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Penguins
Ostriches

This article lists living orders and families of birds. In total there are about 10,000 species of birds described worldwide, though one estimate of the real number places it at almost twice that.[1] The order passerines (perching birds) alone accounts for well over 5,000 species.

Taxonomy is very fluid in the age of DNA analysis, so comments are made where appropriate, and all numbers are approximate. In particular see Sibley-Ahlquist taxonomy for a very different classification.

Phylogeny

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Cladogram of modern bird relationships based on Jarvis, E.D. et al. (2014)[2] with some clade names after Yuri, T. et al. (2013).[3]

Aves
Palaeognathae
Neognathae
Galloanserae
Neoaves
Columbea
Passerea
Otidae
Gruae

Opisthocomiformes (hoatzin)

Cursorimorphae

Gruiformes (rails and cranes)

Charadriiformes (shorebirds)

Phaethoquornithes
Telluraves
Afroaves
Accipitrimorphae

Cathartiformes (condors and New World vultures)

Accipitriformes (hawks, eagles, vultures, etc.)

Strigiformes (owls)

Coraciimorphae

Coliiformes (mousebirds)

Leptosomiformes (cuckoo roller)

Trogoniformes (trogons)

Bucerotiformes (hornbills, hoopoe and wood hoopoes)

Coraciiformes (kingfishers etc.)

Piciformes (woodpeckers etc.)

Australaves

Cariamiformes (seriemas)

Eufalconimorphae

Falconiformes (falcons)

Psittacopasserae

Psittaciformes (parrots)

Passeriformes (songbirds and kin)

The Palaeognathae or "old jaws" is one of the two superorders recognized within the taxonomic class Aves and consist of the ratites and tinamous. The ratites are mostly large and long-legged, flightless birds, lacking a keeled sternum. Traditionally, all the ratites were place in the order Struthioniformes. However, recent genetic analysis has found that the group is not monophyletic, as it is paraphyletic with respect to the tinamous, so the ostriches are classified as the only members of the order Struthioniformes and other ratites placed in other orders.[6][7]

Greater rhea pair
Eudromia elegans
Casuarius casuarius

Africa; 2 species

South America; 2 species

  • Family †Opisthodactylidae
  • Family Rheidae: rheas

Australasia; 4 species

Australasia; 5 species

Madagascar

New Zealand

South America; 45 species

Subclass Neognathae

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Nearly all living birds belong to the subclass Neognathae or "new jaws". With their keeled sternum (breastbone), unlike the ratites, they are known as carinatae.

Infraclass Galloanserae

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Australian brush turkey

Worldwide; 250 species

Worldwide; 150 species

Superorder Mirandornithes

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Worldwide; 19 species

Worldwide; 6 species

Superorder Columbimorphae

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Worldwide; 300 species

Africa, Europe, Asia; 16 species

Madagascar; 3 species

Grandorder Cypselomorphae

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Worldwide; 97 species

South America; 1 species

Americas; 7 species

Tawny frogmouth

Asia and Australasia; 14 species

Australasia; 10 species

Worldwide; 478 species

Grandorder Otidimorphae

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Worldwide; 150 species

Africa; 23 species

Africa and Eurasia; 27 species

Superorder Gruae

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South America; 1 species

Worldwide; 164 species

Worldwide; 350 species

Neotropics and New Caledonia; 2 species

Oceanic; 3 species

Grandorder Aequornithes

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North America, Eurasia; 5 species

Antarctic and southern waters; 17 species

Pan-oceanic; 120 species

Worldwide; 19 species

White stork

Worldwide; 59 species

Hamerkop

Worldwide; 108 species

Grandorder Afroaves

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Osprey

Worldwide; 260 species

Worldwide; 250 species

Blue-naped mousebird

Sub-Saharan Africa; 6 species

Madagascar; 1 species

Sub-Saharan Africa, Americas, Asia; 35 species

Old World, New Guinea; 64 species

Worldwide; 144 species

Kingfisher

Worldwide except Australasia; 400 species

Grandorder Australaves

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South America; 2 species

Worldwide; 60 species

Pan-tropical, southern temperate zones; 330 species

Rock wren
Eurylaimus javanicus
Pitta cyanea
Pachyramphus castaneus
Lyrebird

Worldwide; 6,500 species

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Barrowclough, GF; Cracraft, J; Klicka, J; Zink, RM (2016). "How Many Kinds of Birds Are There and Why Does It Matter?". PLOS ONE. 11 (11): e0166307. Bibcode:2016PLoSO..1166307B. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0166307. PMC 5120813. PMID 27880775.
  2. ^ Jarvis, E.D.; et al. (2014). "Whole-genome analyses resolve early branches in the tree of life of modern birds". Science. 346 (6215): 1320–1331. Bibcode:2014Sci...346.1320J. doi:10.1126/science.1253451. PMC 4405904. PMID 25504713.
  3. ^ Yuri, T.; et al. (2013). "Parsimony and Model-Based Analyses of Indels in Avian Nuclear Genes Reveal Congruent and Incongruent Phylogenetic Signals". Biology. 2 (1): 419–444. doi:10.3390/biology2010419. PMC 4009869. PMID 24832669.
  4. ^ Boyd, John (2007). "NEORNITHES: 46 Orders" (PDF). John Boyd's website. Retrieved 30 December 2017.[unreliable source?]
  5. ^ Worthy, T.H.; Degrange, F.J.; Handley, W.D.; Lee, M.S.Y. (2017). "The evolution of giant flightless birds and novel phylogenetic relationships for extinct fowl (Aves, Galloanseres)". Royal Society Open Science. 11 (10): 170975. Bibcode:2017RSOS....470975W. doi:10.1098/rsos.170975. PMC 5666277. PMID 29134094.
  6. ^ Hackett, S.J.; et al. (2008). "A Phylogenomic Study of Birds Reveals Their Evolutionary History". Science. 320 (5884): 1763–1768. Bibcode:2008Sci...320.1763H. doi:10.1126/science.1157704. PMID 18583609. S2CID 6472805.
  7. ^ Yuri, T (2013). "Parsimony and model-based analyses of indels in avian nuclear genes reveal congruent and incongruent phylogenetic signals". Biology. 2 (1): 419–44. doi:10.3390/biology2010419. PMC 4009869. PMID 24832669.