FAMILY-LEVEL TAXA* to know for "Global Avian Diversity" (BIOL 7800; Fall 2008; J. V. Remsen)

FAMILY-LEVEL TAXA* to know for "Global Avian Diversity"

(BIOL 7800; Fall 2008; J. V. Remsen)

Struthionidae (1 species)

Rheidae (2)

Casuariidae (3)

Dromaiidae (= Dromiceidae) (1)

Apterygidae (3)

Tinamidae (45)

Anhimidae (3)

Anatidae (160)

Megapodiidae (19)

Cracidae (50)

Meleagrididae (2)

Tetraonidae (18)

Odontophoridae (30)

Phasianidae (150)

Numididae (6)

Gaviidae (5)

Podicipedidae (21)

Phoenicopteridae (5)

Diomedeidae (14)

Spheniscidae (17)

Procellariidae (75)

Hydrobatidae (21)

Pelecanoididae (4) [almost certainly embedded in Procellariidae]

Phaethontidae (3)

Pelecanidae (8)

Balaenicipitidae (1)

Scopidae (1)

Sulidae (9)

Phalacrocoracidae (38)

Anhingidae (4)

Fregatidae (5)

Ciconiidae (19)

Ardeidae (65)

Threskiornithidae (34)

Cathartidae (7)

Pandionidae (1)

Accipitridae (240)

Sagittariidae (1)

Falconidae (65)

Mesitornithidae (= Mesoenatidae) (3)

Turnicidae (17)

Gruidae (15)

Psophiidae (3

Rallidae (145)

Heliornithidae (3)

Aramidae (1)

Rhynochetidae (1)

Eurypygidae (1)

Cariamidae (2)

Otididae (25)

Jacanidae (8)

Rostratulidae (2)

Dromadidae (1)

Haematopodidae (11)

Ibidorhynchidae (1)

Recurvirostridae (10)

Burhinidae (9)

Glareolidae (17)

Charadriidae (incl. Pluvianellinae) (65

Scolopacidae (88)

Thinocoridae (4)

Pedionomidae (1)

Chionidae (= Chionididae) (2)

Stercorariidae (8)

Laridae (100)

Rynchopidae (3)

Alcidae (23)

Pteroclidae (= Pteroclididae) (16)

“Raphidae” (extinct) (3)

Columbidae (310)

Loriidae (55)

Cacatuidae (23)

Psittacidae (280)

Musophagidae (23)

Cuculidae (142)

Opisthocomidae (1)

Tytonidae (17)

Strigidae (170)

Steatornithidae (1)

Podargidae (14)

Nyctibiidae (7)

Caprimulgidae (85)

Aegothelidae (8)

Apodidae (100)

Hemiprocnidae (4)

Trochilidae (325

Coliidae (6)

Trogonidae (40)

Alcedinidae (95)

Todidae (5)

Momotidae (10)

Meropidae (26)

Coraciidae (12)

Brachypteraciidae (5)

Leptosomidae (1) (= Leptosomatidae)

Upupidae (2)

Phoeniculidae (8)

Bucerotidae (55)

Galbulidae (18)

Bucconidae (33)

Indicatoridae (17)

Lybiidae (42)

Megalaimidae (25)

Capitonidae (20)

Ramphastidae (40)

Picidae (215)

Eurylaimidae (14)

Furnariidae (290) (including Dendrocolaptidae)

Thamnophilidae (200)

Formicariidae (12)

Grallariidae (49)

Conopophagidae (10)

Rhinocryptidae (56)

Melanopareiidae (4)

Cotingidae (50) (including Rupicolidae, Phytotomidae)

Oxyruncidae (1)

Pipridae (45)

Tyrannidae (420)

Tityridae (29)

Pittidae (31)

Xenicidae (4)

Philepittidae (4)

Menuridae (2)

Atrichornithidae (2)

Alaudidae (90)

Hirundinidae (90)

Campephagidae (85)

Pycnonotidae (125)

Aegithinidae (4)

Maluridae (26)

Acanthizidae (60)

Eupetidae (10)

Neosittidae (3)

Pomatostomidae (5)

Pachycephalidae (45) (including Falcunculidae)

Colluricinclidae (14)

Pardalotidae (16)

Petroicidae (45)

Irenidae (10) (including Chloropseidae)

Oriolidae (27)

Dicruridae (24)

Callaeidae (= Calleatidae) (3

Grallinidae (4)

Artamidae (11)

Cracticidae (10)

Ptilonorhynchidae (20)

Paradisaeidae (45)

Corvidae (120)

Vireonidae (52)

Laniidae (incl. Malaconotidae,
Prionopidae) (85)

Vangidae (14)

Ptilogonatidae (4)

Bombycillidae (3)

Dulidae (1)

Hypocoliidae (1)

Cinclidae (5)

Troglodytidae (75)

Polioptilidae (15)

Mimidae (34)

Sturnidae (115)

Turdidae (165)

Timaliidae (260)

Picathartidae (2)

Sylviidae (300) [a polyphyletic group!]

Regulidae (6)

Muscicapidae [a polyphyletic group that includes Platysteirinae, Monarchinae, Rhipidurinae) (435)

Aegithalidae (8)

Remizidae (12)

Paridae (53)

Sittidae (25)

Certhiidae (7)

Climacteridae (7)

Rhabdornithidae (3)

Dicaeidae (44)

Nectariniidae (140)

Zosteropidae (85)

Meliphagidae (180)

Motacillidae (65)

Prunellidae (13)

Emberizidae (250)

Cardinalidae (42)

Thraupidae (including Tersinidae, Catamblyrhynchidae, and most of the "Coerebidae") (225)

Parulidae (115) (including Zeledonidae)

Peucedramidae (1)

Icteridae (100)

Fringillidae (including Drepanidinae) (170)

Estrildidae (155)

Passeridae (36)

Ploceidae (115)

* depending on classification used, some are considered only subfamilies or even tribes; however, each is an important unit to be learned, regardless of taxonomic level. Use of family-level category does not necessarily imply endorsement of that use (and the LSUMNS collection does not have some of these separated as families). You do not have to know taxa treated as families in Gill's textbook that are not listed above.