Bird Families of the World

Order: Passeriformes (part 3)

145 families, 6704 species (53 extinct)

Passeriformes Family Groups on this page:

  • Corvid Oscines, 30 families, 882 species (6 extinct)

Family #139

Quail-thrushes and Jewel-babblers (Cinclosomatidae)

  • Species: 12
  • Distribution: Australasian endemic 
  • IOC family #143 , HBW family #141, H&M family #144 (Jewel-babblers and Quail-thrushes)
  • Passeriformes Family Group: Corvid Oscines
  • wf253 status: 40% members ticked
  • OH: 3 seen, 2 photographed, first seen in Australia, 2018
Spotted Quail-thrushCinclosoma punctatum..
Chestnut Quail-thrushCinclosoma castanotum 
Copperback Quail-thrushCinclosoma clarum 
Chestnut-breasted Quail-thrushCinclosoma castaneothorax 
Western Quail-thrushCinclosoma marginatum 
Cinnamon Quail-thrushCinclosoma cinnamomeum..
Nullarbor Quail-thrushCinclosoma alisteri 
Painted Quail-thrushCinclosoma ajax 
Spotted Jewel-babblerPtilorrhoa leucosticta.
Blue Jewel-babblerPtilorrhoa caerulescens 
Dimorphic Jewel-babblerPtilorrhoa geislerorum 
Chestnut-backed Jewel-babblerPtilorrhoa castanonota 

Spotted Quail-thrush, Australia 2018

Cinnamon Quail-thrush, Australia 2024

Family #140

Cuckooshrikes (Campephagidae)

  • Species: 109
  • Distribution: Afrotropic,  Australasia, Indomalaya
  • IOC family #152 , HBW family #146, H&M family #143 (Minivets and Cuckooshrikes)
  • Passeriformes Family Group: Corvid Oscines
  • wf253 status: 85% members ticked
  • OH: 39 seen, 24 photographed, first seen in Kenya, 1983
White-bellied MinivetPericrocotus erythropygius 
Jerdon’s MinivetPericrocotus albifrons 
Fiery MinivetPericrocotus igneus.
Small MinivetPericrocotus cinnamomeus.
Gray-chinned MinivetPericrocotus solaris..
Sunda MinivetPericrocotus miniatus 
Short-billed MinivetPericrocotus brevirostris..
Flores MinivetPericrocotus lansbergei 
Long-tailed MinivetPericrocotus ethologus..
Orange MinivetPericrocotus flammeus 
Scarlet MinivetPericrocotus speciosus..
Ryukyu MinivetPericrocotus tegimae 
Ashy MinivetPericrocotus divaricatus 
Brown-rumped MinivetPericrocotus cantonensis 
Rosy MinivetPericrocotus roseus.
Comoro CuckooshrikeCeblepyris cucullatus 
Madagascar CuckooshrikeCeblepyris cinereus..
Grauer’s CuckooshrikeCeblepyris graueri 
Gray CuckooshrikeCeblepyris caesius.
White-breasted CuckooshrikeCeblepyris pectoralis 
Stout-billed CuckooshrikeCoracina caeruleogrisea.
Hooded CuckooshrikeCoracina longicauda..
Pied CuckooshrikeCoracina bicolor 
Cerulean CuckooshrikeCoracina temminckii..
Ground CuckooshrikeCoracina maxima.
Barred CuckooshrikeCoracina lineata..
Boyer’s CuckooshrikeCoracina boyeri..
Black-faced CuckooshrikeCoracina novaehollandiae..
North Melanesian CuckooshrikeCoracina welchmani 
White-bellied CuckooshrikeCoracina papuensis..
Moluccan CuckooshrikeCoracina atriceps 
Manus CuckooshrikeCoracina ingens 
South Melanesian CuckooshrikeCoracina caledonica..
Indian CuckooshrikeCoracina macei 
Oriental CuckooshrikeCoracina javensis.
Malayan CuckooshrikeCoracina larutensis 
Bar-bellied CuckooshrikeCoracina striata 
Mindoro CuckooshrikeCoracina mindorensis 
Visayan CuckooshrikeCoracina panayensis 
Mindanao CuckooshrikeCoracina kochii 
Sulu CuckooshrikeCoracina guillemardi 
Andaman CuckooshrikeCoracina dobsoni 
Sunda CuckooshrikeCoracina larvata 
Wallacean CuckooshrikeCoracina personata 
Halmahera CuckooshrikeCoracina parvula 
Buru CuckooshrikeCoracina fortis 
White-rumped CuckooshrikeCoracina leucopygia 
Slaty CuckooshrikeCoracina schistacea 
Ghana CuckooshrikeLobotos lobatus 
Oriole CuckooshrikeLobotos oriolinus 
Black CuckooshrikeCampephaga flava..
Petit’s CuckooshrikeCampephaga petiti..
Red-shouldered CuckooshrikeCampephaga phoenicea..
Purple-throated CuckooshrikeCampephaga quiscalina.
Golden CuckooshrikeCampochaera sloetii..
McGregor’s CuckooshrikeMalindangia mcgregori 
Polynesian TrillerLalage maculosa 
Samoan TrillerLalage sharpei 
Long-tailed TrillerLalage leucopyga..
White-shouldered TrillerLalage sueurii..
White-winged TrillerLalage tricolor..
Black-browed TrillerLalage atrovirens 
Biak TrillerLalage leucoptera 
White-browed TrillerLalage moesta 
Varied TrillerLalage leucomela..
Mussau TrillerLalage conjuncta 
Black-and-white TrillerLalage melanoleuca 
White-rumped TrillerLalage leucopygialis 
Pied TrillerLalage nigra 
Rufous-bellied TrillerLalage aurea 
Reunion CuckooshrikeLalage newtoni 
Mauritius CuckooshrikeLalage typica 
Black-winged CuckooshrikeLalage melaschistos..
Black-headed CuckooshrikeLalage melanoptera 
Lesser CuckooshrikeLalage fimbriata.
Indochinese CuckooshrikeLalage polioptera.
Pygmy CuckooshrikeCelebesica abbotti.
Blue CuckooshrikeCyanograucalus azureus..
New Caledonian CuckooshrikeEdolisoma anale..
Blackish CuckooshrikeEdolisoma coerulescens 
White-winged CuckooshrikeEdolisoma ostentum 
Black-bellied CicadabirdEdolisoma montanum..
Pale-shouldered CicadabirdEdolisoma dohertyi 
Kai CicadabirdEdolisoma dispar 
Timor CicadabirdEdolisoma timoriense 
Pale CicadabirdEdolisoma ceramense 
Pohnpei CicadabirdEdolisoma insperatum 
Black-bibbed CicadabirdEdolisoma mindanense 
Gray-headed CicadabirdEdolisoma schisticeps.
Black CicadabirdEdolisoma melas 
Solomons CicadabirdEdolisoma holopolium 
Malaita CicadabirdEdolisoma tricolor 
Makira CicadabirdEdolisoma salomonis 
Manus CicadabirdEdolisoma admiralitatis 
Sangihe CicadabirdEdolisoma salvadorii 
Palau CicadabirdEdolisoma monacha 
Yap CicadabirdEdolisoma nesiotis 
Central Melanesian CicadabirdEdolisoma erythropygium 
Sulawesi CicadabirdEdolisoma morio 
Geelvink CicadabirdEdolisoma meyerii 
Banggai CicadabirdEdolisoma pelingi 
Obi CicadabirdEdolisoma obiense 
Sula CicadabirdEdolisoma sula 
North Moluccan CicadabirdEdolisoma grayi 
Papuan CicadabirdEdolisoma incertum..
Bismarck CicadabirdEdolisoma remotum 
Rossel CicadabirdEdolisoma rostratum 
South Moluccan CicadabirdEdolisoma amboinense 
Sahul CicadabirdEdolisoma tenuirostre.

1 Long-tailed Minivet, Thailand; 2 Black-faced Cuckooshrike, Australia; 3 Black Cuckooshrike, South Africa; 4 Varied Triller, Australia; 5 White-bellied Cuckooshrike, Australia; 6 Scarlet Minivet, Thailand; 7 New Caledonian Cuckooshrike, New Caledonia; 8 Madagascan Cuckooshrike, Madagascar; 9 Petit’s Cuckooshrike,Uganda; 10 Red-shouldered Cuckooshrike, Ghana; 11 Long-tailed Triller, New Caledonia; 12 South Melanesian Cuckooshrike, New Caledonia; 13 Grey-chinned Minivet, India; 14 Blue Cuckooshrike, Ghana; 15 Black-winged Cuckooshrike, India; 16 White-winged Triller, Australia

17 Short-billed Minivet, India; 18 Papuan Cicadabird, Papua New Guina; 19 Hooded Cuckooshrike, PNG; 20 Boyer’s Cuckooshrike, PNG; 21 Golden Cuckooshrike, PNG; 22 Black-bellied Cicadabird, PNG

Family #141

Whiteheads (Mohouidae)

  • Species: 3
  • Distribution: Australasian endemic (New Zealand)
  • IOC family #153, HBW family #135 (Mohouas), H&M family #141 (Yellowheads and allies)
  • Passeriformes Family Group: Corvid Oscines
  • wf253 status: 41% members ticked
  • OH: 3 seen and photographed, first seen in New Zealand, 2014
  • Finding Hints
WhiteheadMohoua albicilla..
YellowheadMohoua ochrocephala..
PipipiMohoua novaeseelandiae..

1 Whilehead, New Zealand; 2 Yellowhead, New Zealand; 3 Pipipi, New Zealand

Family #142

Sittellas (Neosittidae)

  • Species: 3
  • Distribution: Australasian endemic 
  • IOC family #154, HBW family #137, H&M family #142
  • Passeriformes Family Group: Corvid Oscines
  • wf253 status: 43% members ticked
  • OH: 2 seen and photographed, first seen in Australia, 2013
Black SittellaDaphoenositta miranda.. 
Papuan SittellaDaphoenositta papuensis 
Varied SittellaDaphoenositta chrysoptera..

1. Varied Sittella, Australia 2018. 2. Black Sittela, Papua New Guinea 2022

Family #143

Whipbirds and Wedgebills (Psophodidae)

  • Species: 5
  • Distribution: Australasian endemic 
  • IOC family #142 ( Whipbirds), HBW family #144, H&M family #148
  • Passeriformes Family Group: Corvid Oscines
  • wf253 status: 47% members ticked
  • OH: 2 seen and photographed, first seen in Australia, 2013
Papuan WhipbirdAndrophobus viridis 
Eastern WhipbirdPsophodes olivaceus..
Western WhipbirdPsophodes nigrogularis 
Chiming WedgebillPsophodes occidentalis 
Chirruping WedgebillPsophodes cristatus.. 

Eastern Whipbird, Australia 2018

Chirruping-Wedgebill, Australia 2024

Family #144

Ploughbill (Eulacestomatidae)

  • Species: 1
  • Distribution: Australasian endemic (New Guinea)
  • IOC family #155, HBW family #136, H&M family #149
  • Passeriformes Family Group: Corvid Oscines
  • wf253 status: 21% members ticked
  • OH: 1 seen and photographed, first seen in Papua New Guinea, 2022
  • Finding Hints
Wattled PloughbillEulacestoma nigropectus.. 

Wattled Ploughbill, Papua New Guinea 2022

Family #145

Australo-Papuan Bellbirds (Oreoicidae)

  • Species: 3
  • Distribution: Australasian endemic 
  • IOC family #156, HBW family #139, H&M family #147
  • Passeriformes Family Group: Corvid Oscines
  • wf253 status: 45% members ticked
  • OH: 2 seen and photographed, first seen in Australia, 2018
Crested BellbirdOreoica gutturalis..
Rufous-naped BellbirdAleadryas rufinucha.. 
Piping BellbirdOrnorectes cristatus 

1 Rufous-naped Bellbird, Papua New Guinea; 2 Crested Bellbird, Australia

Family #146

Shrike-tit (Falcunculidae)

  • Species: 3
  • Distribution: Australasian endemic (Australia)
  • IOC family #157 (Shriketit), HBW family #142, H&M family #146
  • Passeriformes Family Group: Corvid Oscines
  • wf253 status: 41% members ticked
  • OH: 1 seen and photographed, first seen in Australia, 2018
Eastern Shrike-titFalcunculus frontatus..
Western Shrike-titFalcunculus leucogaster 
Northern Shrike-titFalcunculus whitei 

Crested Shrike-tit, Australia 2018

Family #147

Tit Berrypecker and Crested Berrypecker (Paramythiidae)

  • Species: 3
  • Distribution: Australasian endemic (New Guinea)
  • IOC family #139 (Painted Berrypeckers), HBW family #139 (Painted Berrypeckers), H&M family #150 (Painted Berrypickers)
  • Passeriformes Family Group: Corvid Oscines
  • wf253 status: 31% members ticked
  • OH: 1 seen and photographed, first seen in Papua New Guinea, 2022
  • Finding Hints
Tit BerrypeckerOreocharis arfaki..
Western Crested BerrypeckerParamythia olivacea 
Eastern Crested BerrypeckerParamythia montium 

Tit Berrypecker, Papua New Guinea 2022

Family #148

Vireos, Shrike-Babblers, and Erpornis (Vireonidae)

  • Species: 61
  • Distribution: Indomalaya, Nearctic, Neotropic
  • IOC family #159 (Vireos, Greenlets, Shrike-babblers), HBW family #145 (Vireos), H&M family #151 (Shrike-babblers, Erpornis and Vireos)
  • Passeriformes Family Group: Corvid Oscines
  • wf253 status: 92% members ticked
  • OH: 27 seen, 19 photographed, first seen in USA 2007
Black-headed Shrike-BabblerPteruthius rufiventer..
Pied Shrike-BabblerPteruthius flaviscapis 
White-browed Shrike-BabblerPteruthius aeralatus..
Green Shrike-BabblerPteruthius xanthochlorus..
Black-eared Shrike-BabblerPteruthius melanotis 
Trilling Shrike-BabblerPteruthius aenobarbus 
Clicking Shrike-BabblerPteruthius intermedius 
White-bellied ErpornisErpornis zantholeuca..
Rufous-browed PeppershrikeCyclarhis gujanensis..
Black-billed PeppershrikeCyclarhis nigrirostris 
Gray-eyed GreenletHylophilus amaurocephalus 
Rufous-crowned GreenletHylophilus poicilotis..
Olivaceous GreenletHylophilus olivaceus 
Ashy-headed GreenletHylophilus pectoralis 
Scrub GreenletHylophilus flavipes..
Gray-chested GreenletHylophilus semicinereus 
Brown-headed GreenletHylophilus brunneiceps 
Lemon-chested GreenletHylophilus thoracicus.
Chestnut-sided Shrike-VireoVireolanius melitophrys 
Green Shrike-VireoVireolanius pulchellus 
Yellow-browed Shrike-VireoVireolanius eximius 
Slaty-capped Shrike-VireoVireolanius leucotis 
Tawny-crowned GreenletTunchiornis ochraceiceps 
Lesser GreenletPachysylvia decurtata.
Dusky-capped GreenletPachysylvia hypoxantha 
Buff-cheeked GreenletPachysylvia muscicapina 
Golden-fronted GreenletPachysylvia aurantiifrons 
Rufous-naped GreenletPachysylvia semibrunnea 
Golden VireoVireo hypochryseus.
Blue Mountain VireoVireo osburni 
Slaty VireoVireo brevipennis 
Black-capped VireoVireo atricapilla 
Dwarf VireoVireo nelsoni 
White-eyed VireoVireo griseus.
Thick-billed VireoVireo crassirostris..
Mangrove VireoVireo pallens 
Cozumel VireoVireo bairdi 
San Andres VireoVireo caribaeus 
Jamaican VireoVireo modestus 
Cuban VireoVireo gundlachii..
Puerto Rican VireoVireo latimeri..
Flat-billed VireoVireo nanus..
Bell’s VireoVireo bellii..
Gray VireoVireo vicinior 
Hutton’s VireoVireo huttoni..
Yellow-throated VireoVireo flavifrons..
Yellow-winged VireoVireo carmioli..
Choco VireoVireo masteri 
Cassin’s VireoVireo cassinii..
Blue-headed VireoVireo solitarius.
Plumbeous VireoVireo plumbeus..
Tepui VireoVireo sclateri 
Philadelphia VireoVireo philadelphicus 
Warbling VireoVireo gilvus.
Brown-capped VireoVireo leucophrys.
Red-eyed VireoVireo olivaceus.
Chivi VireoVireo chivi..
Noronha VireoVireo gracilirostris 
Yellow-green VireoVireo flavoviridis 
Black-whiskered VireoVireo altiloquus..
Yucatan VireoVireo magister 

1 Rufous-browed Peppershrike, Peru; 2 Flat-billed Vireo, Dominican Republic; 3 Bell’s Vireo, USA; 4 Plumbeous Vireo, USA; 5 Cassin’s Vireo, Mexico; 6 Hutton’s Vireo, USA; 7 Himalayan Shrike-babbler, India; 8 Red-eyed Vireo, Argentina; 9 Black-headed Shrike-babbler, India; 10 Black-whiskered Vireo, Dominican Republic; 11 Rufous-crowned Greenlet, Brazil; 12 Green Shrike-babbler, India

13 Thick-billed Vireo, Cuba; 14 Yellow-throated Vireo, Cuba; 15 Scrub Greenlet, Panama; 16 Cuban Vireo, Cuba; 17 Yellow-winged Vireo, Panama; 18 Puerto Rican Vireo, Puerto Rico

White-bellied Erpornis, Borneo 2023

Family #149

Whistlers and Allies (Pachycephalidae)

  • Species: 67
  • Distribution: Australasia, Indomalaya
  • IOC family #158, HBW family #143 (Whistlers), H&M family #145 (Whistlers)
  • Passeriformes Family Group: Corvid Oscines
  • wf253 status: 63% members ticked
  • OH: 22 seen, 12  photographed, first seen in Australia 2013
Rusty PitohuiPseudorectes ferrugineus..
White-bellied PitohuiPseudorectes incertus.
Sandstone ShrikethrushColluricincla woodwardi 
Bower’s ShrikethrushColluricincla boweri..
Gray ShrikethrushColluricincla harmonica..
Sooty ShrikethrushColluricincla tenebrosa.
Variable ShrikethrushColluricincla fortis.
Waigeo ShrikethrushColluricincla affinis 
Mamberamo ShrikethrushColluricincla obscura 
Sepik-Ramu ShrikethrushColluricincla tappenbecki 
Arafura ShrikethrushColluricincla megarhyncha 
Tagula ShrikethrushColluricincla discolor 
Rufous ShrikethrushColluricincla rufogaster.
Black PitohuiMelanorectes nigrescens 
Sangihe WhistlerCoracornis sanghirensis 
Maroon-backed WhistlerCoracornis raveni.
Olive WhistlerPachycephala olivacea 
Red-lored WhistlerPachycephala rufogularis 
Gilbert’s WhistlerPachycephala inornata.
Bare-throated WhistlerPachycephala nudigula 
Fawn-breasted WhistlerPachycephala orpheus 
Regent WhistlerPachycephala schlegelii..
Vanuatu WhistlerPachycephala chlorura..
Vogelkop WhistlerPachycephala meyeri 
Sclater’s WhistlerPachycephala soror 
White-throated Fiji WhistlerPachycephala vitiensis 
Yellow-throated Fiji WhistlerPachycephala graeffii 
Samoan WhistlerPachycephala flavifrons 
Tongan WhistlerPachycephala jacquinoti 
New Caledonian WhistlerPachycephala caledonica..
Guadalcanal Hooded WhistlerPachycephala implicata 
Bougainville Hooded WhistlerPachycephala richardsi 
Bismarck WhistlerPachycephala citreogaster 
Louisiade WhistlerPachycephala collaris 
Nendo WhistlerPachycephala ornata 
Utupua WhistlerPachycephala utupuae 
Vanikoro WhistlerPachycephala vanikorensis 
Oriole WhistlerPachycephala orioloides 
Rennell WhistlerPachycephala feminina 
Tenggara WhistlerPachycephala calliope 
Selayar WhistlerPachycephala teysmanni 
Moluccan WhistlerPachycephala macrorhyncha 
Babar WhistlerPachycephala sharpei 
Black-chinned WhistlerPachycephala mentalis 
Baliem WhistlerPachycephala balim 
Golden WhistlerPachycephala pectoralis..
Black-tailed WhistlerPachycephala melanura 
MorningbirdPachycephala tenebrosa 
Brown-backed WhistlerPachycephala modesta.
Lorentz’s WhistlerPachycephala lorentzi..
Golden-backed WhistlerPachycephala aurea 
Yellow-bellied WhistlerPachycephala philippinensis 
Bornean WhistlerPachycephala hypoxantha.
Sulphur-bellied WhistlerPachycephala sulfuriventer.
Mangrove WhistlerPachycephala cinerea 
Green-backed WhistlerPachycephala albiventris 
White-vented WhistlerPachycephala homeyeri 
Island WhistlerPachycephala phaionota 
Biak WhistlerPachycephala melanorhyncha 
Rusty WhistlerPachycephala hyperythra 
Gray WhistlerPachycephala simplex..
Wallacean WhistlerPachycephala arctitorquis 
Drab WhistlerPachycephala griseonota 
White-bellied WhistlerPachycephala leucogastra..
Black-headed WhistlerPachycephala monacha.
Rufous WhistlerPachycephala rufiventris..
White-breasted WhistlerPachycephala lanioides 

1 Gray Shrike-Thrush, Australia; 2 Little Shrike-Thrush, Australia; 3 Australian Golden Whistler, Australia; 4 New Caledonian Whistler, New Caledonia; 5 Vanuatu Whistler, New Caledonia; 6 Western Whistler, Australia; 7 Rufous Whistler, Australia; 8 Bower’s Shrike-Thrush, Australia; 9 Gray Whistler, Australia

9 Regent Whistler, Papua New Guinea; 10 Lorentz’s Whistler, PNG;11 White-bellied Whistler, PNG;12 Rusty Pitohui, PNG

Family #150

Old World Orioles (Oriolidae)

  • Species: 41 (2 extinct)
  • Distribution: Afrotropic, Australasia, Indomalaya, Palearctic
  • IOC family #160 (Figbirds, Old World Orioles, Piopios), HBW family #138, H&M family #152 (Orioles, Figbirds and allies)
  • Passeriformes Family Group: Corvid Oscines
  • wf253 status: 92% members ticked
  • OH: 18 seen, 16  photographed, first seen in Israel 1978
Hooded PitohuiPitohui dichrous..
Raja Ampat PitohuiPitohui cerviniventris 
Northern Variable PitohuiPitohui kirhocephalus 
Southern Variable PitohuiPitohui uropygialis.
Timor OrioleOriolus melanotis 
Wetar OrioleOriolus finschi 
Buru OrioleOriolus bouroensis 
Tanimbar OrioleOriolus decipiens 
Seram OrioleOriolus forsteni 
Halmahera OrioleOriolus phaeochromus 
Brown OrioleOriolus szalayi..
Olive-backed OrioleOriolus sagittatus..
Green OrioleOriolus flavocinctus..
Dark-throated OrioleOriolus xanthonotus 
Ventriloquial OrioleOriolus consobrinus.
White-lored OrioleOriolus albiloris 
Philippine OrioleOriolus steerii 
Isabela OrioleOriolus isabellae 
Eurasian Golden OrioleOriolus oriolus..
Indian Golden OrioleOriolus kundoo 
African Golden OrioleOriolus auratus..
Black-naped OrioleOriolus chinensis..
Slender-billed OrioleOriolus tenuirostris 
Green-headed OrioleOriolus chlorocephalus..
Sao Tome OrioleOriolus crassirostris 
Western Black-headed OrioleOriolus brachyrynchus..
Ethiopian Black-headed OrioleOriolus monacha 
African Black-headed OrioleOriolus larvatus..
Black-tailed OrioleOriolus percivali..
Black-winged OrioleOriolus nigripennis 
Black-hooded OrioleOriolus xanthornus..
Black OrioleOriolus hosii..
Black-and-crimson OrioleOriolus consanguineus..
Javan OrioleOriolus cruentus 
Maroon OrioleOriolus traillii..
Silver OrioleOriolus mellianus 
Wetar FigbirdSphecotheres hypoleucus 
Green FigbirdSphecotheres viridis 
Australasian FigbirdSphecotheres vieilloti..
North Island PiopioTurnagra tanagraexinct
South Island PiopioTurnagra capensisexinct

1 Black-hooded Oriole, Thailand; 2 Eurasian Golden Oriole, Israel; 3 African Black-headed Oriole, South Africa; 4 Green Oriole, Australia; 5 Western Black-headed Oriole, Ghana; 6 Black-tailed Oriole, Uganda; 7 Black-naped Oriole, Thailand; 8 Olive-backed Oriole, Australia; 9 Australasian Figbird, Australia; 10 Maroon Oriole, India

11 Green-hooded Oriole, Tanzania; 12 African Golden Oriole, Tanzania; 13 Brown Oriole, Papua New Guinea; 14 Hooded Pitohui, Papua New Guinea

Family #151

Boatbills (Machaerirhynchidae)

  • Species: 2
  • Distribution: Australasian endemic 
  • IOC family #146, HBW family #149, H&M family #154
  • Passeriformes Family Group: Corvid Oscines
  • wf253 status: 46% members ticked
  • OH: 2 seen, 1 photographed, first seen in Papua New Guinea, 2022
  • Finding Hints
Black-breasted BoatbillMachaerirhynchus nigripectus.. 
Yellow-breasted BoatbillMachaerirhynchus flaviventer .

Black-breasted Boatbill, Papua New Guinea 2022

Family #152

Woodswallows, Bellmagpies, and Allies (Artamidae)

  • Species: 24
  • Distribution: Australasia, Indomalaya
  • IOC family #149 (Woodswallows, Butcherbirds & Allies), HBW family #148 (Woodswallows and Butcherbirds), H&M family #155 (Woodswallows, Butcherbirds and allies)
  • Passeriformes Family Group: Corvid Oscines
  • wf253 status: 74% members ticked
  • OH: 18 seen, 15  photographed, first seen in Thailand 2012
Ashy WoodswallowArtamus fuscus..
Fiji WoodswallowArtamus mentalis 
Ivory-backed WoodswallowArtamus monachus 
Great WoodswallowArtamus maximus..
White-breasted WoodswallowArtamus leucorynchus..
Bismarck WoodswallowArtamus insignis 
Masked WoodswallowArtamus personatus.
White-browed WoodswallowArtamus superciliosus..
Black-faced WoodswallowArtamus cinereus..
Dusky WoodswallowArtamus cyanopterus..
Little WoodswallowArtamus minor..
Mountain PeltopsPeltops montanus..
Lowland PeltopsPeltops blainvillii.
Black-backed ButcherbirdCracticus mentalis..
Gray ButcherbirdCracticus torquatus..
Silver-backed ButcherbirdCracticus argenteus 
Hooded ButcherbirdCracticus cassicus..
Tagula ButcherbirdCracticus louisiadensis 
Pied ButcherbirdCracticus nigrogularis..
Black ButcherbirdMelloria quoyi..
Australian MagpieGymnorhina tibicen..
Pied CurrawongStrepera graculina..
Black CurrawongStrepera fuliginosa 
Gray CurrawongStrepera versicolor.

 

1 White-browed Woodswallow, Australia; 2 Ashy Woodswallow, Thailand; 3 Little Woodswallow, Australia; 4 Dusky Woodswallow, Australia; 5 Black-faced Woodswallow, Australia; 6 Great Woodswallow, Papua New Guinea; 7 White-breasted Woodswallow, , Papua New Guinea

8 Pied Butcherbird, Australia; 9 Mountain Peltops, Papua New Guinea; 10 Pied Currawong, Australia; 11 Black Butcherbird, Australia; 12 Black-backed Butcherbird, Papua New Guinea; 13 Hooded Butcherbird, Papua New Guinea; 14 Australasian Magpie, Australia; 15 Gray Butcherbird, Australia

Family #153

Mottled Berryhunter (Rhagologidae)

  • Species: 1
  • Distribution: Australasian endemic (New Guinea)
  • IOC family #150, HBW family #147 (Berryhunter), H&M family #153 (False Whistler)
  • Passeriformes Family Group: Corvid Oscines
  • wf253 status: 23% members ticked
  • OH: 1 seen and photographed, first seen in Papua New Guinea, 2022
  • Finding Hints
Mottled BerryhunterRhagologus leucostigma.. 

Mottled Berryhunter, Papua New Guinea 2022

Family #154

Wattle-eyes and Batises (Platysteiridae)

  • Species: 32
  • Distribution: Afrotropical endemic
  • IOC family #144, HBW   family #151 (Batises and Wattle-eyes), H&M family #156
  • Passeriformes Family Group: Corvid Oscines
  • wf253 status: 75% members ticked
  • OH: 9 seen, 7  photographed, first seen in Kenya 1983
White-tailed ShrikeLanioturdus torquatus 
Chestnut Wattle-eyeDyaphorophyia castanea..
West African Wattle-eyeDyaphorophyia hormophora 
White-spotted Wattle-eyeDyaphorophyia tonsa 
Brown-throated Wattle-eyePlatysteira cyanea..
White-fronted Wattle-eyePlatysteira albifrons 
Black-throated Wattle-eyePlatysteira peltata 
Banded Wattle-eyePlatysteira laticincta 
Red-cheeked Wattle-eyePlatysteira blissetti 
Black-necked Wattle-eyePlatysteira chalybea 
Jameson’s Wattle-eyePlatysteira jamesoni 
Yellow-bellied Wattle-eyePlatysteira concreta 
Boulton’s BatisBatis margaritae 
Short-tailed BatisBatis mixta.
Dark BatisBatis crypta 
Rwenzori BatisBatis diops 
Cape BatisBatis capensis..
Malawi BatisBatis dimorpha 
Woodwards’ BatisBatis fratrum 
Chinspot BatisBatis molitor..
Pale BatisBatis soror.
Pririt BatisBatis pririt 
Senegal BatisBatis senegalensis..
Gray-headed BatisBatis orientalis 
Western Black-headed BatisBatis erlangeri..
Eastern Black-headed BatisBatis minor 
Pygmy BatisBatis perkeo..
Verreaux’s BatisBatis minima 
Ituri BatisBatis ituriensis 
Bioko BatisBatis poensis 
West African BatisBatis occulta 
Angola BatisBatis minulla 

1 Cape Batis, South Africa, 2 Western Black-headed Batis, Uganda, 3 Brown-throated Wattle-eye, Uganda, 4 Senegal Batis, Ghana, 5 Chestnut Wattle-eye, Ghana

Family #155

Vangas, Helmetshrikes, and Allies (Vangidae)

  • Species: 40
  • Distribution: Afrotropic, Indomalaya
  • IOC family #147 (Vangas & Allies), HBW family #150 (Vangas and Allies), H&M family #157 (Vangas, Helmet-shrikes and Shrike-flycatchers)
  • Passeriformes Family Group: Corvid Oscines
  • wf253 status: 72% members ticked
  • OH: 29 seen, 23  photographed, first seen in Kenya 1983
White HelmetshrikePrionops plumatus..
Gray-crested HelmetshrikePrionops poliolophus 
Yellow-crested HelmetshrikePrionops alberti 
Red-billed HelmetshrikePrionops caniceps..
Rufous-bellied HelmetshrikePrionops rufiventris 
Retz’s HelmetshrikePrionops retzii 
Angola HelmetshrikePrionops gabela 
Chestnut-fronted HelmetshrikePrionops scopifrons..
African Shrike-flycatcherMegabyas flammulatus..
Black-and-white Shrike-flycatcherBias musicus..
Malabar WoodshrikeTephrodornis sylvicola 
Large WoodshrikeTephrodornis virgatus.
Common WoodshrikeTephrodornis pondicerianus.
Sri Lanka WoodshrikeTephrodornis affinis 
Bar-winged Flycatcher-shrikeHemipus picatus..
Black-winged Flycatcher-shrikeHemipus hirundinaceus..
Rufous-winged PhilentomaPhilentoma pyrhoptera..
Maroon-breasted PhilentomaPhilentoma velata..
Archbold’s NewtoniaNewtonia archboldi..
Common NewtoniaNewtonia brunneicauda..
Dark NewtoniaNewtonia amphichroa..
Red-tailed NewtoniaNewtonia fanovanae.
Tylas VangaTylas eduardi..
Red-tailed VangaCalicalicus madagascariensis..
Red-shouldered VangaCalicalicus rufocarpalis..
Nuthatch-VangaHypositta corallirostris.
Chabert VangaLeptopterus chabert..
Crossley’s VangaMystacornis crossleyi..
Comoro Blue VangaCyanolanius comorensis 
Madagascar Blue VangaCyanolanius madagascarinus.
Hook-billed VangaVanga curvirostris.
Ward’s FlycatcherPseudobias wardi..
Rufous VangaSchetba rufa..
Helmet VangaEuryceros prevostii 
Bernier’s VangaOriolia bernieri 
Sickle-billed VangaFalculea palliata..
White-headed VangaArtamella viridis..
Pollen’s VangaXenopirostris polleni 
Lafresnaye’s VangaXenopirostris xenopirostris..
Van Dam’s VangaXenopirostris damii..

1 Sickle-billed Vanga, Madagascar; 2 Chabert Vanga, Madagascar; 3 Rufous Vanga, Madagascar; 4 Tylas Vanga, Madagascar; 5 Lafresnaye’s Vanga, Madagascar; 6 Red-tailed Vanga, Madagascar; 7 Red-shouldered Vanga, Madagascar; 8 Van Dam’s Vanga, Madagascar; 9 White-headed Vanga, Madagascar; 10 Dark Newtonia, Madagascar; 11 Crossley’s Vanga, Madagascar; 12 Ward’s Flycatcher (Vanga) , Madagascar; 13 African Shrike-flycatcher, Uganda; 14 Black-and-white Shrike-flycatcher, Ghana; 15 Archbold’s Newtonia, Madagascar; 16 Common Newtonia, Madagascar

17 Red-billed Helmetshrike, Ghana; 18 White Helmetshrike, South Africa; 19 Chestnut-fronted Helmetshrike, Tanzania

20 Black-winged Flycatcher-shrike, Borneo (MY); 21 Rufous-winged Philentoma, Borneo (MY); 22 Bar-winged Flycatcher-shrike, India; 23 Maroon-breasted Philentoma, Borneo (MY)

Family #156

Bristlehead (Pityriasidae)

  • Species: 1
  • Distribution: Indomalayan endemic (Borneo)
  • IOC family #148, HBW family #153, H&M family #158
  • Passeriformes Family Group: Corvid Oscines
  • wf253 status: 34% members ticked
  • OH: 1 seen and photographed, first seen in Sabah, Borneo, 2023
  • Finding Hints
Bornean BristleheadPityriasis gymnocephala.. 

Bornean Bristlehead, Borneo (MY) 2023

Family #157

Ioras (Aegithinidae)

  • Species: 4
  • Distribution: Indomalayan endemic
  • IOC family #151 HBW family #152, H&M family #159
  • Passeriformes Family Group: Corvid Oscines
  • wf253 status: 71% members ticked
  • OH: 2 seen and  photographed, first seen in Thailand 2012
Common IoraAegithina tiphia..
White-tailed IoraAegithina nigrolutea 
Green IoraAegithina viridissima..
Great IoraAegithina lafresnayei 

1. Common Iora, India; 2. Green Iora, Borneo

Family #158

Bushshrikes and Allies (Malaconotidae)

  • Species: 50
  • Distribution: Afrotropic, Palearctic
  • IOC family #145 (Bushshrikes), HBW family #154 (Bush-shrikes), H&M family #160 (Bush-shrikes, Puffbacks and Tchagras)
  • Passeriformes Family Group: Corvid Oscines
  • wf253 status: 77% members ticked
  • OH: 30 seen, 22 photographed, first seen in Kenya 1983
BrubruNilaus afer..
Northern PuffbackDryoscopus gambensis..
Pringle’s PuffbackDryoscopus pringlii..
Black-backed PuffbackDryoscopus cubla..
Red-eyed PuffbackDryoscopus senegalensis 
Pink-footed PuffbackDryoscopus angolensis..
Sabine’s PuffbackDryoscopus sabini.
Marsh TchagraBocagia minuta..
Black-crowned TchagraTchagra senegalus..
Brown-crowned TchagraTchagra australis.
Three-streaked TchagraTchagra jamesi.
Southern TchagraTchagra tchagra 
Red-naped BushshrikeLaniarius ruficeps 
Coastal BoubouLaniarius nigerrimus 
Lühder’s BushshrikeLaniarius luehderi..
Braun’s BushshrikeLaniarius brauni 
Gabela BushshrikeLaniarius amboimensis 
Turati’s BoubouLaniarius turatii 
Ethiopian BoubouLaniarius aethiopicus..
Tropical BoubouLaniarius major.
Zanzibar BoubouLaniarius sublacteus..
Gabon BoubouLaniarius bicolor 
Southern BoubouLaniarius ferrugineus..
Yellow-crowned GonolekLaniarius barbarus..
Black-headed GonolekLaniarius erythrogaster..
Crimson-breasted GonolekLaniarius atrococcineus.
Papyrus GonolekLaniarius mufumbiri..
Yellow-breasted BoubouLaniarius atroflavus 
Slate-colored BoubouLaniarius funebris..
Lowland Sooty BoubouLaniarius leucorhynchus..
Willard’s Sooty BoubouLaniarius willardi..
Western BoubouLaniarius poensis.
Albertine BoubouLaniarius holomelas 
Fülleborn’s BoubouLaniarius fuelleborni.
Rosy-patched BushshrikeRhodophoneus cruentus..
BokmakierieTelophorus zeylonus..
Four-colored BushshrikeTelophorus viridis 
Doherty’s BushshrikeTelophorus dohertyi 
Gray-green BushshrikeChlorophoneus bocagei..
Sulphur-breasted BushshrikeChlorophoneus sulfureopectus..
Olive BushshrikeChlorophoneus olivaceus.
Many-colored BushshrikeChlorophoneus multicolor 
Black-fronted BushshrikeChlorophoneus nigrifrons..
Mount Kupe BushshrikeChlorophoneus kupeensis 
Fiery-breasted BushshrikeMalaconotus cruentus 
Lagden’s BushshrikeMalaconotus lagdeni 
Green-breasted BushshrikeMalaconotus gladiator 
Gray-headed BushshrikeMalaconotus blanchoti.
Monteiro’s BushshrikeMalaconotus monteiri 
Uluguru BushshrikeMalaconotus alius 

1 Bokmakierie, South Africa; 2 Black-headed Gonolek, Uganda; 3 Papyrus Gonolek, Uganda; 4 Yellow-crowned Gonolek, Ghana; 5 Sulphur-breasted Bush-shrike, Uganda; 6 Marsh Tchagra, Ghana; 7 Bocage’s Bush-shrike, Uganda; 8 Black-backed Puffback, South Africa; 9 Brubru, Ghana; 10 Southern Boubou, South Africa; 11 Black-crowned Tchagra, Uganda; 12 Mountain Sooty Boubou, Uganda; 13 Ethiopian Boubou, Uganda; 14 Luehder’s Bush-shrike, Uganda; 15 Lowland Sooty Boubou, Uganda; 16 Pink-footed Puffback, Uganda; 17 Northern Puffback, Ghana

18 Rosy-patched Bushshrike, Tanzania; 19 Black-fronted Bushshrike, Tanzania; 20 Slate-colored Boubou, Tanzania; 21 Pringle’s Puffback, Tanzania; 22 Zanzibar Boubou, Tanzania

Family #159

Fantails (Rhipiduridae)

  • Species: 64
  • Distribution: Australasia, Indomalaya
  • IOC family #162, HBW family #155, H&M family #162
  • Passeriformes Family Group: Corvid Oscines
  • wf253 status: 80% members ticked
  • OH: 17 seen, 11 photographed, first seen in Thailand 2012
Drongo FantailChaetorhynchus papuensis 
Cerulean FlycatcherEutrichomyias rowleyi 
Taveuni SilktailLamprolia victoriae 
Natewa SilktailLamprolia klinesmithi 
Black FantailRhipidura atra.
Black-and-cinnamon FantailRhipidura nigrocinnamomea 
Mindanao Blue-FantailRhipidura superciliaris 
Visayan Blue-FantailRhipidura samarensis 
Tablas FantailRhipidura sauli 
Visayan FantailRhipidura albiventris 
Blue-headed FantailRhipidura cyaniceps 
Spotted FantailRhipidura perlata.
Cinnamon-tailed FantailRhipidura fuscorufa 
White-winged FantailRhipidura cockerelli 
White-gorgeted FantailRhipidura coultasi 
Northern FantailRhipidura rufiventris..
Brown-capped FantailRhipidura diluta 
Sooty Thicket-FantailRhipidura threnothorax.
Black Thicket-FantailRhipidura maculipectus.
White-bellied Thicket-FantailRhipidura leucothorax.
Willie-wagtailRhipidura leucophrys..
Malaysian Pied-FantailRhipidura javanica..
Philippine Pied-FantailRhipidura nigritorquis 
White-throated FantailRhipidura albicollis..
Spot-breasted FantailRhipidura albogularis 
Rufous-tailed FantailRhipidura phoenicura 
White-bellied FantailRhipidura euryura 
White-browed FantailRhipidura aureola 
Rufous-backed FantailRhipidura rufidorsa 
Dimorphic FantailRhipidura brachyrhyncha..
Bismarck FantailRhipidura dahli 
Mussau FantailRhipidura matthiae 
Malaita FantailRhipidura malaitae 
Sulawesi FantailRhipidura teysmanni..
Peleng FantailRhipidura habibiei 
Taliabu FantailRhipidura sulaensis 
Tawny-backed FantailRhipidura superflua 
Streak-breasted FantailRhipidura dedemi 
Long-tailed FantailRhipidura opistherythra 
Palau FantailRhipidura lepida 
Manus FantailRhipidura semirubra 
Supertramp FantailRhipidura semicollaris 
Arafura FantailRhipidura dryas.
Gilolo FantailRhipidura torrida 
Australian Rufous FantailRhipidura rufifrons..
Louisiade FantailRhipidura louisiadensis 
Santa Cruz FantailRhipidura melanolaema 
Micronesian Rufous FantailRhipidura versicolor 
Solomons Rufous FantailRhipidura rufofronta 
Pohnpei FantailRhipidura kubaryi 
Friendly FantailRhipidura albolimbata..
Chestnut-bellied FantailRhipidura hyperythra 
Bougainville FantailRhipidura drownei 
Guadalcanal FantailRhipidura ocularis 
Vanuatu Streaked FantailRhipidura spilodera 
Fiji Streaked FantailRhipidura layardi 
New Caledonian Streaked FantailRhipidura verreauxi..
Dusky FantailRhipidura tenebrosa 
Rennell FantailRhipidura rennelliana 
Kadavu FantailRhipidura personata 
Samoan FantailRhipidura nebulosa 
Gray FantailRhipidura albiscapa..
Mangrove FantailRhipidura phasiana 
New Zealand FantailRhipidura fuliginosa..

1 Rufous Fantail, Australia; 2 Willie-wagtail, Australia; 3 Northern Fantail, Australia; 4 White-throated Fantail, India; 5 Malaysian Pied-Fantail, Thailand; 6 Streaked Fantail, New Caledonia; 7 New Zealand Fantail, New Zealand; 8 Gray Fantail, Australia

9 Dimorphic Fantail, Papua New Guinea; 10 Friendly Fantail, Papua New Guinea;11 Sulawesi Fantail, Sulawesi (ID)

Family #160

Drongos (Dicruridae)

  • Species: 28
  • Distribution: Afrotropic, Australasia, Indomalaya, Palearctic
  • IOC family #161 HBW family #156, H&M family #161
  • Passeriformes Family Group: Corvid Oscines
  • wf253 status: 90% members ticked
  • OH: 13 seen and photographed, first seen in Kenya 1983
Sharpe’s DrongoDicrurus sharpei.
Square-tailed DrongoDicrurus ludwigii..
Shining DrongoDicrurus atripennis..
Fork-tailed DrongoDicrurus adsimilis..
Velvet-mantled DrongoDicrurus modestus..
Aldabra DrongoDicrurus aldabranus 
Grande Comore DrongoDicrurus fuscipennis 
Crested DrongoDicrurus forficatus..
Mayotte DrongoDicrurus waldenii 
Black DrongoDicrurus macrocercus..
Ashy DrongoDicrurus leucophaeus..
White-bellied DrongoDicrurus caerulescens 
Crow-billed DrongoDicrurus annectens 
Bronzed DrongoDicrurus aeneus..
Lesser Racket-tailed DrongoDicrurus remifer..
Hair-crested DrongoDicrurus hottentottus..
Short-tailed DrongoDicrurus striatus 
Palawan DrongoDicrurus palawanensis 
BalicassiaoDicrurus balicassius 
Sulawesi DrongoDicrurus montanus..
Sumatran DrongoDicrurus sumatranus 
Wallacean DrongoDicrurus densus 
Ribbon-tailed DrongoDicrurus megarhynchus 
Spangled DrongoDicrurus bracteatus..
Tablas DrongoDicrurus menagei 
Andaman DrongoDicrurus andamanensis 
Greater Racket-tailed DrongoDicrurus paradiseus..
Sri Lanka DrongoDicrurus lophorinus 

1 Lesser Racket-tailed Drongo, India; 2 Creasted Drongo, Madagascar; 3 Bronzed Drongo, Thailand; 4 Ashy Drongo, Thailand; 5 Spangled Drongo, Australia; 6 Black Drongo, India; 7 Greater Racket-tailed Drongo, Thailand; 8 Velvet-mantled Drongo, Uganda; 9 Square-tailed Drongo, Ghana; 10 Shining Drongo, Ghana; 11 Fork-tailed Drongo, Tanzania

Family #161

Birds-of-Paradise (Paradisaeidae)

  • Species: 44
  • Distribution: Australasian endemic
  • IOC family #170, HBW  family #164, H&M family #169
  • Passeriformes Family Group: Corvid Oscines
  • wf253 status: 50% members ticked
  • OH: 17 seen and 11 photographed, first seen in Australia, 2013
Halmahera Paradise-crowLycocorax pyrrhopterus 
Obi Paradise-crowLycocorax obiensis 
Trumpet ManucodePhonygammus keraudrenii..
Curl-crested ManucodeManucodia comrii 
Crinkle-collared ManucodeManucodia chalybatus..
Jobi ManucodeManucodia jobiensis 
Glossy-mantled ManucodeManucodia ater..
King-of-Saxony Bird-of-ParadisePteridophora alberti..
Carola’s ParotiaParotia carolae 
Bronze ParotiaParotia berlepschi 
Western ParotiaParotia sefilata 
Wahnes’s ParotiaParotia wahnesi 
Lawes’s ParotiaParotia lawesii.
Eastern ParotiaParotia helenae 
Twelve-wired Bird-of-ParadiseSeleucidis melanoleucus..
Black-billed SicklebillDrepanornis albertisi 
Pale-billed SicklebillDrepanornis bruijnii 
Standardwing Bird-of-ParadiseSemioptera wallacii 
Vogelkop LophorinaLophorina superba 
Greater LophorinaLophorina latipennis 
Lesser LophorinaLophorina minor 
Paradise RiflebirdPtiloris paradiseus 
Victoria’s RiflebirdPtiloris victoriae..
Magnificent RiflebirdPtiloris magnificus..
Growling RiflebirdPtiloris intercedens..
Black SicklebillEpimachus fastosus 
Brown SicklebillEpimachus meyeri..
Long-tailed ParadigallaParadigalla carunculata 
Short-tailed ParadigallaParadigalla brevicauda 
Splendid AstrapiaAstrapia splendidissima..
Arfak AstrapiaAstrapia nigra 
Huon AstrapiaAstrapia rothschildi 
Stephanie’s AstrapiaAstrapia stephaniae 
Ribbon-tailed AstrapiaAstrapia mayeri..
King Bird-of-ParadiseCicinnurus regius.
Wilson’s Bird-of-ParadiseDiphyllodes respublica 
Magnificent Bird-of-ParadiseDiphyllodes magnificus 
Blue Bird-of-ParadiseParadisornis rudolphi.
Emperor Bird-of-ParadiseParadisaea guilielmi 
Red Bird-of-ParadiseParadisaea rubra 
Goldie’s Bird-of-ParadiseParadisaea decora 
Lesser Bird-of-ParadiseParadisaea minor..
Raggiana Bird-of-ParadiseParadisaea raggiana..
Greater Bird-of-ParadiseParadisaea apoda.

Brown Sicklebill, Papua New Guinea

1 Raggiana Bird-of-Paradise, Papua New Guinea; 2 Lesser Bird-of-Paradise, Papua New Guinea; 3 Brown Sicklebill, Papua New Guinea; 4 Ribbon-tailed Astrapia, Papua New Guinea

5 Victoria’s Riflebird, Australia; 6 Growling Riflebird, Papua New Guinea; 7 Splendid Astrapia, Papua New Guinea; 8 Glossy-mantled Manucode, Papua New Guinea; 9 Crinkle-collared Manucode, Papua New Guinea; 10 Twelve-wired Bird-of-Paradise, Papua New Guinea; 11 King-of-Saxony Bird-of-Paradise, Papua New Guinea

Family #162

Ifrita (Ifritidae)

  • Species: 1
  • Distribution: Australasian endemic (New Guinea)
  • IOC family #169 (Ifrit), HBW  family #157 (Ifrit), H&M family #168
  • Passeriformes Family Group: Corvid Oscines
  • wf253 status: 27% members ticked
  • OH: 1 seen and photographed, first seen in Papua New Guinea, 2022
  • Finding Hints
Blue-capped IfritaIfrita kowaldi.. 

Family #163

Monarch Flycatchers (Monarchidae)

  • Species: 105 (4 extinct)
  • Distribution: Afrotropic, Australasia, Indomalaya
  • IOC family #163 (Monarchs), HBW family #158 (Monarch-flycatchers), H&M family #165 (Monarchs)
  • Passeriformes Family Group: Corvid Oscines
  • wf253 status: 87% members ticked
  • OH: 23 seen, 17  photographed, first seen in Kenya 1983
Blue-headed Crested FlycatcherTrochocercus nitens.
African Crested FlycatcherTrochocercus cyanomelas 
Short-crested MonarchHypothymis helenae 
Black-naped MonarchHypothymis azurea..
Pale-blue MonarchHypothymis puella 
Celestial MonarchHypothymis coelestis 
Blue Paradise-FlycatcherTerpsiphone cyanescens 
Rufous Paradise-FlycatcherTerpsiphone cinnamomea 
Black Paradise-FlycatcherTerpsiphone atrocaudata 
Amur Paradise-FlycatcherTerpsiphone incei 
Blyth’s Paradise-FlycatcherTerpsiphone affinis..
Tenggara Paradise-FlycatcherTerpsiphone floris 
Mascarene Paradise-FlycatcherTerpsiphone bourbonnensis 
Indian Paradise-FlycatcherTerpsiphone paradisi..
Sao Tome Paradise-FlycatcherTerpsiphone atrochalybeia 
Seychelles Paradise-FlycatcherTerpsiphone corvina 
Malagasy Paradise-FlycatcherTerpsiphone mutata..
Black-headed Paradise-FlycatcherTerpsiphone rufiventer..
Bedford’s Paradise-FlycatcherTerpsiphone bedfordi 
Rufous-vented Paradise-FlycatcherTerpsiphone rufocinerea 
Bates’s Paradise-FlycatcherTerpsiphone batesi 
African Paradise-FlycatcherTerpsiphone viridis..
Hawaii ElepaioChasiempis sandwichensis 
Kauai ElepaioChasiempis sclateri 
Oahu ElepaioChasiempis ibidis 
Tahiti MonarchPomarea nigra 
Maupiti MonarchPomarea maupitiensisexinct
Rarotonga MonarchPomarea dimidiata 
Eiao MonarchPomarea fluxaexinct
Nuku Hiva MonarchPomarea nukuhivaeexinct
Iphis MonarchPomarea iphis 
Ua Pou MonarchPomarea mira 
Marquesan MonarchPomarea mendozae 
Fatu Hiva MonarchPomarea whitneyi 
Ogea MonarchMayrornis versicolor 
Slaty MonarchMayrornis lessoni 
Vanikoro MonarchMayrornis schistaceus 
Buff-bellied MonarchNeolalage banksiana 
Southern ShrikebillClytorhynchus pachycephaloides..
Rennell ShrikebillClytorhynchus hamlini 
Fiji ShrikebillClytorhynchus vitiensis 
Black-throated ShrikebillClytorhynchus nigrogularis 
Santa Cruz ShrikebillClytorhynchus sanctaecrucis 
White-naped MonarchCarterornis pileatus 
Tanimbar MonarchCarterornis castus 
White-eared MonarchCarterornis leucotis..
Golden MonarchCarterornis chrysomela 
Chuuk MonarchMetabolus rugensis 
Yap MonarchMonarcha godeffroyi 
Tinian MonarchMonarcha takatsukasae 
Island MonarchMonarcha cinerascens 
White-capped MonarchMonarcha richardsii 
Chestnut-bellied MonarchMonarcha castaneiventris 
Black-faced MonarchMonarcha melanopsis..
Black-winged MonarchMonarcha frater.
Fan-tailed MonarchSymposiachrus axillaris..
Rufous MonarchSymposiachrus rubiensis 
Flores MonarchSymposiachrus sacerdotum 
Boano MonarchSymposiachrus boanensis 
Moluccan Spectacled MonarchSymposiachrus bimaculatus 
Australian Spectacled MonarchSymposiachrus trivirgatus..
Louisiade Spectacled MonarchSymposiachrus melanopterus 
Kai MonarchSymposiachrus leucurus 
Tanahjampea MonarchSymposiachrus everetti 
Buru MonarchSymposiachrus loricatus 
Kofiau MonarchSymposiachrus julianae 
Biak MonarchSymposiachrus brehmii 
Hooded MonarchSymposiachrus manadensis.
Manus MonarchSymposiachrus infelix 
Mussau MonarchSymposiachrus menckei 
Bismarck MonarchSymposiachrus verticalis 
Solomons MonarchSymposiachrus barbatus 
Malaita MonarchSymposiachrus malaitae 
Kolombangara MonarchSymposiachrus browni 
Vella Lavella MonarchSymposiachrus nigrotectus 
Banda Sea MonarchSymposiachrus mundus 
White-collared MonarchSymposiachrus vidua 
Spot-winged MonarchSymposiachrus guttula 
Frilled MonarchArses telescopthalmus..
Frill-necked MonarchArses lorealis..
Ochre-collared MonarchArses insularis 
Pied MonarchArses kaupi.
Magpie-larkGrallina cyanoleuca..
Torrent-larkGrallina bruijnii 
Palau FlycatcherMyiagra erythrops 
Guam FlycatcherMyiagra freycinetiexinct
Pohnpei FlycatcherMyiagra pluto 
Chuuk FlycatcherMyiagra oceanica 
Biak FlycatcherMyiagra atra 
Moluccan FlycatcherMyiagra galeata 
Leaden FlycatcherMyiagra rubecula..
Steel-blue FlycatcherMyiagra ferrocyanea 
Ochre-headed FlycatcherMyiagra cervinicauda 
Melanesian FlycatcherMyiagra caledonica..
Vanikoro FlycatcherMyiagra vanikorensis 
Samoan FlycatcherMyiagra albiventris 
Azure-crested FlycatcherMyiagra azureocapilla 
Chestnut-throated FlycatcherMyiagra castaneigularis 
Broad-billed FlycatcherMyiagra ruficollis.
Satin FlycatcherMyiagra cyanoleuca.
Restless FlycatcherMyiagra inquieta..
Paperbark FlycatcherMyiagra nana..
Shining FlycatcherMyiagra alecto..
Mussau FlycatcherMyiagra hebetior 
Velvet FlycatcherMyiagra eichhorni 

1 Asian Paradise-Flycatcher, Thailand; 2 Black-faced Monarch, Australia; 3 Leaden Flycatcher, Australia; 4 African Paradise-Flycatcher, Uganda; 5 Black-headed Paradise Flycatcher, Uganda; 6 Paperbark Flycatcher, Australia; 7 Malagasy Paradise Flycatcher, Madagascar; 8 Spectacled Monarch, Australia; 9 Black-naped Monarch, Thailand; 10 Southern Shrikebill, New Caledonia; 11 Restless Flycatcher, Australia; 12 Shining Flycatcher, Australia; 13 Magpie-lark, Australia; 14 Melanesian Flycatcher, New Caledonia

13 Fan-tailed Monarch, Papua New Guinea; 14 Frilled Monarch, Papua New Guinea; 15 Blyth’s Paradise-Flycatcher, Borneo (MY)

Family #164

White-winged Chough and Apostlebird (Corcoracidae)

  • Species: 2
  • Distribution: Australasian endemic (Australia)
  • IOC family #167 (Australian Mudnesters), HBW  family #163 (Australian Mudnesters), H&M family #166 (Australian Mudnesters)
  • Passeriformes Family Group: Corvid Oscines
  • wf253 status: 47% members ticked
  • OH: 2 seen and photographed, first seen in Australia, 2013
White-winged ChoughCorcorax melanorhamphos..
ApostlebirdStruthidea cinerea..

1 Apostlebird, Australia; 2 White-winged Chough, Australia

Family #165

Melampittas (Melampittidae)

  • Species: 2
  • Distribution: Australasian endemic (New Guinea)
  • IOC family #168, HBW family #162, H&M family #167
  • Passeriformes Family Group: Corvid Oscines
  • wf253 status: 26% members ticked
  • OH: 1 seen and photographed, first seen in Papua New Guinea, 2022
  • Finding Hints
Lesser Melampitta Melampitta lugubris .. 
Greater Melampitta Melampitta gigantea  

Lesser Melampitta, Papua New Guinea 2022

Family #166

Crested Jayshrike (Platylophidae)

  • Species: 1
  • Distribution: Indomalayan endemic 
  • IOC family #164 (Jayshrike), HBW family #159 (Crested Jay), H&M family #166 (included in Crows, Jays)
  • Passeriformes Family Group: Corvid Oscines
  • wf253 status: 38% members ticked
  • OH: 1 seen and photographed, first seen in Sabah, Borneo, 2023
  • Finding Hints
Crested JayshrikePlatylophus galericulatus.. 

Crested Jayshrike, Sabah, Borneo 2023

Family #167

Shrikes (Laniidae)

  • Species: 34
  • Distribution: Afrotropic,  Indomalaya, Nearctic, Palearctic
  • IOC family #165, HBW family #160, H&M family #163
  • Passeriformes Family Group: Corvid Oscines
  • wf253 status: 95% members ticked
  • OH: 24 seen, 20 photographed, first seen in Israel, 1976
Yellow-billed ShrikeCorvinella corvina..
Magpie ShrikeUrolestes melanoleucus..
Tiger ShrikeLanius tigrinus 
Bull-headed ShrikeLanius bucephalus 
Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurio..
Red-tailed ShrikeLanius phoenicuroides..
Isabelline ShrikeLanius isabellinus..
Brown ShrikeLanius cristatus.
Burmese ShrikeLanius collurioides..
Emin’s ShrikeLanius gubernator 
Bay-backed ShrikeLanius vittatus 
Long-tailed ShrikeLanius schach..
Gray-backed ShrikeLanius tephronotus..
Mountain ShrikeLanius validirostris 
Loggerhead ShrikeLanius ludovicianus..
Northern ShrikeLanius borealis.
Iberian Gray ShrikeLanius meridionalis..
Great Gray ShrikeLanius excubitor..
Lesser Gray ShrikeLanius minor..
Chinese Gray ShrikeLanius sphenocercus 
Giant ShrikeLanius giganteus 
Gray-backed FiscalLanius excubitoroides.
Long-tailed FiscalLanius cabanisi..
Taita FiscalLanius dorsalis..
Somali FiscalLanius somalicus.
Mackinnon’s ShrikeLanius mackinnoni..
Northern FiscalLanius humeralis..
Southern FiscalLanius collaris..
Souza’s ShrikeLanius souzae 
Newton’s FiscalLanius newtoni 
Masked ShrikeLanius nubicus..
Woodchat ShrikeLanius senator..
White-rumped ShrikeEurocephalus ruppelli..
White-crowned ShrikeEurocephalus anguitimens 

1 Red-backed Shrike, Israel; 2 Turkestan Shrike, Israel; 3 Mackinnon’s Shrike, Uganda; 4 Yellow-billed Shrike, Ghana; 5 Gray-backed Shrike, Thailand; 6 Masked Shrike, Israel; 7 Magpie Shrike, South Africa; 8 Long-tailed Shrike, Thailand; 9 Loggerhead Shrike, USA; 10 Burmese Shrike, Thailand; 11 Northern Fiscal, Uganda; 12 Lesser Gray Shrike, Israel; 13 Woodchat Shrike, Israel; 14 Isabelline Shrike, Israel; 15 Southern Fiscal, South Africa; 16 Northern Shrike, Switzerland; 17 Southern Gray Shrike, Israel; 18 Steppe Grey Shrike, Israel

Family #168

Crows, Jays, and Magpies (Corvidae)

  • Species: 136
  • Distribution: Global
  • IOC family #166 (Crows, Jays), HBW family #161 (Crows and Jays), H&M family #164 (Crows and Jays)
  • Passeriformes Family Group: Corvid Oscines
  • wf253 status: 98% members ticked
  • OH: 61 seen, 53 photographed, first seen in Israel, 1976
Malayan Black MagpiePlatysmurus leucopterus 
Bornean Black MagpiePlatysmurus aterrimus..
Siberian JayPerisoreus infaustus..
Sichuan JayPerisoreus internigrans 
Canada JayPerisoreus canadensis..
White-throated JayCyanolyca mirabilis 
Dwarf JayCyanolyca nanus 
Black-throated JayCyanolyca pumilo 
Silvery-throated JayCyanolyca argentigula 
Azure-hooded JayCyanolyca cucullata 
Beautiful JayCyanolyca pulchra 
Black-collared JayCyanolyca armillata 
Turquoise JayCyanolyca turcosa..
White-collared JayCyanolyca viridicyanus..
Black-throated Magpie-JayCyanocorax colliei 
White-throated Magpie-JayCyanocorax formosus 
Brown JayCyanocorax morio.
Azure JayCyanocorax caeruleus 
Violaceous JayCyanocorax violaceus..
Purplish JayCyanocorax cyanomelas..
Curl-crested JayCyanocorax cristatellus..
Green JayCyanocorax yncas..
White-tailed JayCyanocorax mystacalis..
Bushy-crested JayCyanocorax melanocyaneus 
Yucatan JayCyanocorax yucatanicus 
Purplish-backed JayCyanocorax beecheii 
San Blas JayCyanocorax sanblasianus 
Tufted JayCyanocorax dickeyi 
Black-chested JayCyanocorax affinis 
Azure-naped JayCyanocorax heilprini 
Cayenne JayCyanocorax cayanus 
Plush-crested JayCyanocorax chrysops.
White-naped JayCyanocorax cyanopogon 
Pinyon JayGymnorhinus cyanocephalus 
Steller’s JayCyanocitta stelleri..
Blue JayCyanocitta cristata..
Florida Scrub-JayAphelocoma coerulescens 
Island Scrub-JayAphelocoma insularis 
California Scrub-JayAphelocoma californica..
Woodhouse’s Scrub-JayAphelocoma woodhouseii 
Mexican JayAphelocoma wollweberi..
Transvolcanic JayAphelocoma ultramarina 
Unicolored JayAphelocoma unicolor 
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandarius..
Black-headed JayGarrulus lanceolatus 
Lidth’s JayGarrulus lidthi 
Iberian MagpieCyanopica cooki..
Azure-winged MagpieCyanopica cyanus.
Sri Lanka Blue-MagpieUrocissa ornata 
Taiwan Blue-MagpieUrocissa caerulea 
Yellow-billed Blue-MagpieUrocissa flavirostris 
Red-billed Blue-MagpieUrocissa erythroryncha.
White-winged MagpieUrocissa whiteheadi 
Common Green-MagpieCissa chinensis.
Indochinese Green-MagpieCissa hypoleuca 
Javan Green-MagpieCissa thalassina 
Bornean Green-MagpieCissa jefferyi.
Rufous TreepieDendrocitta vagabunda..
Gray TreepieDendrocitta formosae..
Sumatran TreepieDendrocitta occipitalis 
Bornean TreepieDendrocitta cinerascens..
White-bellied TreepieDendrocitta leucogastra 
Collared TreepieDendrocitta frontalis 
Andaman TreepieDendrocitta bayleii 
Racket-tailed TreepieCrypsirina temia.
Hooded TreepieCrypsirina cucullata 
Ratchet-tailed TreepieTemnurus temnurus..
Maghreb MagpiePica mauritanica 
Asir MagpiePica asirensis 
Black-rumped MagpiePica bottanensis..
Oriental MagpiePica serica..
Eurasian MagpiePica pica..
Black-billed MagpiePica hudsonia..
Yellow-billed MagpiePica nuttalli 
Stresemann’s Bush-CrowZavattariornis stresemanni 
Mongolian Ground-JayPodoces hendersoni..
Xinjiang Ground-JayPodoces biddulphi 
Turkestan Ground-JayPodoces panderi 
Iranian Ground-JayPodoces pleskei 
Clark’s NutcrackerNucifraga columbiana.
Northern NutcrackerNucifraga caryocatactes.
Southern NutcrackerNucifraga hemispila.
Kashmir NutcrackerNucifraga multipunctata 
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax..
Yellow-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax graculus..
PiapiacPtilostomus afer..
Eurasian JackdawColoeus monedula..
Daurian JackdawColoeus dauuricus 
House CrowCorvus splendens..
New Caledonian CrowCorvus moneduloides..
Banggai CrowCorvus unicolor 
Sunda CrowCorvus enca..
Sierra Madre CrowCorvus sierramadrensis 
Samar CrowCorvus samarensis 
Sulawesi CrowCorvus celebensis 
Palawan CrowCorvus pusillus 
Violet CrowCorvus violaceus 
Piping CrowCorvus typicus 
Flores CrowCorvus florensis 
Mariana CrowCorvus kubaryi 
Long-billed CrowCorvus validus 
Guadalcanal CrowCorvus woodfordi 
Bougainville CrowCorvus meeki 
Brown-headed CrowCorvus fuscicapillus 
Gray CrowCorvus tristis..
Cape CrowCorvus capensis..
RookCorvus frugilegus..
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos..
Cuban Palm-CrowCorvus minutus..
Hispaniolan Palm-CrowCorvus palmarum..
Cuban CrowCorvus nasicus..
White-necked CrowCorvus leucognaphalus..
Jamaican CrowCorvus jamaicensis 
Tamaulipas CrowCorvus imparatus 
Sinaloa CrowCorvus sinaloae 
Fish CrowCorvus ossifragus 
Hawaiian CrowCorvus hawaiiensis 
Chihuahuan RavenCorvus cryptoleucus..
Carrion CrowCorvus corone..
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix..
Large-billed CrowCorvus macrorhynchos..
Philippine Jungle CrowCorvus philippinus 
Torresian CrowCorvus orru..
Bismarck CrowCorvus insularis 
Little CrowCorvus bennetti..
Australian RavenCorvus coronoides..
Little RavenCorvus mellori..
Forest RavenCorvus tasmanicus.
Collared CrowCorvus torquatus 
Pied CrowCorvus albus..
Brown-necked RavenCorvus ruficollis..
Somali CrowCorvus edithae 
Fan-tailed RavenCorvus rhipidurus..
White-necked RavenCorvus albicollis..
Thick-billed RavenCorvus crassirostris..
Common RavenCorvus corax..

Green Jay, USA 2013

1 Siberian Jay, Finland; 2 Gray Jay, USA; 3 White-collared Jay, Peru; 4 Inca Jay, Peru; 5 Green Jay, USA; 6 Curl-crested Jay, Brazil; 7 White-tailed Jay, Peru; 8 Blue Jay, USA; 9 Steller’s Jay, USA; 10 Western Scrub-Jay, USA; 11 Eurasian Jay, Israel; 12 Azure-winged Magpie, Spain; 13 Ratchet-tailed Treepie, Thailand; 14 Eurasian Magpie, Denmark; 15 Black-billed Magpie, USA; 16 Mexican Jay, USA; 17 Rufous Treepie, India; 18 Red-billed Chough, Ireland; 19 Yellow-billed Chough, Switzerland; 20  Little Raven, Australia; 21 Turquoise Jay, Ecuador; 22 Violaceous Jay, Ecuador; 23 Eurasian Jackdaw, Israel; 24 House Crow, Israel; 25 Rook, Poland; 26 American Crow, USA; 27 Northwestern Crow, USA; 28 Thick-billed Raven, Ethiopia; 29 Chihuahuan Raven, USA; 30 Carrion Crow, Switzerland; 31 Hooded Crow, Israel; 32 Torresian Crow, Australia; 33 Little Crow, Australia; 34 White-necked Crow, Dominican Republic; 35 New Caledonian Crow, New Caledonia; 36 Purplish Jay, Brazil; 37 Grey Treepie, India; 38 Australian Raven, Australia; 39 Brown-necked Raven, Israel; 40 Fan-tailed Raven, Israel; 41 Common Raven, Mexico; 42 Cape Crow, South Africa; 43 Pied Crow, South Africa; 44 White-necked Raven, Uganda; 45 Hispaniolan Palm Crow, Dominican Republic; 46 Piapiac, Uganda; 47 Spotted Nutcracker, India; 48 Eastern Jungle Crow, India

49 Palm Crow (Cuban), Cuba; 50 Black Magpie, Borneo (MY); 51 Gray Crow, Papua New Guinea; 52 Cuban Crow, Cuba; 53 Bornean Treepie, Borneo (MY)

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