bird family
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A family of warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings (synset 101507078)
is a type of: family - (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more generasubtypes:
- family struthionidae, struthionidae - tall terrestrial birds: ostriches
- casuaridae, family casuaridae - a family of large ostrich-like birds including cassowaries
- apterygidae, family apterygidae - coextensive with the order Apterygiformes
- family rheidae, rheidae - a family of birds coextensive with the order Rheiformes
- aepyornidae, family aepyornidae - coextensive with the order Aepyorniformes
- dinornithidae, family dinornithidae - moas
- family meliphagidae, meliphagidae - honey eaters
- family prunellidae, prunellidae - hedge sparrow
- alaudidae, family alaudidae - larks
- family motacillidae, motacillidae - pipits and wagtails
- family fringillidae, fringillidae - finches: goldfinches; bullfinches; chaffinches; siskins; canaries; cardinals; grosbeaks; crossbills; linnets; buntings
- carduelinae, subfamily carduelinae - used in some classifications for a subgroup of finches
- emberizidae, subfamily emberizidae, subfamily emberizinae - buntings and some New World sparrows
- coerebidae, dacninae, family coerebidae, family dacninae - the honeycreepers
- family passeridae, passeridae - true sparrows: Old world birds formerly considered weaverbirds
- family ploceidae, ploceidae - weaverbirds
- drepanididae, family drepanididae - Hawaiian honeycreepers
- family menuridae, menuridae - lyrebirds
- atrichornithidae, family atrichornithidae - scrubbirds
- eurylaimidae, family eurylaimidae - coextensive with the suborder Eurylaimi
- superfamily tyrannidae, tyrannidae - New World tyrant flycatchers most numerous in Central America and South America but also in the United States and Canada
- cotingidae, family cotingidae - cotingas; umbrella birds
- family pipridae, pipridae - manakins
- family furnariidae, furnariidae - e.g. ovenbirds
- family formicariidae, formicariidae - antbirds
- dendrocolaptidae, family dendrocolaptidae - woodhewers or woodcreepers
- family pittidae, pittidae - pittas
- family muscicapidae, muscicapidae - Old World (true) flycatchers
- family turdidae, turdidae - thrushes; in some classifications considered a subfamily (Turdinae) of the family Muscicapidae
- subfamily turdinae, turdinae - alternative classification for the thrushes
- family sylviidae, sylviidae - in some classifications considered a subfamily (Sylviinae) of the family Muscicapidae: Old World (true) warblers; American kinglets and gnatcatchers
- subfamily sylviinae, sylviinae - alternative classification for the Old World warblers
- family timaliidae, timaliidae - babblers
- family parulidae, parulidae - New World warblers
- family paradisaeidae, paradisaeidae - birds of paradise
- family icteridae, icteridae - American orioles; American blackbirds; bobolinks; meadowlarks
- family oriolidae, oriolidae - Old World orioles
- family sturnidae, sturnidae - Old World starlings
- corvidae, family corvidae - crow; raven; rook; jackdaw; chough; magpie; jay
- garrulinae, subfamily garrulinae - subfamily of the crow family: jays
- cracticidae, family cracticidae - Australian birds formerly included in the family Laniidae
- family troglodytidae, troglodytidae - wrens
- family mimidae, mimidae - sometimes considered a subfamily of Troglodytidae: mockingbirds; catbirds; thrashers
- acanthisittidae, family acanthisittidae, family xenicidae, xenicidae - alternative names for the family comprising the New Zealand wrens
- certhiidae, family certhiidae - creepers
- family sittidae, sittidae - nuthatches
- family paridae, paridae - titmice and chickadees
- family irenidae, irenidae - a family of birds of the suborder Oscines
- family hirundinidae, hirundinidae - swallows and martins
- artamidae, family artamidae - wood swallows
- family thraupidae, thraupidae - tanagers
- family laniidae, laniidae - shrikes
- malaconotinae, subfamily malaconotinae - an African bush shrikes
- family ptilonorhynchidae, ptilonorhynchidae - bowerbirds
- cinclidae, family cinclidae - water ouzels
- family vireonidae, vireonidae - small insectivorous American songbirds
- bombycillidae, family bombycillidae - a family of birds of the suborder Oscines
- accipitridae, family accipitridae - hawks; Old World vultures; kites; harriers; eagles
- falconidae, family falconidae - a family of birds of the order Falconiformes
- family pandionidae, pandionidae - ospreys
- family sagittariidae, sagittariidae - secretary birds
- cathartidae, family cathartidae - condors; turkey buzzards; king vultures
- family strigidae, strigidae - a family of nocturnal birds of the order Strigiformes
- family tytonidae, tytonidae - comprising only the barn owls
- family meleagrididae, meleagrididae - turkeys and some extinct forms
- family tetraonidae, tetraonidae - grouse
- cracidae, family cracidae - curassows; guans; chachalacas
- family megapodiidae, megapodiidae - megapodes
- family phasianidae, phasianidae - pheasants; quails; partridges
- perdicidae, perdicinae, subfamily perdicidae, subfamily perdicinae - Old World partridges
- numididae, numidinae, subfamily numididae, subfamily numidinae - guinea fowl and related birds of Africa and Madagascar
- family opisthocomidae, opisthocomidae - comprising the hoatzins
- family tinamidae, tinamidae - comprising the tinamous
- family raphidae, raphidae - extinct dodos and solitaires
- columbidae, family columbidae - doves and pigeons
- family pteroclididae, pteroclididae - sandgrouses
- family psittacidae, psittacidae - coextensive with the order Psittaciformes
- loriinae, subfamily loriinae - lories
- cuculidae, family cuculidae - includes cuckoo; ani; roadrunner
- family musophagidae, musophagidae - touracos
- coraciidae, family coraciidae - rollers
- alcedinidae, family alcedinidae - kingfishers
- family meropidae, meropidae - bee-eaters
- bucerotidae, family bucerotidae - hornbills
- family upupidae, upupidae - hoopoes
- family phoeniculidae, phoeniculidae - wood hoopoes
- family momotidae, momotidae - a family of birds of the order Coraciiformes
- family todidae, todidae - a family of birds of the order Coraciiformes
- apodidae, family apodidae - swifts; in former classifications included in the order Coraciiformes
- family hemiprocnidae, hemiprocnidae - tree swifts
- family trochilidae, trochilidae - hummingbirds
- caprimulgidae, family caprimulgidae - goatsuckers
- family podargidae, podargidae - frogmouths
- family steatornithidae, steatornithidae - oilbirds
- family picidae, picidae - woodpeckers
- capitonidae, family capitonidae - barbets
- bucconidae, family bucconidae - puffbirds
- family indicatoridae, indicatoridae - honey guides
- family galbulidae, galbulidae - jacamars
- family ramphastidae, ramphastidae - toucans
- family trogonidae, trogonidae - coextensive with the order Trogoniformes
- anatidae, family anatidae - swimming birds having heavy short-legged bodies and bills with a horny tip: swans; geese; ducks
- merginae, subfamily merginae - mergansers and closely related diving birds
- anserinae, subfamily anserinae - used in some classifications for the swans
- anhimidae, family anhimidae - screamers
- ciconiidae, family ciconiidae - storks
- balaenicipitidae, family balaenicipitidae - shoebills
- family ibidiidae, family threskiornithidae, threskiornithidae - ibises
- family plataleidae, plataleidae - spoonbills
- family phoenicopteridae, phoenicopteridae - flamingos
- ardeidae, family ardeidae - herons; egrets; night herons; bitterns
- family gruidae, gruidae - cranes
- cariamidae, family cariamidae - crane-like South American wading birds
- family rallidae, rallidae - rails; crakes; gallinules; coots
- family otididae, otididae - bustards
- family turnicidae, turnicidae - small Old World birds resembling but not related to true quail
- family psophiidae, psophiidae - trumpeters
- charadriidae, family charadriidae - plover family
- family scolopacidae, scolopacidae - sandpiper family: sandpipers; woodcocks; snipes; tattlers; curlews; godwits; dowitchers
- family recurvirostridae, recurvirostridae - long-legged shorebirds
- family haematopodidae, haematopodidae - oystercatchers
- family phalaropidae, phalaropidae - phalaropes
- family glareolidae, glareolidae - Old World shorebirds: pratincoles and coursers
- burhinidae, family burhinidae - large wading birds resembling the plovers: stone curlews
- family laridae, laridae - gull family: gulls and terns
- sterninae, subfamily sterninae - terns
- family rynchopidae, rynchopidae - coextensive with the genus Rynchops: skimmers
- family stercorariidae, stercorariidae - jaegers and skuas:
- alcidae, family alcidae - web-footed diving seabirds of northern seas: auks; puffins; guillemots; murres; etc.
- family gavidae, gavidae - loon family
- family podicipedidae, podicipedidae - coextensive with the order Podicipitiformes
- family pelecanidae, pelecanidae - pelicans
- family fregatidae, fregatidae - frigate birds
- family sulidae, sulidae - gannets and boobies
- family phalacrocoracidae, phalacrocoracidae - cormorants
- anhingidae, family anhingidae - snakebirds
- family phaethontidae, phaethontidae - tropicbirds
- family spheniscidae, spheniscidae - comprising all existing penguins
- diomedeidae, family diomedeidae - albatrosses
- family procellariidae, procellariidae - petrels; fulmars; shearwaters
- family hydrobatidae, hydrobatidae - storm petrels
- family pelecanoididae, pelecanoididae - diving petrels
belongs to: craniata, subphylum craniata, subphylum vertebrata, vertebrata - fishes; amphibians; reptiles; birds; mammals
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