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Struthionidae, family Struthionidae
tall terrestrial birds: ostriches
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Casuaridae, family Casuaridae
a family of large ostrich-like birds including cassowaries
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Apterygidae, family Apterygidae
coextensive with the order Apterygiformes
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Rheidae, family Rheidae
a family of birds coextensive with the order Rheiformes
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Aepyornidae, family Aepyornidae
coextensive with the order Aepyorniformes
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Dinornithidae, family Dinornithidae
moas
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Meliphagidae, family Meliphagidae
honey eaters
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Prunellidae, family Prunellidae
hedge sparrow
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Alaudidae, family Alaudidae
larks
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Motacillidae, family Motacillidae
pipits and wagtails
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Fringillidae, family Fringillidae
finches: goldfinches; bullfinches; chaffinches; siskins; canaries; cardinals; grosbeaks; crossbills; linnets; buntings
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Carduelinae, subfamily Carduelinae
used in some classifications for a subgroup of finches
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Emberizidae, subfamily Emberizidae, subfamily Emberizinae
buntings and some New World sparrows
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Coerebidae, Dacninae, family Coerebidae, family Dacninae
the honeycreepers
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Passeridae, family Passeridae
true sparrows: Old world birds formerly considered weaverbirds
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Ploceidae, family Ploceidae
weaverbirds
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Drepanididae, family Drepanididae
Hawaiian honeycreepers
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Menuridae, family Menuridae
lyrebirds
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Atrichornithidae, family Atrichornithidae
scrubbirds
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Eurylaimidae, family Eurylaimidae
coextensive with the suborder Eurylaimi
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Tyrannidae, superfamily Tyrannidae
New World tyrant flycatchers most numerous in Central America and South America but also in the United States and Canada
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Cotingidae, family Cotingidae
cotingas; umbrella birds
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Pipridae, family Pipridae
manakins
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Furnariidae, family Furnariidae
e.g. ovenbirds
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Formicariidae, family Formicariidae
antbirds
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Dendrocolaptidae, family Dendrocolaptidae
woodhewers or woodcreepers
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Pittidae, family Pittidae
pittas
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Muscicapidae, family Muscicapidae
Old World (true) flycatchers
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Turdidae, family Turdidae
thrushes; in some classifications considered a subfamily (Turdinae) of the family Muscicapidae
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Turdinae, subfamily Turdinae
alternative classification for the thrushes
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Sylviidae, family Sylviidae
in some classifications considered a subfamily (Sylviinae) of the family Muscicapidae: Old World (true) warblers; American kinglets and gnatcatchers
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Sylviinae, subfamily Sylviinae
alternative classification for the Old World warblers
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Timaliidae, family Timaliidae
babblers
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Parulidae, family Parulidae
New World warblers
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Paradisaeidae, family Paradisaeidae
birds of paradise
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Icteridae, family Icteridae
American orioles; American blackbirds; bobolinks; meadowlarks
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Oriolidae, family Oriolidae
Old World orioles
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Sturnidae, family Sturnidae
Old World starlings
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Corvidae, family Corvidae
crow; raven; rook; jackdaw; chough; magpie; jay
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Garrulinae, subfamily Garrulinae
subfamily of the crow family: jays
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Cracticidae, family Cracticidae
Australian birds formerly included in the family Laniidae
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Troglodytidae, family Troglodytidae
wrens
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Mimidae, family Mimidae
sometimes considered a subfamily of Troglodytidae: mockingbirds; catbirds; thrashers
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Acanthisittidae, Xenicidae, family Acanthisittidae, family Xenicidae
alternative names for the family comprising the New Zealand wrens
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Certhiidae, family Certhiidae
creepers
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Sittidae, family Sittidae
nuthatches
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Paridae, family Paridae
titmice and chickadees
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Irenidae, family Irenidae
a family of birds of the suborder Oscines
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Hirundinidae, family Hirundinidae
swallows and martins
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Artamidae, family Artamidae
wood swallows
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Thraupidae, family Thraupidae
tanagers
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Laniidae, family Laniidae
shrikes
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Malaconotinae, subfamily Malaconotinae
an African bush shrikes
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Ptilonorhynchidae, family Ptilonorhynchidae
bowerbirds
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Cinclidae, family Cinclidae
water ouzels
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Vireonidae, family Vireonidae
small insectivorous American songbirds
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Bombycillidae, family Bombycillidae
a family of birds of the suborder Oscines
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Accipitridae, family Accipitridae
hawks; Old World vultures; kites; harriers; eagles
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Falconidae, family Falconidae
a family of birds of the order Falconiformes
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Pandionidae, family Pandionidae
ospreys
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Sagittariidae, family Sagittariidae
secretary birds
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Cathartidae, family Cathartidae
condors; turkey buzzards; king vultures
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Strigidae, family Strigidae
a family of nocturnal birds of the order Strigiformes
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Tytonidae, family Tytonidae
comprising only the barn owls
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Meleagrididae, family Meleagrididae
turkeys and some extinct forms
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Tetraonidae, family Tetraonidae
grouse
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Cracidae, family Cracidae
curassows; guans; chachalacas
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Megapodiidae, family Megapodiidae
megapodes
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Phasianidae, family Phasianidae
pheasants; quails; partridges
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Perdicidae, Perdicinae, subfamily Perdicidae, subfamily Perdicinae
Old World partridges
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Numididae, Numidinae, subfamily Numididae, subfamily Numidinae
guinea fowl and related birds of Africa and Madagascar
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Opisthocomidae, family Opisthocomidae
comprising the hoatzins
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Tinamidae, family Tinamidae
comprising the tinamous
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Raphidae, family Raphidae
extinct dodos and solitaires
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Columbidae, family Columbidae
doves and pigeons
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Pteroclididae, family Pteroclididae
sandgrouses
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Psittacidae, family Psittacidae
coextensive with the order Psittaciformes
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Loriinae, subfamily Loriinae
lories
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Cuculidae, family Cuculidae
includes cuckoo; ani; roadrunner
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Musophagidae, family Musophagidae
touracos
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Coraciidae, family Coraciidae
rollers
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Alcedinidae, family Alcedinidae
kingfishers
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Meropidae, family Meropidae
bee-eaters
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Bucerotidae, family Bucerotidae
hornbills
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Upupidae, family Upupidae
hoopoes
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Phoeniculidae, family Phoeniculidae
wood hoopoes
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Momotidae, family Momotidae
a family of birds of the order Coraciiformes
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Todidae, family Todidae
a family of birds of the order Coraciiformes
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Apodidae, family Apodidae
swifts; in former classifications included in the order Coraciiformes
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Hemiprocnidae, family Hemiprocnidae
tree swifts
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Trochilidae, family Trochilidae
hummingbirds
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Caprimulgidae, family Caprimulgidae
goatsuckers
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Podargidae, family Podargidae
frogmouths
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Steatornithidae, family Steatornithidae
oilbirds
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Picidae, family Picidae
woodpeckers
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Capitonidae, family Capitonidae
barbets
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Bucconidae, family Bucconidae
puffbirds
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Indicatoridae, family Indicatoridae
honey guides
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Galbulidae, family Galbulidae
jacamars
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Ramphastidae, family Ramphastidae
toucans
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Trogonidae, family Trogonidae
coextensive with the order Trogoniformes
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Anatidae, family Anatidae
swimming birds having heavy short-legged bodies and bills with a horny tip: swans; geese; ducks
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Merginae, subfamily Merginae
mergansers and closely related diving birds
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Anserinae, subfamily Anserinae
used in some classifications for the swans
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Anhimidae, family Anhimidae
screamers
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Ciconiidae, family Ciconiidae
storks
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Balaenicipitidae, family Balaenicipitidae
shoebills
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Threskiornithidae, family Ibidiidae, family Threskiornithidae
ibises
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Plataleidae, family Plataleidae
spoonbills
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Phoenicopteridae, family Phoenicopteridae
flamingos
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Ardeidae, family Ardeidae
herons; egrets; night herons; bitterns
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Gruidae, family Gruidae
cranes
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Cariamidae, family Cariamidae
crane-like South American wading birds
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Rallidae, family Rallidae
rails; crakes; gallinules; coots
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Otididae, family Otididae
bustards
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Turnicidae, family Turnicidae
small Old World birds resembling but not related to true quail
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Psophiidae, family Psophiidae
trumpeters
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Charadriidae, family Charadriidae
plover family
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Scolopacidae, family Scolopacidae
sandpiper family: sandpipers; woodcocks; snipes; tattlers; curlews; godwits; dowitchers
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Recurvirostridae, family Recurvirostridae
long-legged shorebirds
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Haematopodidae, family Haematopodidae
oystercatchers
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Phalaropidae, family Phalaropidae
phalaropes
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Glareolidae, family Glareolidae
Old World shorebirds: pratincoles and coursers
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Burhinidae, family Burhinidae
large wading birds resembling the plovers: stone curlews
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Laridae, family Laridae
gull family: gulls and terns
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Sterninae, subfamily Sterninae
terns
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Rynchopidae, family Rynchopidae
coextensive with the genus Rynchops: skimmers
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Stercorariidae, family Stercorariidae
jaegers and skuas:
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Alcidae, family Alcidae
web-footed diving seabirds of northern seas: auks; puffins; guillemots; murres; etc.
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Gavidae, family Gavidae
loon family
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Podicipedidae, family Podicipedidae
coextensive with the order Podicipitiformes
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Pelecanidae, family Pelecanidae
pelicans
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Fregatidae, family Fregatidae
frigate birds
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Sulidae, family Sulidae
gannets and boobies
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Phalacrocoracidae, family Phalacrocoracidae
cormorants
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Anhingidae, family Anhingidae
snakebirds
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Phaethontidae, family Phaethontidae
tropicbirds
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Spheniscidae, family Spheniscidae
comprising all existing penguins
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Diomedeidae, family Diomedeidae
albatrosses
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Procellariidae, family Procellariidae
petrels; fulmars; shearwaters;
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Hydrobatidae, family Hydrobatidae
storm petrels
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Pelecanoididae, family Pelecanoididae
diving petrels