Bird Families of the World

Order: Passeriformes (part 4)

145 families, 6704 species (53 extinct)

Passeriformes Family Groups on this page:

  • Basal Passerid Oscines, 8 families, 77 species (2 extinct)

Family #169

Satinbirds (Cnemophilidae)

  • Species: 3
  • Distribution: Australasian endemic (New Guinea)
  • IOC family #137, HBW family #168, H&M family #138
  • Passeriformes Family Group: Basal Passerid Oscines
  • wf253 status: 25% members ticked
  • OH: 1 seen and photographed, first seen in Papua New Guinea, 2022
  • Finding Hints
Loria’s SatinbirdCnemophilus loriae 
Crested SatinbirdCnemophilus macgregorii 
Yellow-breasted SatinbirdLoboparadisea sericea 

Loria’s Satinbird, Papua New Guinea 2022

Family #170

Berrypeckers and Longbills (Melanocharitidae)

  • Species: 12
  • Distribution: Australasian endemic (New Guinea)
  • IOC family #138, HBW family #167, H&M family #13
  • Passeriformes Family Group: Basal Passerid Oscines
  • wf253 status: 33% members ticked
  • OH: 6 seen, 3 photographed, first seen in Papua New Guinea, 2022
  • Finding Hints
Obscure BerrypeckerMelanocharis arfakiana..
Black BerrypeckerMelanocharis nigra..
Mid-mountain BerrypeckerMelanocharis longicauda.
Fan-tailed BerrypeckerMelanocharis versteri..
Satin BerrypeckerMelanocharis citreola 
Streaked BerrypeckerMelanocharis striativentris 
Thick-billed BerrypeckerMelanocharis crassirostris 
Spotted BerrypeckerMelanocharis piperata 
Yellow-bellied LongbillToxorhamphus novaeguineae.
Slaty-chinned LongbillToxorhamphus poliopterus 
Spectacled LongbillOedistoma iliolophus 
Pygmy LongbillOedistoma pygmaeum.

1 Obscure Berrypecker, Papua New Guinea; 2 Fan-tailed Berrypecker, Papua New Guinea; 3 Black Berrypecker, Papua New Guinea

Family #171

Wattlebirds (Callaeidae)

  • Species: 5 (2 extinct)
  • Distribution: Australasian endemic (New Zealand)
  • IOC family #140 (New Zealand Wattlebirds), HBW family #165 (New Zealand Wattlebirds), H&M family #139
  • Passeriformes Family Group: Basal Passerid Oscines
  • wf253 status: 39% members ticked
  • OH: 3 seen and photographed, first seen in New Zealand, 2014
  • Finding Hints
North Island KokakoCallaeas wilsoni..
South Island KokakoCallaeas cinereus(extinct)
North Island SaddlebackPhilesturnus rufusater..
South Island SaddlebackPhilesturnus carunculatus..
HuiaHeteralocha acutirostris(extinct)

Huia (skin, extinct since 1907, Auckland natural museum, New Zealand)

1 North Island Saddleback, New Zealand; 2 North Island Kokako, New Zealand; 3 South Island Saddleback, New Zealand

Family #172

Stitchbird (Notiomystidae)

  • Species: 1
  • Distribution: Australasian endemic (New Zealand)
  • IOC family #141, HBW family #166, H&M family #140
  • Passeriformes Family Group: Basal Passerid Oscines
  • wf253 status: 36% members ticked
  • OH: 1 seen and photographed, first seen in New Zealand, 2014
  • Finding Hints
StitchbirdNotiomystis cincta..

Stitchbird, New Zealand 2014a

Family #173

Australasian Robins (Petroicidae)

  • Species: 51
  • Distribution: Australasian endemic
  • IOC family #171, HBW family #172, H&M family #171
  • Passeriformes Family Group: Basal Passerid Oscines
  • wf253 status: 58% members ticked
  • OH: 27 seen, 23  photographed, first seen in Australia, 2013
Greater Ground-RobinAmalocichla sclateriana 
Lesser Ground-RobinAmalocichla incerta..
White-eyed RobinPachycephalopsis poliosoma 
Green-backed RobinPachycephalopsis hattamensis 
Garnet RobinEugerygone rubra.
TomtitPetroica macrocephala..
Black RobinPetroica traversi 
North Island RobinPetroica longipes..
South Island RobinPetroica australis..
Subalpine RobinPetroica bivittata 
Snow Mountain RobinPetroica archboldi 
Norfolk RobinPetroica multicolor 
Red-capped RobinPetroica goodenovii..
Solomons RobinPetroica polymorpha 
Pacific RobinPetroica pusilla 
Rose RobinPetroica rosea..
Pink RobinPetroica rodinogaster 
Flame RobinPetroica phoenicea 
Scarlet RobinPetroica boodang..
Canary FlyrobinDevioeca papuana..
Olive FlyrobinKempiella flavovirescens..
Yellow-legged FlyrobinKempiella griseoceps 
Yellow-bellied FlyrobinCryptomicroeca flaviventris.
Torrent FlyrobinMonachella muelleriana..
Golden-bellied FlyrobinMicroeca hemixantha 
Lemon-bellied FlyrobinMicroeca flavigaster..
Jacky-winterMicroeca fascinans..
Southern Scrub-RobinDrymodes brunneopygia..
Northern Scrub-RobinDrymodes superciliaris..
Papuan Scrub-RobinDrymodes beccarii.
Gray-headed RobinHeteromyias cinereifrons..
Black-capped RobinHeteromyias armiti..
Arfak RobinHeteromyias albispecularis 
Black-chinned RobinLeucophantes brachyurus 
Black-throated RobinPlesiodryas albonotata.
Black-sided RobinPoecilodryas hypoleuca 
White-browed RobinPoecilodryas superciliosa..
Buff-sided RobinPoecilodryas cerviniventris 
Dusky RobinMelanodryas vittata 
Hooded RobinMelanodryas cucullata..
White-rumped RobinMelanodryas bimaculata 
Mangrove RobinMelanodryas pulverulenta.
White-winged RobinMelanodryas sigillata..
Blue-gray RobinMelanodryas cyanus..
Smoky RobinMelanodryas cryptoleuca 
Banded Yellow RobinEopsaltria placens 
Eastern Yellow RobinEopsaltria australis..
Western Yellow RobinEopsaltria griseogularis..
White-breasted RobinEopsaltria georgiana..
Pale-yellow RobinEopsaltria capito..
White-faced RobinEopsaltria leucops..

1 South Island Robin, New Zealand; 2 Scarlet Robin, Australia; 3 Red-capped Robin, Australia; 4 Lemon-bellied Flycatcher, Australia; 5 Gray-headed Robin, Australia; 6 Rose Robin, Australia; 7 Southern Scrub Robin, Australia; 8 Eastern Yellow Robin, Australia; 9 Yellow-bellied Flyrobin, New Caledonia; 10 Pale-yellow Robin, Australia; 11 Western Yellow Robin, Australia; 12 Hooded Robin, Australia; 13 White-breasted Robin, Australia; 14 Jacky Winter, Australia; 15 North Island Robin, New Zealand; 16 Tomtit, New Zealand

17 Papuan Flycatcher, Papua New Guinea; 18 White-winged Robin, PNG; 19 White-faced Robin, PNG; 20 Lesser Ground-Robin, PNG; 21 Ashy Robin, PNG; 22 Blue-gray Robin, PNG; 23 Olive Flyrobin, PNG; 24 Torrent Flycatcher, PNG

Family #174

Rockfowl (Picathartidae)

  • Species: 2
  • Distribution: Afrotropical endemic (West Africa)
  • IOC family #172, HBW family #169, H&M family #170 (Rockfowl, Rockjumper and Rail-babbler)
  • Passeriformes Family Group: Basal Passerid Oscines
  • wf253 status: 45% members ticked
  • OH: 1 seen and photographed, first seen in Ghana, 2016
  • Finding Hints
White-necked RockfowlPicathartes gymnocephalus..
Gray-necked RockfowlPicathartes oreas 

White-necked Rockfowl, Ghana 2016

Family #175

Rockjumpers (Chaetopidae)

  • Species: 2
  • Distribution: Afrotropical endemic (South Africa)
  • IOC family #173, HBW family #171, H&M family #170 (Rockfowl, Rockjumper and Rail-babbler)
  • Passeriformes Family Group: Basal Passerid Oscines
  • wf253 status: 48% members ticked
  • OH: 1 seen and photographed, first seen in South Africa, 2014
  • Finding hints
Cape RockjumperChaetops frenatus..
Drakensberg RockjumperChaetops aurantius 

Cape Rockjumper, South Africa 2014

Family #176

Rail-babbler (Eupetidae)

  • Species: 1
  • Distribution: Indomalayan endemic
  • IOC family #174, HBW family #170, H&M family #170 (Rockfowl, Rockjumper and Rail-babbler)
  • Passeriformes Family Group: Basal Passerid Oscines
  • wf253 status: 29% members ticked
  • OH: 1 seen and photographed, first seen in Sarawak, Borneo, 2023
  • Finding Hints
Malaysian Rail-babblerEupetes macrocerus.. 

Malaysian Rail-babbler, Sarawak, Borneo 2023

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