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World Bird List

In the alphabetical list of families below those highlighted in red contain birds that have been successfully photographed, the others simply contain the list of names. Select a family and within the species list names highlighted in red have a photograph(s) attached. In general the successfully photographed birds on any trip represent only 20-80% of all the species seen, depending on the environment and focus of the trip.

Following each species is an abbreviation giving the general breeding area of the bird as follows:

NA – North America, MA – Middle America, SA – South America, AF – Africa, EU – Eurasia, OR – Oriental Region, AU – Australasia, AO, PO, IO, TrO, TO, NO, SO – Atlantic, Pacific, Indian, Tropical, Temperate, Northern & Southern Oceans, AN – Antarctica, So. Cone – Argentina & Chile south of the Tropic of Capricorn.

A – Acanthisittidae – Acanthizidae – Accipitridae – Aegithalidae – Aegithinidae – Aegothelidae – Alaudidae – Alcedinidae – Alcidae –  Anatidae  – Anhimidae – Anhingidae – Anseranatidae – Apopodidae – Apterygidae –  Aramidae – Ardeidae – Artamidae – Atrichornithidae

B – Balaenicipitidae – Bombycillidae – Brachypteraciidae – Bucconidae  Bucerotidae – Bucorvidae – Burhinidae

C – Callaeatidae – Campephagidae – Caprimulgidae – Cardinalidae – Cariamidae – Casuariidae – Cathartidae – Certhiidae – Chaetopidae – Charadriidae – Chionidae –  Chloropseidae – Ciconiidae – Cinclidae – Cinclosomatidae – Cisticolidae –  Climacteridae – Cnemophilidae – Coerebidae – Coliidae – Colluricinclidae – Columbidae – Conopiohagidae – Coraciidae – Corcoracidae – Corvidae – Cotingidae – Cracidae – Cracticidae – Cuculidae

D – Dasyornithidae – Dendrocolaptidae – Dicaeidae – Dicruridae –  Diomedeidae – Drepanididae – Dromadidae – Dromaiidae – Dulidae

E – Emberizidae – Estrildidae – Eupetidae – Eurylaimidae – Eurypygidae

F – Falconidae – Falcunculidae – Formicariidae – Fregatidae – Fringillidae – Funariidae

G – Galbulidae – Gaviidae – Glareolidae – Gruidae

H – Haematopidae – Heliornithidae – Hemiprocnidae – Hirundinidae – Hydrobatidae

I – Ibidorhynchidae – Icteridae – Incertae sedis – Indicatoridae  – Irenidae

J – Jacanidae

L – Laniidae – Laridae – Leptosomatidae

M – Machaerirhynchidae – Malaconotidae – Maluridae – Megapodiidae  Melanocharitidae – Meliphagidae – Menuridae – Meropidae – Mesitornithidae – Mimidae – Monarchidae – Motacillidae – Motmotidae – Muscicapidae – Musophagidae

N – Nectariniidae – Neosittidae – Numididae – Nyctibiidae

O – Odontophoridae – Opisthocomidae – Oriolidae – Orthonychidae – Otidae

P – Pachycephalidae – Paradisaeidae – Pardalotidae – Paridae – Parulidae – Passeridae –  Pedionomedae – Pelecanidae – Pelecanoididae – Petroicidae – Peucedramidae – Phaethontidae – Phalacrocoracidae – Phasianidae – Philepittidae –  Phoenicopteridae – Phoeniculidae – Picathartidae – Picidae – Pipridae – Pittidae – Platysteiridae – Ploceidae – Podargidae – Podicipedidae – Polioptilidae  Pomatostomidae – Procellariidae – Promeropidae – Prunellidae – Psittacidae – Psophiidae – Pteroclididae – Ptilonorhynchidae – Pycnonotidae

R  – Rallidae – Ramphastidae – Recurvirostridae – Regulidae – Remizidae – Rhabdornithidae – Rheidae – Rhinocryptidae – Rhipiduridae – Rhynochetidae – Rostratulidae

S – Sapayoaidae – Sarothuridae – Scolopacidae – Scopidae – Sittidae – Spheniscidae – Steatornithidae – Stercorariidae –  Strigidae – Struthionidae – Sturnidae – Sulidae – Sylviidae

T – Thamnophilidae – Thinocoridae – Thraupidae –  Threskiornithidae  – Timaliidae – Tinamidae – Todidae – Trochilidae – Troglodytidae – Trogonidae – Turdidae –Turnicidae – Tyrannidae – Tytonidae

U – Upupidae

V – Vangidae – Viduidae – Vireonidae

Z – Zosteropidae

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