Ornithology families and orders

Anseriformes

ducks swans geese

Galliformes

chickens

Gaviiformes

Loons

Podicepidiformes

Grebes

Suliformes

Cormorants

Pelecaniformes

pelicans, herons, egrets

Accipitriformes

Vultures, Hawks, Eagles

Falconiformes

Falcons, Kestrels

Gruiformes

Cranes, coots

Charadriiformes

Gulls, Plovers, Sandpipers

Columbiformes

Doves, Pigeons

Cuculiformes

Cuckoos, Roadrunners

Strigiformes

Owls

Caprimulgiformes

nightjars

Apodiformes

swifts and hummingbirds

Coraciiformes

kingfishers

Piciformes

woodpeckers

Passeriformes

songbirds and everything else

Anatidae

duck and geese family

Odontophoridae

quail family

Phaisanidae

pheasant, turkey, chicken family

Gaviidae

loon family

podicipedidae

grebe family

phalacrocoracidea

cormorant family

pelicanidae

pelican family

ardeidae

heron and bittern family

threskiornidae

ibis family

cathartidae

vulture family

Pandionidae

osprey family

accipitridae

eagle and hawk family

falconidae

falcon family

rallidae

coot family

gruidae

crane family

recurvirostridae

stilt and avocet family

charadriidae

plover and kildeer family

scolopacidae

sandpiper and friends family

laridae

gull and tern family

columbidae

dove and pigeon family

cuculidae

cuckoo and roadrunner family

tytonidae

barn owl family

strigidae

owl family

caprimulgidae

nightjars family

apodidae

swift family

trochilidae

hummingbird family

alcedinidae

kingfisher family

picidae

woodpecker family

tyrannidae

flycatcher and kingbird family

laniidae

shrike family

Vireonidae

vireo family

corvidae

corvid family

alaudidae

lark family

hirundinidae

swallow family

paridae

chickadee and titmouse family

sittidae

nuthatch family

certhiidae

creeper family

troglodytidae

wren family

polioptilidae

gnatcatcher family

regulidae

kinglet family

Turidae

Bluebirds, Robins, Thrushes family

Mimidae

catbird, thrasher, mockingbird family

Sturnidae

starling family

Bombycillidae

waxwing family

Passeridae

House Sparrow family

Motacillidae

pipit family

Fringillidae

finch, siskin family

Calcariidae

longspur famiily

Icteriidae

Chat family

Parulidae

warbler family

Emberizidae

Towhee and Sparrow family

Icteridae

Blackbird, Oriole, meadowlark family

Cardinalidae

Cardinal, bunting, grosbeak family