Bird Families of the World

Order: Passeriformes (part 2)

145 families, 6704 species (53 extinct)

Passeriformes Family Groups on this page:

  • Basal Oscines, 11 families, 347 species (2 extinct)

Family #128

Lyrebirds (Menuridae)

  • Species: 2
  • Distribution: Australasian endemic (Australia)
  • IOC family #126 , HBW family #124, H&M family #126
  • Passeriformes Family Group: Basal Oscines
  • wf253 status: 48% members ticked
  • OH: 2 seen, 1  photographed, first seen in Australia, 2013
Albert’s LyrebirdMenura alberti
Superb LyrebirdMenura novaehollandiae..

Superb Lyrebird, Australia 2018

Family #129

Scrub-birds (Atrichornithidae)

  • Species: 2
  • Distribution: Australasian endemic (Australia)
  • IOC family #127 (Scrubbirds) , HBW family #125, H&M family #127 (Scrubbirds)
  • Passeriformes Family Group: Basal Oscines
  • wf253 status: 29% members ticked
  • OH: 1 seen and  photographed, first seen in Australia, 2018
  • Finding hints
Rufous Scrub-birdAtrichornis rufescens..
Noisy Scrub-birdAtrichornis clamosus 

Rufous Scrub-bird, Australia 2018

Family #130

Bowerbirds (Ptilonorhynchidae)

  • Species: 27
  • Distribution: Australasian endemic 
  • IOC family #128 , HBW family #126, H&M family #128
  • Passeriformes Family Group: Basal Oscines
  • wf253 status: 54% members ticked
  • OH: 12 seen, 11 photographed, first seen in Australia, 2013
White-eared CatbirdAiluroedus buccoides 
Ochre-breasted CatbirdAiluroedus stonii 
Tan-capped CatbirdAiluroedus geislerorum 
Spotted CatbirdAiluroedus maculosus..
Huon CatbirdAiluroedus astigmaticus 
Black-capped CatbirdAiluroedus melanocephalus 
Northern CatbirdAiluroedus jobiensis 
Arfak CatbirdAiluroedus arfakianus 
Black-eared CatbirdAiluroedus melanotis 
Green CatbirdAiluroedus crassirostris..
Tooth-billed BowerbirdScenopoeetes dentirostris..
Archbold’s BowerbirdArchboldia papuensis 
Vogelkop BowerbirdAmblyornis inornata 
MacGregor’s BowerbirdAmblyornis macgregoriae 
Streaked BowerbirdAmblyornis subalaris 
Golden-fronted BowerbirdAmblyornis flavifrons 
Golden BowerbirdPrionodura newtoniana..
Masked BowerbirdSericulus aureus 
Flame BowerbirdSericulus ardens..
Fire-maned BowerbirdSericulus bakeri 
Regent BowerbirdSericulus chrysocephalus..
Satin BowerbirdPtilonorhynchus violaceus..
Western BowerbirdChlamydera guttata..
Spotted BowerbirdChlamydera maculata..
Great BowerbirdChlamydera nuchalis..
Yellow-breasted BowerbirdChlamydera lauterbachi.
Fawn-breasted BowerbirdChlamydera cerviniventris..

1 Regent Bowerbird, Australia; 2 Satin Bowerbird, Australia; 3 Green Catbird, Australia; 4 Western Bowerbird, Australia; 5 Great Bowerbird, Australia; 6 Spotted Catbird, Australia

7 Fawn-breasted Bowerbird, Papua New Guinea; 8 Flame Bowerbird, Papua New Guinea

Family #131

Australasian Treecreepers (Climacteridae)

  • Species: 7
  • Distribution: Australasian endemic 
  • IOC family #129 , HBW family #127, H&M family #129
  • Passeriformes Family Group: Basal Oscines
  • wf253 status: 52% members ticked
  • OH: 6 seen and photographed, first seen in Australia, 2013
Papuan TreecreeperCormobates placens..
White-throated TreecreeperCormobates leucophaea..
White-browed TreecreeperClimacteris affinis 
Red-browed TreecreeperClimacteris erythrops..
Brown TreecreeperClimacteris picumnus..
Black-tailed TreecreeperClimacteris melanurus.. 
Rufous TreecreeperClimacteris rufus..

1 Brown Treecreeper, Australia; 2 Rufous Treecreeper, Australia; 3 White-throated Treecreeper, Australia; 4 Red-browed Treecreeper, Australia 5.Papuan Treecreeper, Papua New Guinea.

Family #132

Fairywrens (Maluridae)

  • Species: 33
  • Distribution: Australasian endemic 
  • IOC family #130 (Australasian Wrens), HBW family #128 (Fairy-wrens)H&M family #130 (Fairywrens and Grasswrens)
  • Passeriformes Family Group: Basal Oscines
  • wf253 status: 56% members ticked
  • OH: 20 seen, 14 photographed, first seen in Australia, 2013
Gray GrasswrenAmytornis barbatus.
Pilbara GrasswrenAmytornis whitei 
Sandhill GrasswrenAmytornis oweni 
Opalton GrasswrenAmytornis rowleyi.
Striated GrasswrenAmytornis striatus 
White-throated GrasswrenAmytornis woodwardi 
Carpentarian GrasswrenAmytornis dorotheae.
Short-tailed GrasswrenAmytornis merrotsyi 
Western GrasswrenAmytornis textilis 
Thick-billed GrasswrenAmytornis modestus 
Black GrasswrenAmytornis housei 
Eyrean GrasswrenAmytornis goyderi..
Dusky GrasswrenAmytornis purnelli 
Kalkadoon GrasswrenAmytornis ballarae..
Southern EmuwrenStipiturus malachurus..
Rufous-crowned EmuwrenStipiturus ruficeps..
Mallee EmuwrenStipiturus mallee 
Wallace’s FairywrenSipodotus wallacii 
Orange-crowned FairywrenClytomyias insignis.
Broad-billed FairywrenChenorhamphus grayi 
Campbell’s FairywrenChenorhamphus campbelli.
Emperor FairywrenMalurus cyanocephalus..
Purple-crowned FairywrenMalurus coronatus 
Red-winged FairywrenMalurus elegans..
Blue-breasted FairywrenMalurus pulcherrimus..
Purple-backed FairywrenMalurus assimilis..
Variegated FairywrenMalurus lamberti..
Lovely FairywrenMalurus amabilis.
Splendid FairywrenMalurus splendens..
Superb FairywrenMalurus cyaneus..
White-winged FairywrenMalurus leucopterus..
Red-backed FairywrenMalurus melanocephalus..
White-shouldered FairywrenMalurus alboscapulatus..

1 Blue-breasted Fairywren, Australia; 2 Purple-backed Fairywren, Australia; 3 Southern Emu-wren, Australia; 4 Variegated Fairywren, Australia; 5 Superb Fairywren, Australia; 6 Red-winged Fairywren, Australia; 7 Splendid Fairywren, Australia; 8 White-winged Fairywren, Australia

9 White-sholdered Fairywren, Papua New Guinea; 10 Emperor Fairywren, Papua New Guinea; 11 Red-backed Fairywren, Australia

Kalkadoon Grasswren, Australia 2024

Family #133

Honeyeaters (Meliphagidae)

  • Species: 195 (1 extinct)
  • Distribution: Australasia, Indomalaya
  • IOC family #131 , HBW family #130, H&M family #132
  • Passeriformes Family Group: Basal Oscines
  • wf253 status: 63% members ticked
  • OH: 96 seen, 73  photographed, first seen in Australia, 2013
Dark-eared MyzaMyza celebensis..
White-eared MyzaMyza sarasinorum..
Eastern SpinebillAcanthorhynchus tenuirostris..
Western SpinebillAcanthorhynchus superciliosus..
Pied HoneyeaterCerthionyx variegatus..
Plain HoneyeaterPycnopygius ixoides.
Marbled HoneyeaterPycnopygius cinereus 
Streak-headed HoneyeaterPycnopygius stictocephalus..
TuiProsthemadera novaeseelandiae..
New Zealand BellbirdAnthornis melanura..
Chatham Islands BellbirdAnthornis melanocephalaexinct
Puff-backed HoneyeaterMeliphaga aruensis.
Yellow-spotted HoneyeaterMeliphaga notata..
Lewin’s HoneyeaterMeliphaga lewinii..
Streak-breasted HoneyeaterMeliphaga reticulata 
Kimberley HoneyeaterMeliphaga fordiana 
White-lined HoneyeaterMeliphaga albilineata 
Orange-cheeked HoneyeaterMeliphaga chrysogenys 
Forest HoneyeaterMeliphaga montana 
Mottled HoneyeaterMeliphaga mimikae 
Yellow-gaped HoneyeaterMeliphaga flavirictus..
Mountain HoneyeaterMeliphaga orientalis.
Scrub HoneyeaterMeliphaga albonotata 
Mimic HoneyeaterMeliphaga analoga.
Tagula HoneyeaterMeliphaga vicina 
Graceful HoneyeaterMeliphaga gracilis.
Cryptic HoneyeaterMeliphaga imitatrix.
Elegant HoneyeaterMeliphaga cinereifrons.
Yellow HoneyeaterStomiopera flava..
White-gaped HoneyeaterStomiopera unicolor..
White-fronted HoneyeaterPurnella albifrons..
Yellow-faced HoneyeaterCaligavis chrysops..
Black-throated HoneyeaterCaligavis subfrenata.
Obscure HoneyeaterCaligavis obscura..
Yellow-tufted HoneyeaterLichenostomus melanops..
Purple-gaped HoneyeaterLichenostomus cratitius 
Bell MinerManorina melanophrys..
Noisy MinerManorina melanocephala..
Yellow-throated MinerManorina flavigula..
Black-eared MinerManorina melanotis 
Sooty HoneyeaterMelionyx fuscus 
Short-bearded HoneyeaterMelionyx nouhuysi 
Long-bearded HoneyeaterMelionyx princeps 
Ornate MelidectesMelidectes torquatus..
Cinnamon-browed MelidectesMelidectes ochromelas 
Vogelkop MelidectesMelidectes leucostephes 
Huon MelidectesMelidectes foersteri 
Belford’s MelidectesMelidectes belfordi..
Yellow-browed MelidectesMelidectes rufocrissalis..
Bridled HoneyeaterBolemoreus frenatus..
Eungella HoneyeaterBolemoreus hindwoodi..
Spiny-cheeked HoneyeaterAcanthagenys rufogularis..
Little WattlebirdAnthochaera chrysoptera..
Western WattlebirdAnthochaera lunulata.
Regent HoneyeaterAnthochaera phrygia 
Red WattlebirdAnthochaera carunculata..
Yellow WattlebirdAnthochaera paradoxa 
Varied HoneyeaterGavicalis versicolor.
Mangrove HoneyeaterGavicalis fasciogularis..
Singing HoneyeaterGavicalis virescens..
Yellow-plumed HoneyeaterPtilotula ornata..
White-plumed HoneyeaterPtilotula penicillata..
Yellow-tinted HoneyeaterPtilotula flavescens.
Fuscous HoneyeaterPtilotula fusca.
Gray-headed HoneyeaterPtilotula keartlandi..
Gray-fronted HoneyeaterPtilotula plumula..
Bougainville HoneyeaterStresemannia bougainvillei 
Brown-backed HoneyeaterRamsayornis modestus.
Bar-breasted HoneyeaterRamsayornis fasciatus 
Rufous-banded HoneyeaterConopophila albogularis..
Rufous-throated HoneyeaterConopophila rufogularis..
Gray HoneyeaterConopophila whitei 
GibberbirdAshbyia lovensis.
Yellow ChatEpthianura crocea..
Crimson ChatEpthianura tricolor..
Orange ChatEpthianura aurifrons..
White-fronted ChatEpthianura albifrons.
Arfak HoneyeaterMelipotes gymnops 
Smoky HoneyeaterMelipotes fumigatus..
Foja HoneyeaterMelipotes carolae 
Spangled HoneyeaterMelipotes ater 
Macgregor’s HoneyeaterMacgregoria pulchra 
Long-billed HoneyeaterMelilestes megarhynchus..
Olive StraightbillTimeliopsis fulvigula 
Tawny StraightbillTimeliopsis griseigula 
Black HoneyeaterSugomel nigrum..
Bismarck HoneyeaterVosea whitemanensis 
Seram MyzomelaMyzomela blasii 
White-chinned MyzomelaMyzomela albigula 
Ruby-throated MyzomelaMyzomela eques 
Ashy MyzomelaMyzomela cineracea 
Moluccan MyzomelaMyzomela simplex 
Red-tinged MyzomelaMyzomela rubrotincta 
Biak MyzomelaMyzomela rubrobrunnea 
Dusky MyzomelaMyzomela obscura..
Red MyzomelaMyzomela cruentata 
Reddish MyzomelaMyzomela erythrina 
Papuan Black MyzomelaMyzomela nigrita.
New Ireland MyzomelaMyzomela pulchella 
Alor MyzomelaMyzomela prawiradilagae 
Crimson-hooded MyzomelaMyzomela kuehni 
Red-headed MyzomelaMyzomela erythrocephala..
Sumba MyzomelaMyzomela dammermani 
Rote MyzomelaMyzomela irianawidodoae 
Elfin MyzomelaMyzomela adolphinae..
Sulawesi MyzomelaMyzomela chloroptera..
Bacan MyzomelaMyzomela batjanensis 
Taliabu MyzomelaMyzomela wahe 
Wakolo MyzomelaMyzomela wakoloensis 
Banda MyzomelaMyzomela boiei 
New Caledonian MyzomelaMyzomela caledonica..
Scarlet MyzomelaMyzomela sanguinolenta.
Micronesian MyzomelaMyzomela rubratra 
Cardinal MyzomelaMyzomela cardinalis..
Samoan MyzomelaMyzomela nigriventris 
Rotuma MyzomelaMyzomela chermesina 
Sclater’s MyzomelaMyzomela sclateri 
Bismarck Black MyzomelaMyzomela pammelaena 
Scarlet-naped MyzomelaMyzomela lafargei 
Yellow-vented MyzomelaMyzomela eichhorni 
Red-bellied MyzomelaMyzomela malaitae 
Black-headed MyzomelaMyzomela melanocephala 
Sooty MyzomelaMyzomela tristrami 
Sulphur-breasted MyzomelaMyzomela jugularis 
Black-bellied MyzomelaMyzomela erythromelas 
Black-breasted MyzomelaMyzomela vulnerata 
Red-collared MyzomelaMyzomela rosenbergii..
Long-billed MyzomelaMyzomela longirostris 
Barred HoneyeaterGliciphila undulata..
Tawny-crowned HoneyeaterGliciphila melanops..
Vanuatu HoneyeaterGliciphila notabilis 
Green-backed HoneyeaterGlycichaera fallax.
Leaden HoneyeaterPtiloprora plumbea 
Yellow-streaked HoneyeaterPtiloprora meekiana 
Rufous-sided HoneyeaterPtiloprora erythropleura 
Mayr’s HoneyeaterPtiloprora mayri 
Rufous-backed HoneyeaterPtiloprora guisei.
Gray-streaked HoneyeaterPtiloprora perstriata..
Banded HoneyeaterCissomela pectoralis..
Sunda HoneyeaterLichmera lombokia 
Olive HoneyeaterLichmera argentauris 
Brown HoneyeaterLichmera indistincta..
Dark-brown HoneyeaterLichmera incana..
White-tufted HoneyeaterLichmera squamata 
Silver-eared HoneyeaterLichmera alboauricularis 
Buru HoneyeaterLichmera deningeri 
Seram HoneyeaterLichmera monticola 
Yellow-eared HoneyeaterLichmera flavicans 
Black-chested HoneyeaterLichmera notabilis 
Crescent HoneyeaterPhylidonyris pyrrhopterus 
New Holland HoneyeaterPhylidonyris novaehollandiae..
White-cheeked HoneyeaterPhylidonyris niger..
White-streaked HoneyeaterTrichodere cockerelli.
White-eared HoneyeaterNesoptilotis leucotis..
Yellow-throated HoneyeaterNesoptilotis flavicollis 
Blue-faced HoneyeaterEntomyzon cyanotis..
White-throated HoneyeaterMelithreptus albogularis..
Gilbert’s HoneyeaterMelithreptus chloropsis..
White-naped HoneyeaterMelithreptus lunatus..
Black-headed HoneyeaterMelithreptus affinis 
Brown-headed HoneyeaterMelithreptus brevirostris..
Black-chinned HoneyeaterMelithreptus gularis..
Strong-billed HoneyeaterMelithreptus validirostris 
Makira HoneyeaterMeliarchus sclateri 
Guadalcanal HoneyeaterGuadalcanaria inexpectata 
Kadavu HoneyeaterMeliphacator provocator 
Yellow-billed Giant-HoneyeaterGymnomyza viridis 
Duetting Giant-HoneyeaterGymnomyza brunneirostris 
MaoGymnomyza samoensis 
Crow HoneyeaterGymnomyza aubryana..
Western Wattled-HoneyeaterFoulehaio procerior 
Eastern Wattled-HoneyeaterFoulehaio carunculatus 
Northern Wattled-HoneyeaterFoulehaio taviunensis 
Tawny-breasted HoneyeaterXanthotis flaviventer.
Spotted HoneyeaterXanthotis polygrammus.
Macleay’s HoneyeaterXanthotis macleayanus..
Striped HoneyeaterPlectorhyncha lanceolata..
Painted HoneyeaterGrantiella picta..
White-streaked FriarbirdMelitograis gilolensis 
Little FriarbirdPhilemon citreogularis..
Meyer’s FriarbirdPhilemon meyeri.
Timor FriarbirdPhilemon inornatus 
Gray FriarbirdPhilemon kisserensis 
Brass’s FriarbirdPhilemon brassi 
Morotai FriarbirdPhilemon fuscicapillus 
Buru FriarbirdPhilemon moluccensis 
Tanimbar FriarbirdPhilemon plumigenis 
Seram FriarbirdPhilemon subcorniculatus 
New Ireland FriarbirdPhilemon eichhorni 
Helmeted FriarbirdPhilemon buceroides..
White-naped FriarbirdPhilemon albitorques 
New Britain FriarbirdPhilemon cockerelli 
Silver-crowned FriarbirdPhilemon argenticeps..
Noisy FriarbirdPhilemon corniculatus..
New Caledonian FriarbirdPhilemon diemenensis..

1 Eastern Spinebill, Australia; 2 Western Spinebill, Australia; 3 Pied Honeyeater, Australia; 4 Yellow-spotted Honeyeater, Australia; 5 Lewin’s Honeyeater, Australia; 6 Yellow-faced Honeyeater, Australia; 7 Mangrove Honeyeater, Australia; 8 Singing Honeyeater, Australia; 9 Yellow Honeyeater, Australia; 10 White-gaped Honeyeater, Australia; 11 Yellow-tufted Honeyeater, Australia; 12 White-plumed Honeyeater, Australia; 13 White-fronted Honeyeater, Australia; 14 Bell Miner, Australia; 15 Noisy Miner, Australia; 16 Yellow-throated Miner, Australia; 17 Little Wattlebird, Australia; 18 Red Wattlebird, Australia; 19 Rufous-banded Honeyeater, Australia; 20 Rufous-throated Honeyeater, Australia; 21 Orange Chat, Australia; 22 Dusky Myzomela, Australia; 23 Red-headed Myzomela, Australia; 24 Banded Honeyeater, Australia; 25 Brown Honeyeater, Australia; 26 New Holland Honeyeater, Australia; 27 Painted Honeyeater, Australia; 28 White-cheeked Honeyeater, Australia; 29 Blue-faced Honeyeater, Australia; 30 Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater, Australia; 31 Helmeted Friarbird, Australia; 32 Silver-crowned Friarbird, Australia; 33 Noisy Friarbird, Australia; 34 Little Friarbird, Australia; 35 White-throated Honeyeater, Australia; 36 Macleay’s Honeyeater, Australia; 37 New Zealand Bellbird, New Zealand; 38 Brown-headed Honeyeater, Australia; 39 White-naped Honeyeater, Australia; 40 Tawny-crowned Honeyeater, Australia; 41 Black Honeyeater, Australia; 42 Cardinal Myzomela, New Caledonia; 43 New Caledonian Myzomela, New Caledonia; 44 Striped Honeyeater, Australia; 45 Gilbert’s Honeyeater, Australia; 46 Tui, New Zealand; 47 Grey-eared Honeyeater, New Caledonia; 48 Barred Honeyeater, New Caledonia; 49 Crow Honeyeater, New Caledonia; 50 New Caledonian Friarbird, New Caledonia

51 White-eared Honeyeater, Australia; 52 Yellow-plumed Honeyeater, Australia; 53 Obscure Honeyeater, Papua New Guinea; 54 Gray-streaked; Honeyeater, PNG; 55 Streak-headed Honeyeater, PNG; 56 Yellow-browed Melidectes, PNG; 57 Ornate Melidectes, PNG; 58 Black-chinned Honeyeater, Australia; 59 Elfin Myzomela, PNG; 60 Yellow-gaped Honeyeater, PNG; 61 Red-collared Myzomela, PNG; 62 Smoky Honeyeater, PNG; 63 Belford’s Melidectes, PNG; 64 Long-billed Honeyeater, PNG

Family #134

Bristlebirds (Dasyornithidae)

  • Species: 3
  • Distribution: Australasian endemic (Australia)
  • IOC family #132 , HBW family #129, H&M family #131
  • Passeriformes Family Group: Basal Oscines
  • wf253 status: 40% members ticked
  • OH: 2 seen and  photographed, first seen in Australia, 2018
  • Finding hints
Western BristlebirdDasyornis longirostris 
Eastern BristlebirdDasyornis brachypterus..
Rufous BristlebirdDasyornis broadbenti..

1 Rufous Bristlebird, Australia; 2 Eastern Bristlebird, Australia

Family #135

Pardalotes (Pardalotidae)

  • Species: 4
  • Distribution: Australasian endemic (Australia)
  • IOC family #133 , HBW family #131, H&M family #133
  • Passeriformes Family Group: Basal Oscines
  • wf253 status: 52% members ticked
  • OH: 3 seen, 2 photographed, first seen in Australia, 2013
Spotted PardalotePardalotus punctatus..
Forty-spotted PardalotePardalotus quadragintus 
Red-browed PardalotePardalotus rubricatus.
Striated PardalotePardalotus striatus..

1 Striated Pardalote, Australia 2013; 2 Spotted Pardalote, Australia 2022

Family #136

Thornbills and Allies (Acanthizidae)

  • Species: 66 (1 extinct)
  • Distribution: Australasia, Indomalaya
  • IOC family #134 (Australasian Warblers), HBW family #132 (Thornbills), H&M family #134 (Gerygones and Thornbills)
  • Passeriformes Family Group: Basal Oscines
  • wf253 status: 61% members ticked
  • OH: 41 seen, 29 photographed, first seen in Australia, 2013
GoldenfacePachycare flavogriseum 
FernwrenOreoscopus gutturalis.
PilotbirdPycnoptilus floccosus 
RedthroatPyrrholaemus brunneus..
Speckled WarblerPyrrholaemus sagittatus..
Shy HeathwrenHylacola cauta..
Chestnut-rumped HeathwrenHylacola pyrrhopygia.
Striated FieldwrenCalamanthus fuliginosus..
Rufous FieldwrenCalamanthus campestris 
Western FieldwrenCalamanthus montanellus..
WeebillSmicrornis brevirostris..
Yellow-throated ScrubwrenNeosericornis citreogularis..
Mountain Mouse-WarblerCrateroscelis robusta.
Rusty Mouse-WarblerCrateroscelis murina.
RockwarblerOrigma solitaria..
Tasmanian ScrubwrenSericornis humilis 
White-browed ScrubwrenSericornis frontalis..
Spotted ScrubwrenSericornis maculatus..
Atherton ScrubwrenSericornis keri..
Tropical ScrubwrenSericornis beccarii.
Large-billed ScrubwrenSericornis magnirostra..
Large ScrubwrenSericornis nouhuysi.
Pale-billed ScrubwrenAethomyias spilodera.
Bicolored Mouse-WarblerAethomyias nigrorufus 
Vogelkop ScrubwrenAethomyias rufescens 
Buff-faced ScrubwrenAethomyias perspicillatus 
Gray-green ScrubwrenAethomyias arfakianus 
Papuan ScrubwrenAethomyias papuensis.
ScrubtitAcanthornis magna 
Southern WhitefaceAphelocephala leucopsis..
Banded WhitefaceAphelocephala nigricincta 
Chestnut-breasted WhitefaceAphelocephala pectoralis 
Yellow-rumped ThornbillAcanthiza chrysorrhoa..
Gray ThornbillAcanthiza cinerea 
Papuan ThornbillAcanthiza murina 
Yellow ThornbillAcanthiza nana..
Striated ThornbillAcanthiza lineata..
Inland ThornbillAcanthiza apicalis..
Tasmanian ThornbillAcanthiza ewingii 
Mountain ThornbillAcanthiza katherina.
Brown ThornbillAcanthiza pusilla..
Slaty-backed ThornbillAcanthiza robustirostris 
Slender-billed ThornbillAcanthiza iredalei 
Chestnut-rumped ThornbillAcanthiza uropygialis 
Western ThornbillAcanthiza inornata..
Buff-rumped ThornbillAcanthiza reguloides..
Yellow-bellied GerygoneGerygone chrysogaster.
Brown GerygoneGerygone mouki.
Green-backed GerygoneGerygone chloronota.
Fairy GerygoneGerygone palpebrosa..
Large-billed GerygoneGerygone magnirostris..
Biak GerygoneGerygone hypoxantha 
Plain GerygoneGerygone inornata 
Rufous-sided GerygoneGerygone dorsalis 
White-throated GerygoneGerygone olivacea..
Golden-bellied GerygoneGerygone sulphurea..
Dusky GerygoneGerygone tenebrosa 
Fan-tailed GerygoneGerygone flavolateralis..
Rennell GerygoneGerygone citrina 
Mangrove GerygoneGerygone levigaster..
Western GerygoneGerygone fusca..
Brown-breasted GerygoneGerygone ruficollis 
Lord Howe GerygoneGerygone insularis(extinct)
Norfolk Island GerygoneGerygone modesta 
Gray GerygoneGerygone igata..
Chatham Island GerygoneGerygone albofrontata 

1 Rockwarbler, Australia; 2 Yellow-throated Scrubwren, Australia; 3 Weebill, Australia; 4 White-browed Scrubwren, Australia; 5 Fan-tailed Gerygone, New Caledonia; 6 Large-billed Gerygone, Australia; 7 Gray Gerygone, New Zealand; 8 Brown Thornbill, Australia; 9 Large-billed Scrubwren, Australia; 10 Yellow-bellied Gerygone, Thailand; 11 Mangrove Gerygone, Australia; 12 Inland Thornbill, Australia; 13 Yellow Thornbill, Australia; 14 Striated Thornbill, Australia; 15 Western Thornbill, Australia; 16 Southern Whiteface, Australia; 17 Striated Fieldwren, Australia; 18 Yellow-rumped Thornbill, Australia; 19 Western Gerygone Australia; 20 Redthroat, Australia; 21 Speckled Warbler; 22 Western Fieldwren, Australia

Family #137

Pseudo-Babblers (Pomatostomidae)

  • Species: 5
  • Distribution: Australasian endemic 
  • IOC family #135 (Australasian Babblers), HBW family #134 (Australasian Babblers)H&M family #136 (Australasian Babblers)
  • Passeriformes Family Group: Basal Oscines
  • wf253 status: 49% members ticked
  • OH: 5 seen, 4 photographed, first seen in Australia, 2013
Papuan BabblerGarritornis isidorei..
Gray-crowned BabblerPomatostomus temporalis..
White-browed BabblerPomatostomus superciliosus..
Hall’s BabblerPomatostomus halli.. 
Chestnut-crowned BabblerPomatostomus ruficeps

1 White-browed Babbler, Australia; 2 Gray-crowned Babbler, Australia; 3 Papuan Babbler, Papua New Guinea

Hall’s Babbler, Australia 2024

Family #138

Logrunners (Orthonychidae)

  • Species: 3
  • Distribution: Australasian endemic 
  • IOC family #136, HBW family #133, H&M family #135
  • Passeriformes Family Group: Basal Oscines
  • wf253 status: 46% members ticked
  • OH: 3 seen, 1 photographed, first seen in Australia, 2013
  • Finding hints
Papuan Logrunner Orthonyx
novaeguineae
 .
Australian
Logrunner
Orthonyx
temminckii
..
Chowchilla Orthonyx
spaldingii
 .

Australian Logrunner, Australia

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