Bird Families of the World

Order: Columbiformes

1 family, 353 species

Family #014

Pigeons and Doves (Columbidae)

  • Species: 353 (16 extinct)
  • Distribution: Global
  • IOC family #027, HBW family #020, H&M family #016
  • wf253 status: 100% members ticked
  • OH: 135 seen, 104 photographed, first seen in Israel, 1976
Rock PigeonColumba livia..
Hill PigeonColumba rupestris..
Snow PigeonColumba leuconota 
Speckled PigeonColumba guinea..
White-collared PigeonColumba albitorques..
Stock DoveColumba oenas.
Yellow-eyed PigeonColumba eversmanni.
Somali PigeonColumba oliviae 
Common Wood-PigeonColumba palumbus..
Trocaz PigeonColumba trocaz 
Bolle’s PigeonColumba bollii 
Afep PigeonColumba unicincta 
Laurel PigeonColumba junoniae 
Rameron PigeonColumba arquatrix..
Cameroon PigeonColumba sjostedti 
Maroon PigeonColumba thomensis 
Eastern Bronze-naped PigeonColumba delegorguei.
Western Bronze-naped PigeonColumba iriditorques 
Sao Tome PigeonColumba malherbii 
Mauritius Wood-PigeonColumba thiriouxiexinct
Comoro PigeonColumba pollenii 
Speckled Wood-PigeonColumba hodgsonii..
White-naped PigeonColumba albinucha 
Ashy Wood-PigeonColumba pulchricollis.
Nilgiri Wood-PigeonColumba elphinstonii 
Sri Lanka Wood-PigeonColumba torringtoniae 
Pale-capped PigeonColumba punicea 
Silvery Wood-PigeonColumba argentina 
Andaman Wood-PigeonColumba palumboides 
Black Wood-PigeonColumba janthina 
Ryukyu PigeonColumba jouyiexinct
Bonin PigeonColumba versicolorexinct
Metallic PigeonColumba vitiensis..
White-headed PigeonColumba leucomela..
Yellow-legged PigeonColumba pallidiceps 
Lemon DoveAplopelia larvata..
Pale-vented PigeonPatagioenas cayennensis..
Scaled PigeonPatagioenas speciosa 
Scaly-naped PigeonPatagioenas squamosa..
Picazuro PigeonPatagioenas picazuro..
Bare-eyed PigeonPatagioenas corensis 
Spot-winged PigeonPatagioenas maculosa.
White-crowned PigeonPatagioenas leucocephala..
Red-billed PigeonPatagioenas flavirostris.
Plain PigeonPatagioenas inornata..
Band-tailed PigeonPatagioenas fasciata..
Chilean PigeonPatagioenas araucana 
Ring-tailed PigeonPatagioenas caribaea 
Peruvian PigeonPatagioenas oenops..
Plumbeous PigeonPatagioenas plumbea..
Ruddy PigeonPatagioenas subvinacea..
Short-billed PigeonPatagioenas nigrirostris..
Dusky PigeonPatagioenas goodsoni.
Passenger PigeonEctopistes migratoriusexinct
Malagasy Turtle-DoveNesoenas picturatus..
Pink PigeonNesoenas mayeri 
Mauritius Turtle-DoveNesoenas cicurexinct
Rodrigues Turtle-DoveNesoenas rodericanusexinct
European Turtle-DoveStreptopelia turtur..
Dusky Turtle-DoveStreptopelia lugens..
Adamawa Turtle-DoveStreptopelia hypopyrrha 
Oriental Turtle-DoveStreptopelia orientalis..
Sunda Collared-DoveStreptopelia bitorquata 
Philippine Collared-DoveStreptopelia dusumieri 
Eurasian Collared-DoveStreptopelia decaocto..
Burmese Collared-DoveStreptopelia xanthocycla 
African Collared-DoveStreptopelia roseogrisea..
White-winged Collared-DoveStreptopelia reichenowi 
Mourning Collared-DoveStreptopelia decipiens..
Red-eyed DoveStreptopelia semitorquata..
Ring-necked DoveStreptopelia capicola..
Vinaceous DoveStreptopelia vinacea..
Red Collared-DoveStreptopelia tranquebarica..
Spotted DoveSpilopelia chinensis..
Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensis..
Barred Cuckoo-DoveMacropygia unchall.
Brown Cuckoo-DoveMacropygia phasianella..
Flores Sea Cuckoo-DoveMacropygia macassariensis 
Timor Cuckoo-DoveMacropygia magna 
Tanimbar Cuckoo-DoveMacropygia timorlaoensis 
Amboyna Cuckoo-DoveMacropygia amboinensis..
Sultan’s Cuckoo-DoveMacropygia doreya..
Andaman Cuckoo-DoveMacropygia rufipennis 
Philippine Cuckoo-DoveMacropygia tenuirostris.
Ruddy Cuckoo-DoveMacropygia emiliana 
Enggano Cuckoo-DoveMacropygia cinnamomea 
Barusan Cuckoo-DoveMacropygia modiglianii 
Black-billed Cuckoo-DoveMacropygia nigrirostris.
Spot-breasted Cuckoo-DoveMacropygia mackinlayi 
Little Cuckoo-DoveMacropygia ruficeps.
Great Cuckoo-DoveReinwardtoena reinwardti.
Pied Cuckoo-DoveReinwardtoena browni 
Crested Cuckoo-DoveReinwardtoena crassirostris 
White-faced Cuckoo-DoveTuracoena manadensis 
Sula Cuckoo-DoveTuracoena sulaensis 
Slaty Cuckoo-DoveTuracoena modesta 
Emerald-spotted Wood-DoveTurtur chalcospilos..
Black-billed Wood-DoveTurtur abyssinicus..
Blue-spotted Wood-DoveTurtur afer.
Tambourine DoveTurtur tympanistria..
Blue-headed Wood-DoveTurtur brehmeri.
Namaqua DoveOena capensis..
Asian Emerald DoveChalcophaps indica..
Pacific Emerald DoveChalcophaps longirostris..
Stephan’s DoveChalcophaps stephani.
New Guinea BronzewingHenicophaps albifrons.
New Britain BronzewingHenicophaps foersteri 
Wetar Ground DovePampusana hoedtii 
Shy Ground DovePampusana stairi 
Santa Cruz Ground DovePampusana sanctaecrucis 
Thick-billed Ground DovePampusana salamonisexinct
Tanna Ground DovePampusana ferrugineaexinct
Bronze Ground DovePampusana beccarii..
Palau Ground DovePampusana canifrons 
White-bibbed Ground DovePampusana jobiensis 
Marquesan Ground DovePampusana rubescens 
Caroline Islands Ground DovePampusana kubaryi 
Polynesian Ground DovePampusana erythroptera 
White-throated Ground DovePampusana xanthonura 
Norfolk Ground DovePampusana norfolkensisexinct
Common BronzewingPhaps chalcoptera..
Brush BronzewingPhaps elegans..
Flock BronzewingPhaps histrionica..
Crested PigeonOcyphaps lophotes..
Spinifex PigeonGeophaps plumifera..
Squatter PigeonGeophaps scripta..
Partridge PigeonGeophaps smithii 
Chestnut-quilled Rock-PigeonPetrophassa rufipennis.
White-quilled Rock-PigeonPetrophassa albipennis 
Wonga PigeonLeucosarcia melanoleuca..
Diamond DoveGeopelia cuneata..
Zebra DoveGeopelia striata..
Peaceful DoveGeopelia placida..
Barred DoveGeopelia maugeus 
Bar-shouldered DoveGeopelia humeralis..
Inca DoveColumbina inca..
Common Ground DoveColumbina passerina..
Plain-breasted Ground DoveColumbina minuta 
Ruddy Ground DoveColumbina talpacoti..
Ecuadorian Ground DoveColumbina buckleyi..
Scaled DoveColumbina squammata..
Picui Ground DoveColumbina picui..
Croaking Ground DoveColumbina cruziana..
Blue-eyed Ground DoveColumbina cyanopis 
Blue Ground DoveClaravis pretiosa.
Maroon-chested Ground DoveParaclaravis mondetoura 
Purple-winged Ground DoveParaclaravis geoffroyi 
Bare-faced Ground DoveMetriopelia ceciliae..
Bare-eyed Ground DoveMetriopelia morenoi 
Black-winged Ground DoveMetriopelia melanoptera 
Golden-spotted Ground DoveMetriopelia aymara 
Long-tailed Ground DoveUropelia campestris..
Blue-headed Quail-DoveStarnoenas cyanocephala..
Purple Quail-DoveGeotrygon purpurata 
Sapphire Quail-DoveGeotrygon saphirina 
Crested Quail-DoveGeotrygon versicolor 
Ruddy Quail-DoveGeotrygon montana.
Violaceous Quail-DoveGeotrygon violacea 
Gray-fronted Quail-DoveGeotrygon caniceps..
White-fronted Quail-DoveGeotrygon leucometopia..
Key West Quail-DoveGeotrygon chrysia 
Bridled Quail-DoveGeotrygon mystacea 
Olive-backed Quail-DoveLeptotrygon veraguensis 
White-tipped DoveLeptotila verreauxi..
Caribbean DoveLeptotila jamaicensis 
Gray-chested DoveLeptotila cassinii 
Tolima DoveLeptotila conoveri 
Ochre-bellied DoveLeptotila ochraceiventris 
Gray-headed DoveLeptotila plumbeiceps 
Gray-fronted DoveLeptotila rufaxilla..
Grenada DoveLeptotila wellsi 
Pallid DoveLeptotila pallida.
Large-tailed DoveLeptotila megalura 
Tuxtla Quail-DoveZentrygon carrikeri 
Buff-fronted Quail-DoveZentrygon costaricensis 
Purplish-backed Quail-DoveZentrygon lawrencii 
White-faced Quail-DoveZentrygon albifacies 
White-throated Quail-DoveZentrygon frenata..
Lined Quail-DoveZentrygon linearis 
Chiriqui Quail-DoveZentrygon chiriquensis 
Russet-crowned Quail-DoveZentrygon goldmani 
West Peruvian DoveZenaida meloda.
White-winged DoveZenaida asiatica..
Zenaida DoveZenaida aurita..
Galapagos DoveZenaida galapagoensis 
Eared DoveZenaida auriculata..
Mourning DoveZenaida macroura..
Socorro DoveZenaida graysoni 
Nicobar PigeonCaloenas nicobarica 
Spotted Green PigeonCaloenas maculataexinct
DodoRaphus cucullatusexinct
Rodrigues SolitairePezophaps solitariaexinct
Sulawesi Ground DoveGallicolumba tristigmata 
Cinnamon Ground DoveGallicolumba rufigula 
Mindoro Bleeding-heartGallicolumba platenae 
Negros Bleeding-heartGallicolumba keayi 
Sulu Bleeding-heartGallicolumba menagei 
Luzon Bleeding-heartGallicolumba luzonica 
Mindanao Bleeding-heartGallicolumba crinigera 
Choiseul PigeonMicrogoura meekiexinct
Thick-billed Ground-PigeonTrugon terrestris 
Pheasant PigeonOtidiphaps nobilis.
Western Crowned-PigeonGoura cristata 
Sclater’s Crowned-PigeonGoura sclaterii..
Scheepmaker’s Crowned-PigeonGoura scheepmakeri 
Victoria Crowned-PigeonGoura victoria 
Tooth-billed PigeonDidunculus strigirostris 
White-eared Brown-DovePhapitreron leucotis.
Amethyst Brown-DovePhapitreron amethystinus 
Mindanao Brown-DovePhapitreron brunneiceps 
Tawitawi Brown-DovePhapitreron cinereiceps 
Little Green-PigeonTreron olax..
Pink-necked Green-PigeonTreron vernans..
Cinnamon-headed Green-PigeonTreron fulvicollis 
Orange-breasted Green-PigeonTreron bicinctus 
Sri Lanka Green-PigeonTreron pompadora 
Gray-fronted Green-PigeonTreron affinis 
Andaman Green-PigeonTreron chloropterus 
Ashy-headed Green-PigeonTreron phayrei 
Philippine Green-PigeonTreron axillaris 
Buru Green-PigeonTreron aromaticus 
Thick-billed Green-PigeonTreron curvirostra..
Gray-cheeked Green-PigeonTreron griseicauda 
Sumba Green-PigeonTreron teysmannii 
Flores Green-PigeonTreron floris 
Timor Green-PigeonTreron psittaceus 
Large Green-PigeonTreron capellei 
Yellow-footed Green-PigeonTreron phoenicopterus..
Bruce’s Green-PigeonTreron waalia..
Comoro Green-PigeonTreron griveaudi 
Madagascar Green-PigeonTreron australis..
Pemba Green-PigeonTreron pembaensis 
Sao Tome Green-PigeonTreron sanctithomae 
Yellow-vented Green-PigeonTreron seimundi 
Pin-tailed Green-PigeonTreron apicauda..
African Green-PigeonTreron calvus..
Sumatran Green-PigeonTreron oxyurus 
Wedge-tailed Green-PigeonTreron sphenurus..
White-bellied Green-PigeonTreron sieboldii 
Whistling Green-PigeonTreron formosae 
Black-backed Fruit-DovePtilinopus cinctus 
Black-banded Fruit-DovePtilinopus alligator 
Red-naped Fruit-DovePtilinopus dohertyi 
Pink-headed Fruit-DovePtilinopus porphyreus 
Yellow-breasted Fruit-DovePtilinopus occipitalis 
Flame-breasted Fruit-DovePtilinopus marchei 
Cream-breasted Fruit-DovePtilinopus merrilli 
Red-eared Fruit-DovePtilinopus fischeri..
Jambu Fruit-DovePtilinopus jambu 
Maroon-chinned Fruit-DovePtilinopus epius 
Banggai Fruit-DovePtilinopus subgularis 
Sula Fruit-DovePtilinopus mangoliensis 
Black-chinned Fruit-DovePtilinopus leclancheri 
Scarlet-breasted Fruit-DovePtilinopus bernsteinii 
Wompoo Fruit-DovePtilinopus magnificus..
Pink-spotted Fruit-DovePtilinopus perlatus..
Ornate Fruit-DovePtilinopus ornatus..
Tanna Fruit-DovePtilinopus tannensis 
Orange-fronted Fruit-DovePtilinopus aurantiifrons..
Wallace’s Fruit-DovePtilinopus wallacii 
Superb Fruit-DovePtilinopus superbus.
Many-colored Fruit-DovePtilinopus perousii 
Purple-capped Fruit-DovePtilinopus ponapensis 
Kosrae Fruit-DovePtilinopus hernsheimi 
Crimson-crowned Fruit-DovePtilinopus porphyraceus 
Palau Fruit-DovePtilinopus pelewensis 
Cook Islands Fruit-DovePtilinopus rarotongensis 
Mariana Fruit-DovePtilinopus roseicapilla 
Rose-crowned Fruit-DovePtilinopus regina..
Silver-capped Fruit-DovePtilinopus richardsii 
Raiatea Fruit-DovePtilinopus chrysogaster 
Gray-green Fruit-DovePtilinopus purpuratus 
Makatea Fruit-DovePtilinopus chalcurus 
Atoll Fruit-DovePtilinopus coralensis 
Red-bellied Fruit-DovePtilinopus greyi..
Rapa Fruit-DovePtilinopus huttoni 
White-capped Fruit-DovePtilinopus dupetithouarsii 
Red-moustached Fruit-DovePtilinopus mercieriiexinct
Henderson Island Fruit-DovePtilinopus insularis 
Coroneted Fruit-DovePtilinopus coronulatus.
Beautiful Fruit-DovePtilinopus pulchellus.
Blue-capped Fruit-DovePtilinopus monacha 
White-breasted Fruit-DovePtilinopus rivoli..
Geelvink Fruit-DovePtilinopus speciosus 
Yellow-bibbed Fruit-DovePtilinopus solomonensis 
Claret-breasted Fruit-DovePtilinopus viridis 
White-headed Fruit-DovePtilinopus eugeniae 
Orange-bellied Fruit-DovePtilinopus iozonus..
Knob-billed Fruit-DovePtilinopus insolitus 
Gray-headed Fruit-DovePtilinopus hyogastrus 
Carunculated Fruit-DovePtilinopus granulifrons 
Black-naped Fruit-DovePtilinopus melanospilus.
Dwarf Fruit-DovePtilinopus nainus..
Negros Fruit-DovePtilinopus arcanus 
Orange DovePtilinopus victor 
Golden DovePtilinopus luteovirens 
Whistling DovePtilinopus layardi 
Cloven-feathered DoveDrepanoptila holosericea..
Mauritius Blue-PigeonAlectroenas nitidissimusexinct
Rodrigues Blue-PigeonAlectroenas payandeeiexinct
Madagascar Blue-PigeonAlectroenas madagascariensis..
Comoro Blue-PigeonAlectroenas sganzini 
Seychelles Blue-PigeonAlectroenas pulcherrimus 
Pink-bellied Imperial-PigeonDucula poliocephala 
White-bellied Imperial-PigeonDucula forsteni..
Mindoro Imperial-PigeonDucula mindorensis 
Gray-headed Imperial-PigeonDucula radiata.
Spotted Imperial-PigeonDucula carola 
Green Imperial-PigeonDucula aenea..
Enggano Imperial-PigeonDucula oenothorax 
Nicobar Imperial-PigeonDucula nicobarica 
Spectacled Imperial-PigeonDucula perspicillata 
Seram Imperial-PigeonDucula neglecta 
Elegant Imperial-PigeonDucula concinna 
Pacific Imperial-PigeonDucula pacifica 
Red-knobbed Imperial-PigeonDucula rubricera 
Micronesian Imperial-PigeonDucula oceanica 
Polynesian Imperial-PigeonDucula aurorae 
Nuku Hiva Imperial-PigeonDucula galeata 
Spice Imperial-PigeonDucula myristicivora 
Geelvink Imperial-PigeonDucula geelvinkiana 
Purple-tailed Imperial-PigeonDucula rufigaster.
Cinnamon-bellied Imperial-PigeonDucula basilica 
Finsch’s Imperial-PigeonDucula finschii 
Rufescent Imperial-PigeonDucula chalconota..
Island Imperial-PigeonDucula pistrinaria 
Pink-headed Imperial-PigeonDucula rosacea 
Christmas Island Imperial-PigeonDucula whartoni 
Gray Imperial-PigeonDucula pickeringii 
Barking Imperial-PigeonDucula latrans 
Chestnut-bellied Imperial-PigeonDucula brenchleyi 
Baker’s Imperial-PigeonDucula bakeri 
New Caledonian Imperial-PigeonDucula goliath..
Pinon’s Imperial-PigeonDucula pinon.
Bismarck Imperial-PigeonDucula melanochroa 
Collared Imperial-PigeonDucula mullerii 
Zoe’s Imperial-PigeonDucula zoeae..
Malabar Imperial-PigeonDucula cuprea 
Mountain Imperial-PigeonDucula badia..
Dark-backed Imperial-PigeonDucula lacernulata 
Timor Imperial-PigeonDucula cineracea 
Pied Imperial-PigeonDucula bicolor 
Yellowish Imperial-PigeonDucula subflavescens 
Torresian Imperial-PigeonDucula spilorrhoa..
Silver-tipped Imperial-PigeonDucula luctuosa 
Topknot PigeonLopholaimus antarcticus.
New Zealand PigeonHemiphaga novaeseelandiae..
Chatham Islands PigeonHemiphaga chathamensis 
Sombre PigeonCryptophaps poecilorrhoa 
Papuan Mountain-PigeonGymnophaps albertisii..
Buru Mountain-PigeonGymnophaps mada 
Seram Mountain-PigeonGymnophaps stalkeri 
Pale Mountain-PigeonGymnophaps solomonensis 

Bruce’s Green-Pigeon, Ghana 2016

New Zealand Pigeon, New Zealand 2014

1 Rock Pigeon, Israel; 2 Common Wood-Pigeon, Israel; 3 Picazuro Pigeon, Brazil; 4 Band-tailed Pigeon, Peru; 5 Peruvian Pigeon, Peru; 6 Plumbeous Pigeon, Brazil; 7 White-collared Pigeon, Ethiopia; 8 African Green-Pigeon, Uganda; 9 Dusky Turtle Dove, Ethiopia; 10 Speckled Pigeon, Uganda; 11 Red Turtle Dove, Thailand; 12 Pale-vented Pigeon, Brazil; 13 Oriental Turtle-Dove, Israel; 14 Wedge-tailed Pigeon, Thailand; 15 Spotted Dove, Thailand; 16 Malagasy Turtle Dove, Madagascar; 17 Madagascan Green Pigeon, Madagascar; 18 Madagascan Blue Pigeon, Madagascar; 19 European Turtle-Dove, Israel; 20 Long-tailed Ground-Dove, Brazil; 21 Scaled Dove, Brazil; 22 Speckled Wood Pigeon, India; 23 Mountain Imperial Pigeon, India; 24 Yellow-footed Green Pigeon, India; 25 Red-bellied Fruit-Dove, New Caledonia; 26 Laughing Dove, Israel; 27 Rameron Pigeon, South Africa; 28 Wonga Pigeon, Australia; 29 Zebra Dove, Thailand; 30 Brown Cuckoo-Dove, Australia; 31 Namaqua Dove, Israel; 32 Common Ground-Dove, USA; 33 Crested Pigeon, Australia; 34 Green Imperial Pigeon, India; 35 Common Bronzewing, Australia; 36 Gray-fronted Dove, Ecuador; 37 Peaceful Dove, Australia; 38 Mourning Collared-Dove, South Africa; 39 Ring-necked Dove, South Africa; 40 Tambourine Dove, South Africa; 41 Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove, South Africa; 42 Lemon Dove, South Africa; 43 Pin-tailed Pigeon, Thailand; 44 Bruce’s Green-pigeon, Ghana; 45 White-fronted Quail-Dove, Dominican Republic; 46 Bar-shouldered Dove, Australia; 47 White-winged Dove, Brazil; 48 Eared Dove, Brazil; 49 Red-eyed Dove, South Africa; 50 Mourning Dove, USA; 51 Inca Dove, USA; 52 Black-billed Wood Dove, Ghana; 53 Vinaceous Dove, Ghana; 54 African Collared-Dove, New Zealand; 55 Rose-crowned Fruit-Dove, Australia; 56 New Zealand Pigeon, New Zealand; 57 Short-billed Pigeon, Panama; 58 Ruddy Pigeon, Ecuador; 59 White-throated Quail-Dove, Ecuador; 60 White-headed Pigeon, Australia; 61 Pacific Emerald Dove, New Caledonia; 62 Ruddy Ground-Dove, Brazil; 63 Ecuadorian Ground-Dove, Peru; 64 Croaking Ground-Dove, Peru; 65 Bare-faced Ground-Dove, Peru; 66 White-tipped Dove, Brazil; 67 Eurasian Collared-Dove, Israel; 68 Plain Pigeon, Dominican Republic; 69 Metallic Pigeon, New Caledonia; 70 Cloven-feathered Dove, New Caledonia; 71 Goliath Imperial Pigeon, New Caledonia; 72 Picui Ground Dove, Argentina; 73 Diamond Dove, Australia

74 Wompoo Fruit-Dove, Papua New Guina; 75 Pink-spotted Fruit-Dove, PNG; 76 Orange-bellied Fruit-Dove, PNG; 77 White-breasted Fruit-Dove, PNG; 78 Torresian Imperial-Pigeon, PNG; 79 Zoe’s Imperial-Pigeon, PNG; 80 Sclater’s Crowned-Pigeon, PNG; 81 Ornate Fruit-Dove, PNG; 82 Rufescent Imperial-Pigeon, PNG; 83 Scaly-naped Pigeon, Puero Rico; 84 Papuan Mountain-Pigeon, PNG; 85 Orange-fronted Fruit-Dove, PNG; 86 Amboyna Cuckoo-Dove, PNG; 87 White-crowned Pigeon, Puero Rico; 88 Dwarf Fruit-Dove, PNG; 89 Bronze Ground Dove, PNG

Brush Bronzewing, Flock Bronzewing, Common Bronzewing – Australia 2024

Order: Mesitornithiformes

1 family, 3 species

Family #015

Mesites (Mesitornithidae)

  • Species: 3
  • Distribution: Afrotropical endemic (Madagascar)
  • IOC family #025, HBW family #019, H&M family #018
  • wf253 status: 37% members ticked
  • OH: 2 seen and photographed, first seen in Madagascar, 2016
  • Finding Hints
White-breasted MesiteMesitornis variegatus..
Brown MesiteMesitornis unicolor 
Subdesert MesiteMonias benschi..

1 Subdesert Mesite, Madagascar; 2 White-breasted Mesite, Madagascar

Order: Pterocliformes

1 family, 16 species

Family #016

Sandgrouses (Pteroclidae)

  • Species: 16
  • Distribution: Afrotropic, Indomalaya,  Palearctic
  • IOC family #026, HBW family #021, H&M family #017
  • wf253 status: 90% members ticked
  • OH: 10 seen, 8 photographed, first seen in Israel, 1978
Tibetan SandgrouseSyrrhaptes tibetanus 
Pallas’s SandgrouseSyrrhaptes paradoxus 
Pin-tailed SandgrousePterocles alchata..
Namaqua SandgrousePterocles namaqua 
Chestnut-bellied SandgrousePterocles exustus..
Spotted SandgrousePterocles senegallus..
Black-bellied SandgrousePterocles orientalis..
Yellow-throated SandgrousePterocles gutturalis.
Crowned SandgrousePterocles coronatus..
Black-faced SandgrousePterocles decoratus..
Madagascar SandgrousePterocles personatus.
Lichtenstein’s SandgrousePterocles lichtensteinii..
Double-banded SandgrousePterocles bicinctus..
Four-banded SandgrousePterocles quadricinctus 
Painted SandgrousePterocles indicus 
Burchell’s SandgrousePterocles burchelli 

1 Pin-tailed Sandgrouse, Israel; 2 Crowned Sandgrouse, Israel; 3 Spotted Sandgrouse, Israel; 4 Black-bellied Sandgrouse, Israel; 5 Lichtenstein’s Sandgrouse, Israel; 6 Double-banded Sandgrouse, South Africa

7 Black-faced Sandgrouse, Tanzania; 8 Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse, Tanzania

Oredr: Otidiformes

1 family, 26 species

Family #017

Bustards (Otididae)

  • Species: 26
  • Distribution: Afrotropic, Australasia, Indomalaya,  Palearctic
  • IOC family #023, HBW family #038, H&M family #037
  • wf253 status: 92% members ticked
  • OH: 10 seen, 8 photographed, first seen in Israel, 1978
Great BustardOtis tarda..
Arabian BustardArdeotis arabs 
Kori BustardArdeotis kori..
Great Indian BustardArdeotis nigriceps 
Australian BustardArdeotis australis..
African HoubaraChlamydotis undulata 
Asian HoubaraChlamydotis macqueenii..
Ludwig’s BustardNeotis ludwigii 
Denham’s BustardNeotis denhami 
Heuglin’s BustardNeotis heuglinii 
Nubian BustardNeotis nuba 
White-bellied BustardEupodotis senegalensis.
Blue BustardEupodotis caerulescens 
Karoo BustardHeterotetrax vigorsii 
Rüppell’s BustardHeterotetrax rueppelii 
Little Brown BustardHeterotetrax humilis 
Savile’s BustardLophotis savilei 
Buff-crested BustardLophotis gindiana..
Red-crested BustardLophotis ruficrista 
Black BustardAfrotis afra.
White-quilled BustardAfrotis afraoides..
Black-bellied BustardLissotis melanogaster..
Hartlaub’s BustardLissotis hartlaubii 
Bengal FloricanHoubaropsis bengalensis 
Lesser FloricanSypheotides indicus 
Little BustardTetrax tetrax..

Buff-crested Bustard, Tanzania

1 Great Bustard, Israel; 2 Little Bustard, Israel; 3 Kori Bustard, Tanzania; 4 Australian Bustard, Australia; 5 Black-bellied Bustard, Tanzania; 6 Northern Black Korhaan, South Africa; 7 Macqueen’s Bustard, Israel 

Order: Musophagiformes

1 family, 23 species

Family #018

Turacos (Musophagidae)

  • Species: 23
  • Distribution: Afrotropical endemic
  • IOC family #022, HBW family #039, H&M family #038
  • wf253 status: 80% members ticked
  • OH: 13 seen, 10 photographed, first seen in Kenya, 1983
Great Blue TuracoCorythaeola cristata..
Gray Go-away-birdCrinifer concolor..
Bare-faced Go-away-birdCrinifer personatus..
White-bellied Go-away-birdCrinifer leucogaster..
Western Plantain-eaterCrinifer piscator..
Eastern Plantain-eaterCrinifer zonurus..
Rwenzori TuracoGallirex johnstoni 
Purple-crested TuracoGallirex porphyreolophus..
White-cheeked TuracoMenelikornis leucotis 
Prince Ruspoli’s TuracoMenelikornis ruspolii 
Violet TuracoTauraco violaceus..
Ross’s TuracoTauraco rossae 
Yellow-billed TuracoTauraco macrorhynchus.
Bannerman’s TuracoTauraco bannermani 
White-crested TuracoTauraco leucolophus 
Black-billed TuracoTauraco schuettii.
Schalow’s TuracoTauraco schalowi 
Red-crested TuracoTauraco erythrolophus 
Guinea TuracoTauraco persa..
Hartlaub’s TuracoTauraco hartlaubi.
Fischer’s TuracoTauraco fischeri..
Livingstone’s TuracoTauraco livingstonii 
Knysna TuracoTauraco corythaix 

1 Purple-crested Turaco, South Africa; 2 Guinea Turaco, Ghana; 3 Gray Go-away-bird, South Africa; 4 Bare-faced Go-away Bird, Uganda; 5 Violet Turaco, Ghana; 6 Great Blue Turaco, Uganda; 7 Western Plantain-eater, Ghana; 8 Eastern Plantain-eater, Uganda

 White-bellied Go-away-bird, Tanzania; 10 Fischer’s Turaco, Tanzania

Order: Cuculiformes

1 family, 147 species

Family #019

Cuckoos (Cuculidae)

  • Species: 155 (2 extinct)
  • Distribution: Global
  • IOC family #024, HBW family #031, H&M family #030
  • wf253 status: 100% members ticked
  • OH: 78 seen, 51 photographed, first seen in Israel, 1978
Guira CuckooGuira guira..
Greater AniCrotophaga major..
Smooth-billed AniCrotophaga ani..
Groove-billed AniCrotophaga sulcirostris..
Striped CuckooTapera naevia..
Pheasant CuckooDromococcyx phasianellus 
Pavonine CuckooDromococcyx pavoninus 
Lesser Ground-CuckooMorococcyx erythropygus 
Lesser RoadrunnerGeococcyx velox 
Greater RoadrunnerGeococcyx californianus..
Rufous-vented Ground-CuckooNeomorphus geoffroyi 
Scaled Ground-CuckooNeomorphus squamiger 
Banded Ground-CuckooNeomorphus radiolosus 
Rufous-winged Ground-CuckooNeomorphus rufipennis 
Red-billed Ground-CuckooNeomorphus pucheranii 
Sumatran Ground-CuckooCarpococcyx viridis 
Bornean Ground-CuckooCarpococcyx radiceus.
Coral-billed Ground-CuckooCarpococcyx renauldi 
Crested CouaCoua cristata..
Verreaux’s CouaCoua verreauxi..
Blue CouaCoua caerulea..
Red-capped CouaCoua ruficeps 
Olive-capped CouaCoua olivaceiceps..
Red-fronted CouaCoua reynaudii..
Coquerel’s CouaCoua coquereli..
Running CouaCoua cursor..
Giant CouaCoua gigas..
Snail-eating CouaCoua delalandeiexinct
Red-breasted CouaCoua serriana..
Buff-headed CoucalCentropus milo 
Pied CoucalCentropus ateralbus 
Biak CoucalCentropus chalybeus 
Greater Black CoucalCentropus menbeki.
Rufous CoucalCentropus unirufus 
Green-billed CoucalCentropus chlororhynchos 
Black-faced CoucalCentropus melanops 
Short-toed CoucalCentropus rectunguis 
Black-hooded CoucalCentropus steerii 
Bay CoucalCentropus celebensis 
Gabon CoucalCentropus anselli 
Black-throated CoucalCentropus leucogaster 
Senegal CoucalCentropus senegalensis..
Blue-headed CoucalCentropus monachus 
Coppery-tailed CoucalCentropus cupreicaudus 
White-browed CoucalCentropus superciliosus..
Burchell’s CoucalCentropus burchellii.
Sunda CoucalCentropus nigrorufus 
Andaman CoucalCentropus andamanensis 
Greater CoucalCentropus sinensis.
Goliath CoucalCentropus goliath 
Malagasy CoucalCentropus toulou..
Black CoucalCentropus grillii.
Philippine CoucalCentropus viridis 
Lesser CoucalCentropus bengalensis.
Violaceous CoucalCentropus violaceus 
Lesser Black CoucalCentropus bernsteini..
Pheasant CoucalCentropus phasianinus..
Raffles’s MalkohaRhinortha chlorophaea..
Blue MalkohaCeuthmochares aereus..
Green MalkohaCeuthmochares australis 
Sirkeer MalkohaTaccocua leschenaultii 
Red-billed MalkohaZanclostomus javanicus.
Chestnut-breasted MalkohaPhaenicophaeus curvirostris..
Mentawai MalkohaPhaenicophaeus oeneicaudus 
Chestnut-bellied MalkohaPhaenicophaeus sumatranus 
Red-faced MalkohaPhaenicophaeus pyrrhocephalus 
Blue-faced MalkohaPhaenicophaeus viridirostris 
Black-bellied MalkohaPhaenicophaeus diardi.
Green-billed MalkohaPhaenicophaeus tristis..
Yellow-billed MalkohaRhamphococcyx calyorhynchus..
Red-crested MalkohaDasylophus superciliosus 
Scale-feathered MalkohaDasylophus cumingi 
Chestnut-winged CuckooClamator coromandus 
Great Spotted CuckooClamator glandarius..
Levaillant’s CuckooClamator levaillantii..
Pied CuckooClamator jacobinus.
Little CuckooCoccycua minuta..
Dwarf CuckooCoccycua pumila 
Ash-colored CuckooCoccycua cinerea 
Squirrel CuckooPiaya cayana..
Black-bellied CuckooPiaya melanogaster 
Dark-billed CuckooCoccyzus melacoryphus 
Yellow-billed CuckooCoccyzus americanus.
Pearly-breasted CuckooCoccyzus euleri 
Mangrove CuckooCoccyzus minor.
Cocos CuckooCoccyzus ferrugineus 
Black-billed CuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmus.
Gray-capped CuckooCoccyzus lansbergi 
Chestnut-bellied CuckooCoccyzus pluvialis 
Bay-breasted CuckooCoccyzus rufigularis 
Jamaican Lizard-CuckooCoccyzus vetula 
Puerto Rican Lizard-CuckooCoccyzus vieilloti.
Great Lizard-CuckooCoccyzus merlini..
Hispaniolan Lizard-CuckooCoccyzus longirostris..
St. Helena CuckooNannococcyx psixexinct
Thick-billed CuckooPachycoccyx audeberti.
Dwarf KoelMicrodynamis parva..
Asian KoelEudynamys scolopaceus..
Black-billed KoelEudynamys melanorhynchus.
Pacific KoelEudynamys orientalis..
Long-tailed KoelUrodynamis taitensis 
Channel-billed CuckooScythrops novaehollandiae.
Asian Emerald CuckooChrysococcyx maculatus..
Violet CuckooChrysococcyx xanthorhynchus..
Dideric CuckooChrysococcyx caprius..
Klaas’s CuckooChrysococcyx klaas..
Yellow-throated CuckooChrysococcyx flavigularis 
African Emerald CuckooChrysococcyx cupreus.
Long-billed CuckooChalcites megarhynchus 
Horsfield’s Bronze-CuckooChalcites basalis..
Black-eared CuckooChalcites osculans..
Rufous-throated Bronze-CuckooChalcites ruficollis..
Shining Bronze-CuckooChalcites lucidus..
White-eared Bronze-CuckooChalcites meyerii..
Little Bronze-CuckooChalcites minutillus..
Pied Bronze-CuckooChalcites crassirostris 
Pallid CuckooHeteroscenes pallidus..
White-crowned CuckooCaliechthrus leucolophus.
Chestnut-breasted CuckooCacomantis castaneiventris.
Fan-tailed CuckooCacomantis flabelliformis..
Banded Bay CuckooCacomantis sonneratii 
Plaintive CuckooCacomantis merulinus..
Gray-bellied CuckooCacomantis passerinus 
Sunda Brush CuckooCacomantis sepulcralis 
Sulawesi Brush CuckooCacomantis virescens 
Moluccan Brush CuckooCacomantis aeruginosus 
Sahul Brush CuckooCacomantis variolosus.
Solomons Brush CuckooCacomantis addendus 
Manus Brush CuckooCacomantis blandus 
Dusky Long-tailed CuckooCercococcyx mechowi.
Olive Long-tailed CuckooCercococcyx olivinus 
Barred Long-tailed CuckooCercococcyx montanus 
Fork-tailed Drongo-CuckooSurniculus dicruroides 
Philippine Drongo-CuckooSurniculus velutinus 
Square-tailed Drongo-CuckooSurniculus lugubris.
Moluccan Drongo-CuckooSurniculus musschenbroeki 
Moustached Hawk-CuckooHierococcyx vagans.
Large Hawk-CuckooHierococcyx sparverioides..
Dark Hawk-CuckooHierococcyx bocki 
Common Hawk-CuckooHierococcyx varius 
Northern Hawk-CuckooHierococcyx hyperythrus.
Philippine Hawk-CuckooHierococcyx pectoralis 
Hodgson’s Hawk-CuckooHierococcyx nisicolor 
Malaysian Hawk-CuckooHierococcyx fugax 
Black CuckooCuculus clamosus.
Red-chested CuckooCuculus solitarius..
Lesser CuckooCuculus poliocephalus..
Sulawesi CuckooCuculus crassirostris 
Indian CuckooCuculus micropterus 
African CuckooCuculus gularis.
Madagascar CuckooCuculus rochii.
Himalayan CuckooCuculus saturatus.
Sunda CuckooCuculus lepidus 
Common CuckooCuculus canorus..
Oriental CuckooCuculus optatus.

Hispaniolan Lizard-Cuckoo, Dominican Republic, 2017

Greater Roadrunner, USA 2013

Giant Coua, Madagascar 2016

1 Great Spotted Cuckoo, Israel; 2 Common Cuckoo, Israel; 3 Fan-tailed Cuckoo, Australia; 4 White-browed Coucal, Uganda; 5 Burchell’s Coucal, South Africa; 6 Senegal Coucal, Ghana; 7 Greater Roadrunner, USA; 8 Hispaniolan Lizard Cuckoo, Dominican Republic; 9 Pheasant Coucal, Papua New Guinea; 10 Didric Cuckoo, Uganda; 11 Yellowbill, Uganda; 12 Green-billed Malkoha, Thailand; 13 Guira Cuckoo, Brazil; 14 Striped Cuckoo, Brazil; 15 Squirrel Cuckoo, Brazil; 16 Asian Emerald Cuckoo, Thailand; 17 Plaintive Cuckoo, Thailand; 18 Malagacy Coucal, Madagascar; 19 Pacific Koel, Australia; 20 Pallid Cuckoo, Australia; 21 Klaas’s Cuckoo, Ghana; 22 Shining Bronze Cuckoo, New Caledonia; 23 Smooth-billed Ani, Brazil; 24 Groove-billed Ani, Peru; 25 Greater Ani, Brazil; 26 Asian Koel, Thailand; 27 Red-chested Cuckoo, South Africa; 28 Levaillant’s Cuckoo, Ghana; 29 Large Hawk-Cuckoo, India; 30 Giant Coua, Madagascar; 31 Running Coua, Madagascar; 32 Blue Coua, Madagascar; 33 Verreaux’s Coua, Madagascar; 34 Crested Coua, Madagascar; 35 Lesser Cuckoo, South Africa; 36 Little Cuckoo, Ecuador; 37 Coquerel’s Coua, Madagascar; 38 Red-breasted Coua, Madagascar; 39 Red-capped Coua, Madagascar; 40 Red-fronted Coua, Madagascar

41 Great Lizard-Cuckoo, Cuba; 42 Black-eared Cuckoo, Australia; 43 Horsfield’s Bronze-Cuckoo, Australia; 44 Dwarf Koel, Papua New Guinea; 45 Rufous-throated Bronze-Cuckool, Papua New Guinea; 46 Lesser Black Coucall, Papua New Guinea; 47 White-eared Bronze-Cuckool, Papua New Guinea

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