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House Sparrow, Passer domesticus

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to birds:

Birds (class Aves) – winged, bipedal, endothermic (warm-blooded), egg-laying, vertebrate animals. There are around 10,000 living species, making them the most varied of tetrapod vertebrates. They inhabit ecosystems across the globe, from the Arctic to the Antarctic. Extant birds range in size from the 5 cm (2 in) Bee Hummingbird to the 2.75 m (9 ft) Ostrich.

Biological classification

Cladogram showing the most recent classification of Neoaves, based on several phylogenetic studies.

Further information: Biological classification

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves

Nature of birds

Main article: Bird

Bird anatomy

Main article: Bird anatomy

External anatomy (topography) of a typical bird: 1 Beak, 2 Head, 3 Iris, 4 Pupil, 5 Mantle, 6 Lesser coverts, 7 Scapulars, 8 Coverts, 9 Tertials, 10 Rump, 11 Primaries, 12 Vent, 13 Thigh, 14 Tibio-tarsal articulation, 15 Tarsus, 16 Feet, 17 Tibia, 18 Belly, 19 Flanks, 20 Breast, 21 Throat, 22 Wattle

Bird behavior

Main article: Bird behavior

Flight
- Flightless birds
Bird migration
- Flyway
Avian intelligence
- Pigeon intelligence
Bird vocalization
Fecal sac
Moult
Preening
Bird reproduction
- Egg
- Clutch (eggs)
- Avian incubation
- Brood parasite
- Nest
- Fledgling
Feeding
- Pellet (ornithology)
- Plucking post

Types of birds

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Orders

v d e Order: Accipitriformes

Family	Sagittaridae (Secretarybird) • Pandionidae (Osprey) • Accipitridae (Buzzards, eagles, harriers, hawks, kites, and Old World vultures) • Cathartidae (New World vultures)

v d e Flamingos (order: Phoenicopteriformes • family: Phoenicopteridae • genus: Phoenicopterus)

Species	Greater Flamingo • Lesser Flamingo • Chilean Flamingo • James's Flamingo • Andean Flamingo • American Flamingo (Caribbean Flamingo)

v d e Grebes (order: Podicipediformes • family: Podicipedidae)

Genus	Species

Tachybaptus	Little Grebe • Australasian Grebe • Madagascar Grebe • Alaotra Grebe • Least Grebe

Podilymbus	Pied-billed Grebe • Atitlán Grebe

Rollandia	White-tufted Grebe • Titicaca Flightless Grebe

Poliocephalus	Hoary-headed Grebe • New Zealand Dabchick

Podiceps	Red-necked Grebe • Great Crested Grebe • Slavonian Grebe (or Horned Grebe) • Black-necked Grebe (or Eared Grebe) • Colombian Grebe • Great Grebe • Silvery Grebe • Junin Flightless Grebe • Hooded Grebe

Aechmophorus	Western Grebe • Clark's Grebe

v d e Loons or Divers (order: Gaviiformes • family: Gaviidae • genus: Gavia)

Species	Black-throated Loon (Arctic Loon or Black-throated Diver) • Great Northern Loon (Common Loon or Great Northern Diver) • Pacific Loon (Pacific Diver) • Red-throated Loon (Red-throated Diver) • Yellow-billed Loon (White-billed Diver)

v d e Mousebirds (order: Coliiformes • family: Coliidae)

Genus	Species

Colius	Speckled Mousebird • White-headed Mousebird • Red-backed Mousebird • White-backed Mousebird

Urocolius	Blue-naped Mousebird • Red-faced Mousebird

Order: Pelecaniformes (traditional listing)

Frigatebirds (family: Fregatidae • genus: Fregata)

Genus	Species

Fregata	Magnificent Frigatebird (or Man O'War) • Ascension Frigatebird • Christmas Island Frigatebird • Great Frigatebird • Lesser Frigatebird

Pelicans (family: Pelecanidae • genus: Pelecanus)

Genus	Species

Pelecanus	Brown Pelican • Peruvian Pelican • American White Pelican • Great White Pelican • Dalmatian Pelican • Pink-backed Pelican • Spot-billed Pelican • Australian Pelican

Gannets and boobies (family: Sulidae)

Genus	Species

Sula	Blue-footed Booby • Peruvian Booby • Masked Booby • Nazca Booby • Red-footed Booby • Brown Booby • Tasman Booby

Papasula	Abbott's Booby

Morus	Northern Gannet • Cape Gannet • Australasian Gannet

Darters (family: Anhingidae • genus Anhinga)

Genus	Species

Anhinga	Anhinga • Oriental Darter • African Darter • Australasian Darter

Cormorants (family: Phalacrocoracidae • genus: Phalacrocorax)

Genus	Species

Phalacrocorax	Double-crested Cormorant (White-crested Cormorant) • Neotropic Cormorant (Olivaceous Cormorant) • Little Black Cormorant • Great Cormorant • White-breasted Cormorant • Indian Cormorant • Cape Cormorant • Socotra Cormorant • Bank Cormorant (Wahlberg's Cormorant) • Japanese Cormorant (Temminck's Cormorant) • European Shag • Brandt's Cormorant • Spectacled Cormorant • Pelagic Cormorant (Baird's Cormorant) • Red-faced Cormorant • Rock Shag • Guanay Cormorant • Pied Cormorant (Yellow-faced Cormorant) • Black-faced Cormorant • King Shag (Rough-faced Shag) • Stewart Island Shag • Chatham Shag • Auckland Shag • Campbell Shag • Bounty Shag • Imperial Shag (Blue-eyed Shag) • Heard Shag • Kerguelen Shag • Macquarie Shag • Red-legged Cormorant • Spotted Shag • Pitt Shag (Featherstone's Shag) • Little Pied Cormorant • Long-tailed Cormorant • Crowned Cormorant • Little Cormorant • Pygmy Cormorant • Flightless Cormorant

v d e Penguins (order: Sphenisciformes • family: Spheniscidae • subfamily: Spheniscinae)

Genus	Species

Aptenodytes (great penguins)	King Penguin • Emperor Penguin

Pygoscelis (brush-tailed penguins)	Adelie Penguin • Chinstrap Penguin • Gentoo Penguin

Eudyptula (little penguins)	Little Penguin (or Little Blue Penguin) • White-flippered Penguin (or Northern Little Penguin)

Spheniscus (banded penguins)	Magellanic Penguin • Humboldt Penguin • Galapagos Penguin • African Penguin

Megadyptes	Yellow-eyed Penguin • Waitaha Penguin (extinct)

Eudyptes (crested penguins)	Fiordland Penguin • Snares Penguin • Erect-crested Penguin • Southern Rockhopper Penguin • Northern Rockhopper Penguin • Royal Penguin • Macaroni Penguin • Chatham Islands Penguin (extinct)

v d e Order: Procellariiformes

Families	Diomedeidae (Albatrosses) • Procellariidae (Shearwaters and petrels) • Hydrobatidae (Storm petrels) • Pelecanoididae (Diving-petrels) • †Diomedeoididae (Diomedeoidids)

Related subjects	List of Procellariidae • Stomach oil • Agreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels

v d e Sandgrouse (order: Pteroclidiformes • family: Pteroclididae)

Genus	Species

Syrrhaptes	Tibetan Sandgrouse • Pallas's Sandgrouse

Pterocles	Pin-tailed Sandgrouse • Namaqua Sandgrouse • Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse • Spotted Sandgrouse • Black-bellied Sandgrouse • Crowned Sandgrouse • Yellow-throated Sandgrouse • Burchell's Sandgrouse • Madagascar Sandgrouse or Masked Sandgrouse • Black-faced Sandgrouse • Lichtenstein's Sandgrouse • Double-banded Sandgrouse • Painted Sandgrouse • Four-banded Sandgrouse

Tinamous (order: Tinamiformes • family: Tinamidae)

Subfamily

Genus	Species

Tinaminae

Tinamus	White-throated Tinamou • Grey Tinamou • Solitary Tinamou • Black Tinamou • Great Tinamou

Nothocercus	Highland Tinamou • Tawny-breasted Tinamou • Hooded Tinamou

Crypturellus	Berlepsch's Tinamou • Little Tinamou • Cinereous Tinamou • Tepui Tinamou • Brown Tinamou • Undulated Tinamou • Pale-browed Tinamou • Brazilian Tinamou • Grey-legged Tinamou • Red-legged Tinamou • Magdalena Tinamou • Santa Marta Tinamou • Colombian Tinamou • Yellow-legged Tinamou • Black-capped Tinamou • Thicket Tinamou • Slaty-breasted Tinamou • Choco Tinamou • Variegated Tinamou • Rusty Tinamou • Bartlett's Tinamou • Small-billed Tinamou • Barred Tinamou • Tataupa Tinamou

Nothurinae

Rhynchotus	Red-winged Tinamou • Huayco Tinamou • Taczanowski's Tinamou • Ornate Tinamou • Chilean Tinamou • Brushland Tinamou • Andean Tinamou • Curve-billed Tinamou

Nothura	White-bellied Nothura • Lesser Nothura • Darwin's Nothura • Spotted Nothura • Chaco Nothura • Dwarf or Least Tinamou

Eudromia	Elegant Crested Tinamou • Quebracho Crested Tinamou

Tinamotis	Puna or Pentland’s Tinamou • Patagonian or Ingouf’s Tinamou

v d e Tropicbirds (order: Phaethontiformes • family: Phaethontidae • genus: Phaethon)

Species	Red-billed Tropicbird • Red-tailed Tropicbird • White-tailed Tropicbird

Families

v d e Bee-eaters (family: Meropidae)

Genus	Species

Nyctyornis	Red-bearded Bee-eater • Blue-bearded Bee-eater

Meropogon	Purple-bearded Bee-eater

Merops	Little Bee-eater • Blue-cheeked Bee-eater • Green Bee-eater • White-throated Bee-eater • Swallow-tailed Bee-eater • Blue-tailed Bee-eater • Black Bee-eater • Blue-headed Bee-eater • Red-throated Bee-eater • White-fronted Bee-eater • Blue-breasted Bee-eater • Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater • Black-headed Bee-eater • Somali Bee-eater • Böhm's Bee-eater • Blue-throated Bee-eater • Olive Bee-eater • Rainbow Bee-eater • European Bee-eater • Chestnut-headed Bee-eater • Rosy Bee-eater • Northern Carmine Bee-eater • Southern Carmine Bee-eater

Birds-of-paradise (family: Paradisaeidae)

Genera and species

Genus	Species

Lycocorax	Paradise-crow

Manucodia	Glossy-mantled Manucode • Jobi Manucode, • Crinkle-collared Manucode • Curl-crested Manucode • Trumpet Manucode

Paradigalla	Long-tailed Paradigalla • Short-tailed Paradigalla

Astrapia	Arfak Astrapia • Splendid Astrapia • Ribbon-tailed Astrapia • Princess Stephanie's Astrapia • Huon Astrapia

Parotia	Western Parotia • Queen Carola's Parotia • Bronze Parotia • Lawes's Parotia • Eastern Parotia • Wahnes's Parotia

Pteridophora	King of Saxony Bird-of-paradise

Lophorina	Superb Bird-of-paradise

Ptiloris	Magnificent Riflebird • Growling Riflebird • Paradise Riflebird • Victoria's Riflebird

Epimachus	Black Sicklebill • Brown Sicklebill

Drepanornis	Black-billed Sicklebill • Pale-billed Sicklebill

Cicinnurus	Magnificent Bird-of-paradise • Wilson's Bird-of-paradise • King Bird-of-paradise

Semioptera	Standardwing

Seleucidis	Twelve-wired Bird-of-paradise

Paradisaea	Lesser Bird-of-paradise • Greater Bird-of-paradise • Raggiana Bird-of-paradise • Goldie's Bird-of-paradise • Red Bird-of-paradise • Emperor Bird-of-paradise • Blue Bird-of-paradise

Incomplete list of likely hybrids

Cockatoos (family: Cacatuidae)

Appearance

Genus	Species

Small

Nymphicus	Cockatiel (supporting pages: Cockatiels in aviculture • Cockatiel colour genetics)

Black

Calyptorhynchus

Calyptorhynchus (subgenus)	Red-tailed Black Cockatoo • Glossy Black Cockatoo

Zanda (subgenus)	Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo • Short-billed Black Cockatoo • Long-billed Black Cockatoo

Probosciger

Palm Cockatoo

Pink or grey

Callocephalon	Gang-gang Cockatoo

Eolophus	Galah (or Rose-breasted Cockatoo)

Lophochroa	Major Mitchell's Cockatoo (or Leadbeater's Cockatoo)

White

Cacatua

Cacatua (subgenus)	Yellow-crested Cockatoo (or Lesser Sulphur-crested Cockatoo) (supporting page: Citron-crested Cockatoo) • Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (supporting page: Eleonora Cockatoo) • Blue-eyed Cockatoo • White Cockatoo (or Umbrella Cockatoo) • Salmon-crested Cockatoo (or Moluccan Cockatoo)

Licmetis (subgenus)	Long-billed Corella • Western Corella (supporting pages: Muir's Corella • Butler's Corella) • Little Corella • Tanimbar Corella (or Goffin's Cockatoo) • Solomons Cockatoo • Red-vented Cockatoo

Cookie • Snowball • Crest

Extant species of family Corvidae

Kingdom: Animalia · Phylum: Chordata · Class: Aves · Subclass: Neornithes · Superorder: Neognathae · Order: Passeriformes

Family Corvidae

Choughs

Pyrrhocorax	Alpine Chough (P. graculus) · Red-billed Chough (P. pyrrhocorax)

Treepies

Crypsirina	Hooded Treepie (C. cucullata) · Black Racket-tailed Treepie (C. temia)

Dendrocitta	Andaman Treepie (D. bayleyi) · Bornean Treepie (D. cinerascens) · Grey Treepie (D. formosae) · Black-faced Treepie (D. frontalis) · White-bellied Treepie (D. leucogastra) · Sunda Treepie (D. occipitalis) · Rufous Treepie (D. vagabunda)

Platysmurus	Black Magpie (P. leucopterus)

Temnurus	Ratchet-tailed Treepie (T. temnurus)

Oriental
magpies

Cissa	Green Magpie (C. chinensis) · Yellow-breasted Magpie (C. hypoleuca) · Short-tailed Magpie (C. thalassina)

Urocissa	Formosan Blue Magpie (U. caerulea) · Red-billed Blue Magpie (U. erythrorhyncha) · Yellow-billed Blue Magpie (U. flavirostris) · Sri Lanka Blue Magpie (U. ornata) · White-winged Magpie (U. whiteheadi)

Old World jays

Garrulus	Eurasian Jay (G. glandarius) · Lanceolated Jay (G. lanceolatus) · Lidth's Jay (G. lidthi)

Podoces (Ground jays)	Biddulph's Ground Jay (P. biddulphi) · Henderson's Ground Jay (P. hendersoni) · Pander's Ground Jay (P. panderi) · Persian Ground Jay (P. pleskei)

Ptilostomus	Piapiac (P. afer)

Stresemann's
Bushcrow

Zavattariornis	Stresemann's Bushcrow (Z. stresemanni)

Family Corvidae (Cont.)

Nutcrackers

Nucifraga	Spotted Nutcracker (N. caryocatactes) · Clark's Nutcracker (N. columbiana)

Holarctic
magpies

Pica	Black-billed Magpie (P. hudsonia) · Yellow-billed Magpie (P. nuttalli) · European Magpie (P. pica) · Korean Magpie (P. sericea)

True crows
(crows, ravens,
jackdaws and rooks)

Corvus

Australian and Melanesian species: Little Crow (C. bennetti) · Australian Raven (C. coronoides) · Bismarck Crow (C. insularis) · Brown-headed Crow (C. fuscicapillus) · Bougainville Crow (C. meeki) · Little Raven (C. mellori) · New Caledonian Crow (C. moneduloides) · Torresian Crow (C. orru) · Forest Raven (C. tasmanicus) · Grey Crow (C. tristis) · Long-billed Crow (C. validus) · White-billed Crow (C. woodfordi)
Pacific island species: Hawaiian Crow (C. hawaiiensis) · Mariana Crow (C. kubaryi)
Tropical Asian species: Daurian Jackdaw (C. dauuricus) · Slender-billed Crow (C. enca) · Flores Crow (C. florensis) · Jungle Crow (C. macrorhynchos) · House Crow (C. splendens) · Collared Crow (C. torquatus) · Piping Crow (C. typicus) · Banggai Crow (C. unicolor)
Eurasian and North African species: Mesopotamian Crow (C. capellanus) · Hooded Crow (C. cornix) · Carrion Crow (C. corone) · Rook (C. frugilegus) · Jackdaw (C. monedula ) · Eastern Carrion Crow (C. orientalis) · Fan-tailed Raven (C. rhipidurus) · Brown-necked Raven (C. ruficollis)
Holarctic species: Common Raven (C. corax)
North and Central American species: American Crow (C. brachyrhynchos) · Northwestern Crow (C. caurinus) · Chihuahuan Raven (C. cryptoleucus) · Tamaulipas Crow (C. imparatus) · Jamaican Crow (C. jamaicensis) · White-necked Crow (C. leucognaphalus) · Cuban Crow (C. nasicus) · Fish Crow (C. ossifragus) · Palm Crow (C. palmarum) · Sinaloan Crow (C. sinaloae)
Tropical African species: White-necked Raven (C. albicollis) · Pied Crow (C. albus) · Cape Crow (C. capensis) · Thick-billed Raven (C. crassirostris) · Somali Crow (C. edithae)

Family Corvidae (Cont.)

Azure-winged
Magpie

Cyanopica	Azure-winged Magpie (C. cyana)

Grey jays

Perisoreus	Gray Jay (P. canadensis) · Siberian Jay (P. infaustus) · Sichuan Jay (P. internigrans)

New World jays

Aphelocoma (Scrub jays)	Western Scrub Jay (A. californica) · Florida Scrub Jay (A. coerulescens) · Island Scrub Jay (A. insularis) · Mexican Jay (A. ultramarina) · Unicolored Jay (A. unicolor)

Calocitta (Magpie-Jays)	Black-throated Magpie-Jay (C. colliei) · White-throated Magpie-Jay (C. formosa)

Cyanocitta	Blue Jay (C. cristata) · Steller's Jay (C. stelleri)

Cyanocorax	Black-chested Jay (C. affinis) · Purplish-backed Jay (C. beecheii) · Azure Jay (C. caeruleus) · Cayenne Jay (C. cayanus) · Plush-crested Jay (C. chrysops) · Curl-crested Jay (C. cristatellus) · Purplish Jay (C. cyanomelas) · White-naped Jay (C. cyanopogon) · Tufted Jay (C. dickeyi) · Azure-naped Jay (C. heilprini) · Bushy-crested Jay (C. melanocyaneus) · Brown Jay (C. morio) · White-tailed Jay (C. mystacalis) · San Blas Jay (C. sanblasianus) · Violaceous Jay (C. violaceus) · Green Jay (C. ynca) · Yucatan Jay (C. yucatanicus)

Cyanolyca	Silvery-throated Jay (C. argentigula) · Black-collared Jay (C. armillata) · Azure-hooded Jay (C. cucullata) · White-throated Jay (C. mirabilis) · Dwarf Jay (C. nana) · Beautiful Jay (C. pulchra) · Black-throated Jay (C. pumilo) · Turquoise Jay (C. turcosa) · White-collared Jay (C. viridicyana)

Gymnorhinus	Pinyon Jay (G. cyanocephalus)

Cranes (order: Gruiformes • family: Gruidae)

Subfamily

Genus	Species

Balearicinae
(crowned cranes)

Balearica	Black Crowned Crane (B. pavonina) • Grey Crowned Crane (B. regulorum)

Gruinae
(typical cranes)

Grus	Common Crane or Eurasian Crane (G. grus) • Sandhill Crane (G. canadensis) • Whooping Crane (G. americana) • Sarus Crane (G. antigone) • Brolga (G. rubicunda) • Siberian Crane (G. leucogeranus) • White-naped Crane (G. vipio) • Hooded Crane (G. monacha) • Black-necked Crane (G. nigricollis) • Red-crowned Crane (G. japonensis)

Anthropoides	Blue Crane (A. paradisea) • Demoiselle Crane (A. virgo)

Bugeranus	Wattled Crane (B. carunculatus)

15 living species in four genera

Cassowaries and emus (family: Casuariidae)

Subfamily

Genus	Species

Cassowaries (Casuariinae)

Casuarius	Southern Cassowary (C. casuarius) • Dwarf Cassowary (C. bennetti) • Northern Cassowary (C. unappendiculatus) • †C. lydekki

Emus (Dromaiinae)


Dromaius	Emu (D. novaehollandiae) (supporting page: †Tasmanian Emu (D. n. diemenensis)) • †Kangaroo Island Emu (D. baudinianus) • †King Island Emu (D. ater) • †D. ocypus

Emuarius	†E. guljaruba • †E. gidju

v d e New World vultures (family: Cathartidae)

Genus	Species

Coragyps	American Black Vulture

Cathartes	Turkey Vulture • Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture • Greater Yellow-headed Vulture

Gymnogyps	California Condor

Vultur	Andean Condor

Sarcoramphus	King Vulture

v d e New Zealand wattlebirds (family: Callaeidae)

Genus	Species (the three genera are monotypic)

Callaeas	Kōkako

Philesturnus	Saddleback

Heteralocha	Huia (extinct 1907)

Deforestation in New Zealand • Invasive species in New Zealand • Biodiversity of New Zealand • Birds of New Zealand

v d e Gulls (family: Laridae)

Genus	Species

Larus	Pacific Gull Belcher's Gull Olrog's Gull Black-tailed Gull Heermann's Gull Common Gull (or Mew Gull) Ring-billed Gull California Gull Great Black-backed Gull Kelp Gull (or Cape Gull) Glaucous-winged Gull Western Gull Yellow-footed Gull Glaucous Gull Iceland Gull Kumlien's Gull Thayer's Gull European Herring Gull Heuglin's Gull American Herring Gull Yellow-legged Gull Caspian Gull Vega Gull (or East Siberian Gull / Mongolian Gull) Armenian Gull Slaty-backed Gull Lesser Black-backed Gull

Ichthyaetus	White-eyed Gull Sooty Gull Great Black-Headed Gull (or Pallas's Gull) Audouin's Gull Mediterranean Gull Relict Gull

Leucophaeus	Dolphin Gull Laughing Gull Franklin's Gull Lava Gull Grey Gull

Chroicocephalus	Silver Gull Red-billed Gull Huahine Gull Hartlaub's Gull Brown-hooded Gull Grey-headed Gull (or Grey-hooded Gull) Andean Gull Black-billed Gull Brown-headed Gull Black-Headed Gull Slender-billed Gull Bonaparte's Gull

Saundersilarus	Saunders's Gull

Hydrocoloeus	Little Gull

Rhodostethia	Ross's Gull

Rissa	Black-legged Kittiwake Red-legged Kittiwake

Pagophila	Ivory Gull

Xema	Sabine's Gull

Creagrus	Swallow-tailed Gull

Kea, Kaka, and Kakapo (family: Strigopidae)

Tribe

Genus	Species (extinctions: † indicates a species confirmed to be extinct; ₴ indicates evidence only from sub-fossils)

Nestorini

Nestor	Kea • New Zealand Kaka • Norfolk Kaka † • Chatham Kaka † ₴

Strigopini

Strigops	Kakapo (supporting pages: List of Kakapo • Sirocco (parrot))

List of Strigopidae • Birds of New Zealand

v d e Sparrows (family: Passeridae)

Genus	Species

Passer	Saxaul Sparrow • House Sparrow • Spanish Sparrow • Italian Sparrow • Sind Sparrow • Somali Sparrow • Russet Sparrow or Cinnamon Sparrow • Plain-backed Sparrow or Pegu Sparrow • Dead Sea Sparrow • Great Sparrow • Socotra Sparrow • Abd al-Kuri Sparrow • Kenya Sparrow • Kordofan Sparrow • Shelley's Sparrow • Iago Sparrow • Cape Sparrow • Northern Grey-headed Sparrow • Swainson's Sparrow • Parrot-billed Sparrow • Swahili Sparrow • Southern Grey-headed Sparrow • Desert Sparrow • Eurasian Tree Sparrow • Sudan Golden Sparrow • Arabian Golden Sparrow • Chestnut Sparrow • Passer predomesticus

Petronia	Yellow-spotted Petronia • Yellow-throated Sparrow • Yellow-throated Petronia • Bush Petronia • Rock Sparrow

Carpospiza	Pale Rockfinch

Montifringilla (snowfinches)	White-winged Snowfinch • Black-winged Snowfinch • White-rumped Snowfinch • Père David's Snowfinch • Rufous-necked Snowfinch • Plain-backed Snowfinch • Afghan Snowfinch

Swallows (family: Hirundinidae)

River martins (subfamily: Pseudochelidoninae • genus: Pseudochelidon)

Genus	Species

Pseudochelidon	African River Martin • White-eyed River Martin

All other swallows and martins (subfamily: Hirundininae)

Genus	Species

Psalidoprocne (saw-wings)	Square-tailed Saw-wing • Mountain Saw-wing • White-headed Saw-wing • Black Saw-wing • Fanti Saw-wing

Pseudhirundo	Grey-rumped Swallow

Phedina	Mascarene Martin • Brazza's Martin

Riparia (sand martins)	Brown-throated Sand Martin • Congo Sand Martin • Sand Martin • Pale Martin • Banded Martin

Tachycineta (tree swallows)	Tree Swallow • Violet-green Swallow • Golden Swallow • Bahama Swallow • Tumbes Swallow • Mangrove Swallow • White-winged Swallow • White-rumped Swallow • Chilean Swallow

Progne	Purple Martin • Caribbean Martin • Sinaloa Martin • Grey-breasted Martin • Galápagos Martin • Peruvian Martin • Southern Martin • Brown-chested Martin

Notiochelidon	Brown-bellied Swallow • Blue-and-white Swallow • Pale-footed Swallow • Black-capped Swallow

Haplochelidon	Andean Swallow

Atticora	White-banded Swallow • Black-collared Swallow

Neochelidon	White-thighed Swallow

Stelgidopteryx	Northern Rough-winged Swallow • Southern Rough-winged Swallow

Alopochelidon	Tawny-headed Swallow

Hirundo (barn swallows)	Barn Swallow • Red-chested Swallow • Angola Swallow • Pacific Swallow • Welcome Swallow • White-throated Swallow • Ethiopian Swallow • Wire-tailed Swallow • White-throated Blue Swallow • Pied-winged Swallow • White-tailed Swallow • Pearl-breasted Swallow • Blue Swallow • Black-and-rufous Swallow

Ptyonoprogne (crag martins)	Eurasian Crag Martin • Rock Martin • Dusky Crag Martin

Delichon (house martins)	Common House Martin • Asian House Martin • Nepal House Martin

Cecropis	Greater Striped Swallow • Lesser Striped Swallow • Rufous-chested Swallow • Mosque Swallow • Red-rumped Swallow • Striated Swallow • Striated Swallow

Petrochelidon	Red-throated Swallow • Preuss's Swallow • Red Sea Swallow • South African Swallow • Forest Swallow • Streak-throated Swallow • Fairy Martin • Tree Martin • Cliff Swallow • Cave Swallow • Chestnut-collared Swallow

Cheramoeca	White-backed Swallow

v d e Trogons (order: Trogoniformes • family: Trogonidae)

Genus	Species

Apaloderma	Narina Trogon • Bare-cheeked Trogon • Bar-tailed Trogon

Apalharpactes	Javan Trogon • Sumatran Trogon

Harpactes	Malabar Trogon • Red-naped Trogon • Diard's Trogon • Philippine Trogon • Whitehead's Trogon • Cinnamon-rumped Trogon • Scarlet-rumped Trogon • Red-headed Trogon • Orange-breasted Trogon • Ward's Trogon

Priotelus	Cuban Trogon • Hispaniolan Trogon

Trogon	Black-headed Trogon • Citreoline Trogon • White-tailed Trogon • Baird's Trogon • Violaceous Trogon • Gartered Trogon • Mountain Trogon • White-eyed Trogon • Collared Trogon • Elegant Trogon • Orange-bellied Trogon • Masked Trogon • Black-throated Trogon • Surucua Trogon • Blue-crowned Trogon • Black-tailed Trogon • Green-backed Trogon • Ecuadorian Trogon • Slaty-tailed Trogon • Lattice-tailed Trogon

Euptilotis	Eared Quetzal

Pharomachrus	Resplendent Quetzal • Crested Quetzal • White-tipped Quetzal • Golden-headed Quetzal • Pavonine Quetzal

v d e Turacos (family: Musophagidae)

Genus	Species

Tauraco	Guinea Turaco • Livingstone's Turaco • Schalow's Turaco • Knysna Turaco • Black-billed Turaco • White-crested Turaco • Fischer's Turaco • Yellow-billed Turaco • Bannerman's Turaco • Red-crested Turaco • Hartlaub's Turaco • White-cheeked Turaco • Prince Ruspoli's Turaco • Purple-crested Turaco

Ruwenzorornis	Ruwenzori Turaco

Musophaga	Violet Turaco • Ross's Turaco

Corythaixoides	Bare-faced Go-away-bird • Grey Go-away-bird • White-bellied Go-away-bird

Crinifer	Western Grey Plantain-eater • Eastern Grey Plantain-eater

Corythaeola	Great Blue Turaco

v d e Vangas (order: Passeriformes • family: Vangidae)

Genus	Species

Calicalicus	Red-tailed Vanga • Red-shouldered Vanga

Schetba	Rufous Vanga

Vanga	Hook-billed Vanga

Xenopirostris	Lafresnaye's Vanga • Van Dam's Vanga • Pollen's Vanga

Falculea	Sickle-billed Vanga

Artamella	White-headed Vanga

Leptopterus	Chabert's Vanga

Cyanolanius	Blue Vanga (including Comoro Blue Vanga)

Oriolia	Bernier's Vanga

Euryceros	Helmet Vanga

Tylas	Tylas Vanga

Hypositta	Nuthatch Vanga (or Coral-billed Nuthatch-vanga) • Bluntschli's Vanga (or Short-toed Nuthatch-vanga)

Newtonia	Dark Newtonia • Common Newtonia • Archbold's Newtonia • Red-tailed Newtonia

Mystacornis	Crossley's Babbler

Pseudobias	Ward's Flycatcher

Subfamilies

v d e Old World vultures (subfamily: Aegypiinae)

Genus	Species

Aegypius	Cinereous Vulture

Gypaetus	Bearded Vulture

Gypohierax	Palm-nut Vulture

Gyps	Griffon Vulture • White-rumped Vulture • Rüppell's Vulture • Indian Vulture • Slender-billed Vulture • Himalayan Griffon Vulture • White-backed Vulture • Cape Vulture

Necrosyrtes	Hooded Vulture

Neophron	Egyptian Vulture

Sarcogyps	Red-headed Vulture

Torgos	Lappet-faced Vulture

Trigonoceps	White-headed Vulture

Subfamily: Buteoninae

Genus	Species (extinctions: † indicates a species confirmed to be extinct)

Geranoaetus	Black-chested Buzzard-Eagle

Buteo	Common Buzzard • Red-tailed Hawk • Long-legged Buzzard • Rough-legged Buzzard • Ferruginous Hawk • Red-shouldered Hawk • Broad-winged Hawk • Swainson's Hawk • Roadside Hawk • Ridgway's Hawk • White-rumped Hawk • Short-tailed Hawk • White-throated Hawk • White-tailed Hawk • Galápagos Hawk • Variable Hawk • Grey Hawk • Zone-tailed Hawk • Hawaiian Hawk • Rufous-tailed Hawk • Mountain Buzzard • Madagascar Buzzard • Upland Buzzard • Red-necked Buzzard • Jackal Buzzard

Parabuteo	Harris's Hawk

Buteogallus	Rufous Crab-hawk • Common Black Hawk • Cuban Black Hawk • Great Black Hawk • Savanna Hawk

Busarellus	Black-collared Hawk

Leucopternis	White-browed Hawk • White-necked Hawk • Black-faced Hawk • Grey-backed Hawk • Plumbeous Hawk • Mantled Hawk • Barred Hawk • Slate-coloured Hawk • Semiplumbeous Hawk • White Hawk

Kaupifalco	Lizard Buzzard

Butastur	Rufous-winged Buzzard • Grasshopper Buzzard • White-eyed Buzzard • Grey-faced Buzzard

Harpyhaliaetus	Crowned Solitary Eagle • Montane Solitary Eagle

Morphnus	Crested Eagle

Harpia	Harpy Eagle

Pithecophaga	Philippine Eagle

Harpyopsis	New Guinea Harpy Eagle

Spizaetus	Black Hawk-Eagle • Black-and-white Hawk-Eagle • Ornate Hawk-Eagle • Black-and-chestnut Eagle

Nisaetus	Crested Hawk-Eagle • Mountain Hawk-Eagle • Blyth's Hawk-Eagle • Javan Hawk-Eagle • Sulawesi Hawk-Eagle • Philippine Hawk-Eagle • Wallace's Hawk-Eagle

Lophaetus	Long-crested Eagle

Stephanoaetus	Crowned Eagle • Malagasy Crowned Eagle†

Polemaetus	Martial Eagle

Hieraaetus	African Hawk-Eagle • New Guinea Hawk-Eagle • Ayres's Hawk-Eagle

Aquila	Bonelli's Eagle • Booted Eagle • Little Eagle • Rufous-bellied Eagle • Golden Eagle • Eastern Imperial Eagle • Spanish Imperial Eagle • Steppe Eagle • Tawny Eagle • Greater Spotted Eagle • Lesser Spotted Eagle • Indian Spotted Eagle • Verreaux's Eagle • Gurney's Eagle • Wahlberg's Eagle • Wedge-tailed Eagle

Ictinaetus	Black Eagle

Haliaeetus	White-bellied Sea Eagle • Sanford's Sea Eagle • African Fish Eagle • Madagascar Fish Eagle • Pallas's Fish Eagle • White-tailed Eagle • Bald Eagle • Steller's Sea Eagle

Ichthyophaga	Lesser Fish Eagle • Grey-headed Fish Eagle

Harpagornis	Haast's Eagle†

Eagle • Buzzard

Genera

v d e Kinglets (order: Passeriformes • suborder: Passeri • family: Regulidae • genus: Regulus)

Species	Goldcrest • Common Firecrest • Madeira Firecrest • Taiwan Firecrest • Golden-crowned Kinglet • Ruby-crowned Kinglet

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