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Orders and families

Phylogenetic sequence

Birds Aves
Birds with a flexible palate Neognathae
Fowl Galloanserae
Waterfowl Anseriformes 62
- Ducks, geese and swans Anatidae 62
Gamebirds Galliformes 24
All other modern birds Neoaves
Flamingos and grebes Mirandornithes
Flamingos Phoenicopteriformes 3
- Flamingos Phoenicopteridae 3
Grebes Podicipediformes 6
- Grebes Podicipedidae 6
Doves, cuckoos and allies Columbaves
Bustards, turacos and cuckoos Otidimorphae
Bustards Otidiformes 4
- Bustards Otididae 4
Cuckoos Cuculiformes 2
- Cuckoos Cuculidae 2
Doves and sandgrouse Columbimorphae
Sandgrouse Pterocliformes 5
- Sandgrouse Pteroclidae 5
Pigeons and doves Columbiformes 12
- Pigeons and doves Columbidae 12
Birds of the elements Elementaves weakly supported
Cranes and waders Gruimorphae weakly supported
Cranes, rails and allies Gruiformes 14
- Cranes Gruidae 4
- Rails and crakes Rallidae 10
Waders, gulls and terns Charadriiformes 129
- Plovers and allies Charadrii
- Stone-curlews Burhinidae 2
- Avocets and stilts Recurvirostridae 2
- Oystercatchers Haematopodidae 1
- Plovers and lapwings Charadriidae 17
- Sandpipers and snipes Scolopaci
- Painted-snipes Rostratulidae 1
- Sandpipers and snipes Scolopacidae 49
- Gulls, terns and auks Lari
- Buttonquails Turnicidae 1
- Pratincoles and coursers Glareolidae 4
- Skuas Stercorariidae 4
- Auks Alcidae 6
- Gulls and terns Laridae 42
Tropicbirds and waterbirds Phaethoquornithes
Tropicbirds and sunbittern Phaethontimorphae weakly supported
Tropicbirds Phaethontiformes 1
- Tropicbirds Phaethontidae 1
Core waterbirds Aequornithes
Divers Gaviiformes 5
- Divers Gaviidae 5
Tubenoses Procellariiformes 18
Storks Ciconiiformes 2
- Storks Ciconiidae 2
Gannets and cormorants Suliformes 5
- Gannets Sulidae 2
- Cormorants Phalacrocoracidae 3
Pelicans, herons and ibises Pelecaniformes 19
Nightjars and swifts Strisores
Nightjars Caprimulgiformes 4
- Nightjars Caprimulgidae 4
Swifts Apodiformes 7
- Swifts Apodidae 7
Landbirds Telluraves
Raptors, owls, kingfishers and woodpeckers Afroaves
Hawks and owls Hieraves weakly supported
Owls Strigiformes 17
- Barn owls Tytonidae 1
- Typical owls Strigidae 16
Birds of prey Accipitriformes 31
- Ospreys Pandionidae 1
- Hawks, eagles and kites Accipitridae 30
Rollers, kingfishers and woodpeckers Coraciimorphae
Hoopoes and hornbills Bucerotiformes 1
- Hoopoes Upupidae 1
Kingfishers, bee-eaters and woodpeckers Picodynastornithes
Kingfishers, bee-eaters and rollers Coraciiformes 8
Woodpeckers and allies Piciformes 12
- Woodpeckers Picidae 12
Falcons, parrots and passerines Australaves
Falcons and passerines Eufalconimorphae
Falcons Falconiformes 12
- Falcons Falconidae 12
Parrots and passerines Psittacopasserae
Parrots Psittaciformes 5
- Parrots Psittacidae 3
- Old World parakeets Psittaculidae 2
Passerines Passeriformes 224
- True songbirds Passeri
- Crows and allies Corvides
- Bushshrikes Malaconotidae 1
- Vireos Vireonidae 1
- Orioles Oriolidae 1
- Shrikes Laniidae 9
- Crows and jays Corvidae 15
- Sparrows and allies Passerides
- Tits, swallows and warblers Sylviida
- Penduline tits Remizidae 2
- Tits Paridae 10
- Bearded reedlings Panuridae 1
- Larks Alaudidae 20
- Cisticolas Cisticolidae 2
- Reed warblers Acrocephalidae 18
- Grasshopper warblers Locustellidae 5
- Swallows and martins Hirundinidae 8
- Long-tailed tits Aegithalidae 1
- Bush warblers Cettiidae 2
- Leaf warblers Phylloscopidae 17
- Bulbuls Pycnonotidae 4
- Sylvia warblers Sylviidae 22
- Parrotbills Paradoxornithidae 2
- Laughingthrushes Leiothrichidae 3
- Thrushes, flycatchers and starlings Muscicapida
- Waxwings Bombycillidae 1
- Hypocolius Hypocoliidae 1
- Kinglets Regulidae 3
- Wallcreepers Tichodromidae 1
- Nuthatches Sittidae 5
- Treecreepers Certhiidae 2
- Wrens Troglodytidae 1
- Mockingbirds and thrashers Mimidae 1
- Starlings Sturnidae 6
- Dippers Cinclidae 1
- Thrushes Turdidae 12
- Chats and flycatchers Muscicapidae 42
- Finches, sparrows and buntings Passerida
- Sunbirds Nectariniidae 1
- Finches Fringillidae 2
- Buntings Emberizidae 1

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Tropicbirds | Phaethontidae

Keerkringvogels | Rabijuncos

Vagrants 1 species

Birds blown in from other continents. They have no range here, and so no distribution map.

Red-billed tropicbird
Phaethon aethereus
- Pelagic water column
- Rock cliffs, ledges and shores