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In the following list, birds are divided into scientific orders containing families closely related to each other. To find images of a bird family, click on its order. Note that the order Passeriformes is extremely large and contains all perching birds, ranging from warblers and swallows to babblers and crows. If you cannot find the family you are looking for under the other orders, try under Passeriformes. Alternatively, just use the search box above, e.g. to search for babblers, type in babbler. (When searching, do not use plurals.)

Group NameGroup Description
   ANSERIFORMES Ducks, geese, swans
   APODIFORMES Swifts, needletails, treeswifts
   BUCEROTIFORMES Hornbills
   CICONIIFORMES Storks, raptors, seabirds, shorebirds, sandgrouse
   COLUMBIFORMES Pigeons, doves
   CORACIIFORMES Kingfishers, bee-eaters, rollers
   CRACIIFORMES Scrubfowl, maleo
   CUCULIFORMES Cuckoos, malkohas, coucals
   GALLIFORMES Pheasants, partridges, francolins, grouse, fowl, quails
   GRUIFORMES Cranes, bustards, finfoots, rails, crakes, gallinules
   PASSERIFORMES All perching birds
   PICIFORMES Woodpeckers, wrynecks, barbets, honeyguides
   PSITTACIFORMES Parrots, parakeets, cockatoos, lorikeets etc.
   STRIGIFORMES Owls, frogmouths, nightjars
   STRUTHIONIFORMES Cassowaries
   TROCHILIFORMES Hummingbirds
   TROGONIFORMES Trogons
   TURNICIFORMES Buttonquails
   UPUPIFORMES Hoopoes