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• Struthionidae, family Struthionidae go
  tall terrestrial birds: ostriches
  
• Casuaridae, family Casuaridae go
  a family of large ostrich-like birds including cassowaries
  
• Apterygidae, family Apterygidae go
  coextensive with the order Apterygiformes
  
• Rheidae, family Rheidae go
  a family of birds coextensive with the order Rheiformes
  
• Aepyornidae, family Aepyornidae go
  coextensive with the order Aepyorniformes
  
• Dinornithidae, family Dinornithidae go
  moas
  
• Meliphagidae, family Meliphagidae go
  honey eaters
  
• Prunellidae, family Prunellidae go
  hedge sparrow
  
• Alaudidae, family Alaudidae go
  larks
  
• Motacillidae, family Motacillidae go
  pipits and wagtails
  
• Fringillidae, family Fringillidae go
  finches: goldfinches
  
• Carduelinae, subfamily Carduelinae go
  used in some classifications for a subgroup of finches
  
• Emberizidae, subfamily Emberizidae, subfamily Emberizinae go
  buntings and some New World sparrows
  
• Coerebidae, family Coerebidae, Dacninae, family Dacninae go
  the honeycreepers
  
• Passeridae, family Passeridae go
  true sparrows: Old world birds formerly considered weaverbirds
  
• Ploceidae, family Ploceidae go
  weaverbirds
  
• Drepanididae, family Drepanididae go
  Hawaiian honeycreepers
  
• Menuridae, family Menuridae go
  lyrebirds
  
• Atrichornithidae, family Atrichornithidae go
  scrubbirds
  
• Eurylaimidae, family Eurylaimidae go
  coextensive with the suborder Eurylaimi
  
• Tyrannidae, superfamily Tyrannidae go
  New World tyrant flycatchers most numerous in Central America and South America but also in the United States and Canada
  
• Cotingidae, family Cotingidae go
  cotingas
  
• Pipridae, family Pipridae go
  manakins
  
• Furnariidae, family Furnariidae go
  e.g. ovenbirds
  
• Formicariidae, family Formicariidae go
  antbirds
  
• Dendrocolaptidae, family Dendrocolaptidae go
  woodhewers or woodcreepers
  
• Pittidae, family Pittidae go
  pittas
  
• Muscicapidae, family Muscicapidae go
  Old World (true) flycatchers
  
• Turdidae, family Turdidae go
  thrushes
  
• Turdinae, subfamily Turdinae go
  alternative classification for the thrushes
  
• Sylviidae, family Sylviidae go
  in some classifications considered a subfamily (Sylviinae) of the family Muscicapidae: Old World (true) warblers
  
• Sylviinae, subfamily Sylviinae go
  alternative classification for the Old World warblers
  
• Timaliidae, family Timaliidae go
  babblers
  
• Parulidae, family Parulidae go
  New World warblers
  
• Paradisaeidae, family Paradisaeidae go
  birds of paradise
  
• Icteridae, family Icteridae go
  American orioles
  
• Oriolidae, family Oriolidae go
  Old World orioles
  
• Sturnidae, family Sturnidae go
  Old World starlings
  
• Corvidae, family Corvidae go
  crow
  
• Garrulinae, subfamily Garrulinae go
  subfamily of the crow family: jays
  
• Cracticidae, family Cracticidae go
  Australian birds formerly included in the family Laniidae
  
• Troglodytidae, family Troglodytidae go
  wrens
  
• Mimidae, family Mimidae go
  sometimes considered a subfamily of Troglodytidae: mockingbirds
  
• Xenicidae, family Xenicidae, Acanthisittidae, family Acanthisittidae go
  alternative names for the family comprising the New Zealand wrens
  
• Certhiidae, family Certhiidae go
  creepers
  
• Sittidae, family Sittidae go
  nuthatches
  
• Paridae, family Paridae go
  titmice and chickadees
  
• Irenidae, family Irenidae go
  a family of birds of the suborder Oscines
  
• Hirundinidae, family Hirundinidae go
  swallows and martins
  
• Artamidae, family Artamidae go
  wood swallows
  
• Thraupidae, family Thraupidae go
  tanagers
  
• Laniidae, family Laniidae go
  shrikes
  
• Malaconotinae, subfamily Malaconotinae go
  an African bush shrikes
  
• Ptilonorhynchidae, family Ptilonorhynchidae go
  bowerbirds
  
• Cinclidae, family Cinclidae go
  water ouzels
  
• Vireonidae, family Vireonidae go
  small insectivorous American songbirds
  
• Bombycillidae, family Bombycillidae go
  a family of birds of the suborder Oscines
  
• Accipitridae, family Accipitridae go
  hawks
  
• Falconidae, family Falconidae go
  a family of birds of the order Falconiformes
  
• Pandionidae, family Pandionidae go
  ospreys
  
• Sagittariidae, family Sagittariidae go
  secretary birds
  
• Cathartidae, family Cathartidae go
  condors
  
• Strigidae, family Strigidae go
  a family of nocturnal birds of the order Strigiformes
  
• Tytonidae, family Tytonidae go
  comprising only the barn owls
  
• Meleagrididae, family Meleagrididae go
  turkeys and some extinct forms
  
• Tetraonidae, family Tetraonidae go
  grouse
  
• Cracidae, family Cracidae go
  curassows
  
• Megapodiidae, family Megapodiidae go
  megapodes
  
• Phasianidae, family Phasianidae go
  pheasants
  
• Perdicidae, subfamily Perdicidae, Perdicinae, subfamily Perdicinae go
  Old World partridges
  
• Numididae, subfamily Numididae, Numidinae, subfamily Numidinae go
  guinea fowl and related birds of Africa and Madagascar
  
• Opisthocomidae, family Opisthocomidae go
  comprising the hoatzins
  
• Tinamidae, family Tinamidae go
  comprising the tinamous
  
• Raphidae, family Raphidae go
  extinct dodos and solitaires
  
• Columbidae, family Columbidae go
  doves and pigeons
  
• Pteroclididae, family Pteroclididae go
  sandgrouses
  
• Psittacidae, family Psittacidae go
  coextensive with the order Psittaciformes
  
• Loriinae, subfamily Loriinae go
  lories
  
• Cuculidae, family Cuculidae go
  includes cuckoo
  
• Musophagidae, family Musophagidae go
  touracos
  
• Coraciidae, family Coraciidae go
  rollers
  
• Alcedinidae, family Alcedinidae go
  kingfishers
  
• Meropidae, family Meropidae go
  bee-eaters
  
• Bucerotidae, family Bucerotidae go
  hornbills
  
• Upupidae, family Upupidae go
  hoopoes
  
• Phoeniculidae, family Phoeniculidae go
  wood hoopoes
  
• Momotidae, family Momotidae go
  a family of birds of the order Coraciiformes
  
• Todidae, family Todidae go
  a family of birds of the order Coraciiformes
  
• Apodidae, family Apodidae go
  swifts
  
• Hemiprocnidae, family Hemiprocnidae go
  tree swifts
  
• Trochilidae, family Trochilidae go
  hummingbirds
  
• Caprimulgidae, family Caprimulgidae go
  goatsuckers
  
• Podargidae, family Podargidae go
  frogmouths
  
• Steatornithidae, family Steatornithidae go
  oilbirds
  
• Picidae, family Picidae go
  woodpeckers
  
• Capitonidae, family Capitonidae go
  barbets
  
• Bucconidae, family Bucconidae go
  puffbirds
  
• Indicatoridae, family Indicatoridae go
  honey guides
  
• Galbulidae, family Galbulidae go
  jacamars
  
• Ramphastidae, family Ramphastidae go
  toucans
  
• Trogonidae, family Trogonidae go
  coextensive with the order Trogoniformes
  
• Anatidae, family Anatidae go
  swimming birds having heavy short-legged bodies and bills with a horny tip: swans
  
• Merginae, subfamily Merginae go
  mergansers and closely related diving birds
  
• Anserinae, subfamily Anserinae go
  used in some classifications for the swans
  
• Anhimidae, family Anhimidae go
  screamers
  
• Ciconiidae, family Ciconiidae go
  storks
  
• Balaenicipitidae, family Balaenicipitidae go
  shoebills
  
• Threskiornithidae, family Threskiornithidae, family Ibidiidae go
  ibises
  
• Plataleidae, family Plataleidae go
  spoonbills
  
• Phoenicopteridae, family Phoenicopteridae go
  flamingos
  
• Ardeidae, family Ardeidae go
  herons
  
• Gruidae, family Gruidae go
  cranes
  
• Cariamidae, family Cariamidae go
  crane-like South American wading birds
  
• Rallidae, family Rallidae go
  rails
  
• Otididae, family Otididae go
  bustards
  
• Turnicidae, family Turnicidae go
  small Old World birds resembling but not related to true quail
  
• Psophiidae, family Psophiidae go
  trumpeters
  
• Charadriidae, family Charadriidae go
  plover family
  
• Scolopacidae, family Scolopacidae go
  sandpiper family: sandpipers
  
• Recurvirostridae, family Recurvirostridae go
  long-legged shorebirds
  
• Haematopodidae, family Haematopodidae go
  oystercatchers
  
• Phalaropidae, family Phalaropidae go
  phalaropes
  
• Glareolidae, family Glareolidae go
  Old World shorebirds: pratincoles and coursers
  
• Burhinidae, family Burhinidae go
  large wading birds resembling the plovers: stone curlews
  
• Laridae, family Laridae go
  gull family: gulls and terns
  
• Sterninae, subfamily Sterninae go
  terns
  
• Rynchopidae, family Rynchopidae go
  coextensive with the genus Rynchops: skimmers
  
• Stercorariidae, family Stercorariidae go
  jaegers and skuas:
  
• Alcidae, family Alcidae go
  web-footed diving seabirds of northern seas: auks
  
• Gavidae, family Gavidae go
  loon family
  
• Podicipedidae, family Podicipedidae go
  coextensive with the order Podicipitiformes
  
• Pelecanidae, family Pelecanidae go
  pelicans
  
• Fregatidae, family Fregatidae go
  frigate birds
  
• Sulidae, family Sulidae go
  gannets and boobies
  
• Phalacrocoracidae, family Phalacrocoracidae go
  cormorants
  
• Anhingidae, family Anhingidae go
  snakebirds
  
• Phaethontidae, family Phaethontidae go
  tropicbirds
  
• Spheniscidae, family Spheniscidae go
  comprising all existing penguins
  
• Diomedeidae, family Diomedeidae go
  albatrosses
  
• Procellariidae, family Procellariidae go
  petrels
  
• Hydrobatidae, family Hydrobatidae go
  storm petrels
  
• Pelecanoididae, family Pelecanoididae go
  diving petrels