Bird Families of the World

Order: Coliiformes

1 family, 6 species

Family #081

Mousebirds (Coliidae)

  • Species: 6
  • Distribution: Afrotropical endemic
  • IOC family #081, HBW family #081, H&M family #078
  • wf253 status: 80% members ticked
  • OH: 5 seen, 4 photographed, first seen in Kenya, 1983
Speckled MousebirdColius striatus..
White-headed MousebirdColius leucocephalus..
Red-backed MousebirdColius castanotus 
White-backed MousebirdColius colius..
Blue-naped MousebirdUrocolius macrourus..
Red-faced MousebirdUrocolius indicus.

1 Speckled Mousebird, South Africa; 2 White-headed Mousebird, Tanzania; 3 White-backed Mousebird, South Africa; 4 Blue-naped Mousebird, Uganda

Order: Leptosomiformes

1 family, 1 species

Family #082

Cuckoo Roller (Leptosomidae)

  • Species: 1
  • Distribution: Afrotropical endemic (Madagascar)
  • IOC family #082, HBW family #082, H&M family #079
  • wf253 status: 37% members ticked
  • OH: 1 seen and photographed, first seen in Madagascar, 2016
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Cuckoo-rollerLeptosomus discolor..

Cuckoo Roller, Madagascar 2016

Order: Trogoniformes

1 family, 43 species

Family #083

Trogons (Trogonidae)

  • Species: 46
  • Distribution: Afrotropic, Indomalaya, Nearctic, Neotropic
  • IOC family #083, HBW family #083, H&M family #080
  • wf253 status: 88% members ticked
  • OH: 24 seen, 21 photographed, first seen in Mexico, 2011
Narina TrogonApaloderma narina..
Bare-cheeked TrogonApaloderma aequatoriale 
Bar-tailed TrogonApaloderma vittatum..
Javan TrogonApalharpactes reinwardtii 
Sumatran TrogonApalharpactes mackloti 
Orange-breasted TrogonHarpactes oreskios.
Malabar TrogonHarpactes fasciatus 
Red-naped TrogonHarpactes kasumba 
Diard’s TrogonHarpactes diardii..
Philippine TrogonHarpactes ardens 
Whitehead’s TrogonHarpactes whiteheadi..
Cinnamon-rumped TrogonHarpactes orrhophaeus 
Scarlet-rumped TrogonHarpactes duvaucelii..
Red-headed TrogonHarpactes erythrocephalus..
Ward’s TrogonHarpactes wardi..
Eared QuetzalEuptilotis neoxenus 
Pavonine QuetzalPharomachrus pavoninus 
Golden-headed QuetzalPharomachrus auriceps..
Resplendent QuetzalPharomachrus mocinno..
White-tipped QuetzalPharomachrus fulgidus 
Crested QuetzalPharomachrus antisianus 
Cuban TrogonPriotelus temnurus..
Hispaniolan TrogonPriotelus roseigaster..
Lattice-tailed TrogonTrogon clathratus 
Slaty-tailed TrogonTrogon massena..
Blue-tailed TrogonTrogon comptus..
Ecuadorian TrogonTrogon mesurus 
Black-tailed TrogonTrogon melanurus..
Black-headed TrogonTrogon melanocephalus..
Citreoline TrogonTrogon citreolus 
White-tailed TrogonTrogon chionurus..
Green-backed TrogonTrogon viridis 
Baird’s TrogonTrogon bairdii 
Gartered TrogonTrogon caligatus..
Guianan TrogonTrogon violaceus..
Amazonian TrogonTrogon ramonianus 
Blue-crowned TrogonTrogon curucui.
Surucua TrogonTrogon surrucura..
Northern Black-throated TrogonTrogon tenellus.
Choco Black-throated TrogonTrogon cupreicauda 
Amazonian Black-throated TrogonTrogon rufus 
Atlantic Black-throated TrogonTrogon chrysochloros..
Elegant TrogonTrogon elegans 
Mountain TrogonTrogon mexicanus 
Collared TrogonTrogon collaris..
Masked TrogonTrogon personatus 

1 Resplendent Quetzal, Panama; 2 Golden-headed Quetzal, Ecuador; 3 Collared Trogon, Ecuador; 4 Surucua Trogon, Brazil; 5 Bar-tailed Trogon, Uganda; 6 Black-tailed Trogon, Brazil; 7 Red-headed Trogon, Thailand; 8 White-tailed Trogon, Brazil; 9 Black-throated Trogon, Brazil; 10 Ward’s Trogon, India; 11 Blue-tailed Trogon, Ecuador; 12 Gartered Trogon, Panama; 13 Slaty-tailed Trogon, Panama; 14 Guianan Trogon, Mexico; 15 Black-headed Trogon, Mexico; 16 Narina Trogon, South Africa; 17 Hispaniolan Trogon, Dominican Republic

18 Cuban Trogon, Cuban; 19 Diard’s Trogon, Borneo; 20 Scarlet-rumped Trogon, Borneo; 21 Whitehead’s Trogon, Borneo

Order: Bucerotiformes

4 families, 75 species

Family #084

Hoopoes (Upupidae)

  • Species: 3 (1 extinct)
  • Distribution: Afrotropic, Indomalaya, Palearctic
  • IOC family #084, HBW family #085, H&M family #086
  • wf253 status: 93% members ticked
  • OH: 2 seen, 2 photographed, first seen in Israel, 1976
Eurasian HoopoeUpupa epops..
Madagascar HoopoeUpupa marginata..
St. Helena HoopoeUpupa antaios(Extinct)

1 Eurasian Hoopoe (Eurasian), Israel; 2 Madagascan Hoopoe, Madagascar; 3  Eurasian Hoopoe (African), Tanzania

Family #085

Woodhoopoes and Scimitarbills (Phoeniculidae)

  • Species: 8
  • Distribution: Afrotropical endemic
  • IOC family #085 (Wood Hoopoes), HBW family #086 (Woodhoopoes), H&M family #083
  • wf253 status: 79% members ticked
  • OH: 5 seen, 4 photographed, first seen in Kenya, 1983
Green WoodhoopoePhoeniculus purpureus..
Violet WoodhoopoePhoeniculus damarensis 
Black-billed WoodhoopoePhoeniculus somaliensis 
White-headed WoodhoopoePhoeniculus bollei..
Forest ScimitarbillRhinopomastus castaneiceps 
Black ScimitarbillRhinopomastus aterrimus..
Common ScimitarbillRhinopomastus cyanomelas.
Abyssinian ScimitarbillRhinopomastus minor..

1 White-headed Woodhoopoe, Uganda; 2 Green Woodhoopoe, South Africa; 3 Black Scimitarbill, Ghana;4 Abyssinian Scimitarbill, Tanzania

Family #086

Ground-Hornbills (Bucorvidae)

  • Species: 2
  • Distribution: Afrotropical endemic
  • IOC family #086, HBW family #084 (Hornbills), H&M family #081 (Hornbills)
  • wf253 status: 79% members ticked
  • OH: 2 seen and photographed, first seen in Tanzania, 2006
Abyssinian Ground-HornbillBucorvus abyssinicus..
Southern Ground-HornbillBucorvus leadbeateri..

1 Abyssinian Ground Hornbill, Uganda ;2 Southern Ground-Hornbill, South Africa

Family #087

Hornbills (Bucerotidae)

  • Species: 62
  • Distribution: Afrotropic,  Indomalaya, Australasia
  • IOC family #087, HBW family #084, H&M family #081
  • wf253 status: 88% members ticked
  • OH: 28 seen, 21 photographed, first seen in Kenya, 1983
Red-billed Dwarf HornbillLophoceros camurus 
Crowned HornbillLophoceros alboterminatus..
Bradfield’s HornbillLophoceros bradfieldi 
West African Pied HornbillLophoceros semifasciatus..
Congo Pied HornbillLophoceros fasciatus.
Hemprich’s HornbillLophoceros hemprichii.
African Gray HornbillLophoceros nasutus..
Pale-billed HornbillLophoceros pallidirostris 
Eastern Yellow-billed HornbillTockus flavirostris.
Southern Yellow-billed HornbillTockus leucomelas..
Jackson’s HornbillTockus jacksoni.
Von der Decken’s HornbillTockus deckeni..
Monteiro’s HornbillTockus monteiri 
Southern Red-billed HornbillTockus rufirostris..
Damara Red-billed HornbillTockus damarensis 
Tanzanian Red-billed HornbillTockus ruahae.
Western Red-billed HornbillTockus kempi 
Northern Red-billed HornbillTockus erythrorhynchus..
White-crowned HornbillBerenicornis comatus..
Western Long-tailed HornbillHorizocerus albocristatus.
Eastern Long-tailed HornbillHorizocerus cassini 
Western Dwarf HornbillHorizocerus hartlaubi 
Eastern Dwarf HornbillHorizocerus granti 
Yellow-casqued HornbillCeratogymna elata 
Black-casqued HornbillCeratogymna atrata 
Silvery-cheeked HornbillBycanistes brevis..
Black-and-white-casqued HornbillBycanistes subcylindricus..
Brown-cheeked HornbillBycanistes cylindricus 
White-thighed HornbillBycanistes albotibialis 
Trumpeter HornbillBycanistes bucinator..
Piping HornbillBycanistes fistulator..
Helmeted HornbillRhinoplax vigil 
Rufous HornbillBuceros hydrocorax 
Rhinoceros HornbillBuceros rhinoceros..
Great HornbillBuceros bicornis..
Bushy-crested HornbillAnorrhinus galeritus..
Brown HornbillAnorrhinus austeni 
Rusty-cheeked HornbillAnorrhinus tickelli 
Indian Gray HornbillOcyceros birostris..
Malabar Gray HornbillOcyceros griseus 
Sri Lanka Gray HornbillOcyceros gingalensis 
Black HornbillAnthracoceros malayanus.
Sulu HornbillAnthracoceros montani 
Malabar Pied-HornbillAnthracoceros coronatus 
Oriental Pied-HornbillAnthracoceros albirostris..
Palawan HornbillAnthracoceros marchei 
Rufous-necked HornbillAceros nipalensis..
Knobbed HornbillRhyticeros cassidix 
Sumba HornbillRhyticeros everetti 
Wreathed HornbillRhyticeros undulatus..
Plain-pouched HornbillRhyticeros subruficollis 
Narcondam HornbillRhyticeros narcondami 
Blyth’s HornbillRhyticeros plicatus..
Sulawesi HornbillRhabdotorrhinus exarhatus 
Wrinkled HornbillRhabdotorrhinus corrugatus..
Writhe-billed HornbillRhabdotorrhinus waldeni 
Writhed HornbillRhabdotorrhinus leucocephalus 
Visayan HornbillPenelopides panini 
Luzon HornbillPenelopides manillae 
Mindoro HornbillPenelopides mindorensis 
Samar HornbillPenelopides samarensis 
Mindanao HornbillPenelopides affinis 

1 Southern Red-billed Hornbill, South Africa; 2 Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill, South Africa; 3 Rufous-necked Hornbill, India; 4 African Gray Hornbill, South Africa; 5 Black-and-white-casqued Hornbill, Uganda; 6  African Pied Hornbill, Ghana; 7 Von der Decken’s Hornbill, Tanzania; 8 Piping Hornbill, Uganda; 9 Indian Gray Hornbill, India; 10 Great Hornbill, Thailand; 11 Oriental Pied-Hornbill, India

12 Silvery-cheeked Hornbill, Tanzania; 13 Crowned Hornbill, Tanzania; 14 Northern Red-billed Hornbill, Tanzania; 15 Trumpeter Hornbill, Tanzania

16 Blyth’s Hornbill, Papua New Guinea; 17 Bushy-crested Hornbill, Borneo (MY); 18 White-crowned Hornbill, Borneo (MY); 19 Wreathed Hornbill, Borneo (MY); 20 Wrinkled Hornbill, Borneo (MY); 21 Rhinoceros Hornbill, Borneo (MY)

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