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.

[Accipitriformes]

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

[Anseriformes]

WaterfowlFamily Anhimidae – screamers

[Apodiformes]

Swifts, treeswifts and hummingbirdsFamily Apodidae – swifts

Apterygiformes">Kiwi (bird)">Apterygiformes

Family Apterygidae

[Bucerotiformes]

Hornbills, hoopoes, and wood-hoopoesFamily Bucerotidae

[Caprimulgiformes]

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

[Cariamiformes]

[Casuariiformes]

Cassowaries and emus

[Cathartiformes]

New World vultures

[Charadriiformes]

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

Ciconiiformes">Stork">Ciconiiformes

Storks, openbills, and jabiru

Coliiformes">Mousebird">Coliiformes

Mousebirds

Columbiformes">Columbidae">Columbiformes

Pigeons and doves

[Coraciiformes]

Rollers, bee eaters, todies, kingfishers, etc.

Cuculiformes">Cuckoo">Cuculiformes

Cuckoos, anis, etc.

[Eurypygiformes]

Sunbitterns and kagu

Falconiformes">Falconidae">Falconiformes

Falcons and caracara

[Galliformes]

Gamebirds

[Gaviiformes]

[Gruiformes]

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

Leptosomiformes">Cuckoo roller">Leptosomiformes

Mesitornithiformes">Mesite">Mesitornithiformes

Musophagiformes">Turaco">Musophagiformes

Turacos and go-away-birds

Opisthocomiformes">Opisthocomidae">Opisthocomiformes

Otidiformes">Bustard">Otidiformes

Bustards, floricans, etc.

Passeriformes">Passerine">Passeriformes

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

[Pelecaniformes]

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

[Phaethontiformes]

Family Phaethontidae

[Phoenicopteriformes]

[Piciformes]

Woodpeckers, flickers, toucans, aracaris, motmots, etc.

Podicipediformes">Grebe">Podicipediformes

[Procellariiformes]

Petrels, storm petrels, albatrosses, and diving petrels

Psittaciformes">Parrot">Psittaciformes

Parrots, parakeets, macaws, and cockatoos

Pterocliformes">Sandgrouse">Pterocliformes

Rheiformes">Rheidae">Rheiformes

Sphenisciformes">Penguin">Sphenisciformes

Strigiformes">Owl">Strigiformes

Owls

Struthioniformes">Ostrich">Struthioniformes

[Suliformes]

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

Tinamiformes">Tinamou">Tinamiformes

[Trogon]iformes

Trogons and quetzals