Bird Families of the World

Order: Passeriformes (part 6)

145 families, 6704 species (53 extinct)

Passeriformes Family Groups on this page:

  • Reguloid Oscines, 1 family, 6 species
  • Certhioid Oscines, 5 families, 148 species
  • Bombycilloid Oscines, 7 families (1 extinct), 16 species (5 extinct)
  • Muscicapoid Oscines, 6 families, 686 species  (9 extinct)

Family #204

Kinglets (Regulidae)

  • Species: 6
  • Distribution: Nearctic, Palearctic
  • IOC family #211 (Goldcrests, Kinglets), HBW family #206 (Kinglets and Firecrests), H&M family #221
  • Passeriformes Family Group: Reguloid Oscines
  • wf253 status: 91% members ticked
  • OH: 4 seen and  photographed, first seen in Israel 1983
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendula..
Golden-crowned KingletRegulus satrapa..
GoldcrestRegulus regulus..
FlamecrestRegulus goodfellowi 
Madeira FirecrestRegulus madeirensis 
Common FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla..

1 Ruby-crowned Kinglet, USA; 2 Goldcrest, Israel; 3 Firecrest, Italy; 4 Golden-crowned Kinglet, Mexico

Family #205

Wallcreeper (Tichodromidae)

  • Species: 1
  • Distribution: Palearctic endemic
  • IOC family #217, HBW family #198 (included in Nuthatches), H&M family #227 (Nuthatches, Salpornises and Wallcreeper)
  • Passeriformes Family Group: Certhioid Oscines
  • wf253 status: 70% members ticked
  • OH: 1 seen and  photographed, first seen in Israel 1982
WallcreeperTichodroma muraria..

Wallcreeper, Israel 2016

Family #206

Nuthatches (Sittidae)

  • Species: 29
  • Distribution: Indomalaya, Nearctic, Palearctic
  • IOC family #216, HBW family #198 (with  Wallcreeper & Salpornises), H&M family #227 (Nuthatches, Salpornises and Wallcreeper)
  • Passeriformes Family Group: Certhioid Oscines
  • wf253 status: 97% members ticked
  • OH: 14 seen, 13  photographed, first seen in Israel 1982
White-cheeked NuthatchSitta leucopsis 
Przevalski’s NuthatchSitta przewalskii 
Giant NuthatchSitta magna..
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensis..
Beautiful NuthatchSitta formosa..
Blue NuthatchSitta azurea 
Velvet-fronted NuthatchSitta frontalis..
Yellow-billed NuthatchSitta solangiae 
Sulphur-billed NuthatchSitta oenochlamys 
Pygmy NuthatchSitta pygmaea..
Brown-headed NuthatchSitta pusilla.
Bahama NuthatchSitta insularis 
Yunnan NuthatchSitta yunnanensis 
Algerian NuthatchSitta ledanti 
Krüper’s NuthatchSitta krueperi 
Red-breasted NuthatchSitta canadensis..
Corsican NuthatchSitta whiteheadi..
Snowy-browed NuthatchSitta villosa 
Western Rock NuthatchSitta neumayer..
Eastern Rock NuthatchSitta tephronota 
Siberian NuthatchSitta arctica 
White-browed NuthatchSitta victoriae 
White-tailed NuthatchSitta himalayensis..
Indian NuthatchSitta castanea 
Chestnut-bellied NuthatchSitta cinnamoventris..
Burmese NuthatchSitta neglecta..
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaea..
Chestnut-vented NuthatchSitta nagaensis..
Kashmir NuthatchSitta cashmirensis 

1 Pygmy Nuthatch, USA; 2 Chestnut-bellied Nuthatch, India; 3 Chestnut-vented Nuthatch, Thailand; 4 Eurasian Nuthatch, Netherlands; 5 Burmese Nuthatch, Thailand; 6 Beautiful Nuthatch, India; 7 Giant Nuthatch, Thailand; 8 White-tailed Nuthatch, India; 9 Velvet-fronted Nuthatch, Borneo, Malaysia; 10 White-breasted Nuthatch, USA; 11 Corsican Nuthatch, France; 12 Red-breasted Nuthatch, USA; 13 Rock Nuthatch, Israel

Family #207

Spotted Creepers (Salpornithidae)

  • Species: 2
  • Distribution: Afrotropical, Indomalaya
  • IOC tba
  • Passeriformes Family Group: Certhioid Oscines
  • wf253 status: tba 
  • OH: not seen yet
African Spotted Creeper Salpornis salvadori  
Indian Spotted Creeper Salpornis spilonota  

Family #208

Treecreepers (Certhiidae)

  • Species: 9
  • Distribution: Indomalaya, Nearctic, Palearctic
  • IOC family #218, HBW family #197 exclude Salpornises, H&M family #226 (Northern Hemisphere Treecreepers)
  • Passeriformes Family Group: Certhioid Oscines
  • wf253 status: 92% members ticked
  • OH: 5 seen, 4  photographed, first seen in Poland 2008
Eurasian TreecreeperCerthia familiaris..
Hodgson’s TreecreeperCerthia hodgsoni 
Sichuan TreecreeperCerthia tianquanensis 
Brown CreeperCerthia americana.
Short-toed TreecreeperCerthia brachydactyla..
Bar-tailed TreecreeperCerthia himalayana 
Rusty-flanked TreecreeperCerthia nipalensis 
Sikkim TreecreeperCerthia discolor..
Hume’s TreecreeperCerthia manipurensis..

1 Hume’s Treecreeper, Thailand; 2 Sikkim Treecreeper, India; 3 Eurasian Treecreeper, Ireland; 4 Short-toed Treecrerper, Spain

Family #209

Gnatcatchers (Polioptilidae)

  • Species: 22
  • Distribution: Nearctic, Neotropic
  • IOC family #215, HBW family #199, H&M family #229
  • Passeriformes Family Group: Certhioid Oscines
  • wf253 status: 85% members ticked
  • OH: 10 seen, 6  photographed, first seen in Peru 2009
Collared GnatwrenMicrobates collaris 
Tawny-faced GnatwrenMicrobates cinereiventris.
Long-billed GnatwrenRamphocaenus melanurus.
Chattering GnatwrenRamphocaenus sticturus 
Guianan GnatcatcherPolioptila guianensis 
Slate-throated GnatcatcherPolioptila schistaceigula.
Iquitos GnatcatcherPolioptila clementsi 
Rio Negro GnatcatcherPolioptila facilis 
Inambari GnatcatcherPolioptila attenboroughi 
Klages’s GnatcatcherPolioptila paraensis 
Masked GnatcatcherPolioptila dumicola..
Creamy-bellied GnatcatcherPolioptila lactea 
Cuban GnatcatcherPolioptila lembeyei..
Tropical GnatcatcherPolioptila plumbea..
Marañon GnatcatcherPolioptila maior 
Yucatan GnatcatcherPolioptila albiventris 
White-browed GnatcatcherPolioptila bilineata 
Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptila caerulea..
Black-tailed GnatcatcherPolioptila melanura..
California GnatcatcherPolioptila californica..
Black-capped GnatcatcherPolioptila nigriceps.
White-lored GnatcatcherPolioptila albiloris 

1 Cuban Gnatcatcher, Cuba; 2 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, Mexico; 3 California Gnatcatcher, USA; 4 Masked Gnatcatcher, Argentina; 5 Black-tailed Gnatcatcher, USA; 6 Tropical Gnatcatcher, Peru

Family #210

Wrens (Troglodytidae)

  • Species: 96
  • Distribution: Indomalaya, Nearctic, Neotropic, Palearctic
  • IOC family #214, HBW family #200, H&M family #228
  • Passeriformes Family Group: Certhioid Oscines
  • wf253 status: 97% members ticked
  • OH: 35 seen, 18  photographed, first seen in Israel 1983
Rock WrenSalpinctes obsoletus..
Nightingale WrenMicrocerculus philomela.
Scaly-breasted WrenMicrocerculus marginatus 
Flutist WrenMicrocerculus ustulatus 
Wing-banded WrenMicrocerculus bambla 
Gray-mantled WrenOdontorchilus branickii 
Tooth-billed WrenOdontorchilus cinereus 
Canyon WrenCatherpes mexicanus..
Sumichrast’s WrenHylorchilus sumichrasti 
Nava’s WrenHylorchilus navai 
Zapata WrenFerminia cerverai.
Northern House WrenTroglodytes aedon.
Cozumel WrenTroglodytes beani 
Kalinago WrenTroglodytes martinicensis 
St. Lucia WrenTroglodytes mesoleucus 
St. Vincent WrenTroglodytes musicus 
Grenada WrenTroglodytes grenadensis 
Southern House WrenTroglodytes musculus.
Cobb’s WrenTroglodytes cobbi 
Socorro WrenTroglodytes sissonii 
Clarion WrenTroglodytes tanneri 
Rufous-browed WrenTroglodytes rufociliatus 
Ochraceous WrenTroglodytes ochraceus.
Mountain WrenTroglodytes solstitialis.
Santa Marta WrenTroglodytes monticola 
Tepui WrenTroglodytes rufulus 
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytes..
Pacific WrenTroglodytes pacificus.
Winter WrenTroglodytes hiemalis 
Timberline WrenThryorchilus browni 
Sedge WrenCistothorus stellaris 
Grass WrenCistothorus platensis..
Merida WrenCistothorus meridae 
Apolinar’s WrenCistothorus apolinari 
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustris..
Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianus.
Bewick’s WrenThryomanes bewickii..
White-headed WrenCampylorhynchus albobrunneus 
Band-backed WrenCampylorhynchus zonatus..
Gray-barred WrenCampylorhynchus megalopterus 
Giant WrenCampylorhynchus chiapensis 
Russet-naped WrenCampylorhynchus humilis.
Veracruz WrenCampylorhynchus rufinucha 
Rufous-backed WrenCampylorhynchus capistratus 
Spotted WrenCampylorhynchus gularis 
Boucard’s WrenCampylorhynchus jocosus 
Yucatan WrenCampylorhynchus yucatanicus 
Cactus WrenCampylorhynchus brunneicapillus..
Stripe-backed WrenCampylorhynchus nuchalis 
Fasciated WrenCampylorhynchus fasciatus.
Bicolored WrenCampylorhynchus griseus 
Thrush-like WrenCampylorhynchus turdinus..
Sooty-headed WrenPheugopedius spadix 
Black-bellied WrenPheugopedius fasciatoventris.
Plain-tailed WrenPheugopedius euophrys.
Gray-browed WrenPheugopedius schulenbergi 
Inca WrenPheugopedius eisenmanni 
Whiskered WrenPheugopedius mystacalis 
Moustached WrenPheugopedius genibarbis.
Coraya WrenPheugopedius coraya.
Rufous-breasted WrenPheugopedius rutilus.
Spot-breasted WrenPheugopedius maculipectus 
Speckle-breasted WrenPheugopedius sclateri 
Happy WrenPheugopedius felix..
Black-throated WrenPheugopedius atrogularis 
Sinaloa WrenThryophilus sinaloa 
Banded WrenThryophilus pleurostictus 
Rufous-and-white WrenThryophilus rufalbus..
Antioquia WrenThryophilus sernai 
Niceforo’s WrenThryophilus nicefori 
Stripe-breasted WrenCantorchilus thoracicus 
Stripe-throated WrenCantorchilus leucopogon 
Cabanis’s WrenCantorchilus modestus 
Canebrake WrenCantorchilus zeledoni 
Isthmian WrenCantorchilus elutus..
Riverside WrenCantorchilus semibadius 
Bay WrenCantorchilus nigricapillus 
Superciliated WrenCantorchilus superciliaris.
Buff-breasted WrenCantorchilus leucotis 
Long-billed WrenCantorchilus longirostris..
Fawn-breasted WrenCantorchilus guarayanus.
Gray WrenCantorchilus griseus 
Rufous WrenCinnycerthia unirufa 
Sharpe’s WrenCinnycerthia olivascens.
Peruvian WrenCinnycerthia peruana 
Fulvous WrenCinnycerthia fulva 
White-bellied WrenUropsila leucogastra 
White-breasted Wood-WrenHenicorhina leucosticta.
Bar-winged Wood-WrenHenicorhina leucoptera.
Gray-breasted Wood-WrenHenicorhina leucophrys..
Hermit Wood-WrenHenicorhina anachoreta 
Munchique Wood-WrenHenicorhina negreti 
Northern Chestnut-breasted WrenCyphorhinus dichrous 
Southern Chestnut-breasted WrenCyphorhinus thoracicus.
Song WrenCyphorhinus phaeocephalus 
Musician WrenCyphorhinus arada 

1 Rock Wren, USA; 2 Canyon Wren, Mexico; 3 House Wren, Brazil; 4 Eurasian Wren, Spain; 5 Isthmian Wren, Panama; 6 Long-billed Wren, Brazil; 7 Marsh Wren, Mexico; 8 Grass Wren, Argentina; 9 Bewick’s Wren, Mexico; 10 Gray-breasted Wood-Wren, Panama; 11 Rufous-and-white Wren, Panama; 12 Happy Wren, Mexico; 13 Thrush-like Wren, Brazil; 14 Rufous-naped Wren, Mexico; 15 Band-backed Wren, Mexico; 16 Cactus Wren, USA; 17 Song Wren, Panama

Family #211

Spotted Elachura (Elachuridae)

  • Species: 1
  • Distribution: Indomalayan endemic
  • IOC family #212 (Elachura), HBW family #213 (Elachura), H&M family #218 (Scimitar Babblers and allies)
  • Passeriformes Family Group: Bombycilloid Oscines
  • wf253 status: 23% members ticked
  • OH: 1 seen, 0  photographed, first seen in India 2018
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Spotted ElachuraElachura formosa.

Family #212

Dippers (Cinclidae)

  • Species: 5
  • Distribution: Indomalaya, Nearctic, Neotropic, Palearctic
  • IOC family #224, HBW family #201, H&M family #233
  • Passeriformes Family Group: Muscicapoid Oscines
  • wf253 status: 93% members ticked
  • OH: 4 seen and  photographed, first seen in Ireland 2008
White-throated DipperCinclus cinclus..
Brown DipperCinclus pallasii..
American DipperCinclus mexicanus..
White-capped DipperCinclus leucocephalus..
Rufous-throated DipperCinclus schulzii 

1 American Dipper, USA; 2 Brown Dipper, India; 3 White-throated Dipper, Spain; 4 White-capped Dipper, Peru

Family #213

Oxpeckers (Buphagidae)

  • Species: 2
  • Distribution: Afrotropical endemic
  • IOC family #221, HBW family #202, H&M family #230
  • Passeriformes Family Group: Muscicapoid Oscines
  • wf253 status: 81% members ticked
  • OH: 2 seen and  photographed, first seen in Kenya 1983
Red-billed OxpeckerBuphagus erythroryncha..
Yellow-billed OxpeckerBuphagus africanus..

1 Red-billed Oxpecker, South Africa; 2 Yellow-billed Oxpecker , South Africa  

Family #214

Starlings (Sturnidae)

  • Species: 125 (6 extinct)
  • Distribution: Australasia,  Afrotropic, Indomalaya, Palearctic (globally introduced)
  • IOC family #220 (Starlings, Rhabdornises), HBW family #203, H&M family #232 (Starlings and Mynas)
  • Passeriformes Family Group: Muscicapoid Oscines
  • wf253 status: 98% members ticked
  • OH: 54 seen, 40 photographed, first seen in Israel 1976
Stripe-sided RhabdornisRhabdornis mystacalis 
Long-billed RhabdornisRhabdornis grandis 
Stripe-breasted RhabdornisRhabdornis inornatus 
Visayan RhabdornisRhabdornis rabori 
Fiery-browed MynaEnodes erythrophris..
Finch-billed MynaScissirostrum dubium..
Metallic StarlingAplonis metallica..
Yellow-eyed StarlingAplonis mystacea 
Tanimbar StarlingAplonis crassa 
Atoll StarlingAplonis feadensis 
Rennell StarlingAplonis insularis 
Long-tailed StarlingAplonis magna 
White-eyed StarlingAplonis brunneicapillus 
Brown-winged StarlingAplonis grandis 
Makira StarlingAplonis dichroa 
Rusty-winged StarlingAplonis zelandica 
Striated StarlingAplonis striata..
Pohnpei StarlingAplonis pelzelni 
Singing StarlingAplonis cantoroides..
Mountain StarlingAplonis santovestris 
Asian Glossy StarlingAplonis panayensis..
Moluccan StarlingAplonis mysolensis 
Short-tailed StarlingAplonis minor 
Micronesian StarlingAplonis opaca 
Polynesian StarlingAplonis tabuensis 
Samoan StarlingAplonis atrifusca 
Kosrae StarlingAplonis corvinaexinct
Rarotonga StarlingAplonis cinerascens 
Mysterious StarlingAplonis mavornataexinct
Tasman StarlingAplonis fuscaexinct
Raiatea StarlingAplonis ulietensisexinct
Sulawesi MynaBasilornis celebensis.
Helmeted MynaBasilornis galeatus 
Long-crested MynaBasilornis corythaix 
Apo MynaGoodfellowia miranda 
ColetoSarcops calvus 
White-necked MynaStreptocitta albicollis 
Bare-eyed MynaStreptocitta albertinae 
Yellow-faced MynaMino dumontii..
Golden MynaMino anais..
Long-tailed MynaMino kreffti 
Golden-crested MynaAmpeliceps coronatus 
Sri Lanka MynaGracula ptilogenys 
Common Hill MynaGracula religiosa..
Tenggara Hill MynaGracula venerata 
Southern Hill MynaGracula indica 
European StarlingSturnus vulgaris..
Spotless StarlingSturnus unicolor..
Wattled StarlingCreatophora cinerea..
Rosy StarlingPastor roseus..
Daurian StarlingAgropsar sturninus 
Chestnut-cheeked StarlingAgropsar philippensis 
Black-collared StarlingGracupica nigricollis..
Indian Pied StarlingGracupica contra..
Siamese Pied StarlingGracupica floweri.
Javan Pied StarlingGracupica jalla 
White-faced StarlingSturnornis albofrontatus 
Bali MynaLeucopsar rothschildi 
Rodrigues StarlingNecropsar rodericanusexinct
Reunion StarlingFregilupus variusexinct
White-shouldered StarlingSturnia sinensis 
Brahminy StarlingSturnia pagodarum 
Chestnut-tailed StarlingSturnia malabarica..
Malabar StarlingSturnia blythii 
White-headed StarlingSturnia erythropygia 
Red-billed StarlingSpodiopsar sericeus 
White-cheeked StarlingSpodiopsar cineraceus..
Common MynaAcridotheres tristis..
Bank MynaAcridotheres ginginianus..
Burmese MynaAcridotheres burmannicus 
Vinous-breasted MynaAcridotheres leucocephalus.
Black-winged MynaAcridotheres melanopterus 
Jungle MynaAcridotheres fuscus..
Javan MynaAcridotheres javanicus.
Pale-bellied MynaAcridotheres cinereus 
Collared MynaAcridotheres albocinctus 
Great MynaAcridotheres grandis..
Crested MynaAcridotheres cristatellus..
Madagascar StarlingHartlaubius auratus..
Violet-backed StarlingCinnyricinclus leucogaster..
Slender-billed StarlingOnychognathus tenuirostris..
Pale-winged StarlingOnychognathus nabouroup 
Neumann’s StarlingOnychognathus neumanni 
Red-winged StarlingOnychognathus morio..
Chestnut-winged StarlingOnychognathus fulgidus.
Waller’s StarlingOnychognathus walleri.
Tristram’s StarlingOnychognathus tristramii..
White-billed StarlingOnychognathus albirostris 
Bristle-crowned StarlingOnychognathus salvadorii.
Somali StarlingOnychognathus blythii 
Socotra StarlingOnychognathus frater 
Spot-winged StarlingSaroglossa spilopterus 
Babbling StarlingNeocichla gutturalis 
White-collared StarlingGrafisia torquata 
Magpie StarlingSpeculipastor bicolor.
Sharpe’s StarlingPholia sharpii 
Abbott’s StarlingArizelopsar femoralis 
Narrow-tailed StarlingPoeoptera lugubris.
Stuhlmann’s StarlingPoeoptera stuhlmanni..
Kenrick’s StarlingPoeoptera kenricki.
Black-bellied StarlingNotopholia corusca..
Purple-headed StarlingHylopsar purpureiceps.
Copper-tailed StarlingHylopsar cupreocauda 
Hildebrandt’s StarlingLamprotornis hildebrandti..
Shelley’s StarlingLamprotornis shelleyi 
Burchell’s StarlingLamprotornis australis.
Rüppell’s StarlingLamprotornis purpuroptera..
Long-tailed Glossy StarlingLamprotornis caudatus..
Meves’s StarlingLamprotornis mevesii..
Ashy StarlingLamprotornis unicolor..
Splendid StarlingLamprotornis splendidus.
Principe StarlingLamprotornis ornatus 
Golden-breasted StarlingLamprotornis regius.
Superb StarlingLamprotornis superbus..
Chestnut-bellied StarlingLamprotornis pulcher 
African Pied StarlingLamprotornis bicolor..
White-crowned StarlingLamprotornis albicapillus 
Fischer’s StarlingLamprotornis fischeri.
Lesser Blue-eared StarlingLamprotornis chloropterus 
Sharp-tailed StarlingLamprotornis acuticaudus 
Greater Blue-eared StarlingLamprotornis chalybaeus..
Emerald StarlingLamprotornis iris 
Purple StarlingLamprotornis purpureus..
Cape StarlingLamprotornis nitens..
Bronze-tailed StarlingLamprotornis chalcurus..

1 Metallic Starling, Australia; 2 Common Hill Myna, Thailand; 3 Great Myna, Thailand; 4 Common Myna, Thailand; 5 Crested Myna, Spain; 6 Bronze-tailed Glossy Starling, Ghana; 7 Vinous-breasted Starling, Israel; 8 Black-collared Starling, Thailand; 9 Superb Starling, Tanzania; 10 Rosy Starling, Israel; 11 Violet-backed Starling, Ghana; 12 Striated Starling, New Caledonia; 13 Long-tailed Glossy Starling, Ghana; 14 Stuhlmann’s Starling, Uganda; 15 Chestnut-tailed Starling, Thailand; 16 Common Starling, Israel; 17 Rueppell’s Glossy-Starling, Uganda; 18 Purple Glossy Starling, Ghana; 19 Wattled Starling, South Africa; 20 Jungle Myna, india; 21 Greater Blue-eared Glossy-Starling, South Africa; 22 Tristram’s Starling, Israel; 23 African Pied Starling, South Africa; 24 Bank Myna, India; 25 Cape Glossy-Starling, South Africa; 26 Red-winged Starling, South Africa; 27 Spotless Starling, Portugal; 28 Slender-billed Starling, Uganda; 29 Meves’s Glossy-Starling, South Africa; 30 Madagascan Starling, Madagascar; 31 Ashy Starling, Tanzania; 32 Pied Myna, India

33 Golden Myna, Papua New Guinea; 34 Hildebrandt’s Starling, Tanzania; 35 Asian Glossy Starling, Borneo (MY); 36 Singing Starling, Papua New Guinea; 37 Yellow-faced Myna, Papua New; Guinea; 38 Fiery-browed Myna, Sulawesy (ID); 39 Finch-billed Myna, Sulawesy (ID); 40 Madagascar Starling, Madagascar

Family #215

Mockingbirds and Thrashers (Mimidae)

  • Species: 35
  • Distribution: Nearctic, Neotropic
  • IOC family #219, HBW family #204, H&M family #231
  • Passeriformes Family Group: Muscicapoid Oscines
  • wf253 status: 89% members ticked
  • OH: 14 seen, 13  photographed, first seen in USA 2002
Blue MockingbirdMelanotis caerulescens..
Blue-and-white MockingbirdMelanotis hypoleucus 
Black CatbirdMelanoptila glabrirostris 
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensis..
Martinique ThrasherRamphocinclus brachyurus 
St. Lucia ThrasherRamphocinclus sanctaeluciae 
Scaly-breasted ThrasherAllenia fusca 
Pearly-eyed ThrasherMargarops fuscatus..
Brown TremblerCinclocerthia ruficauda 
Gray TremblerCinclocerthia gutturalis 
Curve-billed ThrasherToxostoma curvirostre..
Ocellated ThrasherToxostoma ocellatum 
Brown ThrasherToxostoma rufum.
Long-billed ThrasherToxostoma longirostre..
Cozumel ThrasherToxostoma guttatum 
Bendire’s ThrasherToxostoma bendirei 
Gray ThrasherToxostoma cinereum 
California ThrasherToxostoma redivivum..
LeConte’s ThrasherToxostoma lecontei 
Crissal ThrasherToxostoma crissale 
Sage ThrasherOreoscoptes montanus..
Chilean MockingbirdMimus thenca 
Patagonian MockingbirdMimus patagonicus..
Chalk-browed MockingbirdMimus saturninus..
White-banded MockingbirdMimus triurus 
Brown-backed MockingbirdMimus dorsalis 
Bahama MockingbirdMimus gundlachii..
Galapagos MockingbirdMimus parvulus 
Floreana MockingbirdMimus trifasciatus 
Española MockingbirdMimus macdonaldi 
San Cristobal MockingbirdMimus melanotis 
Long-tailed MockingbirdMimus longicaudatus..
Socorro MockingbirdMimus graysoni 
Tropical MockingbirdMimus gilvus..
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos..

Pearly-eyed Thrasher, Puerto Rico 2022

Bahama Mockingbird, Cuba 2023

1 Chalk-browed Mockingbird, Argentina; 2 Long-tailed Mockingbird, Peru; 3 Patagonian Mockingbird, Argentina; 4 Gray Catbird, Mexico; 5 Long-billed Thrasher, USA; 6 Northern Mockingbird, USA; 7 Curve-billed Thrasher, Mexico; 8 Sage Thrasher, USA; 9 Blue Mockingbird, Mexico; 10 Tropical Mockingbird, Panama; 11 California Thrasher, USA

Family #216

Thrushes and Allies (Turdidae)

  • Species: 192 (3 extinct)
  • Distribution: Global
  • IOC family #222 (Thrushes), HBW family #205 (Thrushes), H&M family #235 (Thrushes)
  • Passeriformes Family Group: Muscicapoid Oscines
  • wf253 status: 100% members ticked
  • OH: 69 seen, 50 photographed, first seen in Israel 1976
Boulder ChatPinarornis plumosus 
GrandalaGrandala coelicolor..
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialis.
Western BluebirdSialia mexicana..
Mountain BluebirdSialia currucoides..
Rufous Flycatcher-ThrushStizorhina fraseri.
Finsch’s Flycatcher-ThrushStizorhina finschi 
Red-tailed Ant-ThrushNeocossyphus rufus..
White-tailed Ant-ThrushNeocossyphus poensis.
Townsend’s SolitaireMyadestes townsendi.
Brown-backed SolitaireMyadestes occidentalis..
Cuban SolitaireMyadestes elisabeth..
Rufous-throated SolitaireMyadestes genibarbis..
Black-faced SolitaireMyadestes melanops 
Varied SolitaireMyadestes coloratus 
Slate-colored SolitaireMyadestes unicolor 
Andean SolitaireMyadestes ralloides..
KamaoMyadestes myadestinus 
AmauiMyadestes woahensisexinct
OlomaoMyadestes lanaiensis 
OmaoMyadestes obscurus 
PuaiohiMyadestes palmeri 
Long-tailed ThrushZoothera dixoni.
Alpine ThrushZoothera mollissima..
Himalayan ThrushZoothera salimalii 
Sichuan ThrushZoothera griseiceps 
GeomaliaZoothera heinrichi.
Dark-sided ThrushZoothera marginata..
Long-billed ThrushZoothera monticola 
Everett’s ThrushZoothera everetti..
Sunda ThrushZoothera andromedae 
White’s ThrushZoothera aurea 
Scaly ThrushZoothera dauma..
Amami ThrushZoothera major 
Nilgiri ThrushZoothera neilgherriensis 
Sri Lanka ThrushZoothera imbricata 
Bonin ThrushZoothera terrestrisexinct
Makira ThrushZoothera margaretae 
Guadalcanal ThrushZoothera turipavae 
Bassian ThrushZoothera lunulata..
New Britain ThrushZoothera talaseae 
Bougainville ThrushZoothera atrigena 
Russet-tailed ThrushZoothera heinei.
Fawn-breasted ThrushZoothera machiki 
Fruit-hunterChlamydochaera jefferyi..
Purple CochoaCochoa purpurea 
Green CochoaCochoa viridis 
Sumatran CochoaCochoa beccarii 
Javan CochoaCochoa azurea 
Varied ThrushIxoreus naevius..
Black-billed Nightingale-ThrushCatharus gracilirostris 
Orange-billed Nightingale-ThrushCatharus aurantiirostris.
Slaty-backed Nightingale-ThrushCatharus fuscater 
Russet Nightingale-ThrushCatharus occidentalis.
Ruddy-capped Nightingale-ThrushCatharus frantzii.
Black-headed Nightingale-ThrushCatharus mexicanus 
Yellow-throated Nightingale-ThrushCatharus dryas 
Speckled Nightingale-ThrushCatharus maculatus 
VeeryCatharus fuscescens.
Gray-cheeked ThrushCatharus minimus 
Bicknell’s ThrushCatharus bicknelli 
Swainson’s ThrushCatharus ustulatus..
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatus..
Wood ThrushHylocichla mustelina.
Black SolitaireEntomodestes coracinus 
White-eared SolitaireEntomodestes leucotis 
Rufous-brown SolitaireCichlopsis leucogenys 
Aztec ThrushRidgwayia pinicola 
Siberian ThrushGeokichla sibirica 
Pied ThrushGeokichla wardii 
Spotted Ground-ThrushGeokichla guttata 
Black-eared Ground-ThrushGeokichla camaronensis 
Gray Ground-ThrushGeokichla princei 
Crossley’s Ground-ThrushGeokichla crossleyi 
Oberländer’s Ground-ThrushGeokichla oberlaenderi 
Abyssinian Ground-ThrushGeokichla piaggiae 
Orange Ground-ThrushGeokichla gurneyi..
Spot-winged ThrushGeokichla spiloptera 
Ashy ThrushGeokichla cinerea 
Buru ThrushGeokichla dumasi 
Seram ThrushGeokichla joiceyi 
Chestnut-capped ThrushGeokichla interpres 
Enggano ThrushGeokichla leucolaema 
Chestnut-backed ThrushGeokichla dohertyi 
Orange-banded ThrushGeokichla peronii 
Slaty-backed ThrushGeokichla schistacea 
Rusty-backed ThrushGeokichla erythronota 
Red-and-black ThrushGeokichla mendeni 
Orange-headed ThrushGeokichla citrina..
Chinese ThrushTurdus mupinensis 
Ethiopian ThrushTurdus simensis.
Groundscraper ThrushTurdus litsitsirupa..
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus..
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos..
African Bare-eyed ThrushTurdus tephronotus..
Somali ThrushTurdus ludoviciae 
Chinese BlackbirdTurdus mandarinus.
Kurrichane ThrushTurdus libonyana..
Comoro ThrushTurdus bewsheri 
Karoo ThrushTurdus smithi 
Yemen ThrushTurdus menachensis 
Olive ThrushTurdus olivaceus..
RedwingTurdus iliacus..
Mountain ThrushTurdus plebejus.
Forest ThrushTurdus lherminieri 
Abyssinian ThrushTurdus abyssinicus..
Taita ThrushTurdus helleri 
Usambara ThrushTurdus roehli.
Eurasian BlackbirdTurdus merula..
Yellow-legged ThrushTurdus flavipes..
Lawrence’s ThrushTurdus lawrencii 
Pale-breasted ThrushTurdus leucomelas..
Cocoa ThrushTurdus fumigatus 
Hauxwell’s ThrushTurdus hauxwelli 
White-throated ThrushTurdus assimilis.
White-necked ThrushTurdus albicollis..
Pale-vented ThrushTurdus obsoletus 
Rufous-bellied ThrushTurdus rufiventris..
Spectacled ThrushTurdus nudigenis 
Ecuadorian ThrushTurdus maculirostris..
Varzea ThrushTurdus sanchezorum 
Clay-colored ThrushTurdus grayi..
Unicolored ThrushTurdus haplochrous 
Sulawesi ThrushTurdus turdoides.
Black ThrushTurdus infuscatus 
Sooty ThrushTurdus nigrescens 
American RobinTurdus migratorius..
Rufous-backed RobinTurdus rufopalliatus..
Rufous-collared RobinTurdus rufitorques 
African ThrushTurdus pelios..
Grand Cayman ThrushTurdus ravidusexinct
White-chinned ThrushTurdus aurantius 
Red-legged ThrushTurdus plumbeus..
Principe ThrushTurdus xanthorhynchus 
Sao Tome ThrushTurdus olivaceofuscus 
Taiwan ThrushTurdus niveiceps 
La Selle ThrushTurdus swalesi..
White-eyed ThrushTurdus jamaicensis 
Pale-eyed ThrushTurdus leucops 
Austral ThrushTurdus falcklandii..
Plumbeous-backed ThrushTurdus reevei 
Blacksmith ThrushTurdus subalaris 
Pantepui ThrushTurdus murinus 
Tristan ThrushTurdus eremita 
Creamy-bellied ThrushTurdus amaurochalinus..
Black-billed ThrushTurdus ignobilis..
Campina ThrushTurdus arthuri 
Marañon ThrushTurdus maranonicus 
Chestnut-bellied ThrushTurdus fulviventris 
Black-hooded ThrushTurdus olivater 
Andean Slaty ThrushTurdus nigriceps.
Great ThrushTurdus fuscater..
Glossy-black ThrushTurdus serranus..
Chiguanco ThrushTurdus chiguanco..
Gray-winged BlackbirdTurdus boulboul.
Indian BlackbirdTurdus simillimus 
Tickell’s ThrushTurdus unicolor 
Black-breasted ThrushTurdus dissimilis 
Japanese ThrushTurdus cardis 
Gray-backed ThrushTurdus hortulorum 
Pale ThrushTurdus pallidus 
Gray-sided ThrushTurdus feae 
Eyebrowed ThrushTurdus obscurus.
Brown-headed ThrushTurdus chrysolaus 
Izu ThrushTurdus celaenops 
Mindoro Island-ThrushTurdus mindorensis 
Luzon Island-ThrushTurdus thomassoni 
Mindanao Island-ThrushTurdus nigrorum 
Christmas Island-ThrushTurdus erythropleurus 
Wallacean Island-ThrushTurdus schlegelii 
Sundaic Island-ThrushTurdus javanicus 
Moluccan Island-ThrushTurdus deningeri 
Papuan Island-ThrushTurdus papuensis.
Bismarck Island-ThrushTurdus heinrothi 
Bougainville Island-ThrushTurdus bougainvillei 
Solomons Island-ThrushTurdus kulambangrae 
Vanikoro Island-ThrushTurdus vanikorensis 
White-headed Island-ThrushTurdus pritzbueri 
New Caledonian Island-ThrushTurdus xanthopus 
Tasman Sea Island-ThrushTurdus poliocephalus 
Samoan Island-ThrushTurdus samoensis 
Fiji Island-ThrushTurdus ruficeps 
Tibetan BlackbirdTurdus maximus 
White-backed ThrushTurdus kessleri..
FieldfareTurdus pilaris..
White-collared BlackbirdTurdus albocinctus..
Chestnut ThrushTurdus rubrocanus.
Ring OuzelTurdus torquatus.
Black-throated ThrushTurdus atrogularis..
Red-throated ThrushTurdus ruficollis 
Dusky ThrushTurdus eunomus 
Naumann’s ThrushTurdus naumanni 

1 Scaly Thrush, Thailand; 2 Olive-tailed Thrush, Australia; 3 Western Bluebird, USA; 4 Mountain Bluebird, USA; 5 Pale-breasted Thrush, Brazil; 6 Brown-backed Solitaire, Mexico; 7 Eastern Slaty Thrush, Brazil; 8 Rufous-throated Solitaire, Dominican Republic; 9 Ecuadorian Thrush, Ecuador; 10 Andean Solitaire, Peru; 11 Mistle Thrush, Denmark; 12 Yellow-legged Thrush, Brazil; 13 Eurasian Blackbird, Israel; 14 Black-throated Thrush, Israel; 15 Kurrichane Thrush, South Africa; 16 Song Thrush, England; 17 Hermit Thrush, USA; 18 Groundscraper Thrush, Ethiopia; 19 African Thrush, Uganda; 20 Black-billed Thrush, Ecuador; 21 Red-tailed Ant-thrush, Uganda; 22 Fieldfare, Israel; 23 Rufous-bellied Thrush, Brazil; 24 Abyssinian Thrush, Ethiopia; 25 Red-legged Thrush, Dominican Republic; 26 La Selle Thrush, Dominican Republic; 27 White-necked Thrush, Brazil; 28 Glossy-black Thrush, Ecuador; 29 Swainson’s Thrush, USA; 30 Orange Ground-Thrush, South Africa; 31 Creamy-bellied Thrush, Brazil; 32 Great Thrush, Peru; 33 Rufous-backed Robin, Mexico; 34 Redwing, Israel; 35 American Robin, USA; 36 White-collared Blackbird, India; 37 Grandala, India; 38 Dark-sided Thrush, Thailand; 39 Orange-headed Thrush, Thailand; 40 Varied Thrush, USA; 41 Olive Thrush, South Africa; 42 Clay-colored Thrush, USA; 43 Austral Thrush, Argentina; 44 Chiguanco Thrush, Argentina; 45 Alpine Thrush, India

46 African Bare-eyed Thrush, Tanzania; 47 Fruit-hunter, Borneo (MY); 48 Cuban Solitare, Cuba; 49 Island Thrush, Papua New Guinea; 50 Everett’s Thrush, Borneo (MY)

Family #217

Old World Flycatchers (Muscicapidae)

  • Species: 353
  • Distribution: Afrotropic, Australasia, Indomalaya, Nearctic, Palearctic
  • IOC family #223 (Chats, Old World Flycatchers), HBW family #206 (Old World Flycatchers and Chats), H&M family #234 (Chats and Flycatchers)
  • Passeriformes Family Group: Muscicapoid Oscines
  • wf253 status: 97% members ticked
  • OH: 149 seen, 133 photographed, first seen in Israel 1976
Gray-streaked FlycatcherMuscicapa griseisticta 
Dark-sided FlycatcherMuscicapa sibirica 
Ferruginous FlycatcherMuscicapa ferruginea 
Asian Brown FlycatcherMuscicapa dauurica..
Ashy-breasted FlycatcherMuscicapa randi 
Sumba Brown FlycatcherMuscicapa segregata 
Brown-breasted FlycatcherMuscicapa muttui 
Sulawesi Brown FlycatcherMuscicapa sodhii 
Brown-streaked FlycatcherMuscicapa williamsoni 
African Dusky FlycatcherMuscicapa adusta..
Little FlycatcherMuscicapa epulata 
Yellow-footed FlycatcherMuscicapa sethsmithi 
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata..
Gambaga FlycatcherMuscicapa gambagae..
Swamp FlycatcherMuscicapa aquatica..
Cassin’s FlycatcherMuscicapa cassini..
Böhm’s FlycatcherMyopornis boehmi 
Ussher’s FlycatcherArtomyias ussheri.
Sooty FlycatcherArtomyias fuliginosa 
Dusky-blue FlycatcherBradornis comitatus..
Marico FlycatcherBradornis mariquensis..
African Gray FlycatcherBradornis microrhynchus..
Pale FlycatcherAgricola pallidus..
Chat FlycatcherAgricola infuscatus 
White-browed Forest-FlycatcherFraseria cinerascens 
African Forest-FlycatcherFraseria ocreata..
Gray-throated Tit-FlycatcherFraseria griseigularis.
Gray Tit-FlycatcherFraseria plumbea..
Olivaceous FlycatcherFraseria olivascens 
Chapin’s FlycatcherFraseria lendu..
Tessmann’s FlycatcherFraseria tessmanni 
Ashy FlycatcherFraseria caerulescens..
Herero ChatNamibornis herero 
SilverbirdEmpidornis semipartitus.
Fiscal FlycatcherSigelus silens..
Yellow-eyed Black-FlycatcherMelaenornis ardesiacus 
Nimba FlycatcherMelaenornis annamarulae 
Northern Black-FlycatcherMelaenornis edolioides..
Southern Black-FlycatcherMelaenornis pammelaina..
White-eyed Slaty-FlycatcherMelaenornis fischeri..
Angola Slaty-FlycatcherMelaenornis brunneus 
Abyssinian Slaty-FlycatcherMelaenornis chocolatinus..
Grande Comore FlycatcherHumblotia flavirostris 
White-tailed AletheAlethe diademata 
Fire-crested AletheAlethe castanea 
Karoo Scrub-RobinTychaedon coryphoeus..
Forest Scrub-RobinTychaedon leucosticta 
Brown Scrub-RobinTychaedon signata 
Bearded Scrub-RobinTychaedon quadrivirgata 
Miombo Scrub-RobinTychaedon barbata 
Black Scrub-RobinCercotrichas podobe..
Rufous-tailed Scrub-RobinCercotrichas galactotes..
Kalahari Scrub-RobinCercotrichas paena.
Brown-backed Scrub-RobinCercotrichas hartlaubi.
White-browed Scrub-RobinCercotrichas leucophrys.
Indian RobinCopsychus fulicatus..
Oriental Magpie-RobinCopsychus saularis..
Rufous-tailed ShamaCopsychus pyrropygus 
Madagascar Magpie-RobinCopsychus albospecularis..
Seychelles Magpie-RobinCopsychus sechellarum 
Philippine Magpie-RobinCopsychus mindanensis 
White-rumped ShamaCopsychus malabaricus..
Sri Lankan ShamaCopsychus leggei 
White-crowned ShamaCopsychus stricklandii..
Maratua ShamaCopsychus barbouri 
Kangean ShamaCopsychus nigricauda 
Andaman ShamaCopsychus albiventris 
Larwo ShamaCopsychus omissus 
White-browed ShamaCopsychus luzoniensis 
Visayan ShamaCopsychus superciliaris 
White-vented ShamaCopsychus niger 
Black ShamaCopsychus cebuensis 
White-tailed FlycatcherLeucoptilon concretum 
Nilgiri SholakiliSholicola major 
White-bellied SholakiliSholicola albiventris 
Large NiltavaNiltava grandis..
Small NiltavaNiltava macgrigoriae..
Fujian NiltavaNiltava davidi 
Rufous-bellied NiltavaNiltava sundara..
Rufous-vented NiltavaNiltava sumatrana 
Chinese Vivid NiltavaNiltava oatesi 
Taiwan Vivid NiltavaNiltava vivida 
Blue-and-white FlycatcherCyanoptila cyanomelana 
Zappey’s FlycatcherCyanoptila cumatilis 
Matinan FlycatcherEumyias sanfordi 
Blue-fronted FlycatcherEumyias hoevelli..
Timor Blue FlycatcherEumyias hyacinthinus 
Flores Jungle FlycatcherEumyias oscillans 
Sumba Jungle FlycatcherEumyias stresemanni 
Dull-blue FlycatcherEumyias sordidus 
Nilgiri FlycatcherEumyias albicaudatus 
Indigo FlycatcherEumyias indigo..
Verditer FlycatcherEumyias thalassinus..
Buru Jungle FlycatcherEumyias additus 
Turquoise FlycatcherEumyias panayensis..
White-gorgeted FlycatcherAnthipes monileger.
Rufous-browed FlycatcherAnthipes solitaris 
Rück’s Blue FlycatcherCyornis ruckii 
Blue-breasted Blue FlycatcherCyornis herioti 
Rufous-breasted Blue FlycatcherCyornis camarinensis 
Hainan Blue FlycatcherCyornis hainanus 
White-bellied Blue FlycatcherCyornis pallidipes 
Pale-chinned FlycatcherCyornis poliogenys 
Pale Blue FlycatcherCyornis unicolor..
Blue-throated FlycatcherCyornis rubeculoides.
Chinese Blue FlycatcherCyornis glaucicomans 
Large Blue FlycatcherCyornis magnirostris 
Hill Blue FlycatcherCyornis whitei..
Javan Blue FlycatcherCyornis banyumas 
Dayak Blue FlycatcherCyornis montanus..
Meratus Blue FlycatcherCyornis kadayangensis 
Sunda Blue FlycatcherCyornis caerulatus 
Malaysian Blue FlycatcherCyornis turcosus..
Palawan Blue FlycatcherCyornis lemprieri 
Bornean Blue FlycatcherCyornis superbus.
Tickell’s Blue FlycatcherCyornis tickelliae 
Indochinese Blue FlycatcherCyornis sumatrensis..
Mangrove Blue FlycatcherCyornis rufigastra..
Sulawesi Blue FlycatcherCyornis omissus 
Kalao Blue FlycatcherCyornis kalaoensis 
Brown-chested Jungle FlycatcherCyornis brunneatus 
Nicobar Jungle FlycatcherCyornis nicobaricus 
Gray-chested Jungle FlycatcherCyornis umbratilis 
Fulvous-chested Jungle FlycatcherCyornis olivaceus 
Philippine Jungle FlycatcherCyornis ruficauda 
Sulu Jungle FlycatcherCyornis ocularis 
Crocker Jungle FlycatcherCyornis ruficrissa 
Banggai Jungle FlycatcherCyornis pelingensis 
Sula Jungle FlycatcherCyornis colonus 
White-bellied Robin-ChatCossyphicula roberti..
Mountain Robin-ChatCossyphicula isabellae 
Archer’s Robin-ChatDessonornis archeri..
Olive-flanked Robin-ChatDessonornis anomalus 
Cape Robin-ChatDessonornis caffer..
White-throated Robin-ChatDessonornis humeralis..
Blue-shouldered Robin-ChatCossypha cyanocampter 
Rüppell’s Robin-ChatCossypha semirufa..
White-browed Robin-ChatCossypha heuglini..
Red-capped Robin-ChatCossypha natalensis..
Chorister Robin-ChatCossypha dichroa 
White-headed Robin-ChatCossypha heinrichi 
Snowy-crowned Robin-ChatCossypha niveicapilla..
White-crowned Robin-ChatCossypha albicapillus..
Angola Cave-ChatXenocopsychus ansorgei 
Collared Palm-ThrushCichladusa arquata 
Rufous-tailed Palm-ThrushCichladusa ruficauda 
Spotted Morning-ThrushCichladusa guttata..
European RobinErithacus rubecula..
White-starred RobinPogonocichla stellata..
Swynnerton’s RobinSwynnertonia swynnertoni 
Brown-chested AletheChamaetylas poliocephala 
Red-throated AletheChamaetylas poliophrys.
Thyolo AletheChamaetylas choloensis 
White-chested AletheChamaetylas fuelleborni..
Olive-backed Forest RobinStiphrornis pyrrholaemus 
Orange-breasted Forest RobinStiphrornis erythrothorax 
Yellow-breasted Forest RobinStiphrornis mabirae..
Gray-winged Robin-ChatSheppardia polioptera.
Short-tailed AkalatSheppardia poensis 
Bocage’s AkalatSheppardia bocagei 
Lowland AkalatSheppardia cyornithopsis..
Equatorial AkalatSheppardia aequatorialis 
Sharpe’s AkalatSheppardia sharpei.
East Coast AkalatSheppardia gunningi 
Gabela AkalatSheppardia gabela 
Usambara AkalatSheppardia montana.
Iringa AkalatSheppardia lowei 
Rubeho AkalatSheppardia aurantiithorax 
Bagobo RobinLeonardina woodi 
Eyebrowed Jungle FlycatcherVauriella gularis..
Rusty-flanked Jungle FlycatcherVauriella insignis 
Negros Jungle FlycatcherVauriella albigularis 
Mindanao Jungle FlycatcherVauriella goodfellowi 
Great ShortwingHeinrichia calligyna 
Rusty-bellied ShortwingBrachypteryx hyperythra 
Lesser ShortwingBrachypteryx leucophris..
Himalayan ShortwingBrachypteryx cruralis.
Chinese ShortwingBrachypteryx sinensis 
Taiwan ShortwingBrachypteryx goodfellowi 
Philippine ShortwingBrachypteryx poliogyna 
Bornean ShortwingBrachypteryx erythrogyna..
Sumatran ShortwingBrachypteryx saturata 
Javan ShortwingBrachypteryx montana 
Flores ShortwingBrachypteryx floris 
Gould’s ShortwingHeteroxenicus stellatus 
Rufous-tailed RobinLarvivora sibilans 
Rufous-headed RobinLarvivora ruficeps 
Japanese RobinLarvivora akahige 
Izu RobinLarvivora tanensis 
Ryukyu RobinLarvivora komadori 
Okinawa RobinLarvivora namiyei 
Indian Blue RobinLarvivora brunnea 
Siberian Blue RobinLarvivora cyane..
White-throated RobinIrania gutturalis..
Thrush NightingaleLuscinia luscinia..
Common NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos..
White-bellied RedstartLuscinia phaenicuroides 
BluethroatLuscinia svecica..
Sri Lanka Whistling-ThrushMyophonus blighi 
Shiny Whistling-ThrushMyophonus melanurus 
Javan Whistling-ThrushMyophonus glaucinus 
Sumatran Whistling-ThrushMyophonus castaneus 
Bornean Whistling-ThrushMyophonus borneensis..
Malayan Whistling-ThrushMyophonus robinsoni 
Malabar Whistling-ThrushMyophonus horsfieldii 
Taiwan Whistling-ThrushMyophonus insularis 
Blue Whistling-ThrushMyophonus caeruleus..
Little ForktailEnicurus scouleri..
White-crowned ForktailEnicurus leschenaulti..
Bornean ForktailEnicurus borneensis 
Spotted ForktailEnicurus maculatus 
Sunda ForktailEnicurus velatus 
Chestnut-naped ForktailEnicurus ruficapillus 
Black-backed ForktailEnicurus immaculatus..
Slaty-backed ForktailEnicurus schistaceus..
FirethroatCalliope pectardens 
BlackthroatCalliope obscura 
Siberian RubythroatCalliope calliope..
Himalayan RubythroatCalliope pectoralis 
Chinese RubythroatCalliope tschebaiewi 
White-tailed RobinMyiomela leucura..
Sumatran RobinMyiomela sumatrana 
Javan RobinMyiomela diana 
Blue-fronted RobinCinclidium frontale 
Red-flanked BluetailTarsiger cyanurus..
Qilian BluetailTarsiger albocoeruleus 
Himalayan BluetailTarsiger rufilatus..
Rufous-breasted Bush-RobinTarsiger hyperythrus 
White-browed Bush-RobinTarsiger indicus..
Taiwan Bush-RobinTarsiger formosanus 
Golden Bush-RobinTarsiger chrysaeus 
Collared Bush-RobinTarsiger johnstoniae 
Yellow-rumped FlycatcherFicedula zanthopygia 
Green-backed FlycatcherFicedula elisae 
Narcissus FlycatcherFicedula narcissina 
Ryukyu FlycatcherFicedula owstoni 
Mugimaki FlycatcherFicedula mugimaki..
Slaty-backed FlycatcherFicedula erithacus 
Black-and-orange FlycatcherFicedula nigrorufa 
Slaty-blue FlycatcherFicedula tricolor.
Snowy-browed FlycatcherFicedula hyperythra..
Pygmy FlycatcherFicedula hodgsoni..
Rufous-gorgeted FlycatcherFicedula strophiata 
Sapphire FlycatcherFicedula sapphira 
Little Pied FlycatcherFicedula westermanni..
Ultramarine FlycatcherFicedula superciliaris 
Rusty-tailed FlycatcherFicedula ruficauda 
Taiga FlycatcherFicedula albicilla..
Kashmir FlycatcherFicedula subrubra 
Red-breasted FlycatcherFicedula parva..
Semicollared FlycatcherFicedula semitorquata..
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca..
Atlas FlycatcherFicedula speculigera 
Collared FlycatcherFicedula albicollis..
Tanimbar FlycatcherFicedula riedeli 
Rufous-chested FlycatcherFicedula dumetoria 
Palawan FlycatcherFicedula platenae 
Furtive FlycatcherFicedula disposita 
Rufous-throated FlycatcherFicedula rufigula 
Damar FlycatcherFicedula henrici 
Cinnamon-chested FlycatcherFicedula buruensis 
Lompobattang FlycatcherFicedula bonthaina 
Sumba FlycatcherFicedula harterti 
Black-banded FlycatcherFicedula timorensis 
Little Slaty FlycatcherFicedula basilanica 
Cryptic FlycatcherFicedula crypta 
Bundok FlycatcherFicedula luzoniensis 
Blue-fronted RedstartPhoenicurus frontalis..
Plumbeous RedstartPhoenicurus fuliginosus..
Luzon RedstartPhoenicurus bicolor 
Rufous-backed RedstartPhoenicurus erythronotus 
White-capped RedstartPhoenicurus leucocephalus..
Ala Shan RedstartPhoenicurus alaschanicus 
Blue-capped RedstartPhoenicurus coeruleocephala 
Moussier’s RedstartPhoenicurus moussieri 
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus..
Hodgson’s RedstartPhoenicurus hodgsoni 
White-throated RedstartPhoenicurus schisticeps.
White-winged RedstartPhoenicurus erythrogastrus 
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros..
Daurian RedstartPhoenicurus auroreus..
Little Rock-ThrushMonticola rufocinereus 
Chestnut-bellied Rock-ThrushMonticola rufiventris..
White-throated Rock-ThrushMonticola gularis..
Blue-capped Rock-ThrushMonticola cinclorhyncha..
Short-toed Rock-ThrushMonticola brevipes 
Sentinel Rock-ThrushMonticola explorator 
Littoral Rock-ThrushMonticola imerina..
Amber Mountain Rock-ThrushMonticola erythronotus 
Forest Rock-ThrushMonticola sharpei..
Rufous-tailed Rock-ThrushMonticola saxatilis..
Blue Rock-ThrushMonticola solitarius..
Miombo Rock-ThrushMonticola angolensis 
Cape Rock-ThrushMonticola rupestris 
White-winged Cliff-ChatMonticola semirufus..
WhinchatSaxicola rubetra..
White-browed BushchatSaxicola macrorhynchus 
White-throated BushchatSaxicola insignis 
Fuerteventura StonechatSaxicola dacotiae 
European StonechatSaxicola rubicola..
Siberian StonechatSaxicola maurus..
Amur StonechatSaxicola stejnegeri.
African StonechatSaxicola torquatus..
Reunion StonechatSaxicola tectes 
White-tailed StonechatSaxicola leucurus 
Pied BushchatSaxicola caprata..
Jerdon’s BushchatSaxicola jerdoni 
Gray BushchatSaxicola ferreus..
Timor BushchatSaxicola gutturalis 
Buff-streaked ChatCampicoloides bifasciatus 
Sickle-winged ChatEmarginata sinuata 
Karoo ChatEmarginata schlegelii..
Tractrac ChatEmarginata tractrac..
Moorland ChatPinarochroa sordida.
Mocking Cliff-ChatThamnolaea cinnamomeiventris..
Sooty ChatMyrmecocichla nigra..
Northern Anteater-ChatMyrmecocichla aethiops.
Southern Anteater-ChatMyrmecocichla formicivora..
Congo Moor ChatMyrmecocichla tholloni 
Mountain ChatMyrmecocichla monticola.
Rüppell’s ChatMyrmecocichla melaena 
Arnot’s ChatMyrmecocichla arnotti 
Northern WheatearOenanthe oenanthe..
Atlas WheatearOenanthe seebohmi 
Capped WheatearOenanthe pileata..
Buff-breasted WheatearOenanthe bottae 
Rusty-breasted WheatearOenanthe frenata..
Isabelline WheatearOenanthe isabellina..
Heuglin’s WheatearOenanthe heuglinii 
Hooded WheatearOenanthe monacha..
Desert WheatearOenanthe deserti..
Western Black-eared WheatearOenanthe hispanica..
Cyprus WheatearOenanthe cypriaca..
Eastern Black-eared WheatearOenanthe melanoleuca.
Pied WheatearOenanthe pleschanka..
White-fronted Black-ChatOenanthe albifrons..
Somali WheatearOenanthe phillipsi 
Red-rumped WheatearOenanthe moesta..
BlackstartOenanthe melanura..
Familiar ChatOenanthe familiaris..
Sombre Rock ChatOenanthe dubia 
Brown-tailed ChatOenanthe scotocerca 
Brown Rock ChatOenanthe fusca..
Variable WheatearOenanthe picata 
Black WheatearOenanthe leucura..
Hume’s WheatearOenanthe albonigra 
White-crowned WheatearOenanthe leucopyga..
Arabian WheatearOenanthe lugentoides 
Abyssinian WheatearOenanthe lugubris..
Finsch’s WheatearOenanthe finschii..
Mourning WheatearOenanthe lugens..
Kurdish WheatearOenanthe xanthoprymna..
Persian WheatearOenanthe chrysopygia..

1 Spotted Flycatcher, Israel;2 Asian Brown Flycatcher, Thailand; 3 Black Scrub-Robin, Israel; 4 Rufous-tailed Scrub-Robin, Israel; 5 Oriental Magpie-Robin, Thailand; 6 White-rumped Shama, Thailand; 7 Hill Blue-Flycatcher, Thailand; 8 Indochinese Blue Flycatcher, Thailand; 9 Large Niltava, Thailand; 10 Small Niltava, Thailand; 11 Rufous-bellied Niltava, Thailand; 12 Verditer Flycatcher, Thailand; 13 European Robin, Israel; 14 Lesser Shortwing, Thailand; 15 Siberian Blue Robin, Thailand; 16 White-throated Robin, Israel; 17 Common Nightingale, Israel; 18 Bluethroat, Israel; 19 Blue Whistling-Thrush, Thailand; 20 Black-backed Forktail, Thailand; 21 Slaty-backed Forktail, Thailand; 22 Siberian Rubythroat, Thailand; 23 White-tailed Robin, Thailand; 24 Plumbeous Redstart, Thailand; 25 Red-flanked Bluetail, Finland; 26 Himalayan Bluetail, Thailand; 27 Little Pied Flycatcher, Thailand; 28 Taiga Flycatcher, Thailand; 29 European Pied Flycatcher, Israel; 30 Collared Flycatcher, Poland; 31 Semicollared Flycatcher, Israel; 32 Mugimaki Flycatcher, Thailand; 33 Red-breasted Flycatcher, Israel; 34 White-capped Redstart, Thailand; 35 Common Redstart, Israel; 36 Daurian Redstart, Thailand; 37 Grey Tit-Flycatcher, Uganda; 38 Black Redstart, Israel; 39 Chestnut-bellied Rock-Thrush, Thailand; 40 White-throated Rock-Thrush, Thailandl; 41 Rufous-tailed Rock-Thrush, Israel; 42 Blue Rock-Thrush, Israel; 43 Whinchat, Israel; 44 European Stonechat, Israel; 45 Siberian Stonechat, Israel; 46 Pied Bushchat, Israel; 47 Gray Bushchat, Thailand; 48 Blackstart, Israel; 49 White-crowned Wheatear, Israel; 50 Dusky-blue Flycatcher, Ghana; 51 Black Wheatear, Spain; 52 Finsch’s Wheatear, Israel ; 53 Hooded Wheatear, Israel; 54 Northern Wheatear, Israel; 55 Mourning Wheatear, Israel; 56 Pied Wheatear, Israel; 57 Cyprus Wheatear, Israel; 58 Kurdish Wheatear, Israel; 59 Black-eared Wheatear, Israel; 60 Desert Wheatear, Israel; 61 Isabelline Wheatear, Israel; 62 Capped Wheatear, South Africa; 63 Red-breasted Wheatear, Ethiopia; 64 Red-rumped Wheatear, Israel; 65 Mountain Wheatear, South Africa; 66 African Stonechat, South Africa; 67 Karoo Chat, South Africa; 68 Tractrac Chat, South Africa; 69 Familiar Chat, South Africa; 70 Karoo Scrub-Robin, South Africa; 71 Cape Robin-Chat, South Africa; 72 White-browed Robin-Chat, Uganda; 73 White-throated Robin-Chat, South Africa; 74 Ruppell’s Robin-Chat, Ethiopia; 75 Red-capped Robin-Chat, Uganda; 76 White-bellied Robin-Chat, Uganda; 77 Archer’s Robin-Chat, Uganda; 78 Littoral Rock Thrush, Madagascar; 79 Snowy-crowned Robin-Chat, Uganda; 80 Forest Robin, Uganda; 81 White-crowned Robin-Chat, Ghana; 82 White-starred Robin, Uganda; 83 Lowland Akalat, Uganda; 84 Sooty Chat, Uganda; 85 Mocking Cliff-Chat, Uganda; 86 White-winged Cliff-Chat, Ethiopia; 87 Pale Flycatcher, Uganda; 88 Cassin’s Flycatcher, Uganda; 89 Madagascar Magpie-Robin, Madagascar; 90 White-fronted Black-Chat, Ghana; 91 Chapin’s Flycatcher, Uganda; 92 Ashy Flycatcher, South Africa; 93 Northern Black-Flycatcher, Uganda; 94 Swamp Flycatcher, Uganda; 95 Abyssinian-Slaty Flycatcher, Ethiopia; 96 Madagascan Stonechat, Madagascar; 97 Gambaga Flycatcher, Ghana; 98 Southern Anteater-Chat, South Africa; 99 Mariqua Flycatcher, South Africa; 100 African Dusky Flycatcher, South Africa; 101 Fiscal Flycatcher, South Africa; 102 Blue-fronted Redstart, India; 103 Blue-capped Rock-thrush, India; 104 White-eyed Slaty-Flycatcher, Uganda; 105 Forest Rock-Thrush, Madagascar; 106 African Forest-Flycatcher, Ghana; 107 Thrush Nightingale, Israel; 108 White-browed Bush-Robin, India; 109 Persian Wheatear, Israel; 110 Pygmy Flycatcher, India; 111 Pale Blue Flycatcher, India

112 Brown Rock Chat, India; 113 Bornean Whistling-Thrush, Borneo (MY); 114 Indian Robin, India; 115 Little Forktail, India; 116 Bornean Forktail, Borneo (MY); 117 White-crowned Forktail, Borneo (MY)

118 African Gray Flycatcher, Tanzania; 119 Southern Black-Flycatcher, Tanzania; 120 White-chested Alethe, Tanzania; 121 Abyssinian Wheatear, Tanzania; 122 Eyebrowed Jungle Flycatcher, Borneo (MY); 123 Spotted Morning-Thrush, Tanzania; 124 Red-backed Scrub-Robin, Tanzania; 125 Bornean Shortwing, Borneo (MY)

126 Blue-fronted Flycatcher, Sulawesy (ID); 127 Turquoise Flycatcher, Sulawesy (ID); 128 Snowy-browed Flycatcher, Borneo (MY); 129 Dayak Blue Flycatcher, Borneo (MY); 130 Indigo Flycatcher, Borneo (MY); 131 Blue Flycatcher, Borneo (MY); 132 Mangrove Blue Flycatcher, Borneo (MY); 133 White-crowned Shama, Borneo (MY)

Family #218

Waxwings (Bombycillidae)

  • Species: 3
  • Distribution: Nearctic, Neotropic, Palearctic
  • IOC family #175, HBW family #211, H&M family #223
  • Passeriformes Family Group: Bombycilloid Oscines
  • wf253 status: 88% members ticked
  • OH: 2 seen and  photographed, first seen in USA 2007
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulus..
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorum..
Japanese WaxwingBombycilla japonica 

1 Bohemian Waxwing, Norway ;2 Cedar Waxwing, USA

Family #not counted

Hawaiian Honeyeaters (Mohoidae) - extinct

  • Species: 5 (5 extinct)
  • IOC Family: Oos
Kauai Oo Moho braccatus (Extinct)
Oahu Oo Moho apicalis (Extinct)
Bishop’s Oo Moho bishopi (Extinct)
Hawaii Oo Moho nobilis (Extinct)
Kioea Chaetoptila angustipluma (Extinct)

Family #219

Silky-flycatchers (Ptiliogonatidae)

  • Species: 4
  • Distribution: Nearctic, Neotropic
  • IOC family #176, HBW family #212, H&M family #225
  • Passeriformes Family Group: Bombycilloid Oscines
  • wf253 status: 77% members ticked
  • OH: 4 seen and  photographed, first seen in USA 2002
  • Finding Hints
Black-and-yellow Silky-flycatcherPhainoptila melanoxantha..
Gray Silky-flycatcherPtiliogonys cinereus..
Long-tailed Silky-flycatcherPtiliogonys caudatus..
PhainopeplaPhainopepla nitens..

1 Long-tailed Silky-flycatcher, Panama; 2 Phainopepla, USA; 3 Gray Silky-flycatcher, Mexico; 4 Black-and-yellow Silky-flycatcher, Panama

Family #220

Palmchat (Dulidae)

  • Species: 1
  • Distribution: Neotropical endemic (Hispaniola)
  • IOC family #178, HBW family #208, H&M family #222
  • Passeriformes Family Group: Bombycilloid Oscines
  • wf253 status: 37% members ticked
  • OH: 1 seen and  photographed, first seen in Dominican Republic 2017
  • Finding Hints
PalmchatDulus dominicus..

Palmcaht, Dominican Republic 2017

Family #221

Hylocitrea (Hylocitreidae)

  • Species: 1
  • Distribution: Australasia endemic (Sulawesy)
  • IOC family #179, HBW family #210, H&M family #224 (Hypocolius and Hylocitrea)
  • Passeriformes Family Group: Bombycilloid Oscines
  • wf253 status: 25% members ticked
  • OH:  seen and  photographed, first seen in Sulawesi, Indonesia 2023
  • Finding Hints
HylocitreaHylocitrea bonensis.. 

Hylocitrea, Sulawesi, Indonesia 2023

Family #222

Hypocolius (Hypocoliidae)

  • Species: 1
  • Distribution: Palearctic endemic
  • IOC family #177, HBW family #209, H&M family #224 (Hypocolius and Hylocitrea)
  • Passeriformes Family Group: Bombycilloid Oscines
  • wf253 status: 43% members ticked
  • OH: 1 seen and  photographed, first seen in Israel 2011
  • Finding Hints
Hypocolius Hypocolius ampelinus

Hypocolius, Israel 2015

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