Birds of Australia - Family groups
We follow here the convention adopted in the "Field Guide to Australian
Birds" by Michael Morcombe, in which all
Australian bird families are collected into 26 family groups as
reproduced in the table below.
Every species seen by us is listed in a complete index of all Australian bird
species.
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Non-passerines |
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1 |
Emu, Cassowary, Megapodes, Quails |
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2 |
Geese, Swans, Ducks, Grebes, Penguins |
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3 |
Petrels, Shearwaters, Prions, Albatrosses, Storm-petrels,
Diving Petrels |
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4 |
Tropicbirds, Boobies, Darter, Cormorants, Pelican, Gannets,
Frigatebirds |
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5 |
Egrets, Herons, Bitterns, Spoonbills, Ibises, Stork |
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6 |
Osprey, Kites, Eagles, Buzzard, Harriers, Baza,
Sparrowhawk, Goshawks, Kestrel, Hobby, Falcons |
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7 |
Moorhen, Swamphen, Native-hens, Coot, Bush-hen, Crakes,
Rails, Bustard, Cranes |
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8 |
Button-quails, Plains-wanderer, Turnstone, Snipes, Dowitchers,
Godwits, Curlews, Shanks, Yellowlegs, Sandpipers, Ruff, Knots,
Tattlers, Sanderling, Stints, Dunlin |
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9 |
Pharalopes, Jacanas, Stone-curlews, Stilts, Avocet, Pratincoles,
Oystercatchers, Plovers, Dotterels, Lapwings |
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10 |
Skuas, Jaegers, Gulls, Terns, Noddies |
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11 |
Doves, Pigeons |
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12 |
Cockatoos, Lorikeets, Parrots, Rosellas |
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13 |
Cuckoos, Coucal, Owls, Frogmouths, Nightjars |
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14 |
Swifts, Kingfishers, Bee-eater, Dollarbird |
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Passerines |
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15 |
Pittas, Lyrebirds, Scrub-birds, Bristlebirds, Treecreepers |
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16 |
Fairy-wrens, Emu-wrens, Grasswrens |
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17 |
Pardalotes, Scrubwrens, Heathwrens, Fieldwrens, Redthroat,
Gerygones, Thornbills, Whitefaces |
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18 |
Wattlebirds, Friarbirds, Honeyeaters, Miners, Spinebills,
Chats, Gibberbird, Sunbird |
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19 |
Scrub-robins, Robins, Logrunner, Chowchilla, Babblers |
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20 |
Whipbirds, Wedgebills, Quail-thrushes, Sittella, Bellbird,
Shrike-tits, Whistlers, Shrike-thrushes |
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21 |
Monarchs, Flycatchers, Boatbill, Fantails, Willie Wagtail,
Drongo, Magpie-lark |
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22 |
Trillers, Cuckoo-shrikes, Cicadabird, Orioles, Figbird,
Woodswallows, Butcherbirds, Magpie, Currawongs |
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23 |
Riflebirds, Manucode, Ravens, Crows, Chough, Apostlebird, Catbirds,
Bowerbirds |
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24 |
Bushlark, Pipits, Wagtails, Finches, Mannikins,
Firetails |
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25 |
Mistletoebird, Swallows, Martins |
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26 |
Reed-warblers, Spinifexbird, Grassbirds, Cisticolas, Songlarks,
White-eyes, Silvereye, Thrushes |
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No introduced species are listed.