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