#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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