List of bird genera

List of bird genera concerns the chordata class of aves or birds, characterised by feathers, a beak with no teeth, the laying of hard-shelled eggs, and a high metabolic rate.

Restless flycatcher in the downstroke of flapping flight

See also: List of birds, List of reptile genera, and List of chordate orders

Accipitriformes
Portrait of a bald eagle, showing its strongly hooked beak and the cere covering the base of the beak.

Eagles, Old World vultures, secretary-birds, hawks, harriers, etc.

Anseriformes
Landing mallard drake

Waterfowl

  • Family Anhimidae - screamers
  • Family Anatidae
    • Genus Aix - Mandarin duck and wood duck – dabbling ducks or Tadorninae?
    • Genus Alopochen - Egyptian goose and Mascarene shelducks
    • Genus Amazonetta - Brazilian teal
    • Genus Anas - pintails, mallards, etc.
    • Genus Anser - grey geese and white geese
    • Genus Aythya - pochards, scaups, etc.
    • Genus Biziura - musk ducks
    • 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 - Cape Barren goose (Anserinae, Tadorninae, or own subfamily?)
    • Genus Chenonetta - maned duck (dabbling ducks or Tadorninae? Includes Euryanas.)
    • Genus Chloephaga - sheldgoose
    • Genus Clangula - long-tailed duck
    • Genus Coscoroba - 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 - harlequin duck (includes Ocyplonessa)
    • Genus Hymenolaimus - blue duck
    • Genus Lophodytes - hooded merganser
    • Genus Lophonetta - crested duck
    • Genus Malacorhynchus - pink-eared ducks (Tadorninae, Oxyurinae or Dendrocheninae?)
    • Genus Mareca - wigeons and gadwalls
    • Genus Marmaronetta - marbled duck
    • Genus Melanitta - scoters
    • Genus Merganetta - torrent duck
    • Genus Mergellus - smew
    • Genus Mergus - mergansers
    • Genus Neochen
    • Genus Netta - red-crested pochard and allies
    • Genus Nettapus - pygmy geese
    • 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 - Radjah shelduck
    • Genus Salvadorina - Salvadori's teal
    • Genus Sarkidiornis - comb duck (Tadorninae or closer to dabbling ducks?)
    • Genus Sibirionetta - Baikal teal
    • Genus Somateria - eiders
    • Genus Spatula - shovelers
    • Genus Speculanas - bronze-winged duck
    • Genus Stictonetta - freckled duck
    • Genus Tachyeres - steamer ducks (Tadorninae or closer to dabbling ducks?)
    • Genus Tadorna - shelducks (possibly paraphyletic)
    • Genus Thalassornis - white-backed duck
  • Family Anseranatidae

Apodiformes
Purple-throated carib feeding at a flower

Swifts, treeswifts and hummingbirds

  • Family Apodidae - swifts
    • Genus Aerodramus sometimes included in Collocalia
    • Genus Aeronautes
    • Genus Apus
    • Genus Chaetura
    • Genus Collocalia
    • Genus Cypseloides
    • Genus Cypsiurus
    • Genus Hirundapus
    • Genus Hydrochous - giant swiftlet
    • Genus Mearnsia
    • Genus Neafrapus
    • Genus Panyptila
    • Genus Rhaphidura
    • Genus Schoutedenapus - African swiftlets
    • Genus Streptoprocne
    • Genus Tachornis
    • Genus Tachymarptis
    • Genus Telacanthura
    • Genus Zoonavena
  • Family Hemiprocnidae - treeswifts
  • Family Trochilidae - hummingbirds
    • Genus Abeillia – emerald-chinned hummingbird
    • Genus Adelomyia – speckled hummingbird
    • Genus Aglaeactis – sunbeams
    • Genus Aglaiocercus – sylphs
    • Genus Amazilia (includes Agyrtria)
    • Genus Androdon – tooth-billed hummingbird
    • Genus Anopetia – broad-tipped hermit
    • Genus Anthocephala – blossomcrowns
    • Genus Anthracothorax – mangos
    • 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 sheartails
    • Genus Calypte
    • Genus Campylopterus – sabrewings
    • Genus Chaetocercus – Chaetocercus woodstars
    • Genus Chalcostigma – Chalcostigma thornbills
    • Genus Chalybura – plumeleteers
    • Genus Chlorestes – blue-chinned sapphire
    • Genus Chlorostilbon – typical emeralds
    • Genus Chrysolampis – ruby-topaz hummingbird
    • Genus Chrysuronia – golden-tailed sapphire
    • Genus Clytolaema – Brazilian ruby
    • Genus Coeligena – Incas and starfrontlets
    • Genus Colibri – violet-ears
    • Genus Cyanophaia - blue-headed hummingbird
    • Genus Cynanthus
    • Genus Damophila – violet-bellied hummingbird
    • Genus Discosura – thorntails
    • Genus Doricha – typical sheartails
    • Genus Doryfera – lancebills
    • Genus Elvira – elvira emeralds
    • Genus Ensifera – sword-billed hummingbird
    • Genus Eriocnemis – typical pufflegs
    • Genus Eugenes
    • Genus Eulampis – caribs
    • Genus Eulidia – Chilean woodstar
    • Genus Eupetomena – swallow-tailed hummingbird
    • Genus Eupherusa
    • Genus Eutoxeres – sicklebills
    • Genus Florisuga – jacobins
    • Genus Glaucis
    • Genus Goethalsia – pirre hummingbird
    • Genus Goldmania – violet-capped hummingbird
    • Genus Haplophaedia – Haplophaedia pufflegs
    • Genus Heliactin – horned sungem
    • Genus Heliangelus – sunangels
    • Genus Heliodoxa – brilliants
    • Genus Heliomaster – starthroats
    • Genus Heliothryx – fairies
    • Genus Hylocharis – typical sapphires
    • 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 – trainbearers
    • Genus Leucippus
    • Genus Leucochloris – white-throated hummingbird
    • Genus Loddigesia – marvelous spatuletail
    • Genus Lophornis – coquettes
    • Genus Mellisuga
    • Genus Metallura – metaltails
    • Genus Microchera – snowcap
    • Genus Microstilbon – slender-tailed woodstar
    • Genus Myrmia – short-tailed woodstar
    • Genus Myrtis – 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 – typical hermits
    • Genus Phlogophilus – piedtails
    • Genus Polyonymus – bronze-tailed comet
    • Genus Polytmus – goldenthroats
    • Genus Pterophanes – great sapphirewing
    • Genus Ramphodon – saw-billed hermit
    • Genus Ramphomicron – typical thornbills
    • Genus Rhodopis – oasis hummingbird
    • Genus Sappho – red-tailed comet
    • Genus Schistes - wedgebills (sometimes included in Augastes)
    • Genus Selasphorus
    • Genus Sephanoides – firecrowns
    • Genus Stephanoxis – plovercrests
    • 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 – streamertails
    • Genus Urochroa – white-tailed hillstar
    • Genus Urosticte – whitetips

Apterygiformes
A Southern brown kiwi.

Bucerotiformes

Hornbills, hoopoes, and wood-hoopoes

A Western red-billed hornbill.
  • Family Bucerotidae
    • Genus Aceros - rufous-necked hornbill
    • Genus Anorrhinus - brown hornbill
    • Genus Anthracoceros - pied hornbill
    • Genus Berenicornis - white-crowned hornbill (sometimes included in Aceros)
    • Genus Buceros
    • Genus Bycanistes
    • Genus Ceratogymna - casqued hornbill
    • Genus Lophoceros
    • Genus Ocyceros - grey hornbill
    • Genus Penelopides
    • Genus Rhinoplax - helmeted hornbill (sometimes included in Buceros)
    • Genus Rhyticeros (sometimes included in Aceros)
    • Genus Tockus
    • Genus Tropicranus - white-crested hornbill (sometimes included in Tockus)
  • Family Bucorvidae
  • Family Phoeniculidae
    • Genus Phoeniculus - wood hoopoes
    • Genus Rhinopomastus - scimitarbills
  • Family Upupidae

Caprimulgiformes

Nightjars, nighthawks, potoos, oilbirds, frogmouths and owlet-nightjars

The Madagascan nightjar is restricted to the islands of Madagascar and the Seychelles.

Cariamiformes
Red-legged seriema, Cariama cristata

Casuariiformes

Cassowaries and emus

Southern cassowary

Cathartiformes

New World vultures

American black vultures on a horse carcass

Charadriiformes

Plovers, crab plovers, lapwings, seagulls, puffins, auks, sandpipers, buttonquails, stilts, avocets, ibisbills, woodcocks, skuas, etc.

European herring gull

Ciconiiformes

Storks, openbills, and jabiru

Marabou stork at Etosha National Park in Namibia

Coliiformes

Mousebirds

Blue-naped mousebird (Urocolius macrourus)
  • Family Coliidae
    • Genus Colius
    • Genus Urocolius

Columbiformes

Pigeons and doves

Rock dove in flight
  • Family Columbidae
    • Genus Alectroenas - fruit doves
    • Genus Alopecoenas
    • Genus Caloenas - Nicobar pigeon
    • Genus Chalcophaps - emerald doves
    • Genus Claravis
    • Genus Columba includes Aplopelia, Old World pigeons
    • Genus Columbina
    • Genus Cryptophaps - sombre pigeon
    • Genus Didunculus - tooth-billed pigeon
    • Genus Drepanoptila - possibly better merged with Ptilinopus
    • Genus Ducula - imperial pigeons
    • Genus Dysmoropelia - Saint Helena dove
    • Genus Gallicolumba
    • Genus Geopelia
    • Genus Geophaps
    • Genus Geotrygon - quail-doves
    • Genus Goura
    • Genus Gymnophaps - mountain pigeons
    • Genus Hemiphaga
    • Genus Henicophaps
    • Genus Leptotila
    • Genus Leptotrygon - olive-backed quail-dove
    • Genus Leucosarcia - wonga pigeon
    • Genus Lopholaimus - topknot pigeon
    • Genus Macropygia
    • Genus Metriopelia
    • Genus Nesoenas
    • Genus Ocyphaps - crested pigeon
    • Genus Oena - Namaqua dove, tentatively placed here
    • Genus Otidiphaps - pheasant pigeon
    • Genus Patagioenas - American pigeons
    • Genus Petrophassa - rock pigeons
    • Genus Phapitreron - brown dove
    • Genus Phaps
    • Genus Ptilinopus
    • Genus Reinwardtoena
    • Genus Starnoenas - blue-headed quail-dove
    • Genus Spilopelia
    • Genus Streptopelia - turtledoves
    • Genus Treron - green pigeons
    • Genus Trugon - thick-billed ground pigeon
    • Genus Turacoena
    • Genus Turtur - African wood doves, tentatively placed here
    • Genus Uropelia - long-tailed ground dove
    • Genus Zenaida - Zenaida doves
    • Genus Zentrygon

Coraciiformes

Rollers, bee eaters, todies, kingfishers, etc.

Like many forest-living kingfishers, the yellow-billed kingfisher often nests in arboreal termite nests.

Cuculiformes

Cuckoos, anis, etc.

Some species, like the Asian emerald cuckoo (Chrysococcyx maculatus) exhibit iridescent plumage.
  • Family Cuculidae
    • Genus Cacomantis
    • Genus Carpococcyx – Asian ground-cuckoos
    • Genus 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 Crotophaga – anis
    • Genus Cuculus – typical cuckoos
    • Genus Dromococcyx
    • Genus Eudynamys – typical koels
    • Genus Geococcyx – roadrunners
    • Genus Guira – guira cuckoo
    • Genus Hierococcyx – hawk-cuckoos
    • Genus Microdynamis – dwarf koel
    • Genus Morococcyx – lesser ground cuckoo
    • Genus Neomorphus – Neotropical ground-cuckoos
    • Genus Pachycoccyx – thick-billed cuckoo
    • Genus Phaenicophaeus – typical malkohas
    • Genus Piaya
    • Genus Rhinortha – Raffles's malkoha (sometimes in Phaenicophaeus; tentatively placed here)
    • Genus Scythrops – channel-billed cuckoo
    • Genus Surniculus – drongo-cuckoos
    • Genus Tapera – striped cuckoo
    • Genus Urodynamis – Pacific long-tailed cuckoo

Eurypygiformes

Sunbitterns and kagu

The sunbittern will open its wings to display two large eye spots when threatened

Falconiformes

Falcons and caracara

The laughing falcon is a snake-eating specialist
  • Family Falconidae
    • Genus Caracara – crested caracaras
    • Genus Daptrius – black caracara
    • Genus Falco – true falcons, hobbies and kestrels
    • Genus Herpetotheres – laughing falcon
    • Genus Ibycter – red-throated caracara (sometimes included in Daptrius)
    • Genus Micrastur – forest falcons
    • Genus Microhierax – typical falconets
    • Genus Milvago – brown caracaras
    • Genus Phalcoboenus – Andean and southern South American caracaras
    • Genus Polihierax – pygmy falcons
    • Genus Spiziapteryx – spot-winged falconet

Galliformes

Gamebirds

Despite its distinct appearance, the wild turkey is actually a very close relative of pheasants

Gaviiformes
Red-throated loon (G. stellata), the smallest living Gavia species. Some Miocene members of this genus were smaller still.

Gruiformes

Cranes, crakes, rails, wood-rails, fluftais, gallinules, limpkin, trumpeters, and finfoots

Rails are one of the most widespread Gruiformes
  • Family Aramidae - limpkin
  • Family Gruidae - cranes
  • Family Heliornithidae - finfoots
  • Family Psophiidae
  • Family Rallidae - crakes, moorhens, gallinules, and rails
    • Genus Aenigmatolimnas - striped crake
    • Genus Amaurolimnas - uniform crake
    • Genus Amaurornis - bush-hens
    • Genus Anurolimnas
    • Genus Aramides
    • Genus Aramidopsis – snoring rail
    • Genus Atlantisia - Inaccessible Island rail
    • ?Genus Biensis - Madagascan rails (synonym of Rallus?)
    • Genus Cabalus - Chatham rail
    • Genus Coturnicops - barred-backed crake
    • ?Genus Creciscus - blackish crake
    • Genus Crecopsis – African crake
    • Genus Crex - corn crake
    • Genus Cyanolimnas – Zapata rail
    • Genus Diaphorapteryx - Hawkins's rail
    • Genus Dryolimnas
    • Genus Eulabeornis – chestnut rail
    • Genus Fulica - coots
    • Genus Gallicrex - watercock
    • Genus Gallinula - moorhens
    • Genus Gallirallus
    • Genus Gymnocrex - bare-faced rails
    • Genus Habroptila – invisible rail
    • Genus Hapalocrex - yellow-breasted crake
    • Genus Himantornis - Nkulengu rail
    • Genus Laterallus - ruddy crake
    • Genus Lewinia
    • ?Genus Limnocrex (synonym of Laterallus?)
    • Genus Megacrex - New Guinea flightless rail
    • Genus Micropygia - ocellated crake
    • Genus Mundia - Ascension crake
    • Genus Mustelirallus
    • Genus Nesoclopeus
    • Genus Paragallinula - lesser moorhen
    • Genus Pardirallus
    • Genus Poliolimnas - see Amaurornis
    • Genus Porphyrio - swamphens
    • Genus Porphyriops – spot-flanked gallinule
    • Genus Porzana
    • Genus Rallicula - forest rails
    • Genus Rallina - chestnut rails
    • Genus Rallus
    • Genus 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 Sarothrura - flufftails

Leptosomiformes
Male cuckoo roller
The cuckoo roller exhibits a pronounced sexual dichromatism in the plumage.

Mesitornithiformes
Subdesert mesite, Monias benschi

Musophagiformes

Turacos and go-away-birds

Great blue turaco
Corythaeola cristata

Opisthocomiformes
Hoatzin at Lake Sandoval, Peru

Otidiformes

Bustards, floricans, etc.

Captive specimen of a male great bustard, showing the characteristic long, beard-like feathers and heavy build.
  • Family Otididae
    • Genus Afrotis
    • Genus Ardeotis
    • Genus Chlamydotis
    • Genus Eupodotis
    • Genus Houbaropsis - Bengal florican
    • Genus Lissotis
    • Genus Lophotis
    • Genus Neotis
    • Genus Otis - great bustard
    • Genus Sypheotides
    • Genus Tetrax - little bustard

Passeriformes
Clockwise from top right: Palestine sunbird (Cinnyris osea), blue jay (Cyanocitta cristata), house sparrow (Passer domesticus), great tit (Parus major), hooded crow (Corvus cornix), southern masked weaver (Ploceus velatus)

Passerines, the "song birds". This is the largest order of birds and contains more than half of all birds.

  • Family Acanthisittidae
  • Family Acanthizidae - scrubwrens, thornbills, and gerygones
    • Genus Acanthiza – thornbill
    • Genus Acanthornis – scrubtit
    • Genus Aethomyias – scrubwrens
    • Genus Aphelocephala – whiteface
    • Genus Calamanthus – fieldwren
    • Genus Crateroscelis
    • Genus Gerygone
    • Genus Hylacola – heathwren
    • Genus Neosericornis – yellow-throated scrubwren
    • Genus Oreoscopus – fernwren
    • Genus Origma
    • Genus Pachycare – goldenface
    • Genus Pycnoptilus – pilotbird
    • Genus Pyrrholaemus - speckled warbler
    • Genus Sericornis – scrubwrens
    • Genus Smicrornis – weebill
  • Family Acrocephalidae - marsh- and tree-warblers, recently split from the Sylviidae
    • Genus Acrocephalus
    • Genus Calamonastides - papyrus yellow warbler
    • Genus Chloropeta
    • Genus Hippolais
    • Genus Iduna
    • Genus Nesillas
  • Family Aegithalidae - long-tailed tits or bushtits
  • Family Aegithinidae
  • Family Alaudidae - larks
    • Genus Alaemon – hoopoe-lark
    • Genus Alauda – skylark
    • Genus Alaudala
    • Genus Ammomanes
    • Genus 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 Chersophilus – Dupont's lark
    • Genus Eremalauda – Dunn's lark
    • Genus 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 Ramphocoris – thick-billed lark
    • Genus Spizocorys
  • Family Artamidae - woodswallows, butcherbirds, currawongs, and Australian magpie
  • Family Atrichornithidae
  • Family Bernieridae - Malagasy warblers, a newly assembled family
  • Family Bombycillidae
  • Family Buphagidae
    • Genus Buphagus - oxpeckers. Formerly usually included in Sturnidae.
  • Family Calcariidae - longspurs and snow buntings
  • Family Callaeidae - New Zealand wattlebirds
  • Family Calyptophilidae
    • Genus Calyptophilus - chat-tanagers
  • Family Campephagidae - cuckooshrikes and trillers
    • Genus Campephaga
    • Genus Campochaera - golden cuckooshrike
    • Genus Ceblepyris
    • Genus Celebesica - pygmy cuckooshrike
    • Genus Coracina
    • Genus Cyanograucalus - blue cuckooshrike
    • Genus Edolisoma
    • Genus Lalage
    • Genus Lobotos
    • Genus Malindangia - McGregor's cuckooshrike
    • Genus Pericrocotus - minivet
  • Family Cardinalidae - cardinals and allies
  • Family Certhiidae - treecreepers
  • Family Cettiidae - ground-warblers and allies, recently split from the Sylviidae
    • Genus Abroscopus – abroscopus warbler
    • Genus Cettia – typical bush warblers
    • Genus Horornis
    • Genus Hylia – green hylia (tentatively placed here)
    • Genus Pholidornis – tit hylia (formerly in Remizidae; tentatively placed here)
    • Genus Phyllergates
    • Genus Tesia
    • Genus Tickellia – broad-billed warbler
    • Genus Urosphena – stubtails
  • Family Chaetopidae
    • Genus Chaetops - rockjumpers, recently split from the Turdidae
  • Family Chloropseidae
  • Family Cinclidae
  • Family Cisticolidae - cisticolas and allies
    • Genus Apalis
    • Genus Artisornis
    • Genus Bathmocercus - rufous warblers
    • Genus Calamonastes
    • Genus Camaroptera
    • Genus Cisticola
    • Genus Drymocichla - red-winged grey warbler
    • Genus Eminia - grey-capped warbler
    • Genus Eremomela
    • Genus Euryptila - cinnamon-breasted warbler
    • Genus Heliolais – red-winged warbler (Sometimes placed in Prinia)
    • Genus Hypergerus - oriole warbler
    • Genus Incana - Socotra warbler
    • Genus Malcorus - rufous-eared warbler
    • Genus Micromacronus
    • Genus Neomixis - Jerys (genus is basal to all other Cisticolidae)
    • Genus Oreolais (moved here from Apalis)
    • Genus Oreophilais - Roberts's warbler
    • Genus Orthotomus - tailorbirds
    • Genus Phragmacia - Namaqua warbler
    • Genus Phyllolais - buff-bellied warbler
    • Genus Poliolais - white-tailed warbler
    • Genus Prinia
    • Genus Scepomycter (sometimes merged into Bathmocercus)
    • Genus Schistolais
    • Genus Spiloptila - cricket warbler
    • Genus Urolais - green longtail
    • Genus Urorhipis– sometimes placed in Prinia
  • Family Climacteridae - Australian treecreeper
    • Genus Cormobates
    • Genus Climacteris
  • Family Cnemophilidae - satinbirds
    • Genus Cnemophilus
    • Genus Loboparadisea - yellow-breasted satinbird
  • Family Conopophagidae - gnateaters and gnatpittas
    • Genus Conopophaga
    • Genus Pittasoma
  • Family Corcoracidae - Australian mudnester
  • Family Corvidae - crows, ravens, and jays
  • Family Cotingidae - cotingas and allies
    • Genus Ampelioides - scaled fruiteater
    • Genus Ampelion
    • Genus Carpodectes
    • Genus Carpornis - berryeaters
    • Genus Cephalopterus - umbrellabirds
    • Genus Conioptilon - black-faced cotinga
    • Genus Cotinga
    • Genus Doliornis
    • Genus Gymnoderus - bare-necked fruitcrow
    • Genus Haematoderus - crimson fruitcrow
    • Genus Lipaugus
    • Genus Perissocephalus - capuchinbird
    • Genus Phibalura - swallow-tailed cotinga
    • Genus Phoenicircus
    • Genus Phytotoma - plantcutters
    • Genus Pipreola
    • Genus Porphyrolaema - purple-throated cotinga
    • Genus Procnias - Neotropical bellbird
    • Genus Pyroderus - red-ruffed fruitcrow
    • Genus Querula - purple-throated fruitcrow
    • Genus Rupicola
    • Genus Snowornis
    • Genus Tijuca
    • Genus Xipholena
    • Genus Zaratornis - white-cheeked cotinga
  • Family Dasyornithidae
    • Genus Dasyornis - bristlebirds (formerly in Acanthizidae)
  • Family Dicaeidae - flowerpeckers (sunbirds and flowerpeckers, might be included in Passeroidea)
    • Genus Dicaeum
    • Genus Prionochilus
  • Family Dicruridae
  • Family Donacobiidae
    • Genus Donacobius - black-capped donacobius (previously classed as a wren, but probably closest to the Locustellidae or Bernieridae)
  • Family Dulidae (tentatively placed here)
  • Family Elachuridae
  • Family Emberizidae
    • Genus Diglossopis
    • Genus Emberiza - Old World buntings
  • Family Erythrocercidae
  • Family Estrildidae - estrildid finches (waxbills, munias, and allies)
    • Genus Amadina - cut-throats
    • Genus Amandava - avadavats
    • Genus Clytospiza - brown twinspot
    • Genus Coccopygia
    • Genus Cryptospiza - crimsonwings
    • Genus Emblema - painted finch
    • Genus Erythrura - parrotfinches (includes Chloebia)
    • Genus Estrilda - waxbills
    • Genus Euodice - silverbill
    • Genus Euschistospiza
    • Genus Heteromunia - pictorella mannikin
    • Genus Hypargos
    • Genus Lagonosticta - firefinches
    • Genus Lonchura - Munias, mannikins, and silverbills
    • Genus Mandingoa - green-backed twinspot
    • Genus Neochmia
    • Genus Nesocharis - oliveback
    • Genus Nigrita
    • Genus Odontospiza - grey-headed silverbill
    • Genus Oreostruthus - mountain firetail
    • Genus Ortygospiza - quailfinches
    • Genus Padda
    • Genus Paludipasser - locust finch
    • Genus Parmoptila - antpeckers
    • Genus Poephila
    • Genus Pyrenestes - seedcrackers
    • Genus Pytilia
    • Genus Spermophaga - bluebill
    • Genus Stagonopleura - firetail
    • Genus Taeniopygia
    • Genus Uraeginthus
  • Family Eulacestomidae
  • Family Eupetidae
    • Genus Eupetes - Malaysian rail-babbler (recently split from the Cinclosomatidae)
  • Family Eurylaimidae - broadbills
    • Genus Calyptomena
    • Genus Corydon - dusky broadbill
    • Genus Cymbirhynchus - black-and-red broadbill
    • Genus Eurylaimus
    • Genus Neodrepanis
    • Genus Philepitta
    • Genus Psarisomus - long-tailed broadbill
    • Genus Pseudocalyptomena - Grauer's broadbill
    • Genus Sarcophanops
    • Genus Serilophus - silver-breasted broadbill
    • Genus Smithornis
  • Family Formicariidae - Antthrushe
  • Family Fringillidae - true finches and Hawaiian honeycreepers. (Possibly polyphyletic)
  • Family Furnariidae - ovenbirds and woodcreepers
    • Genus Acrobatornis – pink-legged graveteiro
    • Genus Anabacerthia – foliage-gleaners
    • Genus Anabazenops – foliage-gleaners
    • Genus Ancistrops – chestnut-winged hookbill
    • Genus Anumbius – firewood-gatherer
    • Genus Aphrastura – rayaditos
    • Genus Asthenes – canasteros
    • Genus Automolus – foliage-gleaners
    • Genus Berlepschia – point-tailed palmcreeper
    • Genus Campylorhamphus – scythebills
    • Genus Certhiasomus – spot-throated woodcreeper (also described as Deconychura stictolaema)
    • Genus Certhiaxis – spinetails
    • Genus Cichlocolaptes
    • Genus Cinclodes
    • Genus Clibanornis
    • Genus Coryphistera – lark-like brushrunner
    • Genus Cranioleuca – typical spinetails
    • Genus Deconychura – long-tailed woodcreeper
    • Genus Dendrexetastes – cinnamon-throated woodcreeper
    • Genus Dendrocincla – woodcreepers
    • Genus Dendrocolaptes – woodcreepers
    • Genus Dendroplex – straight-billed woodcreeper (formerly in Xiphorhynchus)
    • Genus Drymornis – scimitar-billed woodcreeper
    • Genus Drymotoxeres – greater scythebill
    • Genus Furnarius – horneros
    • Genus Geocerthia – striated earthcreeper (also described as Upucerthia serrana)
    • Genus Geositta – miners
    • Genus Glyphorynchus – wedge-billed woodcreeper
    • Genus Heliobletus – sharp-billed treehunter
    • Genus Hellmayrea – white-browed spinetail
    • Genus Hylexetastes – woodcreepers
    • Genus Lepidocolaptes – narrow-billed woodcreeper
    • Genus Leptasthenura – tit-spinetails
    • Genus Limnoctites – straight-billed reedhaunter (sometimes included in Limnornis, but closer to, and possibly better merged with Cranioleuca)
    • Genus Limnornis – curve-billed reedhaunter
    • Genus Lochmias – sharp-tailed streamcreeper
    • Genus Margarornis – treerunners
    • Genus Mazaria – white-bellied spinetail
    • Genus Megaxenops – great xenops
    • Genus Metopothrix – orange-fronted plushcrown
    • Genus Microxenops – rufous-tailed xenops
    • Genus Nasica – long-billed woodcreeper
    • Genus Ochetorhynchus – earthcreepers (formerly included in Upucerthia) (includes Chilia)
    • Genus Phacellodomus – Thornbird
    • Genus Philydor – foliage-gleaners
    • Genus Phleocryptes – wren-like rushbird
    • Genus Premnoplex – typical barbtails
    • Genus Premnornis – rusty-winged barbtail
    • Genus Pseudasthenes – "false" canasteros
    • Genus Pseudocolaptes – tuftedcheeks
    • Genus Pseudoseisura
    • Genus Pygarrhichas – white-throated treerunner
    • Genus Roraimia -
    • Genus Schoeniophylax – Chotoy spinetail
    • Genus Sclerurus – leaftossers
    • Genus Siptornis – spectacled prickletail
    • Genus Sittasomus – olivaceous woodcreeper
    • Genus Spartonoica – bay-capped wren-spinetail
    • Genus 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 Grallariidae - antpittas
    • Genus Grallaria
    • Genus Grallaricula
    • Genus Hylopezus
    • Genus Myrmothera
  • Family Hirundinidae - swallows and martins
  • Family Hyliidae - newly proposed for genera currently in other families
  • Family Hyliotidae
    • Genus Hyliota - hyliotas (recently split from the Sylviidae)
  • Family Hypocoliidae
    • Genus Hypocolius - grey hypocolius (tentatively placed here)
  • Family Icteridae - grackles, New World blackbirds, and New World orioles
  • Family Ifritidae
    • Genus Ifrita - blue-capped ifrit
  • Family Irenidae
    • Genus Irena - fairy-bluebirds
  • Family Laniidae - shrikes
  • Family Leiothrichidae - laughingthrushes and allies
    • Genus Actinodura – barwings
    • Genus Argya (species previous placed in Turdoides)
    • Genus Cutia
    • Genus Garrulax – laughingthrushes
    • Genus Grammatoptila - striated laughingthrush
    • Genus Heterophasia - sibia
    • Genus Ianthocincla – laughingthrushes (species previous placed in Garrulax)
    • Genus Laniellus – crocias
    • Genus Leioptila - rufous-backed sibia
    • Genus Leiothrix
    • Genus Liocichla
    • Genus 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 Catriscus – fan-tailed grassbird
    • Genus Cincloramphus - buff-banded thicketbird
    • Genus Elaphrornis – Sri Lanka bush warbler
    • Genus Helopsaltes – grasshopper warbler
    • Genus Locustella – grass warblers
    • Genus Malia
    • Genus Megalurus – striated grassbird
    • Genus Poodytes
    • Genus Robsonius – ground warblers
    • Genus Schoenicola
  • Family Machaerirhynchidae
    • Genus Machaerirhynchus - boatbills
  • Family Macrosphenidae - African warblers such as longbills and crombecs, a recently proposed family whose composition is still uncertain
    • Genus Achaetops - rockrunner
    • Genus Cryptillas – Victorin's warbler (formerly Bradypterus)
    • Genus Macrosphenus – longbills
    • Genus Melocichla - moustached grass warbler
    • Genus Sphenoeacus - Cape grassbird
    • Genus Sylvietta – crombecs
  • Family Malaconotidae - puffbacks, bushshrikes, tchagras, boubous, and allies
    • Genus Chlorophoneus
    • Genus Dryoscopus
    • Genus Laniarius
    • Genus Malaconotus
    • Genus Nilaus - brubru
    • Genus Rhodophoneus - rosy-patched bushshrike
    • Genus Tchagra
    • Genus Telophorus
  • Family Maluridae - fairywrens, emu-wren, and grasswrens
  • Family Melampittidae
  • Family Melanocharitidae - berrypeckers and longbills
    • Genus Melanocharis
    • Genus Oedistoma
    • Genus Rhamphocharis - spotted berrypecker
    • Genus Toxorhamphus
  • Family Melanopareiidae
  • Family Meliphagidae - honeyeaters
    • Genus Acanthagenys - spiny-cheeked honeyeater
    • Genus Acanthorhynchus - spinebill
    • Genus Anthochaera
    • Genus Anthornis - New Zealand bellbird
    • Genus Ashbyia - gibberbird
    • Genus Bolemoreus
    • Genus Caligavis
    • Genus Certhionyx - pied honeyeater
    • Genus Cissomela - banded honeyeater
    • Genus Conopophila
    • Genus Entomyzon - blue-faced honeyeater
    • Genus Epthianura
    • Genus Foulehaio - wattled honeyeater
    • Genus Gavicalis
    • Genus Gliciphila - tawny-crowned honeyeater
    • Genus Glycichaera - green-backed honeyeater
    • Genus Glycifohia
    • Genus Grantiella
    • Genus Guadalcanaria - Guadalcanal honeyeater
    • Genus Gymnomyza
    • Genus Lichenostomus
    • Genus Lichmera
    • Genus Macgregoria - MacGregor's honeyeater
    • Genus Manorina
    • Genus Meliarchus - makira honeyeater
    • Genus Melidectes
    • Genus Melilestes - long-billed honeyeater
    • Genus Meliphaga
    • Genus Melipotes
    • Genus Melithreptus
    • Genus Melitograis - white-streaked friarbird
    • Genus Myza
    • Genus Myzomela
    • Genus Nesoptilotis
    • Genus Oreornis - orange-cheeked honeyeater
    • Genus Philemon - friarbird
    • Genus Phylidonyris
    • Genus Plectorhyncha - striped honeyeater
    • Genus Prosthemadera - tui
    • Genus Ptiloprora
    • Genus Ptilotula
    • Genus Purnella - white-fronted honeyeater
    • Genus Pycnopygius
    • Genus Ramsayornis
    • Genus Stomiopera
    • Genus Stresemannia - Bougainville honeyeater
    • Genus Sugomel - black honeyeater
    • Genus Timeliopsis
    • Genus Trichodere - white-streaked honeyeater
    • Genus Xanthotis
  • Family Menuridae
  • Family Mimidae - mockingbirds and thrashers
  • Family Mitrospingidae
  • Family Modulatricidae - dapple-throat and allies (sometimes Arcanatoridae)
    • Genus Arcanator - dapple-throat
    • Genus Kakamega
    • Genus Modulatrix - spot-throat
  • Family Mohouidae
  • Family Monarchidae - monarch flycatchers
    • Genus Arses
    • Genus Carterornis
    • Genus Chasiempis - ‘elepaio
    • Genus Clytorhynchus – shrikebill
    • Genus Eutrichomyias – cerulean paradise flycatcher
    • Genus Grallina – magpie-larks
    • Genus Hypothymis
    • Genus Mayrornis
    • Genus Metabolus – Chuuk monarch
    • Genus Monarcha
    • Genus Myiagra – broad-billed flycatcher
    • Genus Neolalage – buff-bellied monarch
    • Genus Pomarea
    • Genus Symposiachrus
    • Genus Terpsiphone – paradise flycatcher
    • Genus Trochocercus
  • Family Motacillidae
  • Family Muscicapidae - Old World flycatchers and chats. (Monophyly needs confirmation)
    • Genus Alethe
    • Genus Anthipes
    • Genus Brachypteryx – shortwings
    • Genus Calliope
    • Genus Campicoloides – buff-streaked chat
    • Genus Cercotrichas – scrub robins
    • Genus Chamaetylas
    • Genus Cichladusa – palm thrush
    • Genus Cinclidium – blue-fronted robin
    • Genus Copsychus – magpie-robins and shamas
    • Genus Cossypha – robin-chats
    • Genus Cossyphicula – white-bellied robin-chat
    • Genus Cyanoptila
    • Genus Cyornis
    • Genus Emarginata
    • Genus Empidornis – silverbirds
    • Genus Enicurus – forktails
    • Genus Erithacus – European robin
    • Genus Eumyias
    • Genus Ficedula – flycatchers
    • Genus Fraseria – forest flycatchers
    • Genus Heinrichia – great shortwing
    • Genus Heteroxenicus – Gould's shortwing
    • Genus Humblotia – Humblot's flycatcher
    • Genus Irania – white-throated robin
    • Genus Larvivora
    • Genus Leonardina – Bagobo babbler
    • Genus Luscinia
    • Genus Melaenornis
    • Genus Monticola – rock thrushes
    • Genus Muscicapa
    • Genus Muscicapella – pygmy flycatcher
    • Genus Myiomela
    • Genus Myioparus – tit-flycatchers
    • Genus Myophonus – whistling thrush
    • Genus Myrmecocichla
    • Genus Namibornis – Herero chat
    • Genus Niltava
    • Genus Oenanthe – wheatears
    • Genus Phoenicurus – redstarts
    • Genus Pinarochroa – moorland chat
    • Genus Pinarornis – boulder chat
    • Genus Pogonocichla – white-starred robin
    • Genus Saxicola
    • Genus Sheppardia – akalats
    • Genus Sholicola
    • Genus Stiphrornis – forest robins
    • Genus Swynnertonia – Swynnerton's robin
    • Genus Tarsiger
    • Genus Thamnolaea – cliff chats
    • Genus Vauriella
  • Family Nectariniidae - sunbirds and spiderhunters
    • Genus Aethopyga
    • Genus Anabathmis (sometimes included in Nectarinia)
    • Genus Anthobaphes - orange-breasted sunbird (sometimes included in Nectarinia)
    • Genus Anthreptes
    • Genus Arachnothera - spiderhunters
    • Genus Chalcomitra (sometimes included in Nectarinia)
    • Genus 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 Drepanorhynchus - golden-winged sunbird (sometimes included in Nectarinia)
    • Genus Dreptes - giant sunbird (sometimes included in Nectarinia)
    • Genus Hedydipna (sometimes included in Anthreptes)
    • Genus Hypogramma - purple-naped sunbird
    • Genus Leptocoma (sometimes included in Nectarinia)
    • Genus Nectarinia
  • Family Neosittidae
  • Family Nesospingidae
  • Family Nicatoridae
  • Family Notiomystidae
  • Family Oreoicidae - Australo-Papuan bellbirds
    • Genus Aleadryas - rufous-naped bellbird
    • Genus Oreoica - crested bellbird
    • Genus Ornorectes - piping bellbird
  • Family Oriolidae - Old World orioles
  • Family Orthonychidae
  • Family Pachycephalidae
    • Genus Colluricincla - shrikethrushes
    • Genus Coracornis
    • Genus Falcunculus – crested shriketit
    • Genus Melanorectes – black pitohui
    • Genus Pachycephala – whistlers
    • Genus Pseudorectes
  • Family Panuridae
    • Genus Panurus - bearded reedling (formerly classed as a parrotbill)
  • Family Paradisaeidae - birds-of-paradise
  • Family Paramythiidae - painted berrypeckers
    • Genus Oreocharis - tit berrypecker
    • Genus Paramythia - crested berrypecker
  • Family Pardalotidae
  • Family Paridae - Tits, chickadees, and titmice
  • Family Parulidae - New World warblers
  • Family Passerellidae - New World sparrows
  • Family Passeridae - Old World sparrows
  • Family Pellorneidae - jungle babblers
    • Genus Alcippe
    • Genus Gampsorhynchus
    • Genus Graminicola
    • Genus Illadopsis
    • Genus Jabouilleia
    • Genus Kenopia - striped wren-babbler
    • Genus Laticilla
    • Genus Malacocincla
    • Genus Malacopteron
    • Genus Napothera
    • Genus Pellorneum
    • Genus Ptilocichla
    • Genus Ptyrticus - spotted thrush-babbler
    • Genus Rimator
    • Genus Trichastoma
  • Family Petroicidae - Australasian robins
    • Genus Amalocichla
    • Genus Drymodes
    • Genus Eopsaltria
    • Genus Eugerygone - garnet robin
    • Genus Heteromyias
    • Genus Melanodryas
    • Genus Microeca
    • Genus Monachella - torrent flyrobin
    • Genus Pachycephalopsis
    • Genus Peneoenanthe - mangrove robin
    • Genus Peneothello
    • Genus Petroica
    • Genus Poecilodryas
    • Genus Tregellasia
  • Family Peucedramidae
  • Family Phaenicophilidae
    • Genus Microligea - Green-tailed warbler
    • Genus Phaenicophilus
    • Genus Xenoligea - White-winged warbler
  • Family Philepittidae - asities
    • Genus Neodrepanis
    • Genus Philepitta
  • Family Phylloscopidae - leaf-warblers and allies (recently split from the Sylviidae)
  • Family Picathartidae
  • Family Pipridae - manakins
    • Genus Antilophia
    • Genus Ceratopipra
    • Genus Chiroxiphia
    • Genus Chloropipo
    • Genus Corapipo
    • Genus Cryptopipo - green manakin
    • Genus Heterocercus
    • Genus Ilicura - pin-tailed manakin
    • Genus Lepidothrix
    • Genus Machaeropterus
    • Genus Manacus
    • Genus Masius - golden-winged manakin
    • Genus Neopelma
    • Genus Pipra
    • Genus Pseudopipra - white-crowned manakin
    • Genus Tyranneutes
    • Genus Xenopipo
  • Family Pittidae - pittas
    • Genus Erythropitta
    • Genus Hydrornis
    • Genus Pitta
  • Family Pityriaseidae
    • Genus Pityriasis - Bornean bristlehead (tentatively placed here)
  • Family Platysteiridae - wattle-eyes and relatives (formerly in Passerida, probably paraphyletic)
    • Genus Batis
    • Genus Lanioturdus - white-tailed shrike
    • Genus Platysteira
  • Family Ploceidae - weavers
  • Family Pnoepygidae
  • Family Polioptilidae - gnatcatchers
    • Genus Microbates
    • Genus Ramphocaenus
    • Genus Polioptila
  • Family Pomatostomidae - Australo-Papuan babblers
  • Family Prionopidae - see Vangidae
  • Family Promeropidae
  • Family Prunellidae
  • Family Psophodidae
  • Family Ptiliogonatidae - silky flycatchers (tentatively placed here)
  • Family Ptilonorhynchidae - bowerbirds
    • Genus Ailuroedus
    • Genus Amblyornis
    • Genus Archboldia
    • Genus Chlamydera
    • Genus Prionodura - golden bowerbird
    • Genus Ptilonorhynchus - satin bowerbird
    • Genus Scenopooetes - tooth-billed bowerbird
    • Genus Sericulus
  • Family Pycnonotidae - bulbuls
    • Genus Acritillas – yellow-browed bulbul
    • Genus Alophoixus
    • Genus Andropadus – sombre greenbul
    • Genus Arizelocichla
    • Genus Atimastillas – yellow-throated leaflove
    • Genus Baeopogon
    • Genus Bleda – bristlebills
    • Genus Calyptocichla – golden greenbul
    • Genus Cerasophila – white-headed bulbul
    • Genus Chlorocichla
    • Genus Criniger
    • Genus Eurillas
    • Genus Hemixos
    • Genus Hypsipetes
    • Genus Iole
    • Genus Ixonotus – spotted greenbul
    • Genus Ixos
    • Genus Neolestes – black-collared bulbul
    • Genus Nok – bare-faced bulbul
    • Genus Phyllastrephus
    • Genus Pycnonotus
    • Genus Setornis – hook-billed bulbul
    • Genus Spizixos – finchbills
    • Genus Stelgidillas – slender-billed greenbul
    • Genus Thapsinillas - golden bulbul
    • Genus Thescelocichla – swamp palm bulbul
    • Genus Tricholestes – hairy-backed bulbul
  • Family Regulidae
  • Family Remizidae - penduline tits (sometimes included in the Paridae)
    • Genus Anthoscopus
    • Genus Auriparus - verdin
    • Genus Remiz
  • Family Rhagologidae
  • Family Rhinocryptidae - tapaculos
  • Family Rhipiduridae - fantails
  • Family Rhodinocichlidae
  • Family Salpornithidae
    • Genus Salpornis - spotted creepers (Tentatively placed here; often considered a subfamily of the Certhidae)
  • Family Sapayoidae
    • Genus Sapayoa - broad-billed sapayoa
  • Family Scotocercidae
  • Family Sittidae
  • Family Spindalidae
  • Family Stenostiridae
  • Family Sturnidae - starlings
    • Genus Acridotheres
    • Genus Agropsar (sometimes included in Sturnus or Sturnia)
    • Genus Ampeliceps — golden-crested myna
    • Genus Aplonis— Pacific starlings
    • Genus Basilornis
    • Genus Cinnyricinclus — violet-backed starling
    • Genus Creatophora — wattled starling
    • Genus Enodes — fiery-browed starling
    • Genus Gracula — hill myna
    • Genus Gracupica
    • Genus Grafisia — white-collared starling
    • Genus Hartlaubius - Madagascan starling
    • Genus Hylopsar
    • Genus Lamprotornis (monophyly requires confirmation)
    • Genus Leucopsar — Bali myna
    • Genus Mino
    • Genus Neocichla — babbling starling
    • Genus Notopholia - black-bellied starling
    • Genus Onychognathus
    • Genus Poeoptera (formerly Pholia, sometimes included in Cinnyricinclus)
    • Genus Rhabdornis — Philippine creeper (placement here requires confirmation)
    • Genus Pastor — rosy starling
    • Genus Sarcops — Coleto
    • Genus Saroglossa - spot-winged starling
    • Genus Scissirostrum — grosbeak starling
    • Genus Speculipastor — magpie starling
    • Genus Spodiopsar
    • Genus Spreo
    • Genus Streptocitta
    • Genus Sturnia (sometimes included in Sturnus)
    • Genus Sturnornis — white-faced starling
    • Genus Sturnus
  • Family Sylviidae - sylviid warblers and allies
    • Genus Chamaea – wrentit
    • Genus Chleuasicus – pale-billed parrotbill (Formerly in Paradoxornithidae)
    • Genus Cholornis (Formerly in Paradoxornithidae)
    • Genus Chrysomma (Formerly in Timaliidae)
    • Genus Conostoma – great parrotbill (Formerly in Paradoxornithidae; tentatively placed here)
    • Genus Fulvetta (Formerly in Alcippe )
    • Genus Graueria - Grauer's warbler
    • Genus Horizorhinus – Dohrn's thrush-babbler (Formerly in Timaliidae)
    • Genus Lioparus – golden-breasted fulvetta (Formerly in Alcippe)
    • Genus Lioptilus – bush blackcap (Formerly in Timaliidae)
    • Genus Moupinia - rufous-tailed babbler (Formerly in Chrysomma)
    • Genus Myzornis - fire-tailed myzornis
    • Genus Neosuthora – short-tailed parrotbill (Formerly in Paradoxornithidae)
    • Genus Paradoxornis (Formerly in Paradoxornithidae)
    • Genus 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 Sylvia – typical warblers
  • Family Teretistridae
  • Family Thamnophilidae - antbirds
    • Genus Akletos
    • Genus Ammonastes - grey-bellied antbird
    • Genus Ampelornis - grey-headed antbird
    • Genus Aprositornis - Yapacana antbird
    • Genus Batara - giant antshrike
    • Genus 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 Dichrozona - banded antbird
    • Genus Drymophila
    • Genus Dysithamnus - antvireos
    • Genus Epinecrophylla
    • Genus Euchrepomis
    • Genus Formicivora
    • Genus Frederickena - antshrikes
    • Genus Gymnocichla - bare-crowned antbird
    • Genus Gymnopithys
    • Genus Hafferia
    • Genus Herpsilochmus
    • Genus Hylophylax
    • Genus Hypocnemis - warbling antbirds
    • Genus Hypocnemoides
    • Genus Hypoedaleus - spot-backed antshrike
    • Genus Isleria - antwrens
    • Genus Mackenziaena - antshrikes
    • Genus Megastictus - pearly antshrike
    • Genus Microrhopias - dot-winged antwren
    • Genus Myrmeciza - white-bellied antbird
    • Genus Myrmelastes
    • Genus Myrmoborus
    • Genus Myrmochanes - black-and-white antbird
    • Genus Myrmoderus
    • Genus Myrmophylax - black-throated antbird
    • Genus Myrmorchilus - stripe-backed antbird
    • Genus Myrmornis - wing-banded antbird
    • Genus Myrmotherula - antwrens
    • Genus Neoctantes - black bushbird
    • Genus Oneillornis
    • Genus Percnostola
    • Genus Phaenostictus - ocellated antbird
    • Genus Phlegopsis - bare-eyes
    • Genus Pithys
    • Genus Poliocrania - chestnut-backed antbird
    • Genus Pygiptila - spot-winged antshrike
    • Genus Pyriglena - fire-eyes
    • Genus Rhegmatorhina
    • Genus Rhopias - star-throated antwren
    • Genus Rhopornis - slender antbird (Placement here is provisional)
    • Genus Sakesphorus - antshrikes
    • Genus Sciaphylax
    • Genus Sclateria - silvered antbird
    • Genus Sipia
    • Genus Stymphalornis - marsh antwren
    • Genus Taraba - great antshrike
    • Genus Terenura
    • Genus Thamnistes
    • Genus Thamnomanes
    • Genus Thamnophilus
    • Genus Willisornis
    • Genus Xenornis - speckled antshrike (Placement here is provisional)
  • Family Thraupidae - tanagers and allies
    • Genus Acanthidops – peg-billed finch
    • Genus Anisognathus
    • Genus Bangsia
    • Genus Buthraupis
    • Genus Calochaetes – vermilion tanager
    • Genus Camarhynchus – tree finches
    • Genus Catamblyrhynchus – plushcap
    • Genus Catamenia
    • Genus Certhidea – warbler-finches
    • Genus Charitospiza – coal-crested finch
    • Genus Chlorochrysa
    • Genus Chlorophanes – green honeycreeper
    • Genus Chlorornis – grass-green tanager
    • Genus Chrysothlypis
    • Genus Cissopis – magpie tanager
    • Genus Cnemathraupis
    • Genus Cnemoscopus – grey-hooded bush tanager
    • Genus Coereba – bananaquit (formerly placed in its own family Coerebidae)
    • Genus Compsospiza – mountain finches
    • Genus Compsothraupis – scarlet-throated tanager
    • Genus Conirostrum
    • Genus Conothraupis
    • Genus Coryphaspiza – black-masked finch
    • Genus Coryphospingus
    • Genus Creurgops
    • Genus Cyanerpes - honeycreepers
    • Genus Cyanicterus – blue-backed tanager
    • Genus Cypsnagra – white-rumped tanager
    • Genus Dacnis
    • Genus Diglossa – flowerpiercers
    • Genus Diuca
    • Genus Dolospingus – white-naped seedeater
    • Genus Donacospiza – long-tailed reed finch (may be related to Poospiza)
    • Genus Dubusia
    • Genus Emberizoides
    • Genus Embernagra
    • Genus Eucometis – grey-headed tanager
    • Genus Euneornis – orangequit
    • Genus Geospiza – ground finches
    • Genus Gubernatrix – yellow cardinal
    • Genus Haplospiza (paraphyletic with two species of sierra-finch Phrygilus)
    • Genus Hemispingus
    • Genus Hemithraupis
    • Genus Heterospingus
    • Genus Idiopsar – short-tailed finch
    • Genus Incaspiza - Inca finches
    • Genus Iridophanes – golden-collared honeycreeper
    • Genus Iridosornis
    • Genus Lanio
    • Genus Lophospingus
    • Genus Loxigilla (polyphyletic)
    • Genus Loxipasser – yellow-shouldered grassquit
    • Genus Melanodera
    • Genus Melanospiza – Saint Lucia black finch
    • Genus Melopyrrha
    • Genus Nemosia
    • Genus Neothraupis – shrike-like tanager
    • Genus Nephelornis – pardusco
    • Genus Nesospiza
    • Genus Orchesticus – brown tanager
    • Genus Oreomanes – giant conebill
    • Genus Oryzoborus
    • Genus Parkerthraustes – yellow-shouldered grosbeak (traditionally in Cardinalidae)
    • Genus Paroaria
    • Genus Phrygilus – sierra finches
    • Genus Piezorina – cinereous finch
    • Genus Pinaroloxias – Cocos finch
    • Genus Pipraeidea - fawn-breasted tanager
    • Genus Platyspiza - vegetarian finch
    • Genus Poospiza – warbling finches
    • Genus Porphyrospiza - blue finch
    • Genus Pseudosaltator - rufous-bellied mountain tanager
    • Genus Pyrrhocoma – chestnut-headed tanager
    • Genus Ramphocelus
    • Genus Rhodospingus – crimson-breasted finch
    • Genus Rowettia – Gough finch
    • Genus Saltator
    • Genus Saltatricula – many-colored Chaco finch
    • Genus Schistochlamys
    • Genus Sericossypha – white-capped tanager
    • Genus Sicalis – yellow finches (paraphyletic with Phrygilus)
    • Genus Sporophila – seedeaters
    • Genus Stephanophorus – diademed tanager
    • Genus Tachyphonus
    • Genus Tangara
    • Genus Tersina – swallow tanager
    • Genus Thlypopsis
    • Genus Thraupis
    • Genus Tiaris – grassquits (polyphyletic)
    • Genus Trichothraupis – black-goggled tanager
    • Genus Urothraupis – black-backed bush tanager
    • Genus Volatinia – blue-black grassquit
    • Genus Wetmorethraupis – orange-throated tanager
    • Genus Xenodacnis – tit-like dacnis
    • Genus Xenospingus – slender-billed finch
  • Family Tichodromadidae
  • Family Timaliidae - Old World babblers
    • Genus Dumetia - tawny-bellied babbler
    • Genus Macronus – tit-babblers
    • Genus Pomatorhinus – scimitar babblers
    • Genus Rhopocichla - dark-fronted babbler
    • Genus Spelaeornis – wren-babblers
    • Genus Sphenocichla – wedge-billed babblers
    • Genus Stachyridopsis
    • Genus Stachyris
    • Genus Timalia - chestnut-capped babbler
  • Family Tityridae - tityras and allies
  • Family Troglodytidae - wrens
    • Genus Campylorhynchus
    • Genus Cantorchilus (formerly included in Thryothorus)
    • Genus Catherpes - canyon wren
    • Genus Cinnycerthia
    • Genus Cistothorus
    • Genus Cyphorhinus
    • Genus Ferminia - Zapata wren
    • Genus Henicorhina - wood wrens
    • Genus Hylorchilus
    • Genus Microcerculus
    • Genus Odontorchilus
    • Genus Pheugopedius (formerly included in Thryothorus)
    • Genus Salpinctes - rock wren
    • Genus Thryomanes - Bewick's wren
    • Genus Thryophilus (formerly included in Thryothorus)
    • Genus Thryorchilus - timberline wren
    • Genus Thryothorus - Carolina wren
    • Genus Troglodytes
    • Genus Uropsila - white-bellied wren
  • Family Turdidae - thrushes and allies (Monophyly needs confirmation)
    • Genus Cataponera - Sulawesi thrush
    • Genus Catharus
    • Genus Chlamydochaera - fruithunter
    • Genus Cichlopsis - rufous-brown solitaire
    • Genus Cochoa
    • Genus Entomodestes - solitaires
    • Genus Geokichla
    • Genus Grandala
    • Genus Hylocichla - wood thrush
    • Genus Ixoreus - varied thrush
    • Genus Myadestes (includes formerly recognized genus Phaeornis)
    • Genus Neocossyphus - ant thrushes
    • Genus Platycichla
    • Genus Psophocichla - groundscraper thrush
    • Genus Ridgwayia - Aztec thrush
    • Genus Sialia - bluebirds
    • Genus Stizorhina - rufous thrush
    • Genus Turdus - true thrushes
    • Genus Zoothera - Asian thrush
  • Family Tyrannidae - tyrant flycatchers
    • Genus Agriornis – shrike-tyrants
    • Genus Alectrurus
    • Genus Anairetes
    • Genus Aphanotriccus
    • Genus Arundinicola – white-headed marsh tyrant
    • Genus Atalotriccus – pale-eyed pygmy tyrant
    • Genus Attila
    • Genus Calyptura – kinglet calyptura
    • Genus Camptostoma
    • Genus Capsiempis – yellow tyrannulet
    • Genus Casiornis
    • Genus Cnemarchus – red-rumped bush tyrant
    • Genus Cnemotriccus – fuscous flycatcher
    • Genus Cnipodectes - twistwings
    • Genus Colonia – long-tailed tyrant
    • Genus Colorhamphus – Patagonian tyrant
    • Genus Conopias
    • Genus Contopus – pewees
    • Genus Corythopis – antpipits
    • Genus Culicivora – sharp-tailed grass tyrant
    • Genus Deltarhynchus – flammulated flycatcher
    • Genus Elaenia
    • Genus Empidonax
    • Genus Empidonomus – variegated flycatcher
    • Genus Euscarthmus
    • Genus Fluvicola
    • Genus Griseotyrannus – crowned slaty flycatcher (formerly in Empidonomus)
    • Genus Gubernetes – streamer-tailed tyrant
    • Genus Hemitriccus – typical tody-tyrants
    • Genus Heteroxolmis – black-and-white monjita
    • Genus Hirundinea – cliff flycatcher
    • Genus Hymenops – spectacled tyrant
    • Genus Inezia
    • Genus Knipolegus – black tyrants
    • Genus Lathrotriccus
    • Genus Legatus – piratic flycatcher
    • Genus Leptopogon
    • Genus Lessonia - negritos
    • Genus Lophotriccus
    • Genus Machetornis – cattle tyrant
    • Genus Mecocerculus
    • Genus Megarynchus – boat-billed flycatcher
    • Genus Mionectes
    • Genus Mitrephanes
    • Genus Muscigralla – short-tailed field tyrant
    • Genus Muscipipra – shear-tailed grey tyrant
    • Genus Muscisaxicola – ground tyrants
    • Genus Myiarchus
    • Genus Myiodynastes
    • Genus Myiopagis
    • Genus Myiophobus
    • Genus Myiornis
    • Genus Myiotheretes
    • Genus Myiotriccus – ornate flycatcher
    • Genus Myiozetetes
    • Genus Neopipo – cinnamon neopipo
    • Genus Neoxolmis – chocolate-vented tyrant
    • Genus Nephelomyias
    • Genus Nesotriccus – Cocos flycatcher
    • Genus Ochthoeca
    • Genus Ochthornis – drab water tyrant
    • Genus Oncostoma - bentbills
    • Genus Ornithion
    • Genus Phaeomyias – mouse-colored tyrannulet
    • Genus Phelpsia – white-bearded flycatcher
    • Genus Philohydor – lesser kiskadee
    • Genus Phyllomyias
    • Genus Phylloscartes
    • Genus Piprites
    • Genus Pitangus – great kiskadee
    • Genus Platyrinchus – spadebills
    • Genus Poecilotriccus
    • Genus Pogonotriccus
    • Genus Polioxolmis – rufous-webbed bush tyrant
    • Genus Polystictus
    • Genus Pseudelaenia – grey-and-white tyrannulet
    • Genus Pseudocolopteryx
    • Genus Pseudotriccus
    • Genus Pyrocephalus
    • Genus Pyrrhomyias – cinnamon flycatcher
    • Genus Ramphotrigon
    • Genus Rhynchocyclus
    • Genus Rhytipterna
    • Genus Satrapa – yellow-browed tyrant
    • Genus Sayornis – phoebes
    • Genus Serpophaga
    • Genus Silvicultrix
    • Genus Sirystes
    • Genus Stigmatura - wagtail-tyrants
    • Genus Sublegatus
    • Genus Suiriri
    • Genus Tachuris – many-colored rush tyrant
    • Genus Taeniotriccus – black-chested tyrant
    • Genus Todirostrum – typical tody-flycatchers
    • Genus Tolmomyias
    • Genus Tumbezia – Tumbes tyrant
    • Genus Tyrannopsis – sulphury flycatcher
    • Genus Tyrannulus – yellow-crowned tyrannulet
    • Genus Tyrannus – kingbirds
    • Genus Uromyias
    • Genus Xenotriccus
    • Genus Xolmis
    • Genus Zimmerius
  • Family Urocynchramidae
  • Family Vangidae - vangas, helmetshrikes, and allies
    • Genus Artamella - white-headed vanga
    • Genus Bias - black-and-white shrike-flycatcher
    • Genus Calicalicus
    • Genus Cyanolanius - blue vanga
    • Genus Euryceros - helmet vanga
    • Genus Falculea - sickle-billed vanga
    • Genus Hemipus - flycatcher-shrikes
    • Genus Hypositta - nuthatch vanga
    • Genus Leptopterus - chabert vanga
    • Genus Megabyas - African shrike-flycatcher
    • Genus Mystacornis - Crossley's vanga
    • Genus Newtonia
    • Genus Oriolia - Bernier's vanga
    • Genus Philentoma
    • Genus Prionops - helmetshrikes
    • Genus Pseudobias - Ward's flycatcher
    • Genus Schetba - rufous vanga
    • Genus Tephrodornis
    • Genus Tylas - tylas vanga
    • Genus Vanga - hook-billed vanga
    • Genus Xenopirostris
  • Family Viduidae
  • Family Vireonidae - vireos and allies
    • Genus Cyclarhis - peppershrikes
    • Genus Erpornis - white-bellied erpornis
    • Genus Hylophilus
    • Genus Pteruthius - shrike-babblers
    • Genus Vireo - vireos
    • Genus Vireolanius
  • Family Zeledoniidae
    • Genus Zeledonia
  • Family Zosteropidae - white-eyes
    • Genus Apalopteron – Bonin white-eye
    • Genus Cleptornis – golden white-eye
    • Genus Dasycrotapha
    • Genus Heleia
    • Genus Lophozosterops
    • Genus Megazosterops – giant white-eye
    • Genus Oculocincta – pygmy white-eye
    • Genus Rukia
    • Genus Sterrhoptilus
    • Genus Tephrozosterops – rufescent darkeye
    • Genus Woodfordia
    • Genus Yuhina
    • Genus 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)

Pelecaniformes
A brown pelican Pelecanus occidentalis, taken in Santa Barbara, California

Pelicans, ibises, shoebills, egrets, herons, etc.

  • Family Ardeidae - herons, egrets, and bitterns
    • Genus Agamia – agami heron
    • Genus Ardea
    • Genus Ardeola – pond herons
    • Genus Botaurus
    • Genus Bubulcus – cattle egret (sometimes included in Ardea)
    • Genus Butorides – green-backed herons (sometimes included in Ardea)
    • Genus Cochlearius – boat-billed heron
    • Genus Egretta
    • Genus Gorsachius
    • Genus Ixobrychus
    • Genus Nyctanassa – American night herons
    • Genus Nycticorax (sometimes includes Nyctanassa)
    • Genus Pilherodius – capped heron
    • Genus Syrigma – whistling heron
    • Genus Tigriornis – white-crested tiger heron
    • Genus Tigrisoma
    • Genus Zebrilus – zigzag heron
    • Genus Zonerodius – forest bittern
  • Family Balaenicipitidae
  • Family Pelecanidae
  • Family Scopidae
    • Genus Scopus - hamerkop (sometimes included in Balaenicipitidae)
  • Family Threskiornithidae - ibises and spoonbills
    • Genus Bostrychia
    • Genus Cercibis - sharp-tailed ibis
    • Genus Eudocimus
    • Genus Geronticus
    • Genus Lophotibis - Madagascan ibis
    • Genus Mesembrinibis - green ibis
    • Genus Nipponia - crested ibis
    • Genus Phimosus - bare-faced ibis
    • Genus Platalea - spoonbills
    • Genus Plegadis
    • Genus Pseudibis
    • Genus Thaumatibis - giant ibis
    • Genus Theristicus
    • Genus Threskiornis

Phaethontiformes
Red-billed Tropicbird (Phaethon aethereus subsp. mesonauta) in waters around Trinidad & Tobago

Phoenicopteriformes
James's flamingos at Laguna Colorada in Bolivia

Piciformes
A black-rumped flameback using its tail for support

Woodpickers, flickers, toucans, aracaris, motmots, etc.

  • Family Bucconidae – puffbirds, nunbirds, and nunlets
    • Genus Bucco
    • Genus Chelidoptera - swallow-winged puffbird
    • Genus Hapaloptila - white-faced nunbird
    • Genus Hypnelus
    • Genus Malacoptila
    • Genus Micromonacha - lanceolated monklet
    • Genus Monasa
    • Genus Nonnula
    • Genus Notharchus
    • Genus Nystalus
  • Family Capitonidae – American barbets
    • Genus Capito
    • Genus Eubucco
  • Family Galbulidae – jacamars
    • Genus Brachygalba
    • Genus Galbalcyrhynchus
    • Genus Galbula
    • Genus Jacamaralcyon - three-toed jacamar
    • Genus Jacamerops - great jacamar
  • Family Indicatoridae – honeyguides
  • Family Lybiidae – African barbets (recently split from Capitonidae)
    • Genus Buccanodon - yellow-spotted barbet
    • Genus Gymnobucco
    • Genus Lybius
    • Genus Pogoniulus - tinkerbirds
    • Genus Stactolaema
    • Genus Trachyphonus
    • Genus Tricholaema
  • Family Megalaimidae – Asian barbets (recently split from Capitonidae)
    • Genus Caloramphus
    • Genus Psilopogon
  • Family Picidae – woodpeckers, piculets, and wrynecks
    • Genus Blythipicus
    • Genus Campephilus
    • Genus Campethera
    • Genus 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 Geocolaptes – ground woodpeckers
    • Genus Hemicircus
    • Genus Jynx - wrynecks
    • Genus Leiopicus – yellow-crowned woodpecker
    • Genus Leuconotopicus
    • Genus Meiglyptes
    • Genus Melanerpes
    • Genus Micropternus – rufous woodpecker (formerly in Celeus)
    • Genus Mulleripicus
    • Genus Nesoctites – Antillean piculet
    • Genus Picoides
    • Genus Piculus
    • Genus Picumnus – American piculets
    • Genus Picus
    • Genus Reinwardtipicus - Orange-backed woodpecker
    • Genus Sasia – Asian piculets
    • Genus Sphyrapicus – sapsuckers
    • Genus Veniliornis
    • Genus Xiphidiopicus – Cuban green woodpecker (Placement in Dendropicini tentative)
    • Genus Yungipicus
  • Family Ramphastidae – toucans
  • Family Semnornithidae – toucan-barbets (recently split from Capitonidae)

Podicipediformes
Diving grebe
  • Family Podicipedidae - grebes
    • Genus Aechmophorus
    • Genus Podicephorus - great grebe
    • Genus Podiceps
    • Genus Podilymbus
    • Genus Poliocephalus
    • Genus Rollandia
    • Genus Tachybaptus

Procellariiformes

Petrels, storm petrels, albatrosses, and diving petrels

The poorly known New Zealand storm petrel was considered extinct for 150 years before being rediscovered in 2003.

Psittaciformes

Parrots, parakeets, macaws, and cockatoos

Most parrot species are tropical, but a few species, like this austral parakeet, range deeply into temperate zones.

Pterocliformes
Pallas's sandgrouse in a field in the Gobi Desert
  • Family Pteroclidae - sandgrouse
    • Genus Calopterocles
    • Genus Nyctiperdix
    • Genus Pterocles
    • Genus Syrrhaptes

Rheiformes
A flock of rhea in Lenschow, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.

Sphenisciformes
Adélie penguin (Pygoscelis adeliae) feeding young. Like its relatives, a neatly bi-coloured species with a head marking.

Strigiformes

Owls

Great horned owl perched on the top of a Joshua tree at evening twilight in the Mojave Desert USA.
  • Family Strigidae - true owls
    • Genus Aegolius – saw-whet owls
    • Genus Asio – eared owls
    • Genus Athene
    • Genus Bubo – horned owls (paraphyletic with Nyctea, Ketupa, and Scotopelia)
    • Genus Ciccaba
    • Genus Glaucidium – pygmy owls
    • Genus Jubula – maned owl
    • Genus Lophostrix – crested owl
    • Genus Margarobyas – bare-legged owl
    • Genus Megascops – screech owls
    • Genus Micrathene – elf owl
    • Genus Nesasio – fearful owl
    • Genus Ninox – Asian and Australasian hawk-owls and boobooks
    • Genus Otus – scops owls (probably paraphyletic)
    • Genus Pseudoscops – Jamaican owl
    • Genus Psiloscops – flammulated owl
    • Genus Ptilopsis – white-faced owl
    • Genus Pulsatrix – spectacled owl
    • Genus Pyrroglaux – Palau owl
    • Genus Scotopelia - fishing owls
    • Genus Strix – earless owls
    • Genus Surnia – northern hawk-owl
    • Genus Uroglaux – Papuan hawk-owl
    • Genus Xenoglaux – long-whiskered owlet
  • Family Tytonidae - barn owls

Struthioniformes
A male Somali ostrich in a Kenyan savanna, showing its blueish neck

Suliformes

Boobies, gannets, frigatebirds, cormorants, shags, and darters

Little cormorant Phalacrocorax niger

Tinamiformes
Great tinamou roosting
  • Family Tinamidae - tinamous
    • Genus Crypturellus
    • Genus Eudromia
    • Genus Nothocercus
    • Genus Nothoprocta
    • Genus Nothura
    • Genus Rhynchotus
    • Genus Taoniscus - dwarf tinamou
    • Genus Tinamotis
    • Genus Tinamus

Trogoniformes

Trogons and quetzals

A pair of scarlet-rumped trogons, showing sexual dimorphism in the plumage. The female is on the left, male on the right.
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