#bird_family  a family of warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings
  supertype:  family  (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more genera; "sharks belong to the fish family"
  member of:  subphylum_Vertebrata
  subtype:  family_Struthionidae__Struthionidae  tall terrestrial birds: ostriches
  subtype:  family_Casuaridae__Casuaridae  a family of large ostrich-like birds including cassowaries
  subtype:  family_Apterygidae__Apterygidae  coextensive with the order Apterygiformes
  subtype:  family_Rheidae__Rheidae  a family of birds coextensive with the order Rheiformes
  subtype:  family_Aepyornidae__Aepyornidae  coextensive with the order Aepyorniformes
  subtype:  family_Dinornithidae__Dinornithidae  moas
  subtype:  family_Meliphagidae__Meliphagidae  honey eaters
  subtype:  family_Prunellidae__Prunellidae  hedge sparrow
  subtype:  family_Alaudidae__Alaudidae  larks
  subtype:  family_Motacillidae__Motacillidae  pipits and wagtails
  subtype:  family_Fringillidae__Fringillidae  finches: goldfinches; bullfinches; chaffinches; siskins; canaries; cardinals; grosbeaks; crossbills; linnets; buntings
  subtype:  subfamily_Carduelinae__Carduelinae  used in some classifications for a subgroup of finches
  subtype:  subfamily_Emberizidae__Emberizidae__subfamily_Emberizinae  buntings and some New World sparrows
  subtype:  family_Coerebidae__Coerebidae__Dacninae__family_Dacninae  the honeycreepers
  subtype:  family_Passeridae__Passeridae  true sparrows: Old world birds formerly considered weaverbirds
  subtype:  family_Ploceidae__Ploceidae  weaverbirds
  subtype:  family_Drepanididae__Drepanididae  Hawaiian honeycreepers
  subtype:  family_Menuridae__Menuridae  lyrebirds
  subtype:  family_Atrichornithidae__Atrichornithidae  scrubbirds
  subtype:  family_Eurylaimidae__Eurylaimidae  coextensive with the suborder Eurylaimi
  subtype:  superfamily_Tyrannidae__Tyrannidae  New World tyrant flycatchers most numerous in Central and South America but also in the United States and Canada
  subtype:  family_Cotingidae__Cotingidae  cotingas; umbrella birds
  subtype:  family_Pipridae__Pipridae  manakins
  subtype:  family_Furnariidae__Furnariidae  e.g. ovenbirds
  subtype:  family_Formicariidae__Formicariidae  antbirds
  subtype:  family_Dendrocolaptidae__Dendrocolaptidae  woodhewers or woodcreepers
  subtype:  family_Pittidae__Pittidae  pittas
  subtype:  family_Muscicapidae__Muscicapidae  Old World (true) flycatchers
  subtype:  family_Turdidae__Turdidae  thrushes; in some classifications considered a subfamily (Turdinae) of the family Muscicapidae
  subtype:  subfamily_Turdinae__Turdinae  alternative classification for the thrushes
  subtype:  family_Sylviidae__Sylviidae  in some classifications considered a subfamily (Sylviinae) of the family Muscicapidae: Old World (true) warblers; American kinglets and gnatcatchers
  subtype:  subfamily_Sylviinae__Sylviinae  alternative classification for the Old World warblers
  subtype:  family_Timaliidae__Timaliidae  babblers
  subtype:  family_Parulidae__Parulidae  New World warblers
  subtype:  family_Paradisaeidae__Paradisaeidae  birds of paradise
  subtype:  family_Icteridae__Icteridae  American orioles; American blackbirds; bobolinks; meadowlarks
  subtype:  family_Oriolidae__Oriolidae  Old World orioles
  subtype:  family_Sturnidae__Sturnidae  Old World starlings
  subtype:  family_Corvidae__Corvidae  crow; raven; rook; jackdaw; chough; magpie; jay
  subtype:  subfamily_Garrulinae__Garrulinae  subfamily of the crow family: jays
  subtype:  family_Cracticidae__Cracticidae  Australian birds formerly included in the family Laniidae
  subtype:  family_Troglodytidae__Troglodytidae  wrens
  subtype:  family_Mimidae__Mimidae  sometimes considered a subfamily of Troglodytidae: mockingbirds; catbirds; thrashers
  subtype:  family_Xenicidae__Xenicidae__Acanthisittidae__family_Acanthisittidae  alternative names for the family comprising the New Zealand wrens
  subtype:  family_Certhiidae__Certhiidae  creepers
  subtype:  family_Sittidae__Sittidae  nuthatches
  subtype:  family_Paridae__Paridae  titmice and chickadees
  subtype:  family_Irenidae__Irenidae  a family of birds of the suborder Oscines
  subtype:  family_Hirundinidae__Hirundinidae  swallows and martins
  subtype:  family_Artamidae__Artamidae  wood swallows
  subtype:  family_Thraupidae__Thraupidae  tanagers
  subtype:  family_Laniidae__Laniidae  shrikes
  subtype:  subfamily_Malaconotinae__Malaconotinae  African bush shrikes
  subtype:  family_Ptilonorhynchidae__Ptilonorhynchidae  bowerbirds
  subtype:  family_Cinclidae__Cinclidae  water ouzels
  subtype:  family_Vireonidae__Vireonidae  small insectivorous American songbirds
  subtype:  family_Bombycillidae__Bombycillidae  a family of birds of the suborder Oscines
  subtype:  family_Accipitridae__Accipitridae  hawks; Old World vultures; kites; harriers; eagles
  subtype:  family_Falconidae__Falconidae  a family of birds of the order Falconiformes
  subtype:  family_Pandionidae__Pandionidae  ospreys
  subtype:  family_Sagittariidae__Sagittariidae  secretary birds
  subtype:  family_Cathartidae__Cathartidae  condors; turkey buzzards; king vultures
  subtype:  family_Strigidae__Strigidae  a family of nocturnal birds of the order Strigiformes
  subtype:  family_Tytonidae__Tytonidae  comprising only the barn owls
  subtype:  family_Meleagrididae__Meleagrididae  turkeys and some extinct forms
  subtype:  family_Tetraonidae__Tetraonidae  grouse
  subtype:  family_Cracidae__Cracidae  curassows; guans; chachalacas
  subtype:  family_Megapodiidae__Megapodiidae  megapodes
  subtype:  family_Phasianidae__Phasianidae  pheasants; quails; partridges
  subtype:  subfamily_Perdicidae__Perdicidae__Perdicinae__subfamily_Perdicinae  Old World partridges
  subtype:  subfamily_Numididae__Numididae__Numidinae__subfamily_Numidinae  guinea fowl and related birds of Africa and Madagascar
  subtype:  family_Opisthocomidae__Opisthocomidae  comprising the hoatzins
  subtype:  family_Tinamidae__Tinamidae  comprising the tinamous
  subtype:  family_Raphidae__Raphidae  extinct dodos and solitaires
  subtype:  family_Columbidae__Columbidae  doves and pigeons
  subtype:  family_Pteroclididae__Pteroclididae  sandgrouses
  subtype:  family_Psittacidae__Psittacidae  coextensive with the order Psittaciformes
  subtype:  subfamily_Loriinae__Loriinae  lories
  subtype:  family_Cuculidae__Cuculidae  includes cuckoo; ani; roadrunner
  subtype:  family_Musophagidae__Musophagidae  touracos
  subtype:  family_Coraciidae__Coraciidae  rollers
  subtype:  family_Alcedinidae__Alcedinidae  kingfishers
  subtype:  family_Meropidae__Meropidae  bee-eaters
  subtype:  family_Bucerotidae__Bucerotidae  hornbills
  subtype:  family_Upupidae__Upupidae  hoopoes
  subtype:  family_Phoeniculidae__Phoeniculidae  wood hoopoes
  subtype:  family_Momotidae__Momotidae  a family of birds of the order Coraciiformes
  subtype:  family_Todidae__Todidae  a family of birds of the order Coraciiformes
  subtype:  family_Apodidae__Apodidae  swifts; in former classifications included in the order Coraciiformes
  subtype:  family_Hemiprocnidae__Hemiprocnidae  tree swifts
  subtype:  family_Trochilidae__Trochilidae  hummingbirds
  subtype:  family_Caprimulgidae__Caprimulgidae  goatsuckers
  subtype:  family_Podargidae__Podargidae  frogmouths
  subtype:  family_Steatornithidae__Steatornithidae  oilbirds
  subtype:  family_Picidae__Picidae  woodpeckers
  subtype:  family_Capitonidae__Capitonidae  barbets
  subtype:  family_Bucconidae__Bucconidae  puffbirds
  subtype:  family_Indicatoridae__Indicatoridae  honey guides
  subtype:  family_Galbulidae__Galbulidae  jacamars
  subtype:  family_Ramphastidae__Ramphastidae  toucans
  subtype:  family_Trogonidae__Trogonidae  coextensive with the order Trogoniformes
  subtype:  family_Anatidae__Anatidae  swimming birds having heavy short-legged bodies and bills with a horny tip: swans; geese; ducks
  subtype:  subfamily_Merginae__Merginae  mergansers and closely related diving birds
  subtype:  subfamily_Anserinae__Anserinae  used in some classifications for the swans
  subtype:  family_Anhimidae__Anhimidae  screamers
  subtype:  family_Ciconiidae__Ciconiidae  storks
  subtype:  family_Balaenicipitidae__Balaenicipitidae  shoebills
  subtype:  family_Threskiornithidae__Threskiornithidae__family_Ibidiidae  ibises
  subtype:  family_Plataleidae__Plataleidae  spoonbills
  subtype:  family_Phoenicopteridae__Phoenicopteridae  flamingos
  subtype:  family_Ardeidae__Ardeidae  herons; egrets; night herons; bitterns
  subtype:  family_Gruidae__Gruidae  cranes
  subtype:  family_Cariamidae__Cariamidae  cranelike South American wading birds
  subtype:  family_Rallidae__Rallidae  rails; crakes; gallinules; coots
  subtype:  family_Otididae__Otididae  bustards
  subtype:  family_Turnicidae__Turnicidae  small Old World birds resembling but not related to true quail
  subtype:  family_Psophiidae__Psophiidae  trumpeters
  subtype:  family_Charadriidae__Charadriidae  plover family
  subtype:  family_Scolopacidae__Scolopacidae  sandpiper family: sandpipers; woodcocks; snipes; tattlers; curlews; godwits; dowitchers
  subtype:  family_Recurvirostridae__Recurvirostridae  long-legged shorebirds
  subtype:  family_Haematopodidae__Haematopodidae  oystercatchers
  subtype:  family_Phalaropidae__Phalaropidae  phalaropes
  subtype:  family_Glareolidae__Glareolidae  Old World shorebirds: pratincoles and coursers
  subtype:  family_Burhinidae__Burhinidae  large wading birds resembling the plovers: stone curlews
  subtype:  family_Laridae__Laridae  gull family: gulls and terns
  subtype:  subfamily_Sterninae__subfamilysterninae__Sterninae  terns
  subtype:  family_Rynchopidae__Rynchopidae  coextensive with the genus Rynchops: skimmers
  subtype:  family_Stercorariidae__Stercorariidae  jaegers and skuas:
  subtype:  family_Alcidae__Alcidae  web-footed diving seabirds of northern seas: auks; puffins; guillemots; murres; etc.
  subtype:  family_Gavidae__Gavidae  loon family
  subtype:  family_Podicipedidae__Podicipedidae  coextensive with the order Podicipitiformes
  subtype:  family_Pelecanidae__Pelecanidae  pelicans
  subtype:  family_Fregatidae__Fregatidae  frigate birds
  subtype:  family_Sulidae__Sulidae  gannets and boobies
  subtype:  family_Phalacrocoracidae__Phalacrocoracidae  cormorants
  subtype:  family_Anhingidae__Anhingidae  snakebirds
  subtype:  family_Phaethontidae__Phaethontidae  tropicbirds
  subtype:  family_Spheniscidae__Spheniscidae  comprising all existing penguins
  subtype:  family_Diomedeidae__Diomedeidae  albatrosses
  subtype:  family_Procellariidae__Procellariidae  petrels; fulmars; shearwaters;
  subtype:  family_Hydrobatidae__Hydrobatidae  storm petrels
  subtype:  family_Pelecanoididae__Pelecanoididae  diving petrels

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