superfamily Tyrannidae; Tyrannidae (New World tyrant flycatchers most numerous in Central America and South America but also in the United States and Canada)

Cotingidae; family Cotingidae (cotingas; umbrella birds)

family Pipridae; Pipridae (manakins)

family Furnariidae; Furnariidae (e.g. ovenbirds)

family Formicariidae; Formicariidae (antbirds)

Dendrocolaptidae; family Dendrocolaptidae (woodhewers or woodcreepers)

family Pittidae; Pittidae (pittas)

family Muscicapidae; Muscicapidae (Old World (true) flycatchers)

family Turdidae; Turdidae (thrushes; in some classifications considered a subfamily (Turdinae) of the family Muscicapidae)

subfamily Turdinae; Turdinae (alternative classification for the thrushes)

family Sylviidae; Sylviidae (in some classifications considered a subfamily (Sylviinae) of the family Muscicapidae: Old World (true) warblers; American kinglets and gnatcatchers)

subfamily Sylviinae; Sylviinae (alternative classification for the Old World warblers)

family Timaliidae; Timaliidae (babblers)

family Menuridae; Menuridae (lyrebirds)

Drepanididae; family Drepanididae (Hawaiian honeycreepers)

family Ploceidae; Ploceidae (weaverbirds)

family Struthionidae; Struthionidae (tall terrestrial birds: ostriches)

Casuaridae; family Casuaridae (a family of large ostrich-like birds including cassowaries)

Apterygidae; family Apterygidae (coextensive with the order Apterygiformes)

family Rheidae; Rheidae (a family of birds coextensive with the order Rheiformes)

Aepyornidae; family Aepyornidae (coextensive with the order Aepyorniformes)

Dinornithidae; family Dinornithidae (moas)

family Meliphagidae; Meliphagidae (honey eaters)

family Prunellidae; Prunellidae (hedge sparrow)

Alaudidae; family Alaudidae (larks)

family Motacillidae; Motacillidae (pipits and wagtails)

family Fringillidae; Fringillidae (finches: goldfinches; bullfinches; chaffinches; siskins; canaries; cardinals; grosbeaks; crossbills; linnets; buntings)

Carduelinae; subfamily Carduelinae (used in some classifications for a subgroup of finches)

Emberizidae; subfamily Emberizidae; subfamily Emberizinae (buntings and some New World sparrows)

Coerebidae; Dacninae; family Coerebidae; family Dacninae (the honeycreepers)

family Passeridae; Passeridae (true sparrows: Old world birds formerly considered weaverbirds)

family Paradisaeidae; Paradisaeidae (birds of paradise)

family Icteridae; Icteridae (American orioles; American blackbirds; bobolinks; meadowlarks)

family Ptilonorhynchidae; Ptilonorhynchidae (bowerbirds)

Cinclidae; family Cinclidae (water ouzels)

family Vireonidae; Vireonidae (small insectivorous American songbirds)

Bombycillidae; family Bombycillidae (a family of birds of the suborder Oscines)

Accipitridae; family Accipitridae (hawks; Old World vultures; kites; harriers; eagles)

Falconidae; family Falconidae (a family of birds of the order Falconiformes)

family Pandionidae; Pandionidae (ospreys)

family Sagittariidae; Sagittariidae (secretary birds)

Cathartidae; family Cathartidae (condors; turkey buzzards; king vultures)

family Strigidae; Strigidae (a family of nocturnal birds of the order Strigiformes)

family Tytonidae; Tytonidae (comprising only the barn owls)

family Meleagrididae; Meleagrididae (turkeys and some extinct forms)

family Tetraonidae; Tetraonidae (grouse)

Cracidae; family Cracidae (curassows; guans; chachalacas)

family Megapodiidae; Megapodiidae (megapodes)

family Phasianidae; Phasianidae (pheasants; quails; partridges)

Malaconotinae; subfamily Malaconotinae (an African bush shrikes)

family Laniidae; Laniidae (shrikes)

family Oriolidae; Oriolidae (Old World orioles)

family Sturnidae; Sturnidae (Old World starlings)

Corvidae; family Corvidae (crow; raven; rook; jackdaw; chough; magpie; jay)

Garrulinae; subfamily Garrulinae (subfamily of the crow family: jays)

Cracticidae; family Cracticidae (Australian birds formerly included in the family Laniidae)

family Troglodytidae; Troglodytidae (wrens)

family Mimidae; Mimidae (sometimes considered a subfamily of Troglodytidae: mockingbirds; catbirds; thrashers)

Acanthisittidae; family Acanthisittidae; family Xenicidae; Xenicidae (alternative names for the family comprising the New Zealand wrens)

Certhiidae; family Certhiidae (creepers)

family Sittidae; Sittidae (nuthatches)

family Paridae; Paridae (titmice and chickadees)

family Irenidae; Irenidae (a family of birds of the suborder Oscines)

family Hirundinidae; Hirundinidae (swallows and martins)

Artamidae; family Artamidae (wood swallows)

family Thraupidae; Thraupidae (tanagers)

Perdicidae; Perdicinae; subfamily Perdicidae; subfamily Perdicinae (Old World partridges)

Holonyms ("bird family" is a member of...):

Craniata; subphylum Craniata; subphylum Vertebrata; Vertebrata (fishes; amphibians; reptiles; birds; mammals)

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