus)'' and two extinct relatives.
One extinct species is the 'western' black vulture, ''Coragyps occidentalis'', a larger ancestral relative of the mod ...
'' - black vulture
**Genus ''Gymnogyps
''Gymnogyps'' is a genus of New World vultures in the family Cathartidae. There are five known species in the genus, with only one being extant, the California condor.
Fossil species
*''Gymnogyps amplus'' was first described by L. H. Miller in ...
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**Genus ''Sarcoramphus
''Sarcoramphus'' is a genus of New World vulture that contains a single extant species, the king vulture ''(Sarcoramphus papa)''.
Extinct members of the genus include the Kern vulture (''Sarcoramphus kernense'') from the mid-Pliocene of North Ame ...
'' - king vulture
**Genus '' Vultur'' - Andean condor
Charadriiformes
Charadriiformes (, from ''Charadrius'', the type genus of family Charadriidae) is a diverse order of small to medium-large birds. It includes about 390 species and has members in all parts of the world. Most charadriiform birds live near water an ...
Plovers, crab plovers, lapwings, seagulls, puffins, auks, sandpipers, buttonquails, stilts, avocets, ibisbills, woodcocks, skuas, etc.
*Family Alcidae
An auk or alcid is a bird of the family Alcidae in the order Charadriiformes. The alcid family includes the murres, guillemots, auklets, puffins, and murrelets. The word "auk" is derived from Icelandic ''álka'', from Old Norse ''alka'' (a ...
- puffins, guillemots, murres, and allies
**Genus ''Aethia
''Aethia'' is a genus of four small (85–300g) auklets endemic to the North Pacific Ocean, Bering Sea and Sea of Okhotsk and among some of North America's most abundant seabirds. The relationships between the four true auklets remains unclear. A ...
'' - auklets
**Genus '' Alca'' - razorbill
**Genus '' Alle'' - little auk
**Genus '' Brachyramphus'' - murrelets
**Genus ''Cepphus
''Cepphus'' is a genus of seabirds in the auk family also referred to as true guillemots or, in North America, simply as guillemots. The genus name ''Cepphus'' is from Ancient Greek ''kepphos'',. a pale waterbird mentioned by Greek authors inclu ...
'' - guillemots
**Genus '' Cerorhinca'' - rhinoceros auklet
**Genus '' Fratercula'' - puffins
**Genus '' Ptychoramphus'' - Cassin's auklet
**Genus '' Synthliboramphus'' - murrelets
**Genus ''Uria
''Uria'' is a genus of seabirds in the auk family known in Britain as guillemots, in most of North America as murres, and in Newfoundland and Labrador as turr. These are medium-sized birds with mainly brown or black plumage in the breeding s ...
'' - murres
*Family Burhinidae - thick-knees
**Genus ''Burhinus
''Burhinus'' is a genus of birds in the family Burhinidae. This family also contains the genus ''Esacus''.del Hoyo J, Elliott A, Sargatal J (1996) ''Handbook of the Birds of the World'', ''vol 3.'' Lynx, Barcelona The genus name ''Burhinus'' com ...
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**Genus ''Esacus
''Esacus'' is a genus of bird in the stone-curlew family Burhinidae. The genus is distributed from Pakistan and India to Australia. It contains two species, the great stone-curlew and the beach stone-curlew.
Taxonomy
The genus ''Esacus'' was i ...
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*Family Charadriidae
The bird family Charadriidae includes the plovers, dotterels, and lapwings, about 64 to 68 species in all.
Taxonomy
The family Charadriidae was introduced (as Charadriadæ) by the English zoologist William Elford Leach in a guide to the con ...
- plovers and lapwings
**Genus ''Anarhynchus
The wrybill or (in Māori) ngutuparore (''Anarhynchus frontalis'') is a species of plover endemic to New Zealand. It is the only species of bird in the world with a beak that is bent sideways in one direction, always to the right (in the crossbil ...
'' - wrybill
**Genus ''Charadrius
'' Charadrius '' is a genus of plovers, a group of wading birds. The genus name ''Charadrius'' is a Late Latin word for a yellowish bird mentioned in the fourth-century Vulgate.
They are found throughout the world.
Many ''Charadrius'' species a ...
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**Genus '' Elseyornis'' - black-fronted dotterel
**Genus '' Erythrogonys'' - red-kneed dotterel
**Genus ''Oreopholus
''Oreopholus'' is a genus of bird belonging to the family Charadriidae. The tawny-throated dotterel (''Oreopholus ruficollis'') is the only extant species, although another species, '' Oreopholus orcesi'', is known from the Late Pleistocene of Ec ...
'' - tawny-throated dotterel
**Genus '' Peltohyas'' - inland dotterel
**Genus ''Phegornis
The diademed sandpiper-plover or diademed plover (''Phegornis mitchellii'') is a Near Threatened species of bird in subfamily Charadriinae of family Charadriidae. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, and Peru.HBW and BirdLife International ...
'' - diademed sandpiper-plover
**Genus ''Pluvialis
'' Pluvialis '' is a genus of plovers, a group of wader, wading birds comprising four species that breed in the temperate or Arctic Northern Hemisphere.
In breeding plumage, they all have largely black underparts, and golden or silvery upperpart ...
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**Genus ''Thinornis
''Thinornis'' is a genus of plovers, comprising two extant and threatened species. It is sometimes considered a synonym of ''Charadrius''.
Taxonomy
The genus ''Thinornis'' was introduced in 1844 by the English zoologist George Robert Gray to ac ...
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**Genus ''Vanellus
''Vanellus'' is the genus of waders which provisionally contains all lapwings except red-kneed dotterel, ''Erythrogonys cinctus''. The name "''vanellus''" is Latin for "little fan", ''vanellus'' being the diminutive of ''vannus'' ("winnowing fan ...
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*Family Chionididae - sheathbills
**Genus ''Chionis
The sheathbills are a family of birds, Chionidae. Classified in the wader order Charadriiformes, the family consists of one genus, ''Chionis'' with two species. They breed on subantarctic islands and the Antarctic Peninsula, and the snowy sheat ...
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*Family Dromadidae - crab plover
**Genus '' Dromas''
*Family Glareolidae
Glareolidae is a family of birds in the wader suborder Charadrii. It contains two distinct groups, the pratincoles and the coursers. The atypical Egyptian plover (''Pluvianus aegyptius''), traditionally placed in this family, is now known to ...
- pratincoles and coursers
**Genus ''Cursorius
'' Cursorius '' is a genus of coursers, a group of wading birds. The genus name derive from Latin ''cursor'' meaning "runner".
There are five species which breed in Africa and South Asia.
They have long legs, short wings and long pointed bills ...
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**Genus ''Glareola
''Glareola'' is a genus of birds in the family Glareolidae. The pratincoles are a group of birds consisting of the seven species of this genus and the Australian pratincole, the only species of the genus '' Stiltia''.
The genus ''Glareola'' was ...
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**Genus ''Rhinoptilus
'' Rhinoptilus '' is a genus of coursers, a group of wading birds. There are three species, which breed in Africa and South Asia. They have long legs, short wings and long pointed bills which curve downwards. Although classed as waders, they in ...
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**Genus ''Stiltia
The Australian pratincole (''Stiltia isabella'') is a species of bird in the family Glareolidae. It breeds in Australia's interior; it winters to northern and eastern parts of the continent, Indonesia and New Guinea.
It is a medium-sized nomadic ...
'' - Australian pratincole
*Family Haematopodidae - oystercatchers
**Genus '' Haematopus''
*Family Ibidorhynchidae - ibisbill
**Genus '' Ibidorhyncha''
*Family Jacanidae - jacanas
**Genus ''Actophilornis
''Actophilornis'' is a genus of jacana. It contains two species restricted to Africa and its surrounding islands.
Taxonomy
The genus ''Actophilornis'' was introduced in 1925 by the American ornithologist Harry C. Oberholser with the African ...
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**Genus '' Hydrophasianus'' - pheasant-tailed jacana
**Genus ''Irediparra
The comb-crested jacana (''Irediparra gallinacea''), also known as the lotusbird or lilytrotter, is the only species of jacana in the genus ''Irediparra''. Like other jacana species, it is adapted to the floating vegetation of tropical freshwat ...
'' - comb-crested jacana
**Genus '' Jacana''
**Genus '' Metopidius'' - bronze-winged jacana
**Genus '' Microparra'' - lesser jacana
*Family Laridae
Laridae is a family of seabirds in the order Charadriiformes that includes the gulls, terns, skimmers and kittiwakes. It includes around 100 species arranged into 22 genera. They are an adaptable group of mostly aerial birds found worldwide. ...
- gulls, terns, and skimmers
**Genus ''Anous
The noddies, forming the genus ''Anous'', is a genus of seabirds in family Laridae which also contains the gulls, terns and skimmers. The genus contains five species.
The noddies inhabit tropical oceans and have a worldwide distribution, rangin ...
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**Genus ''Chlidonias
The name marsh tern refers to terns of the genus ''Chlidonias'', which are typically found in freshwater marshes, rather than coastal locations. The genus name ''Chlidonias'' is from Ancient Greek , "swallow-like", from , " swallow".
Species
T ...
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**Genus ''Chroicocephalus
''Chroicocephalus'' is a genus of medium to relatively small gulls which were included in the genus '' Larus'' until recently. Some authorities also include the Saunders's gull in ''Chroicocephalus''. The genus name '' Chroicocephalus'' is from ...
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**Genus '' Creagrus'' - swallow-tailed gull
**Genus '' Gelochelidon'' - gull-billed tern
**Genus '' Gygis'' - white tern
**Genus '' Hydrocoloeus'' - little gull
**Genus '' Hydroprogne'' - Caspian tern
**Genus ''Ichthyaetus
''Ichthyaetus'' is a genus of gulls. The genus name is from Ancient Greek ''ikhthus'', "fish", and ''aetos'', "eagle". They were previously included in the genus ''Larus''.Pons J.M., Hassanin, A., and Crochet P.A.(2005). ''Phylogenetic relationsh ...
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**Genus '' Larosterna'' - Inca tern
**Genus ''Larus
''Larus'' is a large genus of gulls with worldwide distribution (by far the greatest species diversity is in the Northern Hemisphere).
Many of its species are abundant and well-known birds in their ranges. Until about 2005–2007, most gulls ...
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**Genus ''Leucophaeus''
**Genus ''Onychoprion''
**Genus ''Ivory gull, Pagophila'' - ivory gull
**Genus ''Large-billed tern, Phaetusa'' - large-billed tern
**Genus ''Ross's gull, Rhodostethia'' - Ross's gull
**Genus ''Kittiwake, Rissa'' - kittiwakes
**Genus ''Skimmer (bird), Rynchops'' - skimmers
**Genus ''Sterna''
**Genus ''Sternula''
**Genus ''Thalasseus''
**Genus ''Sabine's gull, Xema'' - Sabine's gull
*Family Plains-wanderer, Pedionomidae - plains wanderer
**Genus ''Plains-wanderer, Pedionomus''
*Family Magellanic plover, Pluvianellidae - Magellanic plover
**Genus ''Magellanic plover, Pluvianellus''
*Family Egyptian plover, Pluvianidae - Egyptian plover
**Genus ''Egyptian plover, Pluvianus''
*Family Recurvirostridae - avocets and stilts
**Genus ''Banded stilt, Cladorhynchus'' - banded stilt
**Genus ''Stilt, Himantopus'' - stilts
**Genus ''Avocet, Recurvirostra'' - avocets
*Family Painted-snipe, Rostratulidae - painted snipes
**Genus ''South American painted-snipe, Nycticryphes''
**Genus ''Rostratula''
*Family Sandpiper, Scolopacidae - snipe, sandpipers, phalaropes, and allies
**Genus ''Actitis''
**Genus ''Turnstone, Arenaria'' - turnstones
**Genus ''Upland sandpiper, Bartramia'' - upland sandpiper
**Genus ''Calidris'' - sandpipers
**Genus ''Austral snipe, Coenocorypha'' - Austral snipes
**Genus ''Gallinago''
**Genus ''Dowitcher, Limnodromus'' - dowitchers
**Genus ''Godwit, Limosa'' - godwits
**Genus ''Jack snipe, Lymnocryptes'' - jack snipe
**Genus ''Curlew, Numenius'' - curlews
**Genus ''Phalarope, Phalaropus'' - phalaropes
**Genus ''Polynesian sandpiper, Prosobonia'' - Polynesian sandpiper
**Genus ''Woodcock, Scolopax''
**Genus ''Tringa''
**Genus ''Terek sandpiper, Xenus'' - Terek sandpiper
*Family Skua, Stercorariidae - skuas
**Genus ''Skua, Stercorarius''
*Family Seedsnipe, Thinocoridae - seedsnipes
**Genus ''Attagis''
**Genus ''Thinocorus''
*Family Buttonquail, Turnicidae - buttonquails
**Genus ''Quail-plover, Ortyxelos''
**Genus ''Buttonquail, Turnix''
Stork, Ciconiiformes
Storks, openbills, and jabiru
*Family Stork, Ciconiidae
**Genus ''Openbill stork, Anastomus'' - openbills
**Genus ''Ciconia''
**Genus ''Ephippiorhynchus''
**Genus ''Jabiru''
**Genus ''Leptoptilos''
**Genus ''Mycteria''
Mousebird, Coliiformes
Mousebirds
*Family Mousebird, Coliidae
**Genus ''Colius''
**Genus ''Urocolius''
Columbidae, Columbiformes
Pigeons and doves
*Family Columbidae
**Genus ''Blue pigeon, Alectroenas'' - fruit doves
**Genus ''Alopecoenas''
**Genus ''Caloenas'' - Nicobar pigeon
**Genus ''Chalcophaps'' - emerald doves
**Genus ''Claravis (bird), Claravis''
**Genus ''Columba (genus), Columba'' includes ''Aplopelia'', Old World pigeons
**Genus ''Columbina (genus), Columbina''
**Genus ''Sombre pigeon, Cryptophaps'' - sombre pigeon
**Genus ''Didunculus'' - tooth-billed pigeon
**Genus ''Cloven-feathered dove, Drepanoptila'' - possibly better merged with ''Ptilinopus''
**Genus ''Imperial pigeon, Ducula'' - imperial pigeons
**Genus ''Saint Helena dove, Dysmoropelia'' - Saint Helena dove
**Genus ''Gallicolumba''
**Genus ''Geopelia''
**Genus ''Geophaps''
**Genus ''Geotrygon'' - quail-doves
**Genus ''Crowned pigeon, Goura''
**Genus ''Mountain pigeon, Gymnophaps'' - mountain pigeons
**Genus ''Hemiphaga''
**Genus ''Henicophaps''
**Genus ''Leptotila''
**Genus ''Olive-backed quail-dove, Leptotrygon'' - olive-backed quail-dove
**Genus ''Wonga pigeon, Leucosarcia'' - wonga pigeon
**Genus ''Topknot pigeon, Lopholaimus'' - topknot pigeon
**Genus ''Macropygia''
**Genus ''Metriopelia''
**Genus ''Nesoenas''
**Genus ''Crested pigeon, Ocyphaps'' - crested pigeon
**Genus ''Namaqua dove, Oena'' - Namaqua dove, tentatively placed here
**Genus ''Pheasant pigeon, Otidiphaps'' - pheasant pigeon
**Genus ''Patagioenas'' - American pigeons
**Genus ''Petrophassa'' - rock pigeons
**Genus ''Brown dove, Phapitreron'' - brown dove
**Genus ''Phaps''
**Genus ''Fruit dove, Ptilinopus''
**Genus ''Reinwardtoena''
**Genus ''Blue-headed quail-dove, Starnoenas'' - blue-headed quail-dove
**Genus ''Spilopelia''
**Genus ''Streptopelia'' - turtledoves
**Genus ''Green pigeon, Treron'' - green pigeons
**Genus ''Thick-billed ground pigeon, Trugon'' - thick-billed ground pigeon
**Genus ''Turacoena''
**Genus ''Turtur'' - African wood doves, tentatively placed here
**Genus ''Long-tailed ground dove, Uropelia'' - long-tailed ground dove
**Genus ''Zenaida doves, Zenaida'' - Zenaida doves
**Genus ''Zentrygon''
Coraciiformes
Rollers, bee eaters, todies, kingfishers, etc.
*Family Kingfisher, Alcedinidae - kingfishers
**Genus ''Actenoides''
**Genus ''Alcedo''
**Genus ''Glittering kingfisher, Caridonax'' - glittering kingfisher
**Genus ''Pied kingfisher, Ceryle'' - pied kingfisher
**Genus ''Ceyx (bird), Ceyx''
**Genus ''American green kingfisher, Chloroceryle'' - American green kingfisher
**Genus ''Lilac kingfisher, Cittura'' - lilac kingfisher
**Genus ''Shovel-billed kookaburra, Clytoceyx''
**Genus ''Corythornis''
**Genus ''Kookaburra, Dacelo''
**Genus ''Halcyon (genus), Halcyon''
**Genus ''Ispidina''
**Genus ''Banded kingfisher, Lacedo''
**Genus ''Megaceryle''
**Genus ''Hook-billed kingfisher, Melidora'' - hook-billed kingfisher
**Genus ''Pelargopsis''
**Genus ''Syma''
**Genus ''Paradise kingfisher, Tanysiptera'' - paradise kingfisher
**Genus ''Todirhamphus''
*Family Ground roller, Brachypteraciidae - ground rollers
**Genus ''Atelornis''
**Genus ''Short-legged ground roller, Brachypteracias'' - short-legged ground roller
**Genus ''Scaly ground roller, Geobiastes'' - scaly ground roller
**Genus ''Long-tailed ground roller, Uratelornis'' - long-tailed ground roller
*Family Coraciidae - rollers
**Genus ''Coracias''
**Genus ''Eurystomus''
*Family Bee-eater, Meropidae - bee-eaters
**Genus ''Purple-bearded bee-eater, Meropogon'' - purple-bearded bee-eater
**Genus ''Merops (genus), Merops''
**Genus ''Nyctyornis''
*Family Motmot, Momotidae - motmots
**Genus ''Blue-throated motmot, Aspatha'' - blue-throated motmot
**Genus ''Baryphthengus''
**Genus ''Electron (bird), Electron''
**Genus ''Turquoise-browed motmot, Eumomota'' - turquoise-browed motmot
**Genus ''Tody motmot, Hylomanes'' - tody motmot
**Genus ''Momotus''
*Family Tody, Todidae - todies
**Genus ''Todus''
Cuckoo, Cuculiformes
Cuckoos, anis, etc.
*Family Cuckoo, Cuculidae
**Genus ''Cacomantis''
**Genus ''Carpococcyx'' – Asian ground-cuckoos
**Genus ''Coucal, Centropus'' - coucals
**Genus ''Cercococcyx'' – long-tailed cuckoos
**Genus ''Ceuthmochares'' – yellowbills
**Genus ''Chrysococcyx'' – bronze cuckoos
**Genus ''Clamator''
**Genus ''Coccycua'' – formerly in ''Coccyzus'' and ''Piaya'', includes ''Micrococcyx''
**Genus ''Coccyzus'' – includes ''Saurothera'' and ''Hyetornis''
**Genus ''Coua'' – coua
**Genus ''Ani (bird), Crotophaga'' – anis
**Genus ''Cuculus'' – typical cuckoos
**Genus ''Dromococcyx''
**Genus ''Koel, Eudynamys'' – typical koels
**Genus ''Roadrunner, Geococcyx'' – roadrunners
**Genus ''Guira cuckoo, Guira'' – guira cuckoo
**Genus ''Hierococcyx'' – hawk-cuckoos
**Genus ''Dwarf koel, Microdynamis'' – dwarf koel
**Genus ''Lesser ground cuckoo, Morococcyx'' – lesser ground cuckoo
**Genus ''Neomorphus'' – Neotropical ground-cuckoos
**Genus ''Thick-billed cuckoo, Pachycoccyx'' – thick-billed cuckoo
**Genus ''Malkoha, Phaenicophaeus'' – typical malkohas
**Genus ''Piaya''
**Genus ''Raffles's malkoha, Rhinortha'' – Raffles's malkoha (sometimes in ''Phaenicophaeus''; tentatively placed here)
**Genus ''Channel-billed cuckoo, Scythrops'' – channel-billed cuckoo
**Genus ''Surniculus'' – drongo-cuckoos
**Genus ''Striped cuckoo, Tapera'' – striped cuckoo
**Genus ''Pacific long-tailed cuckoo, Urodynamis'' – Pacific long-tailed cuckoo
Eurypygiformes
Sunbitterns and kagu
*Family Sunbittern, Eurypygidae - sunbittern
**Genus ''Sunbittern, Eurypyga''
*Family Rhynochetidae - kagu
** Genus ''Rhynochetos''
Falconidae, Falconiformes
Falcons and caracara
*Family Falconidae
** Genus ''Caracara (genus), Caracara'' – crested caracaras
** Genus ''Black caracara, Daptrius'' – black caracara
** Genus ''Falcon, Falco'' – true falcons, hobbies and kestrels
** Genus ''Laughing falcon, Herpetotheres'' – laughing falcon
** Genus ''Red-throated caracara, Ibycter'' – red-throated caracara (sometimes included in ''Daptrius'')
** Genus ''Forest falcon, Micrastur'' – forest falcons
** Genus ''Microhierax'' – typical falconets
** Genus ''Milvago'' – brown caracaras
** Genus ''Phalcoboenus'' – Andean and southern South American caracaras
** Genus ''Polihierax'' – pygmy falcons
** Genus ''Spot-winged falconet, Spiziapteryx'' – spot-winged falconet
Galliformes
Gamebirds
*Family Cracidae
** Genus ''Wattled guan, Aburria''
** Genus ''Chamaepetes''
** Genus ''Crax'' - curassows
** Genus ''Mitu (bird), Mitu'' - curassows
** Genus ''Nocturnal curassow, Nothocrax'' - nocturnal curassow
** Genus ''Horned guan, Oreophasis'' - horned guan
** Genus ''Chachalaca, Ortalis'' - chachalacas
** Genus ''Piping guan, Papile'' - Piping guan
** Genus ''Pauxi'' - helmeted curassows
** Genus ''Penelope (genus), Penelope''
** Genus ''Highland guan, Penelopina''
*Family Megapodiidae
** Genus ''Aepypodius''
** Genus ''Australian brushturkey, Alectura'' - Australian brushturkey
** Genus ''Moluccan megapode, Eulipoa'' - Moluccan megapode
** Genus ''Leipoa''
** Genus ''Maleo, Macrocephalon'' - maleo
** Genus ''Scrubfowl, Megapodius'' - scrubfowl
** Genus ''Talegalla''
*Family Guineafowl, Numididae
** Genus ''Vulturine guineafowl, Acryllium''
** Genus ''Agelastes''
** Genus ''Guttera''
** Genus ''Helmeted guineafowl, Numida'' - helmeted guineafowl
*Family New World quail, Odontophoridae
** Genus ''Callipepla''
** Genus ''Colinus''
** Genus ''Cyrtonyx''
** Genus ''Singing quail, Dactylortyx'' - singing quail
** Genus ''Dendrortyx''
** Genus ''Wood quail, Odontophorus'' - wood quails
** Genus ''Mountain quail, Oreortyx'' - mountain quails
** Genus ''Banded quail, Philortyx'' - banded quail
** Genus ''Ptilopachus''
** Genus ''Tawny-faced quail, Rhynchortyx'' - tawny-faced quail
*Family Phasianidae
** Genus ''Congo peafowl, Afropavo - Congo peafowl
** Genus ''Alectoris'' - rock partridges
** Genus ''Ammoperdix'' - see-see and sand partridge
** Genus ''Snow Mountain quail, Anurophasis'' - Snow Mountain quail
** Genus ''Arborophila'' - hill partridge
** Genus ''Great argus, Argusianus'' - great argus
** Genus ''Bamboo partridge, Bambusicola'' - bamboo partridge
** Genus ''Ruffed grouse, Bonasa'' - ruffed grouse
** Genus ''Ferruginous partridge, Caloperdix'' - ferruginous partridge
** Genus ''Cheer pheasant, Catreus'' - cheer pheasant
** Genus ''Centrocercus'' - sage grouse
** Genus ''Chrysolophus'' - ruffed pheasant
** Genus ''Coturnix'' - mouse pheasant
** Genus ''Crossoptilon'' - eared pheasant
** Genus ''Dendragapus''
** Genus ''Excalfactoria''
** Genus ''Falcipennis''
** Genus ''Francolinus'' - true francolins
** Genus ''Galloperdix'' - Indian spurfowl
** Genus ''Junglefowl, Gallus'' - junglefowl
** Genus ''Crimson-headed partridge, Haematortyx'' - crimson-headed partridge
** Genus ''Blood pheasant, Ithaginis'' - blood pheasant
** Genus ''Lagopus'' - ptarmigans
** Genus ''Snow partridge, Lerwa'' - snow partridge
** Genus ''Monal, Lophophorus'' - monal
** Genus ''Gallopheasant, Lophura'' - gallopheasants
** Genus ''Madagascan partridge, Margaroperdix'' - Madagascan partridge
** Genus ''Black partridge, Melanoperdix'' - black partridge
** Genus ''Turkey (bird), Meleagris'' - turkeys
** Genus ''Himalayan quail, Ophrysia'' - Himalayan quail
** Genus ''Pavo (genus), Pavo'' - peafowl
** Genus ''Peliperdix''
** Genus ''Perdicula'' - bush quail
** Genus ''Perdix'' - true partridges
** Genus ''Phasianus'' - typical pheasants
** Genus ''Peacock-pheasant, Polyplectron'' - peacock-pheasant
** Genus ''Pternistis'' - African spurfowls
** Genus ''Koklass pheasant, Pucrasia'' - Koklass pheasant
** Genus ''Crested argus, Rheinardia'' - crested argus
** Genus ''Rhizothera''
** Genus ''Crested partridge, Rollulus'' - crested partridge
** Genus ''Scleroptila''
** Genus ''Synoicus'' - see ''Coturnix''
** Genus ''Syrmaticus'' - long-tailed pheasants
** Genus ''Tetrao'' - capercaillies and black grouse
** Genus ''Snowcock, Tetraogallus'' - snowcocks
** Genus ''Tetraophasis'' - monal-partridge
** Genus ''Tetrastes''
** Genus ''Tragopan'' - horned pheasant
** Genus ''Tympanuchus'' - prairie chickens
** Genus ''Xenoperdix'' - forest partridges
Gaviiformes
*Family Loon, Gaviidae
** Genus ''Loon, Gavia'' - loons
Gruiformes
Cranes, crakes, rails, wood-rails, fluftais, gallinules, limpkin, trumpeters, and finfoots
* Family Limpkin, Aramidae - limpkin
** Genus ''Limpkin, Aramus''
* Family Gruidae - cranes
** Genus ''Antigone (genus), Antigone''
** Genus ''Balearica''
** Genus ''Grus (genus), Grus'' - cranes
** Genus ''Siberian crane, Leucogeranus'' - Siberian crane
* Family Heliornithidae - finfoots
** Genus ''Masked finfoot, Heliopais'' - masked finfoot
** Genus ''Sungrebe, Heliornis'' - sungrebe
** Genus ''African finfoot, Podica'' - African finfoot
* Family Psophiidae
** Genus ''Psophia'' - trumpeters
* Family Rallidae - crakes, moorhens, gallinules, and rails
** Genus ''Striped crake, Aenigmatolimnas'' - striped crake
** Genus ''Uniform crake, Amaurolimnas'' - uniform crake
** Genus ''Amaurornis'' - bush-hens
** Genus ''Anurolimnas''
** Genus ''Aramides''
** Genus ''Snoring rail, Aramidopsis'' – snoring rail
** Genus ''Inaccessible Island rail, Atlantisia'' - Inaccessible Island rail
** ?Genus ''Biensis'' - Madagascan rails (synonym of Rallus?)
** Genus ''Chatham rail, Cabalus'' - Chatham rail
** Genus ''Coturnicops'' - barred-backed crake
** ?Genus ''Creciscus'' - blackish crake
** Genus ''African crake, Crecopsis'' – African crake
** Genus ''Crex'' - corn crake
** Genus ''Zapata rail, Cyanolimnas'' – Zapata rail
** Genus ''Hawkins's rail, Diaphorapteryx'' - Hawkins's rail
** Genus ''Dryolimnas''
** Genus ''Chestnut rail, Eulabeornis'' – chestnut rail
** Genus ''Coot, Fulica'' - coots
** Genus ''Watercock, Gallicrex'' - watercock
** Genus ''Moorhen, Gallinula'' - moorhens
** Genus ''Gallirallus''
** Genus ''Gymnocrex'' - bare-faced rails
** Genus ''Invisible rail, Habroptila'' – invisible rail
** Genus ''Yellow-breasted crake, Hapalocrex'' - yellow-breasted crake
** Genus ''Nkulengu rail, Himantornis'' - Nkulengu rail
** Genus ''Laterallus'' - ruddy crake
** Genus ''Lewinia''
** ?Genus ''Limnocrex'' (synonym of Laterallus?)
** Genus ''New Guinea flightless rail, Megacrex'' - New Guinea flightless rail
** Genus ''Ocellated crake, Micropygia'' - ocellated crake
** Genus ''Ascension crake, Mundia'' - Ascension crake
** Genus ''Mustelirallus''
** Genus ''Nesoclopeus''
** Genus ''Lesser moorhen, Paragallinula'' - lesser moorhen
** Genus ''Pardirallus''
** Genus ''Poliolimnas'' - see ''Amaurornis''
** Genus ''Swamphen, Porphyrio'' - swamphens
** Genus ''Spot-flanked gallinule, Porphyriops'' – spot-flanked gallinule
** Genus ''Porzana''
** Genus ''Rallicula'' - forest rails
** Genus ''Rallina'' - chestnut rails
** Genus ''Rallus''
** Genus ''Rouget's rail, Rougetius'' - Rouget's rail
** Genus ''Rufirallus'' - russet-crowned crake
** Genus ''Tribonyx'' - native-hens
** Genus ''Zapornia'' - see ''Porzana''
* Family Sarothruridae
** Genus ''Canirallus'' - grey-throated rail and wood rails
** Genus ''Flufftail, Sarothrura'' - flufftails
Cuckoo roller, Leptosomiformes
*Family Cuckoo roller, Leptosomidae
**Genus ''Cuckoo roller, Leptosomus'' - cuckoo roller
Mesite, Mesitornithiformes
*Family Mesite, Mesitornithidae - mesites
** Genus ''Mesitornis''
** Genus ''Subdesert mesite, Monias'' - Subdesert mesite
Turaco, Musophagiformes
Turacos and go-away-birds
*Family Turaco, Musophagidae
** Genus ''Great blue turaco, Corythaeola'' - great blue turaco
** Genus ''Go-away-bird, Corythaixoides'' - go-away-birds
** Genus ''Plantain-eater, Crinifer'' - plantain-eaters
** Genus ''Musophaga''
** Genus ''Rwenzori turaco, Ruwenzorornis'' - Rwenzori turaco
** Genus ''Tauraco''
Opisthocomidae, Opisthocomiformes
*Family Opisthocomidae
** Genus ''Hoatzin, Opisthocomus'' - hoatzin
Bustard, Otidiformes
Bustards, floricans, etc.
* Family Bustard, Otididae
** Genus ''Afrotis''
** Genus ''Ardeotis''
** Genus ''Chlamydotis''
** Genus ''Eupodotis''
** Genus ''Bengal florican, Houbaropsis'' - Bengal florican
** Genus ''Lissotis''
** Genus ''Lophotis''
** Genus ''Neotis''
** Genus ''Great bustard, Otis'' - great bustard
** Genus ''Lesser florican, Sypheotides''
** Genus ''Little bustard, Tetrax'' - little bustard
Passerine, Passeriformes
Passerines, the "song birds". This is the largest order of birds and contains more than half of all birds.
* Family Acanthisittidae
** Genus ''Rifleman (bird), Acanthisitta'' - rifleman
** Genus ''New Zealand wren, Xenicus'' - New Zealand wrens
* Family Acanthizidae - scrubwrens, thornbills, and gerygones
** Genus ''Acanthiza'' – thornbill
** Genus ''Scrubtit, Acanthornis'' – scrubtit
** Genus ''Aethomyias'' – scrubwrens
** Genus ''Aphelocephala'' – whiteface
** Genus ''Calamanthus'' – fieldwren
** Genus ''Crateroscelis''
** Genus ''Gerygone''
** Genus ''Hylacola'' – heathwren
** Genus ''Yellow-throated scrubwren, Neosericornis'' – yellow-throated scrubwren
** Genus ''Fernwren, Oreoscopus'' – fernwren
** Genus ''Origma''
** Genus ''Goldenface, Pachycare'' – goldenface
** Genus ''Pilotbird, Pycnoptilus'' – pilotbird
** Genus ''Speckled warbler, Pyrrholaemus'' - speckled warbler
** Genus ''Sericornis'' – scrubwrens
** Genus ''Weebill, Smicrornis'' – weebill
* Family Acrocephalidae - marsh- and tree-warblers, recently split from the Sylviidae
** Genus ''Acrocephalus (bird), Acrocephalus''
** Genus ''Papyrus yellow warbler, Calamonastides'' - papyrus yellow warbler
** Genus ''Chloropeta''
** Genus ''Hippolais''
** Genus ''Iduna (bird), Iduna''
** Genus ''Nesillas''
* Family Aegithalidae - long-tailed tits or bushtits
** Genus ''Aegithalos''
** Genus ''Leptopoecile''
** Genus ''American bushtit, Psaltriparus'' - American bushtit
* Family Iora, Aegithinidae
** Genus ''Iora, Aegithina'' - iora
* Family Lark, Alaudidae - larks
** Genus ''Alaemon'' – hoopoe-lark
** Genus ''Alauda'' – skylark
** Genus ''Alaudala''
** Genus ''Ammomanes''
** Genus ''Gray's lark, Ammomanopsis'' – Gray's lark
** Genus ''Calandrella'' – short-toed lark
** Genus ''Calendulauda''
** Genus ''Certhilauda'' – short-clawed lark and long-billed lark
** Genus ''Chersomanes'' – spike-heeled lark
** Genus ''Dupont's lark, Chersophilus'' – Dupont's lark
** Genus ''Dunn's lark, Eremalauda'' – Dunn's lark
** Genus ''Eremophila (bird), Eremophila'' – horned lark
** Genus ''Eremopterix'' – sparrow-larks
** Genus ''Galerida'' – Large-billed lark and crested lark
** Genus ''Heteromirafra'' – Rudd's lark and Archer's lark
** Genus ''Lullula'' – woodlark
** Genus ''Melanocorypha''
** Genus ''Mirafra'' – larks and bushlarks
** Genus ''Pinarocorys'' – dusky lark and rufous-rumped lark
** Genus ''Thick-billed lark, Ramphocoris'' – thick-billed lark
** Genus ''Spizocorys''
* Family Artamidae - woodswallows, butcherbirds, currawongs, and Australian magpie
** Genus ''Woodswallow, Artamus'' - woodswallows
** Genus ''Cracticus''
** Genus ''Australian magpie, Gymnorhina'' - Australian magpie
** Genus ''Black butcherbird, Melloria'' - black butcherbird
** Genus ''Peltops''
** Genus ''Currawong, Strepera'' - currawongs
* Family Scrubbird, Atrichornithidae
** Genus ''Scrubbird, Atrichornis'' - scrub-birds
* Family Bernieridae - Malagasy warblers, a newly assembled family
** Genus ''Madagascan warbler, Bernieria'' – Madagascan warbler
** Genus ''Madagascan yellowbrow, Crossleyia'' – Madagascan yellowbrow
** Genus ''Cryptic warbler, Cryptosylvicola'' – cryptic warbler
** Genus ''Wedge-tailed jery, Hartertula'' – wedge-tailed jery
** Genus ''White-throated oxylabes, Oxylabes'' – white-throated oxylabes
** Genus ''Rand's warbler, Randia'' – Rand's warbler
** Genus ''Thamnornis'' – Thamnornis
** Genus ''Xanthomixis''
* Family Waxwing, Bombycillidae
** Genus ''Waxwing, Bombycilla'' - waxwings
* Family Oxpecker, Buphagidae
** Genus ''Oxpecker, Buphagus'' - oxpeckers. Formerly usually included in Sturnidae.
* Family Calcariidae - longspurs and snow buntings
** Genus ''Longspur, Calcarius'' - longspurs
** Genus ''Plectrophenax'' - snow and McKay's buntings
** Genus ''McCown's longspur, Rhynchophanes'' - thick-billed longspur
* Family Callaeidae - New Zealand wattlebirds
** Genus ''Kokako, Callaeas'' - kokako
** Genus ''Huia, Heteralocha'' - huia
** Genus ''Saddleback (bird), Philesturnus'' - saddleback
* Family Calyptophilidae
** Genus ''Calyptophilidae, Calyptophilus'' - chat-tanagers
* Family Cuckooshrike, Campephagidae - cuckooshrikes and trillers
** Genus ''Campephaga''
** Genus ''Golden cuckooshrike, Campochaera'' - golden cuckooshrike
** Genus ''Ceblepyris''
** Genus ''Pygmy cuckooshrike, Celebesica'' - pygmy cuckooshrike
** Genus ''Coracina''
** Genus ''Blue cuckooshrike, Cyanograucalus'' - blue cuckooshrike
** Genus ''Edolisoma''
** Genus ''Lalage (bird), Lalage''
** Genus ''Lobotos''
** Genus ''McGregor's cuckooshrike, Malindangia'' - McGregor's cuckooshrike
** Genus ''Minivet, Pericrocotus'' - minivet
* Family Cardinal (bird), Cardinalidae - cardinals and allies
** Genus ''Amaurospiza''
** Genus ''Cardinalis''
** Genus ''Caryothraustes''
** Genus ''Chlorothraupis''
** Genus ''Cyanocompsa''
** Genus ''Glaucous-blue grosbeak, Cyanoloxia'' - Glaucous-blue grosbeak
** Genus ''Granatellus''
** Genus ''Habia (bird), Habia''
** Genus ''Passerina''
** Genus ''Red-and-black grosbeak, Periporphyrus'' - red-and-black grosbeak
** Genus ''Pheucticus''
** Genus ''Piranga''
** Genus ''Crimson-collared grosbeak, Rhodothraupis'' - crimson-collared grosbeak
** Genus ''Dickcissel, Spiza'' - dickcissel
* Family Treecreeper, Certhiidae - treecreepers
** Genus ''Certhia''
** Genus ''Salpornis''
* Family Cettiidae - ground-warblers and allies, recently split from the Sylviidae
** Genus ''Abroscopus'' – abroscopus warbler
** Genus ''Cettia'' – typical bush warblers
** Genus ''Horornis''
** Genus ''Green hylia, Hylia'' – green hylia (tentatively placed here)
** Genus ''Tit hylia, Pholidornis'' – tit hylia (formerly in Remizidae; tentatively placed here)
** Genus ''Phyllergates''
** Genus ''Tesia''
** Genus ''Broad-billed warbler, Tickellia'' – broad-billed warbler
** Genus ''Urosphena'' – stubtails
* Family Rockjumper, Chaetopidae
** Genus ''Rockjumper, Chaetops'' - rockjumpers, recently split from the Turdidae
* Family Leafbird, Chloropseidae
** Genus ''Leafbird, Chloropsis'' - leafbirds
* Family Dipper, Cinclidae
** Genus ''Dipper, Cinclus'' - dippers
* Family Cisticolidae - cisticolas and allies
** Genus ''Apalis''
** Genus ''Artisornis''
** Genus ''Bathmocercus'' - rufous warblers
** Genus ''Calamonastes''
** Genus ''Camaroptera''
** Genus ''Cisticola''
** Genus ''Red-winged grey warbler, Drymocichla'' - red-winged grey warbler
** Genus ''Grey-capped warbler, Eminia'' - grey-capped warbler
** Genus ''Eremomela''
** Genus ''Cinnamon-breasted warbler, Euryptila'' - cinnamon-breasted warbler
** Genus ''Red-winged warbler, Heliolais'' – red-winged warbler (Sometimes placed in ''Prinia'')
** Genus ''Oriole warbler, Hypergerus'' - oriole warbler
** Genus ''Socotra warbler, Incana'' - Socotra warbler
** Genus ''Rufous-eared warbler, Malcorus'' - rufous-eared warbler
** Genus ''Micromacronus''
** Genus ''Neomixis'' - Jerys (genus is basal to all other Cisticolidae)
** Genus ''Oreolais'' (moved here from ''Apalis'')
** Genus ''Roberts's warbler, Oreophilais'' - Roberts's warbler
** Genus ''Tailorbird, Orthotomus'' - tailorbirds
** Genus ''Namaqua warbler, Phragmacia'' - Namaqua warbler
** Genus ''Buff-bellied warbler, Phyllolais'' - buff-bellied warbler
** Genus ''White-tailed warbler, Poliolais'' - white-tailed warbler
** Genus ''Prinia''
** Genus ''Scepomycter'' (sometimes merged into ''Bathmocercus'')
** Genus ''Schistolais''
** Genus ''Cricket warbler, Spiloptila'' - cricket warbler
** Genus ''Green longtail, Urolais'' - green longtail
** Genus ''Red-fronted warbler, Urorhipis''– sometimes placed in ''Prinia''
* Family Australasian treecreeper, Climacteridae - Australian treecreeper
** Genus ''Cormobates''
** Genus ''Climacteris''
* Family Satinbird, Cnemophilidae - satinbirds
** Genus ''Cnemophilus''
** Genus ''Yellow-breasted satinbird, Loboparadisea'' - yellow-breasted satinbird
* Family Gnateater, Conopophagidae - gnateaters and gnatpittas
** Genus ''Conopophaga''
** Genus ''Pittasoma''
* Family Australian mudnester, Corcoracidae - Australian mudnester
** Genus ''White-winged chough, Corcorax'' - white-winged chough
** Genus ''Apostlebird, Struthidea'' - apostlebird
* Family Corvidae - crows, ravens, and jays
** Genus ''Aphelocoma'' – scrub jays
** Genus ''Magpie-jay, Calocitta'' – Magpie-jay
** Genus ''Cissa (genus), Cissa'' - magpies
** Genus ''Corvus'' - crows and ravens
** Genus ''Crypsirina'' - treepies
** Genus ''Cyanocitta'' - jays
** Genus ''Cyanocorax'' - jays
** Genus ''Cyanolyca''
** Genus ''Cyanopica'' - magpies
** Genus ''Dendrocitta'' - treepies
** Genus ''Garrulus'' - jays
** Genus ''Pinyon jay, Gymnorhinus'' - pinyon jay
** Genus ''Nutcracker (bird), Nucifraga'' - nutcrackers
** Genus ''Perisoreus'' - jays
** Genus ''Pica (genus), Pica'' - magpies
** Genus ''Crested jay, Platylophu'' - Crested jay
** Genus ''Black magpie, Platysmurus'' - black magpie
** Genus ''Ground jay, Podoces'' – ground jays
** Genus ''Brown jay, Psilorhinus'' - brown jay
** Genus ''Piapiac, Ptilostomus'' - piapiac
** Genus ''Chough, Pyrrhocorax'' - chough
** Genus ''Ratchet-tailed treepie, Temnurus'' - ratchet-tailed treepie
** Genus ''Urocissa'' - blue magpies
** Genus ''Stresemann's bushcrow, Zavattariornis'' - Stresemann's bushcrow
* Family Cotinga, Cotingidae - cotingas and allies
** Genus ''Scaled fruiteater, Ampelioides'' - scaled fruiteater
** Genus ''Ampelion''
** Genus ''Carpodectes''
** Genus ''Berryeater, Carpornis'' - berryeaters
** Genus ''Umbrellabird, Cephalopterus'' - umbrellabirds
** Genus ''Black-faced cotinga, Conioptilon'' - black-faced cotinga
** Genus ''Cotinga''
** Genus ''Doliornis''
** Genus ''Bare-necked fruitcrow, Gymnoderus'' - bare-necked fruitcrow
** Genus ''Crimson fruitcrow, Haematoderus'' - crimson fruitcrow
** Genus ''Lipaugus''
** Genus ''Capuchinbird, Perissocephalus'' - capuchinbird
** Genus ''Swallow-tailed cotinga, Phibalura'' - swallow-tailed cotinga
** Genus ''Phoenicircus''
** Genus ''Plantcutter, Phytotoma'' - plantcutters
** Genus ''Pipreola''
** Genus ''Purple-throated cotinga, Porphyrolaema'' - purple-throated cotinga
** Genus ''Neotropical bellbird, Procnias'' - Neotropical bellbird
** Genus ''Red-ruffed fruitcrow, Pyroderus'' - red-ruffed fruitcrow
** Genus ''Purple-throated fruitcrow, Querula'' - purple-throated fruitcrow
** Genus ''Rupicola (bird), Rupicola''
** Genus ''Snowornis''
** Genus ''Tijuca (bird), Tijuca''
** Genus ''Xipholena''
** Genus ''White-cheeked cotinga, Zaratornis'' - white-cheeked cotinga
* Family Bristlebird, Dasyornithidae
** Genus ''Bristlebird, Dasyornis'' - bristlebirds (formerly in Acanthizidae)
* Family Flowerpecker, Dicaeidae - flowerpeckers (sunbirds and flowerpeckers, might be included in Passeroidea)
** Genus ''Dicaeum''
** Genus ''Prionochilus''
* Family Drongo, Dicruridae
** Genus ''Drongo, Dicrurus'' - drongos
* Family Black-capped donacobius, Donacobiidae
** Genus ''Black-capped donacobius, Donacobius'' - black-capped donacobius (previously classed as a wren, but probably closest to the Locustellidae or Bernieridae)
* Family Palmchat, Dulidae (tentatively placed here)
** Genus ''Palmchat, Dulus''- palmchat
* Family Spotted elachura, Elachuridae
** Genus ''Spotted elachura, Elachura'' - spotted elachura
* Family Emberizidae
** Genus ''Diglossopis''
** Genus ''Emberiza'' - Old World buntings
* Family Erythrocercus, Erythrocercidae
** Genus ''Erythrocercus''
* Family Estrildidae - estrildid finches (waxbills, munias, and allies)
** Genus ''Amadina'' - cut-throats
** Genus ''Amandava'' - avadavats
** Genus ''Brown twinspot, Clytospiza'' - brown twinspot
** Genus ''Coccopygia''
** Genus ''Crimsonwing, Cryptospiza'' - crimsonwings
** Genus ''Painted finch, Emblema'' - painted finch
** Genus ''Parrotfinch, Erythrura'' - parrotfinches (includes ''Chloebia'')
** Genus ''Estrilda'' - waxbills
** Genus ''Euodice'' - silverbill
** Genus ''Euschistospiza''
** Genus ''Pictorella mannikin, Heteromunia'' - pictorella mannikin
** Genus ''Hypargos (bird), Hypargos''
** Genus ''Firefinch, Lagonosticta'' - firefinches
** Genus ''Lonchura'' - Munias, mannikins, and silverbills
** Genus ''Green-backed twinspot, Mandingoa'' - green-backed twinspot
** Genus ''Neochmia''
** Genus ''Nesocharis'' - oliveback
** Genus ''Nigrita (bird), Nigrita''
** Genus ''Grey-headed silverbill, Odontospiza'' - grey-headed silverbill
** Genus ''Mountain firetail, Oreostruthus'' - mountain firetail
** Genus ''Ortygospiza'' - quailfinches
** Genus ''Padda''
** Genus ''Locust finch, Paludipasser'' - locust finch
** Genus ''Antpecker, Parmoptila'' - antpeckers
** Genus ''Poephila''
** Genus ''Seedcracker, Pyrenestes'' - seedcrackers
** Genus ''Pytilia''
** Genus ''Bluebill, Spermophaga'' - bluebill
** Genus ''Stagonopleura'' - firetail
** Genus ''Taeniopygia''
** Genus ''Uraeginthus''
* Family Wattled ploughbill, Eulacestomidae
** Genus ''Wattled ploughbill, Eulacestoma'' - wattled ploughbill
* Family Rail-babbler, Eupetidae
** Genus ''Rail-babbler, Eupetes'' - Malaysian rail-babbler (recently split from the Cinclosomatidae)
* Family Eurylaimidae - broadbills
** Genus ''Calyptomena''
** Genus ''Dusky broadbill, Corydon'' - dusky broadbill
** Genus ''Black-and-red broadbill, Cymbirhynchus'' - black-and-red broadbill
** Genus ''Eurylaimus''
** Genus ''Neodrepanis''
** Genus ''Philepitta''
** Genus ''Long-tailed broadbill, Psarisomus'' - long-tailed broadbill
** Genus ''Grauer's broadbill, Pseudocalyptomena'' - Grauer's broadbill
** Genus ''Sarcophanops''
** Genus ''Silver-breasted broadbill, Serilophus'' - silver-breasted broadbill
** Genus ''Smithornis''
* Family Formicariidae - Antthrushe
** Genus ''Chamaeza''
** Genus ''Formicarius (bird), Formicarius''
* Family Finch, Fringillidae - true finches and Hawaiian honeycreepers. (Possibly polyphyletic)
** Genus ''Redpoll, Acanthis'' – redpolls
** Genus ''Blanford's rosefinch, Agraphospiza'' – Blanford's rosefinch
** Genus ''Bucanetes'' – trumpeter finch and Mongolian finch
** Genus ''Spectacled finch, Callacanthis'' – spectacled finch
** Genus ''Carduelis''
** Genus ''Rosefinch, Carpodacus'' – rosefinches
** Genus ''Chloridops''
** Genus ''Chloris (bird), Chloris'' – greenfinches
** Genus ''Chlorodrepanis'' - 'amakihis
** Genus ''Chlorophonia''
** Genus ''Mountain serin, Chrysocorythus'' – mountain serin
** Genus ''Coccothraustes''
** Genus ''Crithagra''
** Genus ''Drepanis''
** Genus ''Eophona'' – Chinese grosbeak and Japanese grosbeak
** Genus ''Euphonia''
** Genus ''Fringilla''
** Genus ''American rosefinch, Haemorhous'' – American rosefinches
** Genus ''Hemignathus''
** Genus ''Himatione''
** Genus ''Mountain finch, Leucosticte'' – mountain and rosy finches
** Genus ''Linaria (bird), Linaria''
** Genus ''Oriole finch, Linurgus'' – oriole finch
** Genus ''Crossbill, Loxia'' – crossbills
** Genus ''Loxioides'' – palila
** Genus ''Loxops''
** Genus ''ʻAnianiau, Magumma'' – ʻanianiau
** Genus ''Poʻouli, Melamprosops'' – poʻouli
** Genus ''Mycerobas'' – Palearctic grosbeaks
** Genus ''ʻAkikiki, Oreomystis'' – ʻakikiki
** Genus ''ʻAkohekohe, Palmeria'' – ʻakohekohe
** Genus ''Paroreomyza''
** Genus ''Pine grosbeak, Pinicola'' – pine grosbeak
** Genus ''Dark-breasted rosefinch, Procarduelis'' – dark-breasted rosefinch
** Genus ''Maui parrotbill, Pseudonestor'' – Maui parrotbill
** Genus ''ʻŌʻū, Psittirostra'' – ʻŌʻū
** Genus ''Golden-naped finch, Pyrrhoplectes'' – golden-naped finch
** Genus ''Pyrrhula'' – bullfinches
** Genus ''Rhodopechys''
** Genus ''Desert finch, Rhodospiza'' – desert finch
** Genus ''Golden-winged grosbeak, Rhynchostruthus'' – golden-winged grosbeak
** Genus ''Serinus''
** Genus ''Spinus (genus), Spinus''
** Genus ''Telespiza''
* Family Ovenbird (family), Furnariidae - ovenbirds and woodcreepers
** Genus ''Pink-legged graveteiro, Acrobatornis'' – pink-legged graveteiro
** Genus ''Anabacerthia'' – foliage-gleaners
** Genus ''Anabazenops'' – foliage-gleaners
** Genus ''Chestnut-winged hookbill, Ancistrops'' – chestnut-winged hookbill
** Genus ''Firewood-gatherer, Anumbius'' – firewood-gatherer
** Genus ''Aphrastura'' – rayaditos
** Genus ''Canastero, Asthenes'' – canasteros
** Genus ''Automolus'' – foliage-gleaners
** Genus ''Point-tailed palmcreeper, Berlepschia'' – point-tailed palmcreeper
** Genus ''Campylorhamphus'' – scythebills
** Genus ''Spot-throated woodcreeper, Certhiasomus'' – spot-throated woodcreeper (also described as ''Deconychura stictolaema'')
** Genus ''Certhiaxis'' – spinetails
** Genus ''Cichlocolaptes''
** Genus ''Cinclodes''
** Genus ''Clibanornis''
** Genus ''Lark-like brushrunner, Coryphistera'' – lark-like brushrunner
** Genus ''Cranioleuca'' – typical spinetails
** Genus ''Long-tailed woodcreeper, Deconychura'' – long-tailed woodcreeper
** Genus ''Cinnamon-throated woodcreeper, Dendrexetastes'' – cinnamon-throated woodcreeper
** Genus ''Dendrocincla'' – woodcreepers
** Genus ''Dendrocolaptes'' – woodcreepers
** Genus ''Dendroplex'' – straight-billed woodcreeper (formerly in ''Xiphorhynchus'')
** Genus ''Scimitar-billed woodcreeper, Drymornis'' – scimitar-billed woodcreeper
** Genus ''Greater scythebill, Drymotoxeres'' – greater scythebill
** Genus ''Hornero, Furnarius'' – horneros
** Genus ''Striated earthcreeper, Geocerthia'' – striated earthcreeper (also described as ''Upucerthia serrana'')
** Genus ''Geositta'' – miners
** Genus ''Wedge-billed woodcreeper, Glyphorynchus'' – wedge-billed woodcreeper
** Genus ''Sharp-billed treehunter, Heliobletus'' – sharp-billed treehunter
** Genus ''White-browed spinetail, Hellmayrea'' – white-browed spinetail
** Genus ''Hylexetastes'' – woodcreepers
** Genus ''Lepidocolaptes'' – narrow-billed woodcreeper
** Genus ''Tit-spinetail, Leptasthenura'' – tit-spinetails
** Genus ''Straight-billed reedhaunter, Limnoctites'' – straight-billed reedhaunter (sometimes included in ''Limnornis'', but closer to, and possibly better merged with ''Cranioleuca'')
** Genus ''Curve-billed reedhaunter, Limnornis'' – curve-billed reedhaunter
** Genus ''Sharp-tailed streamcreeper, Lochmias'' – sharp-tailed streamcreeper
** Genus ''Margarornis'' – treerunners
** Genus ''White-bellied spinetail, Mazaria'' – white-bellied spinetail
** Genus ''Great xenops, Megaxenops'' – great xenops
** Genus ''Orange-fronted plushcrown, Metopothrix'' – orange-fronted plushcrown
** Genus ''Rufous-tailed xenops, Microxenops'' – rufous-tailed xenops
** Genus ''Long-billed woodcreeper, Nasica'' – long-billed woodcreeper
** Genus ''Ochetorhynchus'' – earthcreepers (formerly included in ''Upucerthia'') (includes ''Chilia (bird), Chilia'')
** Genus ''Phacellodomus'' – Thornbird
** Genus ''Philydor'' – foliage-gleaners
** Genus ''Wren-like rushbird, Phleocryptes'' – wren-like rushbird
** Genus ''Premnoplex'' – typical barbtails
** Genus ''Rusty-winged barbtail, Premnornis'' – rusty-winged barbtail
** Genus ''Pseudasthenes'' – "false" canasteros
** Genus ''Tuftedcheek, Pseudocolaptes'' – tuftedcheeks
** Genus ''Pseudoseisura''
** Genus ''White-throated treerunner, Pygarrhichas'' – white-throated treerunner
** Genus ''Roraiman barbtail, Roraimia'' -
** Genus ''Chotoy spinetail, Schoeniophylax'' – Chotoy spinetail
** Genus ''Sclerurus'' – leaftossers
** Genus ''Spectacled prickletail, Siptornis'' – spectacled prickletail
** Genus ''Olivaceous woodcreeper, Sittasomus'' – olivaceous woodcreeper
** Genus ''Bay-capped wren-spinetail, Spartonoica'' – bay-capped wren-spinetail
** Genus ''Des Murs's wiretail, Sylviorthorhynchus'' – Des Murs's wiretail
** Genus ''Synallaxis'' – spinetails
** Genus ''Syndactyla'' – foliage-gleaners
** Genus ''Tarphonomus'' (new genus for 2 species formerly included in ''Upucerthia'')
** Genus ''Thripadectes'' – treehunters
** Genus ''Thripophaga'' – softtails
** Genus ''Upucerthia'' – earthcreepers
** Genus ''Xenerpestes'' – greytails
** Genus ''Xenops''
** Genus ''Xiphocolaptes'' – woodcreepers
** Genus ''Xiphorhynchus'' – woodcreepers (possibly polyphyletic)
* Family Antpitta, Grallariidae - antpittas
** Genus ''Grallaria''
** Genus ''Grallaricula''
** Genus ''Hylopezus''
** Genus ''Myrmothera''
* Family Swallow, Hirundinidae - swallows and martins
** Genus ''Tawny-headed swallow, Alopochelidon'' - tawny-headed swallow
** Genus ''Atticora''
** Genus ''Cecropis''
** Genus ''White-backed swallow, Cheramoeca'' - white-backed swallow
** Genus ''Delichon''
** Genus ''Andean swallow, Haplochelidon'' - Andean swallow
** Genus ''Hirundo''
** Genus ''White-thighed swallow, Neochelidon'' - white-thighed swallow
** Genus ''Notiochelidon''
** Genus ''Petrochelidon''
** Genus ''Phedina''
** Genus ''Progne''
** Genus ''Saw-wing, Psalidoprocne'' - saw-wings
** Genus ''Grey-rumped swallow, Pseudhirundo'' - grey-rumped swallow
** Genus ''River martin, Pseudochelidon'' - river martin
** Genus ''Crag martin, Ptyonoprogne'' - crag martins
** Genus ''Riparia''
** Genus ''Stelgidopteryx''
** Genus ''Tachycineta''
* Family Hyliidae - newly proposed for genera currently in other families
* Family Hyliota, Hyliotidae
** Genus ''Hyliota'' - hyliotas (recently split from the Sylviidae)
* Family Grey hypocolius, Hypocoliidae
** Genus ''Grey hypocolius, Hypocolius'' - grey hypocolius (tentatively placed here)
* Family Icteridae - grackles, New World blackbirds, and New World orioles
** Genus ''Baywing, Agelaioides'' - baywings
** Genus ''Agelaius'' – typical American blackbirds
** Genus ''Agelasticus''
** Genus ''Yellow-billed cacique, Amblycercus'' – yellow-billed cacique
** Genus ''Scarlet-headed blackbird, Amblyramphus'' – scarlet-headed blackbird
** Genus ''Forbes's blackbird, Anumara'' - Forbes's blackbird
** Genus ''Cacique (bird), Cacicus'' – true caciques
** Genus ''Chrysomus''
** Genus ''Austral blackbird, Curaeus'' - Austral blackbird
** Genus ''Dives (bird), Dives''
** Genus ''Bobolink, Dolichonyx'' – bobolink
** Genus ''Euphagus''
** Genus ''Chopi blackbird, Gnorimopsar'' – chopi blackbird
** Genus ''Oriole blackbird, Gymnomystax'' – oriole blackbird
** Genus ''Red-bellied grackle, Hypopyrrhus'' – red-bellied grackle
** Genus ''New World oriole, Icterus'' – New World orioles
** Genus ''Velvet-fronted grackle, Lampropsar'' – velvet-fronted grackle
** Genus ''Leistes'' – South American meadowlarks
** Genus ''Macroagelaius''
** Genus ''Cowbird, Molothrus'' – cowbirds
** Genus ''Jamaican blackbird, Nesopsar'' – Jamaican blackbird
** Genus ''Bolivian blackbird, Oreopsar'' – Bolivian blackbird
** Genus ''Oropendola, Psarocolius'' – oropendolas
** Genus ''Pseudoleistes'' – marshbirds
** Genus ''Quiscalus'' – grackles
** Genus ''Sturnella'' – North American meadowlarks
** Genus ''Yellow-headed blackbird, Xanthocephalus'' – yellow-headed blackbird
** Genus ''Saffron-cowled blackbird, Xanthopsar'' - saffron-cowled blackbird
* Family Blue-capped ifrit, Ifritidae
** Genus ''Blue-capped ifrit, Ifrita'' - blue-capped ifrit
* Family Fairy-bluebird, Irenidae
** Genus ''Fairy-bluebird, Irena'' - fairy-bluebirds
* Family Shrike, Laniidae - shrikes
** Genus ''Yellow-billed shrike, Corvinella'' - yellow-billed shrike
** Genus ''Eurocephalus''
** Genus ''Lanius''
** Genus ''Magpie shrike, Urolestes'' - magpie shrike
* Family Leiothrichidae - laughingthrushes and allies
** Genus ''Barwing, Actinodura'' – barwings
** Genus ''Argya'' (species previous placed in ''Turdoides'')
** Genus ''Cutia''
** Genus ''Garrulax'' – laughingthrushes
** Genus ''Striated laughingthrush, Grammatoptila'' - striated laughingthrush
** Genus ''Heterophasia'' - sibia
** Genus ''Ianthocincla'' – laughingthrushes (species previous placed in ''Garrulax'')
** Genus ''Laniellus'' – crocias
** Genus ''Rufous-backed sibia, Leioptila'' - rufous-backed sibia
** Genus ''Leiothrix (bird), Leiothrix''
** Genus ''Liocichla''
** Genus ''Red-tailed minla, Minla'' - red-tailed minla
** Genus ''Montecincla'' – laughingthrushes
** Genus ''Pterorhinus'' (species previous placed in ''Garrulax'')
** Genus ''Trochalopteron'' – laughingthrushes
** Genus ''Turdoides'' – babblers
* Family Locustellidae - grass-warbler and allies, recently split from the Sylviidae
** Genus ''Bradypterus'' – megalurid bush warblers
** Genus ''Fan-tailed grassbird, Catriscus'' – fan-tailed grassbird
** Genus ''Buff-banded thicketbird, Cincloramphus'' - buff-banded thicketbird
** Genus ''Sri Lanka bush warbler, Elaphrornis'' – Sri Lanka bush warbler
** Genus ''Helopsaltes'' – grasshopper warbler
** Genus ''Grass warbler, Locustella'' – grass warblers
** Genus ''Malia (bird), Malia''
** Genus ''Striated grassbird, Megalurus'' – striated grassbird
** Genus ''Poodytes''
** Genus ''Robsonius'' – ground warblers
** Genus ''Schoenicola''
* Family Machaerirhynchus, Machaerirhynchidae
** Genus ''Machaerirhynchus'' - boatbills
* Family Macrosphenidae - African warblers such as longbills and crombecs, a recently proposed family whose composition is still uncertain
** Genus ''Rockrunner, Achaetops'' - rockrunner
** Genus ''Victorin's warbler, Cryptillas'' – Victorin's warbler (formerly ''Bradypterus'')
** Genus ''Macrosphenus'' – longbills
** Genus ''Moustached grass warbler, Melocichla'' - moustached grass warbler
** Genus ''Cape grassbird, Sphenoeacus'' - Cape grassbird
** Genus ''Crombec, Sylvietta'' – crombecs
* Family Bushshrike, Malaconotidae - puffbacks, bushshrikes, tchagras, boubous, and allies
** Genus ''Chlorophoneus''
** Genus ''Dryoscopus''
** Genus ''Laniarius''
** Genus ''Malaconotus''
** Genus ''Brubru, Nilaus'' - brubru
** Genus ''Rosy-patched bushshrike, Rhodophoneus'' - rosy-patched bushshrike
** Genus ''Tchagra''
** Genus ''Telophorus''
* Family Maluridae - fairywrens, emu-wren, and grasswrens
** Genus ''Grasswren, Amytornis'' – grasswrens
** Genus ''Chenorhamphus''
** Genus ''Orange-crowned fairywren, Clytomyias'' – orange-crowned fairywren
** Genus ''Malurus''
** Genus ''Wallace's fairywren, Sipodotus'' – Wallace's fairywren
** Genus ''Emu-wren, Stipiturus'' – emu-wren
* Family Melampittidae
** Genus ''Greater melampitta, Megalampitta'' - greater melampitta
** Genus ''Melampitta''
* Family Melanocharitidae - berrypeckers and longbills
** Genus ''Melanocharis''
** Genus ''Oedistoma''
** Genus ''Spotted berrypecker, Rhamphocharis'' - spotted berrypecker
** Genus ''Toxorhamphus''
* Family Crescentchest, Melanopareiidae
** Genus ''Crescentchest, Melanopareia'' - crescentchests
* Family Honeyeater, Meliphagidae - honeyeaters
** Genus ''Spiny-cheeked honeyeater, Acanthagenys'' - spiny-cheeked honeyeater
** Genus ''Spinebill, Acanthorhynchus'' - spinebill
** Genus ''Anthochaera''
** Genus ''New Zealand bellbird, Anthornis'' - New Zealand bellbird
** Genus ''Gibberbird, Ashbyia'' - gibberbird
** Genus ''Bolemoreus''
** Genus ''Caligavis''
** Genus ''Pied honeyeater, Certhionyx'' - pied honeyeater
** Genus ''Banded honeyeater, Cissomela'' - banded honeyeater
** Genus ''Conopophila''
** Genus ''Blue-faced honeyeater, Entomyzon'' - blue-faced honeyeater
** Genus ''Epthianura''
** Genus ''Wattled honeyeater, Foulehaio'' - wattled honeyeater
** Genus ''Gavicalis''
** Genus ''Tawny-crowned honeyeater, Gliciphila'' - tawny-crowned honeyeater
** Genus ''Green-backed honeyeater, Glycichaera'' - green-backed honeyeater
** Genus ''Glycifohia''
** Genus ''Painted honeyeater, Grantiella''
** Genus ''Guadalcanal honeyeater, Guadalcanaria'' - Guadalcanal honeyeater
** Genus ''Gymnomyza''
** Genus ''Lichenostomus''
** Genus ''Lichmera''
** Genus ''MacGregor's honeyeater, Macgregoria'' - MacGregor's honeyeater
** Genus ''Manorina''
** Genus ''Makira honeyeater, Meliarchus'' - makira honeyeater
** Genus ''Melidectes''
** Genus ''Long-billed honeyeater, Melilestes'' - long-billed honeyeater
** Genus ''Meliphaga''
** Genus ''Melipotes''
** Genus ''Melithreptus''
** Genus ''White-streaked friarbird, Melitograis'' - white-streaked friarbird
** Genus ''Myza''
** Genus ''Myzomela''
** Genus ''Nesoptilotis''
** Genus ''Orange-cheeked honeyeater, Oreornis'' - orange-cheeked honeyeater
** Genus ''Friarbird, Philemon'' - friarbird
** Genus ''Phylidonyris''
** Genus ''Striped honeyeater, Plectorhyncha'' - striped honeyeater
** Genus ''Tui (bird), Prosthemadera'' - tui
** Genus ''Ptiloprora''
** Genus ''Ptilotula''
** Genus ''White-fronted honeyeater, Purnella'' - white-fronted honeyeater
** Genus ''Pycnopygius''
** Genus ''Ramsayornis''
** Genus ''Stomiopera''
** Genus ''Bougainville honeyeater, Stresemannia'' - Bougainville honeyeater
** Genus ''Black honeyeater, Sugomel'' - black honeyeater
** Genus ''Timeliopsis''
** Genus ''White-streaked honeyeater, Trichodere'' - white-streaked honeyeater
** Genus ''Xanthotis''
* Family Lyrebird, Menuridae
** Genus ''Lyrebird, Menura'' - lyrebirds
* Family Mimidae - mockingbirds and thrashers
** Genus ''Scaly-breasted thrasher, Allenia'' - scaly-breasted thrasher
** Genus ''Trembler, Cinclocerthia'' - tremblers
** Genus ''Gray catbird, Dumetella'' - grey catbird
** Genus ''Pearly-eyed thrasher, Margarops'' - pearly-eyed thrasher
** Genus ''Black catbird, Melanoptila'' - black catbird
** Genus ''Melanotis''
** Genus ''Mimus'' (includes ''Nesomimus'')
** Genus ''Sage thrasher, Oreoscoptes'' - sage thrasher
** Genus ''White-breasted thrasher, Ramphocinclus'' - white-breasted thrasher
** Genus ''Toxostoma''
* Family Mitrospingidae
** Genus ''Red-billed pied tanager, Lamprospiza'' - Red-billed pied tanager
** Genus ''Mitrospingus''
** Genus ''Olive-green tanager, Orthogonys'' - Olive-green tanager
* Family Modulatricidae - dapple-throat and allies (sometimes Arcanatoridae)
** Genus ''Dapple-throat, Arcanator'' - dapple-throat
** Genus ''Kakamega''
** Genus ''Spot-throat, Modulatrix'' - spot-throat
* Family Mohoua, Mohouidae
** Genus ''Mohoua''
* Family Monarch flycatcher, Monarchidae - monarch flycatchers
** Genus ''Arses (genus), Arses''
** Genus ''Carterornis''
** Genus ''‘Elepaio, Chasiempis'' - ‘elepaio
** Genus ''Shrikebill, Clytorhynchus'' – shrikebill
** Genus ''Cerulean paradise flycatcher, Eutrichomyias'' – cerulean paradise flycatcher
** Genus ''Grallina'' – magpie-larks
** Genus ''Hypothymis''
** Genus ''Mayrornis''
** Genus ''Metabolus'' – Chuuk monarch
** Genus ''Monarcha''
** Genus ''Myiagra'' – broad-billed flycatcher
** Genus ''Buff-bellied monarch, Neolalage'' – buff-bellied monarch
** Genus ''Pomarea''
** Genus ''Symposiachrus''
** Genus ''Paradise flycatcher, Terpsiphone'' – paradise flycatcher
** Genus ''Trochocercus''
* Family Motacillidae
** Genus ''Pipit, Anthus'' - pipits
** Genus ''Forest wagtail, Dendronanthus'' - forest wagtail
** Genus ''Hemimacronyx'' (proposed)
** Genus ''Longclaw, Macronyx'' - longclaws
** Genus ''Wagtail, Motacilla'' - wagtails
** Genus ''Golden pipit, Tmetothylacus'' - golden pipit
* Family Old World flycatcher, Muscicapidae - Old World flycatchers and chats. (Monophyly needs confirmation)
** Genus ''Alethe (genus), Alethe''
** Genus ''Anthipes''
** Genus ''Brachypteryx'' – shortwings
** Genus ''Calliope (genus), Calliope''
** Genus ''Buff-streaked chat, Campicoloides'' – buff-streaked chat
** Genus ''Scrub robin, Cercotrichas'' – scrub robins
** Genus ''Chamaetylas''
** Genus ''Palm thrush, Cichladusa'' – palm thrush
** Genus ''Blue-fronted robin, Cinclidium'' – blue-fronted robin
** Genus ''Magpie-robin, Copsychus'' – magpie-robins and shamas
** Genus ''Cossypha'' – robin-chats
** Genus ''White-bellied robin-chat, Cossyphicula'' – white-bellied robin-chat
** Genus ''Cyanoptila''
** Genus ''Cyornis''
** Genus ''Emarginata (genus), Emarginata''
** Genus ''Silverbird (bird), Empidornis'' – silverbirds
** Genus ''Forktail, Enicurus'' – forktails
** Genus ''European robin, Erithacus'' – European robin
** Genus ''Eumyias''
** Genus ''Ficedula'' – flycatchers
** Genus ''Fraseria'' – forest flycatchers
** Genus ''Great shortwing, Heinrichia'' – great shortwing
** Genus ''Gould's shortwing, Heteroxenicus'' – Gould's shortwing
** Genus ''Humblot's flycatcher, Humblotia'' – Humblot's flycatcher
** Genus ''White-throated robin, Irania'' – white-throated robin
** Genus ''Larvivora''
** Genus ''Bagobo babbler, Leonardina'' – Bagobo babbler
** Genus ''Luscinia''
** Genus ''Melaenornis''
** Genus ''Rock thrush, Monticola'' – rock thrushes
** Genus ''Muscicapa''
** Genus ''Pygmy flycatcher, Muscicapella'' – pygmy flycatcher
** Genus ''Myiomela''
** Genus ''Myioparus'' – tit-flycatchers
** Genus ''Whistling thrush, Myophonus'' – whistling thrush
** Genus ''Myrmecocichla''
** Genus ''Herero chat, Namibornis'' – Herero chat
** Genus ''Niltava''
** Genus ''Wheatear, Oenanthe'' – wheatears
** Genus ''Phoenicurus'' – redstarts
** Genus ''Moorland chat, Pinarochroa'' – moorland chat
** Genus ''Boulder chat, Pinarornis'' – boulder chat
** Genus ''White-starred robin, Pogonocichla'' – white-starred robin
** Genus ''Saxicola''
** Genus ''Akalat, Sheppardia'' – akalats
** Genus ''Sholicola''
** Genus ''Forest robin, Stiphrornis'' – forest robins
** Genus ''Swynnerton's robin, Swynnertonia'' – Swynnerton's robin
** Genus ''Tarsiger''
** Genus ''Thamnolaea'' – cliff chats
** Genus ''Vauriella''
* Family Sunbird, Nectariniidae - sunbirds and spiderhunters
** Genus ''Aethopyga''
** Genus ''Anabathmis'' (sometimes included in ''Nectarinia'')
** Genus ''Orange-breasted sunbird, Anthobaphes'' - orange-breasted sunbird (sometimes included in ''Nectarinia'')
** Genus ''Anthreptes''
** Genus ''Spiderhunter, Arachnothera'' - spiderhunters
** Genus ''Chalcomitra'' (sometimes included in ''Nectarinia'')
** Genus ''Ruby-cheeked sunbird, Chalcoparia'' - Ruby-cheeked sunbird (sometimes included in ''Anthreptes'')
** Genus ''Cinnyris'' (sometimes included in ''Nectarinia'')
** Genus ''Cyanomitra'' (sometimes included in ''Nectarinia'')
** Genus ''Deleornis'' (sometimes included in ''Anthreptes'')
** Genus ''Golden-winged sunbird, Drepanorhynchus'' - golden-winged sunbird (sometimes included in ''Nectarinia'')
** Genus ''Giant sunbird, Dreptes'' - giant sunbird (sometimes included in ''Nectarinia'')
** Genus ''Hedydipna'' (sometimes included in ''Anthreptes'')
** Genus ''Purple-naped sunbird, Hypogramma'' - purple-naped sunbird
** Genus ''Leptocoma'' (sometimes included in ''Nectarinia'')
** Genus ''Nectarinia''
* Family Sittella, Neosittidae
** Genus ''Sittella, Daphoenositta'' - sittellas
* Family Puerto Rican tanager, Nesospingidae
** Genus ''Puerto Rican tanager, Nesospingus'' - Puerto Rican tanager
* Family Nicatoridae
** Genus ''Nicator''- nicators
* Family Stitchbird, Notiomystidae
** Genus ''Stitchbird, Notiomystis'' - stitchbirds
* Family Oreoicidae - Australo-Papuan bellbirds
** Genus ''Rufous-naped bellbird, Aleadryas'' - rufous-naped bellbird
** Genus ''Crested bellbird, Oreoica'' - crested bellbird
** Genus ''Piping bellbird, Ornorectes'' - piping bellbird
* Family Old World oriole, Oriolidae - Old World orioles
** Genus ''Oriolus'' – orioles
** Genus ''Pitohui''
** Genus ''Figbird, Sphecotheres – figbirds
* Family Orthonychidae
** Genus ''Orthonychidae, Orthonyx'' - logrunners
* Family Pachycephalidae
** Genus ''Shrikethrush, Colluricincla'' - shrikethrushes
** Genus ''Coracornis''
** Genus ''Crested shriketit, Falcunculus'' – crested shriketit
** Genus ''Black pitohui, Melanorectes'' – black pitohui
** Genus ''Pachycephala'' – whistlers
** Genus ''Pseudorectes''
* Family Bearded reedling, Panuridae
** Genus ''Bearded reedling, Panurus'' - bearded reedling (formerly classed as a parrotbill)
* Family Bird-of-paradise, Paradisaeidae - birds-of-paradise
** Genus ''Astrapia''
** Genus ''King bird-of-paradise, Cicinnurus'' - king bird-of-paradise
** Genus ''Diphyllodes''
** Genus ''Drepanornis''
** Genus ''Epimachus''
** Genus ''Lophorina''
** Genus ''Paradise-crow, Lycocorax'' - paradise-crow
** Genus ''Manucode, Manucodia'' - manucodes
** Genus ''Paradigalla''
** Genus ''Paradisaea''
** Genus ''Parotia''
** Genus ''Trumpet manucode, Phonygammus'' - trumpet manucode
** Genus ''King of Saxony bird-of-paradise, Pteridophora'' - King of Saxony bird-of-paradise
** Genus ''Ptiloris''
** Genus ''Twelve-wired bird-of-paradise, Seleucidis'' - twelve-wired bird-of-paradise
** Genus ''Standardwing, Semioptera'' - standardwings
* Family Painted berrypecker, Paramythiidae - painted berrypeckers
** Genus ''Tit berrypecker, Oreocharis'' - tit berrypecker
** Genus ''Crested berrypecker, Paramythia'' - crested berrypecker
* Family Pardalote, Pardalotidae
** Genus ''Pardalote, Pardalotus'' - pardalotes
* Family Tit (bird), Paridae - Tits, chickadees, and titmice
** Genus ''Baeolophus''
** Genus ''Cephalopyrus'' - fire-capped tit
** Genus ''Cyanistes''
** Genus ''Lophophanes''
** Genus ''Machlolophus''
** Genus ''Melaniparus''
** Genus ''Sultan tit, Melanochlora'' - sultan tit
** Genus ''Pardaliparus''
** Genus ''Parus''
** Genus ''Periparus''
** Genus ''Poecile''
** Genus ''Ground tit, Pseudopodoces'' - ground tit
** Genus ''Sittiparus''
** Genus ''Yellow-browed tit, Sylviparus'' - yellow-browed tit
* Family New World warbler, Parulidae - New World warblers
** Genus ''Basileuterus''
** Genus ''Cardellina''
** Genus ''Whistling warbler, Catharopeza'' - whistling warbler
** Genus ''Ergaticus''
** Genus ''Yellowthroat, Geothlypis'' - yellowthroats
** Genus ''Worm-eating warbler, Helmitheros'' - worm-eating warbler
** Genus ''Semper's warbler, Leucopeza'' - Semper's warbler
** Genus ''Swainson's warbler, Limnothlypis'' - Swainson's warbler
** Genus ''Black-and-white warbler, Mniotilta'' - black-and-white warbler
** Genus ''Whitestart, Myioborus'' - whitestarts
** Genus ''Myiothlypis''
** Genus ''Connecticut warbler, Oporornis'' - Connecticut warbler
** Genus ''Oreothlypis''
** Genus ''Waterthrush, Parkesia'' - waterthrushes
** Genus ''Parula''
** Genus ''Prothonotary warbler, Protonotaria'' - prothonotary warbler
** Genus ''Ovenbird, Seiurus'' - ovenbird
** Genus ''Setophaga''
** Genus ''Vermivora''
* Family Passerellidae - New World sparrows
** Genus ''Aimophila''
** Genus ''Ammodramus''
** Genus ''Amphispiza''
** Genus ''Arremon''
** Genus ''Arremonops''
** Genus ''Artemisiospiza''
** Genus ''Atlapetes''
** Genus ''Lark bunting, Calamospiza'' - lark bunting
** Genus ''Chlorospingus'' (traditionally placed in the tanager family Thraupidae)
** Genus ''Lark sparrow, Chondestes'' - lark sparrow
** Genus ''Junco''
** Genus ''Melospiza''
** Genus ''Melozone''
** Genus ''Tanager finch, Oreothraupis'' - tanager finch
** Genus ''Striped sparrow, Oriturus'' - striped sparrow
** Genus ''Passerculus''
** Genus ''Fox sparrow, Passerella'' - fox sparrow
** Genus ''Peucaea''
** Genus ''Large-footed finch, Pezopetes'' - large-footed finch
** Genus ''Pipilo'' - Towhee
** Genus ''Vesper sparrow, Pooecetes'' - vesper sparrow
** Genus ''Pselliophorus''
** Genus ''Spizella''
** Genus ''American tree sparrow, Spizelloides'' - American tree sparrow
** Genus ''Zapata sparrow, Torreornis'' - Zapata sparrow
** Genus ''Sierra Madre sparrow, Xenospiza'' - Sierra Madre sparrow
** Genus ''Zonotrichia''
* Family Old World sparrow, Passeridae - Old World sparrows
** Genus ''Pale rockfinch, Carpospiza'' - pale rockfinch
** Genus ''Gymnoris''
** Genus ''Cinnamon ibon, Hypocryptadius'' - cinnamon ibon
** Genus ''Montifringilla''
** Genus ''White-rumped snowfinch, Onychostruthus'' - white-rumped snowfinch
** Genus ''Passer''
** Genus ''Rock sparrow, Petronia'' - rock sparrows
** Genus ''Pyrgilauda''
* Family Pellorneidae - jungle babblers
** Genus ''Alcippe (bird), Alcippe''
** Genus ''Gampsorhynchus''
** Genus ''Graminicola''
** Genus ''Illadopsis''
** Genus ''Jabouilleia''
** Genus ''Striped wren-babbler, Kenopia'' - striped wren-babbler
** Genus ''Laticilla''
** Genus ''Malacocincla''
** Genus ''Malacopteron''
** Genus ''Napothera''
** Genus ''Pellorneum''
** Genus ''Ptilocichla''
** Genus ''Spotted thrush-babbler, Ptyrticus'' - spotted thrush-babbler
** Genus ''Rimator''
** Genus ''Trichastoma''
* Family Australasian robin, Petroicidae - Australasian robins
** Genus ''Amalocichla''
** Genus ''Drymodes''
** Genus ''Eopsaltria''
** Genus ''Garnet robin, Eugerygone'' - garnet robin
** Genus ''Heteromyias''
** Genus ''Melanodryas''
** Genus ''Microeca''
** Genus ''Torrent flyrobin, Monachella'' - torrent flyrobin
** Genus ''Pachycephalopsis''
** Genus ''Mangrove robin, Peneoenanthe'' - mangrove robin
** Genus ''Peneothello''
** Genus ''Petroica''
** Genus ''Poecilodryas''
** Genus ''Tregellasia''
* Family Olive warbler, Peucedramidae
** Genus ''Olive warbler, Peucedramus'' - olive warbler
* Family Phaenicophilidae
** Genus ''Green-tailed warbler, Microligea'' - Green-tailed warbler
** Genus ''Phaenicophilus''
** Genus ''White-winged warbler, Xenoligea'' - White-winged warbler
* Family Asity, Philepittidae - asities
** Genus ''Neodrepanis''
** Genus ''Philepitta''
* Family Phylloscopidae - leaf-warblers and allies (recently split from the Sylviidae)
** Genus ''Leaf warbler, Phylloscopus'' - leaf warblers
** Genus ''Seicercus''
* Family Picathartes, Picathartidae
** Genus ''Picathartes'' - rockfowl
* Family Manakin, Pipridae - manakins
** Genus ''Antilophia''
** Genus ''Ceratopipra''
** Genus ''Chiroxiphia''
** Genus ''Chloropipo''
** Genus ''Corapipo''
** Genus ''Green manakin, Cryptopipo'' - green manakin
** Genus ''Heterocercus''
** Genus ''Pin-tailed manakin, Ilicura'' - pin-tailed manakin
** Genus ''Lepidothrix''
** Genus ''Machaeropterus''
** Genus ''Manacus''
** Genus ''Golden-winged manakin, Masius'' - golden-winged manakin
** Genus ''Neopelma''
** Genus ''Pipra''
** Genus ''White-crowned manakin, Pseudopipra'' - white-crowned manakin
** Genus ''Tyranneutes''
** Genus ''Xenopipo''
* Family Pitta, Pittidae - pittas
** Genus ''Erythropitta''
** Genus ''Hydrornis''
** Genus ''Pitta (genus), Pitta''
* Family Bornean bristlehead, Pityriaseidae
** Genus ''Bornean bristlehead, Pityriasis'' - Bornean bristlehead (tentatively placed here)
* Family Wattle-eye, Platysteiridae - wattle-eyes and relatives (formerly in ''Passerida'', probably paraphyletic)
** Genus ''Batis (bird), Batis''
** Genus ''White-tailed shrike, Lanioturdus'' - white-tailed shrike
** Genus ''Platysteira''
* Family Ploceidae - weavers
** Genus ''Thick-billed weaver, Amblyospiza'' – thick-billed weaver
** Genus ''Red-headed weaver, Anaplectes'' – red-headed weaver
** Genus ''Bob-tailed weaver, Brachycope'' – bob-tailed weaver
** Genus ''Bubalornis''
** Genus ''White-headed buffalo weaver, Dinemellia'' – white-headed buffalo weaver
** Genus ''Euplectes'' – bishops and widowbirds
** Genus ''Fody, Foudia'' – fody
** Genus ''Rufous-tailed weaver, Histurgops'' – rufous-tailed weaver
** Genus ''Malimbus''
** Genus ''Sociable weaver, Philetairus'' – sociable weaver
** Genus ''Sparrow-weaver, Plocepasser'' – sparrow-weavers
** Genus ''Ploceus''
** Genus ''Pseudonigrita''
** Genus ''Quelea''
** Genus ''Sporopipes''
* Family Pnoepyga, Pnoepygidae
** Genus ''Pnoepyga'' - pygmy wren-babbler
* Family Gnatcatcher, Polioptilidae - gnatcatchers
** Genus ''Microbates''
** Genus ''Ramphocaenus''
** Genus ''Polioptila''
* Family Australo-Papuan babbler, Pomatostomidae - Australo-Papuan babblers
** Genus ''Australo-Papuan babbler, Pomatostomus''
* Family Prionopidae - see Vangidae
* Family Sugarbird, Promeropidae
** Genus ''Sugarbird, Promerops'' - sugarbirds
* Family Accentor, Prunellidae
** Genus ''Accentor, Prunella'' - accentors
* Family Psophodidae
** Genus ''Papuan whipbird, Androphobus'' - Papuan whipbird
** Genus ''Quail-thrush, Cinclosoma'' – quail-thrushes
** Genus ''Psophodes''
** Genus ''Jewel-babbler, Ptilorrhoa'' – jewel-babblers
* Family Silky-flycatcher, Ptiliogonatidae - silky flycatchers (tentatively placed here)
** Genus ''Phainopepla''
** Genus ''Black-and-yellow phainoptila, Phainoptila'' - black-and-yellow phainoptila
** Genus ''Ptiliogonys, Ptilogonys''
* Family Bowerbird, Ptilonorhynchidae - bowerbirds
** Genus ''Ailuroedus''
** Genus ''Amblyornis''
** Genus ''Archboldia''
** Genus ''Chlamydera''
** Genus ''Golden bowerbird, Prionodura'' - golden bowerbird
** Genus ''Satin bowerbird, Ptilonorhynchus'' - satin bowerbird
** Genus ''Tooth-billed bowerbird, Scenopooetes'' - tooth-billed bowerbird
** Genus ''Sericulus''
* Family Bulbul, Pycnonotidae - bulbuls
** Genus ''Yellow-browed bulbul, Acritillas'' – yellow-browed bulbul
** Genus ''Alophoixus''
** Genus ''Sombre greenbul, Andropadus'' – sombre greenbul
** Genus ''Arizelocichla''
** Genus ''Yellow-throated leaflove, Atimastillas'' – yellow-throated leaflove
** Genus ''Baeopogon''
** Genus ''Bristlebill, Bleda'' – bristlebills
** Genus ''Golden greenbul, Calyptocichla'' – golden greenbul
** Genus ''White-headed bulbul, Cerasophila'' – white-headed bulbul
** Genus ''Chlorocichla''
** Genus ''Criniger''
** Genus ''Eurillas''
** Genus ''Hemixos''
** Genus ''Hypsipetes''
** Genus ''Iole (genus), Iole''
** Genus ''Spotted greenbul, Ixonotus'' – spotted greenbul
** Genus ''Ixos''
** Genus ''Black-collared bulbul, Neolestes'' – black-collared bulbul
** Genus ''Bare-faced bulbul, Nok'' – bare-faced bulbul
** Genus ''Phyllastrephus''
** Genus ''Pycnonotus''
** Genus ''Hook-billed bulbul, Setornis'' – hook-billed bulbul
** Genus ''Spizixos'' – finchbills
** Genus ''Slender-billed greenbul, Stelgidillas'' – slender-billed greenbul
** Genus ''Golden bulbul, Thapsinillas'' - golden bulbul
** Genus ''Swamp palm bulbul, Thescelocichla'' – swamp palm bulbul
** Genus ''Hairy-backed bulbul, Tricholestes'' – hairy-backed bulbul
* Family Kinglet, Regulidae
** Genus ''Kinglet, Regulus'' - kinglets
* Family Penduline tit, Remizidae - penduline tits (sometimes included in the Paridae)
** Genus ''Anthoscopus''
** Genus ''Verdin, Auriparus'' - verdin
** Genus ''Remiz''
* Family Mottled berryhunter, Rhagologidae
** Genus ''Mottled berryhunter, Rhagologus'' - mottled berryhunter
* Family Tapaculo, Rhinocryptidae - tapaculos
** Genus ''Ocellated tapaculo, Acropternis'' - ocellated tapaculo
** Genus ''Eleoscytalopus''
** Genus ''Ochre-flanked tapaculo, Eugralla'' - ochre-flanked tapaculo
** Genus ''Rusty-belted tapaculo, Liosceles'' - rusty-belted tapaculo
** Genus ''Merulaxis''
** Genus ''Ash-colored tapaculo, Myornis'' - ash-colored tapaculo
** Genus ''Spotted bamboowren, Psilorhamphus'' - spotted bamboowren
** Genus ''Pteroptochos''
** Genus ''Crested gallito, Rhinocrypta'' - crested gallito
** Genus ''Scelorchilus''
** Genus ''Scytalopus''
** Genus ''Sandy gallito, Teledromas'' - sandy gallito
* Family Rhipiduridae - fantails
** Genus ''Drongo fantail, Chaetorhynchus'' – drongo fantail
** Genus ''Silktail, Lamprolia'' – silktail
** Genus ''Fantail, Rhipidura'' – fantails
* Family Rosy thrush-tanager, Rhodinocichlidae
** Genus ''Rosy thrush-tanager, Rhodinocichla'' - Rosy thrush-tanager
* Family Indian spotted creeper, Salpornithidae
** Genus ''Salpornis'' - spotted creepers (Tentatively placed here; often considered a subfamily of the Certhidae)
* Family Sapayoa, Sapayoidae
** Genus ''Sapayoa'' - broad-billed sapayoa
* Family Streaked scrub warbler, Scotocercidae
** Genus ''Streaked scrub warbler, Scotocerca'' - streaked scrub warbler
* Family Nuthatch, Sittidae
* Family Spindalis, Spindalidae
** Genus ''Spindalis''
** Genus ''Nuthatch, Sitta'' - nuthatches
* Family Stenostiridae
** Genus ''Yellow-bellied fantail, Chelidorhynx'' - yellow-bellied fantail - (formerly in ''Rhipidura'')
** Genus ''Canary-flycatcher, Culicicapa'' - canary-flycatcher
** Genus ''Elminia''
** Genus ''Fairy flycatcher, Stenostira'' – fairy flycatcher
* Family Starling, Sturnidae - starlings
** Genus ''Acridotheres''
** Genus ''Agropsar'' (sometimes included in ''Sturnus'' or ''Sturnia'')
** Genus ''Golden-crested myna, Ampeliceps'' — golden-crested myna
** Genus ''Aplonis''— Pacific starlings
** Genus ''Basilornis''
** Genus ''Violet-backed starling, Cinnyricinclus'' — violet-backed starling
** Genus ''Wattled starling, Creatophora'' — wattled starling
** Genus ''Fiery-browed starling, Enodes'' — fiery-browed starling
** Genus ''Gracula'' — hill myna
** Genus ''Gracupica''
** Genus ''White-collared starling, Grafisia'' — white-collared starling
** Genus ''Madagascan starling, Hartlaubius'' - Madagascan starling
** Genus ''Hylopsar''
** Genus ''Lamprotornis'' (monophyly requires confirmation)
** Genus ''Bali myna, Leucopsar'' — Bali myna
** Genus ''Mino (bird), Mino''
** Genus ''Babbling starling, Neocichla'' — babbling starling
** Genus ''Black-bellied starling, Notopholia'' - black-bellied starling
** Genus ''Onychognathus''
** Genus ''Poeoptera'' (formerly ''Pholia'', sometimes included in ''Cinnyricinclus'')
** Genus ''Philippine creeper, Rhabdornis'' — Philippine creeper (placement here requires confirmation)
** Genus ''Rosy starling, Pastor'' — rosy starling
** Genus ''Coleto, Sarcops'' — Coleto
** Genus ''Spot-winged starling, Saroglossa'' - spot-winged starling
** Genus ''Grosbeak starling, Scissirostrum'' — grosbeak starling
** Genus ''Magpie starling, Speculipastor'' — magpie starling
** Genus ''Spodiopsar''
** Genus ''Spreo''
** Genus ''Streptocitta''
** Genus ''Sturnia'' (sometimes included in ''Sturnus'')
** Genus ''White-faced starling, Sturnornis'' — white-faced starling
** Genus ''Sturnus''
* Family Sylviidae - sylviid warblers and allies
** Genus ''Wrentit, Chamaea'' – wrentit
** Genus ''Pale-billed parrotbill, Chleuasicus'' – pale-billed parrotbill (Formerly in Paradoxornithidae)
** Genus ''Cholornis'' (Formerly in Paradoxornithidae)
** Genus ''Chrysomma'' (Formerly in Timaliidae)
** Genus ''Great parrotbill, Conostoma'' – great parrotbill (Formerly in Paradoxornithidae; tentatively placed here)
** Genus ''Fulvetta'' (Formerly in ''Alcippe'' )
** Genus ''Grauer's warbler, Graueria'' - Grauer's warbler
** Genus ''Dohrn's thrush-babbler, Horizorhinus'' – Dohrn's thrush-babbler (Formerly in Timaliidae)
** Genus ''Golden-breasted fulvetta, Lioparus'' – golden-breasted fulvetta (Formerly in ''Alcippe'')
** Genus ''Bush blackcap, Lioptilus'' – bush blackcap (Formerly in Timaliidae)
** Genus ''Rufous-tailed babbler, Moupinia'' - rufous-tailed babbler (Formerly in ''Chrysomma'')
** Genus ''Fire-tailed myzornis, Myzornis'' - fire-tailed myzornis
** Genus ''Short-tailed parrotbill, Neosuthora'' – short-tailed parrotbill (Formerly in Paradoxornithidae)
** Genus ''Paradoxornis'' (Formerly in Paradoxornithidae)
** Genus ''Abyssinian catbird, Parophasma'' - Abyssinian catbird
** Genus ''Pseudoalcippe'' (Formerly in ''Illadopsis'')
** Genus ''Psittiparus'' (Formerly in Paradoxornithidae)
** Genus ''Rhopophilus'' (Formerly in Cisticolidae)
** Genus ''Sinosuthora'' (Formerly in Paradoxornithidae)
** Genus ''Suthora'' (Formerly in Paradoxornithidae)
** Genus ''Typical warbler, Sylvia'' – typical warblers
* Family Cuban warbler, Teretistridae
** Genus ''Cuban warbler, Teretistris'' - Cuban warbler
* Family Antbird, Thamnophilidae - antbirds
** Genus ''Akletos''
** Genus ''Grey-bellied antbird, Ammonastes'' - grey-bellied antbird
** Genus ''Grey-headed antbird, Ampelornis'' - grey-headed antbird
** Genus ''Yapacana antbird, Aprositornis'' - Yapacana antbird
** Genus ''Giant antshrike, Batara'' - giant antshrike
** Genus ''White-bearded antshrike, Biatas'' - white-bearded antshrike (Placement here is provisional)
** Genus ''Cercomacra''
** Genus ''Cercomacroides''
** Genus ''Clytoctantes'' - bushbirds (Placement here is provisional)
** Genus ''Cymbilaimus'' - fasciated and bamboo antshrikes
** Genus ''Banded antbird, Dichrozona'' - banded antbird
** Genus ''Drymophila''
** Genus ''Dysithamnus'' - antvireos
** Genus ''Epinecrophylla''
** Genus ''Euchrepomis''
** Genus ''Formicivora''
** Genus ''Frederickena'' - antshrikes
** Genus ''Bare-crowned antbird, Gymnocichla'' - bare-crowned antbird
** Genus ''Gymnopithys''
** Genus ''Hafferia''
** Genus ''Herpsilochmus''
** Genus ''Hylophylax''
** Genus ''Hypocnemis'' - warbling antbirds
** Genus ''Hypocnemoides''
** Genus ''Spot-backed antshrike, Hypoedaleus'' - spot-backed antshrike
** Genus ''Isleria'' - antwrens
** Genus ''Mackenziaena'' - antshrikes
** Genus ''Pearly antshrike, Megastictus'' - pearly antshrike
** Genus ''Dot-winged antwren, Microrhopias'' - dot-winged antwren
** Genus ''White-bellied antbird, Myrmeciza'' - white-bellied antbird
** Genus ''Myrmelastes''
** Genus ''Myrmoborus''
** Genus ''Black-and-white antbird, Myrmochanes'' - black-and-white antbird
** Genus ''Myrmoderus''
** Genus ''Black-throated antbird, Myrmophylax'' - black-throated antbird
** Genus ''Stripe-backed antbird, Myrmorchilus'' - stripe-backed antbird
** Genus ''Wing-banded antbird, Myrmornis'' - wing-banded antbird
** Genus ''Myrmotherula'' - antwrens
** Genus ''Black bushbird, Neoctantes'' - black bushbird
** Genus ''Oneillornis''
** Genus ''Percnostola''
** Genus ''Ocellated antbird, Phaenostictus'' - ocellated antbird
** Genus ''Phlegopsis'' - bare-eyes
** Genus ''Pithys''
** Genus ''Chestnut-backed antbird, Poliocrania'' - chestnut-backed antbird
** Genus ''Spot-winged antshrike, Pygiptila'' - spot-winged antshrike
** Genus ''Fire-eye, Pyriglena'' - fire-eyes
** Genus ''Rhegmatorhina''
** Genus ''Star-throated antwren, Rhopias'' - star-throated antwren
** Genus ''Slender antbird, Rhopornis'' - slender antbird (Placement here is provisional)
** Genus ''Sakesphorus'' - antshrikes
** Genus ''Sciaphylax''
** Genus ''Silvered antbird, Sclateria'' - silvered antbird
** Genus ''Sipia''
** Genus ''Marsh antwren, Stymphalornis'' - marsh antwren
** Genus ''Great antshrike, Taraba'' - great antshrike
** Genus ''Terenura''
** Genus ''Thamnistes''
** Genus ''Thamnomanes''
** Genus ''Thamnophilus''
** Genus ''Willisornis''
** Genus ''Speckled antshrike, Xenornis'' - speckled antshrike (Placement here is provisional)
* Family Tanager, Thraupidae - tanagers and allies
** Genus ''Peg-billed finch, Acanthidops'' – peg-billed finch
** Genus ''Anisognathus''
** Genus ''Bangsia''
** Genus ''Buthraupis''
** Genus ''Vermilion tanager, Calochaetes'' – vermilion tanager
** Genus ''Camarhynchus'' – tree finches
** Genus ''Plushcap, Catamblyrhynchus'' – plushcap
** Genus ''Catamenia (bird), Catamenia''
** Genus ''Warbler-finch, Certhidea'' – warbler-finches
** Genus ''Coal-crested finch, Charitospiza'' – coal-crested finch
** Genus ''Chlorochrysa''
** Genus ''Green honeycreeper, Chlorophanes'' – green honeycreeper
** Genus ''Grass-green tanager, Chlorornis'' – grass-green tanager
** Genus ''Chrysothlypis''
** Genus ''Magpie tanager, Cissopis'' – magpie tanager
** Genus ''Cnemathraupis''
** Genus ''Grey-hooded bush tanager, Cnemoscopus'' – grey-hooded bush tanager
** Genus ''Bananaquit, Coereba'' – bananaquit (formerly placed in its own family Coerebidae)
** Genus ''Compsospiza'' – mountain finches
** Genus ''Scarlet-throated tanager, Compsothraupis'' – scarlet-throated tanager
** Genus ''Conirostrum''
** Genus ''Conothraupis''
** Genus ''Black-masked finch, Coryphaspiza'' – black-masked finch
** Genus ''Coryphospingus''
** Genus ''Creurgops''
** Genus ''Honeycreeper, Cyanerpes'' - honeycreepers
** Genus ''Blue-backed tanager, Cyanicterus'' – blue-backed tanager
** Genus ''White-rumped tanager, Cypsnagra'' – white-rumped tanager
** Genus ''Dacnis''
** Genus ''Diglossa (bird), Diglossa'' – flowerpiercers
** Genus ''Diuca''
** Genus ''White-naped seedeater, Dolospingus'' – white-naped seedeater
** Genus ''Long-tailed reed finch, Donacospiza'' – long-tailed reed finch (may be related to ''Poospiza'')
** Genus ''Dubusia''
** Genus ''Emberizoides''
** Genus ''Embernagra''
** Genus ''Grey-headed tanager, Eucometis'' – grey-headed tanager
** Genus ''Orangequit, Euneornis'' – orangequit
** Genus ''Geospiza'' – ground finches
** Genus ''Yellow cardinal, Gubernatrix'' – yellow cardinal
** Genus ''Haplospiza'' (paraphyletic with two species of sierra-finch ''Phrygilus'')
** Genus ''Hemispingus''
** Genus ''Hemithraupis''
** Genus ''Heterospingus''
** Genus ''Short-tailed finch, Idiopsar'' – short-tailed finch
** Genus ''Inca finch, Incaspiza'' - Inca finches
** Genus ''Golden-collared honeycreeper, Iridophanes'' – golden-collared honeycreeper
** Genus ''Iridosornis''
** Genus ''Lanio''
** Genus ''Lophospingus''
** Genus ''Loxigilla'' (polyphyletic)
** Genus ''Yellow-shouldered grassquit, Loxipasser'' – yellow-shouldered grassquit
** Genus ''Melanodera''
** Genus ''Saint Lucia black finch, Melanospiza'' – Saint Lucia black finch
** Genus ''Melopyrrha''
** Genus ''Nemosia''
** Genus ''Shrike-like tanager, Neothraupis'' – shrike-like tanager
** Genus ''Pardusco, Nephelornis'' – pardusco
** Genus ''Nesospiza''
** Genus ''Brown tanager, Orchesticus'' – brown tanager
** Genus ''Giant conebill, Oreomanes'' – giant conebill
** Genus ''Oryzoborus''
** Genus ''Yellow-shouldered grosbeak, Parkerthraustes'' – yellow-shouldered grosbeak (traditionally in Cardinalidae)
** Genus ''Paroaria''
** Genus ''Phrygilus'' – sierra finches
** Genus ''Cinereous finch, Piezorina'' – cinereous finch
** Genus ''Cocos finch, Pinaroloxias'' – Cocos finch
** Genus ''Fawn-breasted tanager, Pipraeidea'' - fawn-breasted tanager
** Genus ''Vegetarian finch, Platyspiza'' - vegetarian finch
** Genus ''Poospiza'' – warbling finches
** Genus ''Blue finch, Porphyrospiza'' - blue finch
** Genus ''Rufous-bellied mountain tanager, Pseudosaltator'' - rufous-bellied mountain tanager
** Genus ''Chestnut-headed tanager, Pyrrhocoma'' – chestnut-headed tanager
** Genus ''Ramphocelus''
** Genus ''Crimson-breasted finch, Rhodospingus'' – crimson-breasted finch
** Genus ''Gough finch, Rowettia'' – Gough finch
** Genus ''Saltator''
** Genus ''Many-colored Chaco finch, Saltatricula'' – many-colored Chaco finch
** Genus ''Schistochlamys''
** Genus ''White-capped tanager, Sericossypha'' – white-capped tanager
** Genus ''Sicalis'' – yellow finches (paraphyletic with ''Phrygilus'')
** Genus ''Sporophila'' – seedeaters
** Genus ''Diademed tanager, Stephanophorus'' – diademed tanager
** Genus ''Tachyphonus''
** Genus ''Tangara (genus), Tangara''
** Genus ''Swallow tanager, Tersina'' – swallow tanager
** Genus ''Thlypopsis''
** Genus ''Thraupis''
** Genus ''Tiaris'' – grassquits (polyphyletic)
** Genus ''Black-goggled tanager, Trichothraupis'' – black-goggled tanager
** Genus ''Black-backed bush tanager, Urothraupis'' – black-backed bush tanager
** Genus ''Blue-black grassquit, Volatinia'' – blue-black grassquit
** Genus ''Orange-throated tanager, Wetmorethraupis'' – orange-throated tanager
** Genus ''Tit-like dacnis, Xenodacnis'' – tit-like dacnis
** Genus ''Slender-billed finch, Xenospingus'' – slender-billed finch
* Family Wallcreeper, Tichodromadidae
** Genus ''Wallcreeper, Tichodroma'' - wallcreeper
* Family Old World babbler, Timaliidae - Old World babblers
** Genus ''Tawny-bellied babbler, Dumetia'' - tawny-bellied babbler
** Genus ''Macronus'' – tit-babblers
** Genus ''Pomatorhinus'' – scimitar babblers
** Genus ''Dark-fronted babbler, Rhopocichla'' - dark-fronted babbler
** Genus ''Spelaeornis'' – wren-babblers
** Genus ''Sphenocichla'' – wedge-billed babblers
** Genus ''Stachyridopsis''
** Genus ''Stachyris''
** Genus ''Chestnut-capped babbler, Timalia'' - chestnut-capped babbler
* Family Tityridae - tityras and allies
** Genus ''Purpletuft, Iodopleura'' - purpletuft
** Genus ''Laniisoma''
** Genus ''Laniocera''
** Genus ''Myiobius''
** Genus ''Royal flycatcher, Onychorhynchus'' - royal flycatchers
** Genus ''Sharpbill, Oxyruncus'' - sharpbill
** Genus ''Becard, Pachyramphus'' - becards
** Genus ''Schiffornis''
** Genus ''Ruddy-tailed flycatcher, Terenotriccus'' - ruddy-tailed flycatcher
** Genus ''Tityra''
** Genus ''White-naped xenopsaris, Xenopsaris'' - white-naped xenopsaris
* Family Wren, Troglodytidae - wrens
** Genus ''Campylorhynchus''
** Genus ''Cantorchilus'' (formerly included in ''Thryothorus'')
** Genus ''Canyon wren, Catherpes'' - canyon wren
** Genus ''Cinnycerthia''
** Genus ''Cistothorus''
** Genus ''Cyphorhinus''
** Genus ''Zapata wren, Ferminia'' - Zapata wren
** Genus ''Henicorhina'' - wood wrens
** Genus ''Hylorchilus''
** Genus ''Microcerculus''
** Genus ''Odontorchilus''
** Genus ''Pheugopedius'' (formerly included in ''Thryothorus'')
** Genus ''Rock wren, Salpinctes'' - rock wren
** Genus ''Bewick's wren, Thryomanes'' - Bewick's wren
** Genus ''Thryophilus'' (formerly included in ''Thryothorus'')
** Genus ''Timberline wren, Thryorchilus'' - timberline wren
** Genus ''Carolina wren, Thryothorus'' - Carolina wren
** Genus ''Troglodytes (bird), Troglodytes''
** Genus ''White-bellied wren, Uropsila'' - white-bellied wren
* Family Thrush (bird), Turdidae - thrushes and allies (Monophyly needs confirmation)
** Genus ''Sulawesi thrush, Cataponera'' - Sulawesi thrush
** Genus ''Catharus''
** Genus ''Fruithunter, Chlamydochaera'' - fruithunter
** Genus ''Rufous-brown solitaire, Cichlopsis'' - rufous-brown solitaire
** Genus ''Cochoa''
** Genus ''Entomodestes'' - solitaires
** Genus ''Geokichla''
** Genus ''Grandala''
** Genus ''Wood thrush, Hylocichla'' - wood thrush
** Genus ''Varied thrush, Ixoreus'' - varied thrush
** Genus ''Myadestes'' (includes formerly recognized genus ''Phaeornis'')
** Genus ''Neocossyphus'' - ant thrushes
** Genus ''Platycichla''
** Genus ''Groundscraper thrush, Psophocichla'' - groundscraper thrush
** Genus ''Aztec thrush, Ridgwayia'' - Aztec thrush
** Genus ''Bluebird, Sialia'' - bluebirds
** Genus ''Rufous thrush, Stizorhina'' - rufous thrush
** Genus ''True thrush, Turdus'' - true thrushes
** Genus ''Asian thrush, Zoothera'' - Asian thrush
* Family Tyrant flycatcher, Tyrannidae - tyrant flycatchers
** Genus ''Shrike-tyrant, Agriornis'' – shrike-tyrants
** Genus ''Alectrurus''
** Genus ''Anairetes''
** Genus ''Aphanotriccus''
** Genus ''White-headed marsh tyrant, Arundinicola'' – white-headed marsh tyrant
** Genus ''Pale-eyed pygmy tyrant, Atalotriccus'' – pale-eyed pygmy tyrant
** Genus ''Attila (genus), Attila''
** Genus ''Kinglet calyptura, Calyptura'' – kinglet calyptura
** Genus ''Camptostoma''
** Genus ''Yellow tyrannulet, Capsiempis'' – yellow tyrannulet
** Genus ''Casiornis''
** Genus ''Red-rumped bush tyrant, Cnemarchus'' – red-rumped bush tyrant
** Genus ''Fuscous flycatcher, Cnemotriccus'' – fuscous flycatcher
** Genus ''Twistwing, Cnipodectes'' - twistwings
** Genus ''Long-tailed tyrant, Colonia'' – long-tailed tyrant
** Genus ''Patagonian tyrant, Colorhamphus'' – Patagonian tyrant
** Genus ''Conopias''
** Genus ''Pewee, Contopus'' – pewees
** Genus ''Antpipit, Corythopis'' – antpipits
** Genus ''Sharp-tailed grass tyrant, Culicivora'' – sharp-tailed grass tyrant
** Genus ''Flammulated flycatcher, Deltarhynchus'' – flammulated flycatcher
** Genus ''Elaenia''
** Genus ''Empidonax''
** Genus ''Variegated flycatcher, Empidonomus'' – variegated flycatcher
** Genus ''Euscarthmus''
** Genus ''Fluvicola''
** Genus ''Crowned slaty flycatcher, Griseotyrannus'' – crowned slaty flycatcher (formerly in ''Empidonomus'')
** Genus ''Streamer-tailed tyrant, Gubernetes'' – streamer-tailed tyrant
** Genus ''Hemitriccus'' – typical tody-tyrants
** Genus ''Black-and-white monjita, Heteroxolmis'' – black-and-white monjita
** Genus ''Cliff flycatcher, Hirundinea'' – cliff flycatcher
** Genus ''Spectacled tyrant, Hymenops'' – spectacled tyrant
** Genus ''Inezia (bird), Inezia''
** Genus ''Knipolegus'' – black tyrants
** Genus ''Lathrotriccus''
** Genus ''Piratic flycatcher, Legatus'' – piratic flycatcher
** Genus ''Leptopogon''
** Genus ''Lessonia (bird), Lessonia'' - negritos
** Genus ''Lophotriccus''
** Genus ''Cattle tyrant, Machetornis'' – cattle tyrant
** Genus ''Mecocerculus''
** Genus ''Megarynchus'' – boat-billed flycatcher
** Genus ''Mionectes''
** Genus ''Mitrephanes''
** Genus ''Short-tailed field tyrant, Muscigralla'' – short-tailed field tyrant
** Genus ''Shear-tailed grey tyrant, Muscipipra'' – shear-tailed grey tyrant
** Genus ''Ground tyrant, Muscisaxicola'' – ground tyrants
** Genus ''Myiarchus''
** Genus ''Myiodynastes''
** Genus ''Myiopagis''
** Genus ''Myiophobus''
** Genus ''Myiornis''
** Genus ''Myiotheretes''
** Genus ''Ornate flycatcher, Myiotriccus'' – ornate flycatcher
** Genus ''Myiozetetes''
** Genus ''Cinnamon neopipo, Neopipo'' – cinnamon neopipo
** Genus ''Chocolate-vented tyrant, Neoxolmis'' – chocolate-vented tyrant
** Genus ''Nephelomyias''
** Genus ''Cocos flycatcher, Nesotriccus'' – Cocos flycatcher
** Genus ''Ochthoeca''
** Genus ''Drab water tyrant, Ochthornis'' – drab water tyrant
** Genus ''Bentbill, Oncostoma'' - bentbills
** Genus ''Ornithion''
** Genus ''Mouse-colored tyrannulet, Phaeomyias'' – mouse-colored tyrannulet
** Genus ''bearded, Phelpsia'' – white-bearded flycatcher
** Genus ''Lesser kiskadee, Philohydor'' – lesser kiskadee
** Genus ''Phyllomyias''
** Genus ''Phylloscartes''
** Genus ''Piprites''
** Genus ''Great kiskadee, Pitangus'' – great kiskadee
** Genus ''Spadebill, Platyrinchus'' – spadebills
** Genus ''Poecilotriccus''
** Genus ''Pogonotriccus''
** Genus ''Rufous-webbed bush tyrant, Polioxolmis'' – rufous-webbed bush tyrant
** Genus ''Polystictus (bird), Polystictus''
** Genus ''Grey-and-white tyrannulet, Pseudelaenia'' – grey-and-white tyrannulet
** Genus ''Pseudocolopteryx''
** Genus ''Pseudotriccus''
** Genus ''Pyrocephalus''
** Genus ''Cinnamon flycatcher, Pyrrhomyias'' – cinnamon flycatcher
** Genus ''Ramphotrigon''
** Genus ''Rhynchocyclus''
** Genus ''Rhytipterna''
** Genus ''Yellow-browed tyrant, Satrapa'' – yellow-browed tyrant
** Genus ''Phoebe (bird), Sayornis'' – phoebes
** Genus ''Serpophaga''
** Genus ''Silvicultrix''
** Genus ''Sirystes''
** Genus ''Wagtail-tyrant, Stigmatura'' - wagtail-tyrants
** Genus ''Sublegatus''
** Genus ''Suiriri''
** Genus ''Many-colored rush tyrant, Tachuris'' – many-colored rush tyrant
** Genus ''Black-chested tyrant, Taeniotriccus'' – black-chested tyrant
** Genus ''Todirostrum'' – typical tody-flycatchers
** Genus ''Tolmomyias''
** Genus ''Tumbes tyrant, Tumbezia'' – Tumbes tyrant
** Genus ''Sulphury flycatcher, Tyrannopsis'' – sulphury flycatcher
** Genus ''Yellow-crowned tyrannulet, Tyrannulus'' – yellow-crowned tyrannulet
** Genus ''Kingbird, Tyrannus'' – kingbirds
** Genus ''Uromyias''
** Genus ''Xenotriccus''
** Genus ''Xolmis''
** Genus ''Zimmerius''
* Family Przevalski's finch, Urocynchramidae
** Genus ''Przevalski's finch, Urocynchramus'' - Przewalski's finch
* Family Vanga, Vangidae - vangas, helmetshrikes, and allies
** Genus ''White-headed vanga, Artamella'' - white-headed vanga
** Genus ''Black-and-white shrike-flycatcher, Bias'' - black-and-white shrike-flycatcher
** Genus ''Calicalicus''
** Genus ''Blue vanga, Cyanolanius'' - blue vanga
** Genus ''Helmet vanga, Euryceros'' - helmet vanga
** Genus ''Sickle-billed vanga, Falculea'' - sickle-billed vanga
** Genus ''Flycatcher-shrike, Hemipus'' - flycatcher-shrikes
** Genus ''Nuthatch vanga, Hypositta'' - nuthatch vanga
** Genus ''Chabert vanga, Leptopterus'' - chabert vanga
** Genus ''African shrike-flycatcher, Megabyas'' - African shrike-flycatcher
** Genus ''Crossley's vanga, Mystacornis'' - Crossley's vanga
** Genus ''Newtonia (bird), Newtonia''
** Genus ''Bernier's vanga, Oriolia'' - Bernier's vanga
** Genus ''Philentoma''
** Genus ''Helmetshrike, Prionops'' - helmetshrikes
** Genus ''Ward's flycatcher, Pseudobias'' - Ward's flycatcher
** Genus ''Rufous vanga, Schetba'' - rufous vanga
** Genus ''Tephrodornis''
** Genus ''Tylas vanga, Tylas'' - tylas vanga
** Genus ''Hook-billed vanga, Vanga'' - hook-billed vanga
** Genus ''Xenopirostris''
* Family Viduidae
** Genus ''Cuckoo-finch, Anomalospiza'' - cuckoo-finch
** Genus ''Vidua''
* Family Vireonidae - vireos and allies
** Genus ''Peppershrike, Cyclarhis'' - peppershrikes
** Genus ''White-bellied erpornis, Erpornis'' - white-bellied erpornis
** Genus ''Hylophilus''
** Genus ''Shrike-babblers, Pteruthius'' - shrike-babblers
** Genus ''Vireo (genus), Vireo'' - vireos
** Genus ''Vireolanius''
* Family Wrenthrush, Zeledoniidae
** Genus ''Wrenthrush, Zeledonia''
* Family White-eye, Zosteropidae - white-eyes
** Genus ''Bonin white-eye, Apalopteron'' – Bonin white-eye
** Genus ''Golden white-eye, Cleptornis'' – golden white-eye
** Genus ''Dasycrotapha''
** Genus ''Heleia''
** Genus ''Lophozosterops''
** Genus ''Giant white-eye, Megazosterops'' – giant white-eye
** Genus ''Pygmy white-eye, Oculocincta'' – pygmy white-eye
** Genus ''Rukia''
** Genus ''Sterrhoptilus''
** Genus ''Rufescent darkeye, Tephrozosterops'' – rufescent darkeye
** Genus ''Woodfordia''
** Genus ''Yuhina''
** Genus ''Mountain blackeye, Zosterops'' - Mountain blackeye
** Genus ''Zosterornis''
* Family Uncertain (This has traditionally been considered a member of the family Pachycephalidae, but recent genetic evidence suggests it should be placed in a monotypic subfamily of the family Bombycillidae, or even its own family, Hylocitreidae)
** Genus ''Hylocitrea''
Pelecaniformes
Pelicans, ibises, shoebills, egrets, herons, etc.
* Family Heron, Ardeidae - herons, egrets, and bitterns
** Genus ''Agami heron, Agamia'' – agami heron
** Genus ''Ardea (genus), Ardea''
** Genus ''Pond heron, Ardeola'' – pond herons
** Genus ''Botaurus''
** Genus ''Bubulcus'' – cattle egret (sometimes included in Ardea)
** Genus ''Butorides'' – green-backed herons (sometimes included in Ardea)
** Genus ''Boat-billed heron, Cochlearius'' – boat-billed heron
** Genus ''Egretta''
** Genus ''Gorsachius''
** Genus ''Ixobrychus''
** Genus ''Nyctanassa'' – American night herons
** Genus ''Nycticorax'' (sometimes includes ''Nyctanassa'')
** Genus ''Capped heron, Pilherodius'' – capped heron
** Genus ''Whistling heron, Syrigma'' – whistling heron
** Genus ''White-crested tiger heron, Tigriornis'' – white-crested tiger heron
** Genus ''Tigrisoma''
** Genus ''Zigzag heron, Zebrilus'' – zigzag heron
** Genus ''Forest bittern, Zonerodius'' – forest bittern
* Family Balaenicipitidae
** Genus ''Shoebill, Balaeniceps'' - shoebill
* Family Pelican, Pelecanidae
** Genus ''Pelican, Pelecanus'' - pelicans
* Family Hamerkop, Scopidae
** Genus ''Hamerkop, Scopus'' - hamerkop (sometimes included in Balaenicipitidae)
* Family Threskiornithidae - ibises and spoonbills
** Genus ''Bostrychia''
** Genus ''Sharp-tailed ibis, Cercibis'' - sharp-tailed ibis
** Genus ''Eudocimus''
** Genus ''Geronticus''
** Genus ''Madagascan ibis, Lophotibis'' - Madagascan ibis
** Genus ''Green ibis, Mesembrinibis'' - green ibis
** Genus ''Crested ibis, Nipponia'' - crested ibis
** Genus ''Bare-faced ibis, Phimosus'' - bare-faced ibis
** Genus ''Spoonbill, Platalea'' - spoonbills
** Genus ''Plegadis''
** Genus ''Pseudibis''
** Genus ''Giant ibis, Thaumatibis'' - giant ibis
** Genus ''Theristicus''
** Genus ''Threskiornis''
Phaethontiformes
* Family Tropicbird, Phaethontidae
** Genus ''Tropicbird, Phaethon'' - tropicbirds
Phoenicopteriformes
* Family Flamingo, Phoenicopteridae - flamingos
** Genus ''Lesser flamingo, Phoeniconaias'' - lesser flamingo
** Genus ''Phoenicoparrus''
** Genus ''Flamingo, Phoenicopterus''
Piciformes
Woodpickers, flickers, toucans, aracaris, motmots, etc.
* Family Puffbird, Bucconidae – puffbirds, nunbirds, and nunlets
** Genus ''Bucco''
** Genus ''Swallow-winged puffbird, Chelidoptera'' - swallow-winged puffbird
** Genus ''White-faced nunbird, Hapaloptila'' - white-faced nunbird
** Genus ''Hypnelus''
** Genus ''Malacoptila''
** Genus ''Lanceolated monklet, Micromonacha'' - lanceolated monklet
** Genus ''Monasa''
** Genus ''Nonnula''
** Genus ''Notharchus''
** Genus ''Nystalus''
* Family New World barbet, Capitonidae – American barbets
** Genus ''Capito''
** Genus ''Eubucco''
* Family Jacamar, Galbulidae – jacamars
** Genus ''Brachygalba''
** Genus ''Galbalcyrhynchus''
** Genus ''Galbula''
** Genus ''Three-toed jacamar, Jacamaralcyon'' - three-toed jacamar
** Genus ''Great jacamar, Jacamerops'' - great jacamar
* Family Honeyguide, Indicatoridae – honeyguides
** Genus ''Indicator (genus), Indicator''
** Genus ''Lyre-tailed honeyguide, Melichneutes'' - lyre-tailed honeyguide
** Genus ''Melignomon''
** Genus ''Honeybird, Prodotiscus'' - honeybirds
* Family African barbet, Lybiidae – African barbets (recently split from Capitonidae)
** Genus ''Yellow-spotted barbet, Buccanodon'' - yellow-spotted barbet
** Genus ''Gymnobucco''
** Genus ''Lybius''
** Genus ''Tinkerbird, Pogoniulus'' - tinkerbirds
** Genus ''Stactolaema''
** Genus ''Trachyphonus''
** Genus ''Tricholaema''
* Family Asian barbet, Megalaimidae – Asian barbets (recently split from Capitonidae)
** Genus ''Caloramphus''
** Genus ''Psilopogon''
* Family Woodpecker, Picidae – woodpeckers, piculets, and wrynecks
** Genus ''Blythipicus''
** Genus ''Campephilus''
** Genus ''Campethera''
** Genus ''Celeus (bird), Celeus''
** Genus ''Chloropicus''
** Genus ''Chrysocolaptes'' – flamebacks
** Genus ''Chrysophlegma''
** Genus ''Colaptes'' – flickers
** Genus ''Dendrocopos''
** Genus ''Dendrocoptes''
** Genus ''Dendropicos''
** Genus ''Dinopium'' – flamebacks
** Genus ''Dryobates''
** Genus ''Dryocopus''
** Genus ''Gecinulus'' (placement in Megapicini tentative)
** Genus ''Ground woodpecker, Geocolaptes'' – ground woodpeckers
** Genus ''Hemicircus''
** Genus ''Wryneck, Jynx'' - wrynecks
** Genus ''Yellow-crowned woodpecker, Leiopicus'' – yellow-crowned woodpecker
** Genus ''Leuconotopicus''
** Genus ''Meiglyptes''
** Genus ''Melanerpes''
** Genus ''Rufous woodpecker, Micropternus'' – rufous woodpecker (formerly in ''Celeus'')
** Genus ''Mulleripicus''
** Genus ''Antillean piculet, Nesoctites'' – Antillean piculet
** Genus ''Picoides''
** Genus ''Piculus''
** Genus ''Picumnus (bird), Picumnus'' – American piculets
** Genus ''Picus (genus), Picus''
** Genus ''Orange-backed woodpecker, Reinwardtipicus'' - Orange-backed woodpecker
** Genus ''Sasia'' – Asian piculets
** Genus ''Sapsucker, Sphyrapicus'' – sapsuckers
** Genus ''Veniliornis''
** Genus ''Cuban green woodpecker, Xiphidiopicus'' – Cuban green woodpecker (Placement in Dendropicini tentative)
** Genus ''Yungipicus''
* Family Ramphastidae – toucans
** Genus ''Mountain toucan, Andigena'' - mountain toucans
** Genus ''Green toucanet, Aulacorhynchus'' - green toucanet
** Genus ''Aracari, Pteroglossus'' - aracaris
** Genus ''Ramphastos''
** Genus ''Selenidera''
* Family Semnornis, Semnornithidae – toucan-barbets (recently split from Capitonidae)
** Genus ''Semnornis''
Grebe, Podicipediformes
* Family Grebe, Podicipedidae - grebes
** Genus ''Aechmophorus''
** Genus ''Great grebe, Podicephorus'' - great grebe
** Genus ''Podiceps''
** Genus ''Podilymbus''
** Genus ''Poliocephalus (bird), Poliocephalus''
** Genus ''Rollandia (bird), Rollandia''
** Genus ''Tachybaptus''
Procellariiformes
Petrels, storm petrels, albatrosses, and diving petrels
* Family Albatross, Diomedeidae - albatrosses
** Genus ''Great albatross, Diomedea'' - great albatrosses
** Genus ''North Pacific albatross, Phoebastria'' - North Pacific albatrosses
** Genus ''Phoebetria''
** Genus ''Mollymawk, Thalassarche'' - "mollymawks"
* Family Northern storm petrel, Hydrobatidae - northern storm petrels
** Genus ''European storm petrel, Hydrobates'' - European storm petrel
** Genus ''Oceanodroma''
* Family Austral storm petrel, Oceanitidae - southern storm petrels
** Genus ''Fregetta''
** Genus ''Grey-backed storm petrel, Garrodia'' - grey-backed storm petrel
** Genus ''Polynesian storm petrel, Nesofregetta'' - Polynesian storm petrel
** Genus ''Oceanites''
** Genus ''White-faced storm petrel, Pelagodroma'' - white-faced storm petrel
* Family Procellariidae
** Genus ''Kerguelen petrel, Aphrodroma'' - Kerguelen petrel
** Genus ''Ardenna''
** Genus ''Bulweria''
** Genus ''Calonectris''
** Genus ''Cape petrel, Daption'' - Cape petrel
** Genus ''Fulmarus'' - fulmars
** Genus ''Blue petrel, Halobaena'' - blue petrel
** Genus ''Giant petrel, Macronectes'' - giant petrels
** Genus ''Pachyptila''
** Genus ''Snow petrel, Pagodroma'' - snow petrel
** Genus ''Diving petrel, Pelecanoides'' - diving petrels
** Genus ''Procellaria''
** Genus ''Pseudobulweria''
** Genus ''Gadfly petrel, Pterodroma'' - gadfly petrels
** Genus ''Puffinus''
** Genus ''Antarctic petrel, Thalassoica'' - Antarctic petrel
Parrot, Psittaciformes
Parrots, parakeets, macaws, and cockatoos
* Family Cockatoo, Cacatuidae - cockatoos
** Genus ''Cacatua''
** Genus ''Gang-gang cockatoo, Callocephalon'' - gang-gang cockatoo
** Genus ''Calyptorhynchus''
** Genus ''Galah, Eolophus'' - galah
** Genus ''Major Mitchell's cockatoo, Lophochroa'' - Major Mitchell's cockatoo
** Genus ''Cockatiel, Nymphicus'' - cockatiel
** Genus ''Palm cockatoo, Probosciger'' - palm cockatoo
* Family New Zealand parrot, Nestoridae - New Zealand parrots
** Genus ''Nestor (genus), Nestor''
* Family Psittacidae - New World and African parrots
** Genus ''Yellow-faced parrot, Alipiopsitta'' - yellow-faced parrot
** Genus ''Amazon parrot, Amazona'' - "Amazons"
** Genus ''Anodorhynchus''
** Genus ''Ara (genus), Ara''
** Genus ''Aratinga''
** Genus ''Bolborhynchus''
** Genus ''Brotogeris''
** Genus ''Carolina parakeet, Conuropsis'' - Carolina parakeet
** Genus ''Vasa parrot, Coracopsis'' - Vasa parrot
** Genus ''Burrowing parrot, Cyanoliseus'' - burrowing parrot
** Genus ''Spix's macaw, Cyanopsitta'' - Spix's macaw
** Genus ''Red-fan parrot, Deroptyus'' – red-fan parrot
** Genus ''Red-shouldered macaw, Diopsittaca'' - red-shouldered macaw
** Genus ''Enicognathus''
** Genus ''Eupsittula''
** Genus ''Forpus''
** Genus ''Short-tailed parrot, Graydidascalus'' - short-tailed parrot
** Genus ''Golden parakeet, Guaruba'' - golden parakeet
** Genus ''Hapalopsittaca''
** Genus ''Golden-plumed parakeet, Leptosittaca'' - golden-plumed parakeet
** Genus ''Myiopsitta''
** Genus ''Nannopsittaca''
** Genus ''Yellow-eared parrot, Ognorhynchus'' - yellow-eared parrot
** Genus ''Red-bellied macaw, Orthopsittaca'' - red-bellied macaw
** Genus ''Caique, Pionites'' – caiques
** Genus ''Pileated parrot, Pionopsitta'' - pileated parrot
** Genus ''Pionus''
** Genus ''Poicephalus''
** Genus ''Primolius''
** Genus ''Psilopsiagon''
** Genus ''Psittacara''
** Genus ''Psittacus'' – grey parrot and Timneh parrot
** Genus ''Pyrilia''
** Genus ''Pyrrhura''
** Genus ''Rhynchopsitta''
** Genus ''Blue-crowned parakeet, Thectocercus'' - blue-crowned parakeet
** Genus ''Touit''
** Genus ''Blue-bellied parrot, Triclaria'' - blue-bellied parrot
* Family Psittaculidae - Old World parrots
** Genus ''Lovebird, Agapornis'' - lovebirds
** Genus ''Alisterus''
** Genus ''Aprosmictus''
** Genus ''Australian ringneck, Barnardius'' - Australian ringneck (sometimes included in ''Platycercus'')
** Genus ''Guaiabero, Bolbopsittacus'' - guaiabero
** Genus ''Chalcopsitta''
** Genus ''Charmosyna''
** Genus ''Cyanoramphus''
** Genus ''Cyclopsitta''
** Genus ''Eclectus''
** Genus ''Eos (genus), Eos''
** Genus ''Eunymphicus''
** Genus ''Geoffroyus''
** Genus ''Musk lorikeet, Glossopsitta'' - musk lorikeet
** Genus ''Swift parrot, Lathamus'' - swift parrot
** Genus ''Hanging parrot, Loriculus'' - hanging parrot
** Genus ''Lorius''
** Genus ''Budgerigar, Melopsittacus'' - budgerigar
** Genus ''Pygmy parrot, Micropsitta'' - pygmy parrot
** Genus ''Neophema''
** Genus ''Bourke's parrot, Neopsephotus'' - Bourke's parrot (sometimes included in ''Neophema'')
** Genus ''Neopsittacus''
** Genus ''Bluebonnet (bird), Northiella'' - bluebonnet (often included in ''Psephotus'')
** Genus ''Plum-faced lorikeet, Oreopsittacus'' - plum-faced lorikeet
** Genus ''Parvipsitta''
** Genus ''Pezoporus''
** Genus ''Collared lory, Phigys'' - collared lory
** Genus ''Rosella, Platycercus'' - rosellas
** Genus ''Polytelis''
** Genus ''Racket-tail, Prioniturus'' - racket-tails
** Genus ''Shining parrot, Prosopeia'' - shining parrot
** Genus ''Psephotellus''
** Genus ''Red-rumped parrot, Psephotus'' - red-rumped parrot
** Genus ''Pseudeos''
** Genus ''Tiger parrot, Psittacella'' - tiger parrot
** Genus ''Psittacula''
** Genus ''Psittaculirostris''
** Genus ''Psitteuteles'' (sometimes classified in the ''Trichoglossus'')
** Genus ''Psittinus''
** Genus ''Red-capped parrot, Purpureicephalus'' - red-capped parrot
** Genus ''Tanygnathus''
** Genus ''Trichoglossus''
** Genus ''Vini (genus), Vini''
* Family Psittrichasiidae
** Genus ''Vasa parrot, Coracopsis'' - Vasa parrot
** Genus ''Pesquet's parrot, Psittrichas'' - Pesquet's parrot
* Family Kakapo, Strigopidae
** Genus ''Kakapo, Strigops'' - kakapo
Sandgrouse, Pterocliformes
* Family Sandgrouse, Pteroclidae - sandgrouse
** Genus ''Calopterocles''
** Genus ''Nyctiperdix''
** Genus ''Pterocles''
** Genus ''Syrrhaptes''
Rheidae, Rheiformes
* Family Rheidae
** Genus ''Rhea (bird), Rhea''
Penguin, Sphenisciformes
* Family Penguin, Spheniscidae - penguins
** Genus ''Aptenodytes''
** Genus ''Crested penguin, Eudyptes'' - crested penguins
** Genus ''Eudyptula''
** Genus ''Megadyptes''
** Genus ''Pygoscelis''
** Genus ''Banded penguin, Spheniscus'' - banded penguins
Owl, Strigiformes
Owls
* Family True owl, Strigidae - true owls
** Genus ''Aegolius'' – saw-whet owls
** Genus ''Asio'' – eared owls
** Genus ''Athene (bird), Athene''
** Genus ''Horned owl, Bubo'' – horned owls (paraphyletic with ''Nyctea'', ''Ketupa'', and ''Scotopelia'')
** Genus ''Ciccaba''
** Genus ''Pygmy owl, Glaucidium'' – pygmy owls
** Genus ''Maned owl, Jubula'' – maned owl
** Genus ''Crested owl, Lophostrix'' – crested owl
** Genus ''Bare-legged owl, Margarobyas'' – bare-legged owl
** Genus ''Screech owl, Megascops'' – screech owls
** Genus ''Elf owl, Micrathene'' – elf owl
** Genus ''Fearful owl, Nesasio'' – fearful owl
** Genus ''Ninox'' – Asian and Australasian hawk-owls and boobooks
** Genus ''Scops owl, Otus'' – scops owls (probably paraphyletic)
** Genus ''Jamaican owl, Pseudoscops'' – Jamaican owl
** Genus ''Flammulated owl, Psiloscops'' – flammulated owl
** Genus ''Ptilopsis'' – white-faced owl
** Genus ''Pulsatrix'' – spectacled owl
** Genus ''Palau owl, Pyrroglaux'' – Palau owl
** Genus ''Fishing owl, Scotopelia'' - fishing owls
** Genus ''Strix (genus), Strix'' – earless owls
** Genus ''Northern hawk-owl, Surnia'' – northern hawk-owl
** Genus ''Papuan hawk-owl, Uroglaux'' – Papuan hawk-owl
** Genus ''Long-whiskered owlet, Xenoglaux'' – long-whiskered owlet
* Family Barn-owl, Tytonidae - barn owls
** Genus ''Bay owl, Phodilus'' - bay owls
** Genus ''Tyto''
Ostrich, Struthioniformes
*Family Ostrich, Struthionidae - ostriches
** Genus ''Struthio''
Suliformes
Boobies, gannets, frigatebirds, cormorants, shags, and darters * Family Darter, Anhingidae ** Genus ''Darter, Anhinga'' - darters and anhinga * Family Frigatebird, Fregatidae ** Genus ''Frigatebird, Fregata'' - frigatebirds * Family Cormorant, Phalacrocoracidae ** Genus ''Cormorant, Phalacrocorax'' - cormorants and shags * Family Sulidae ** Genus ''Gannet, Morus'' - gannets ** Genus ''Abbott's booby, Papasula'' - Abbott's booby ** Genus ''Booby, Sula'' - boobiesTinamou, Tinamiformes
* Family Tinamou, Tinamidae - tinamous
** Genus ''Crypturellus''
** Genus ''Eudromia''
** Genus ''Nothocercus''
** Genus ''Nothoprocta''
** Genus ''Nothura''
** Genus ''Rhynchotus''
** Genus ''Dwarf tinamou, Taoniscus'' - dwarf tinamou
** Genus ''Tinamotis''
** Genus ''Tinamus''
Trogoniformes
Trogons and quetzals * Family Trogonidae ** Genus ''Apalharpactes'' ** Genus ''Apaloderma'' ** Genus ''Eared quetzal, Euptilotis'' - eared quetzal ** Genus ''Harpactes'' ** Genus ''Pharomachrus'' ** Genus ''Priotelus'' ** Genus ''Trogon'' {{DEFAULTSORT:List Of Bird Genera Bird genera, Lists of animals, Birds Taxonomic lists (genera, taxonomic), Birds Lists of vertebrates, Bird Genera