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Name an Australian Bird by Family: Level 1

Name 1 species from each of Australia's 92 bird families.
Vagrants are not included
# indicates the number of valid species in the family
*the number of species in the quail family is debatable due to possible escaped or introduced populations.
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Last updated: November 17, 2021
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Family
Scientific Name
#
Species Example
Albatrosses
Diomedeidae
9
Wandering Albatross
Babblers
Pomatostomidae
4
White-browed Babbler
Barn Owls
Tytonidae
5
Barn Owl
Bee-eaters
Meropidae
1
Rainbow Bee-eater
Bellbirds
Oreoicidae
1
Crested Bellbird
Birds of Paradise
Paradisaeidae
4
Paradise Riflebird
Bowerbirds
Ptilonorhynchidae
10
Satin Bowerbird
Bristlebirds
Dasyornithidae
3
Eastern Bristlebird
Bulbuls
Pycnonotidae
1
Red-whiskered Bulbul
Bustards
Otididae
1
Australian Bustard
Button-quails
Turnicidae
7
Little Button-quail
Cassowaries & Emus
Casuariidae
2
Emu
Cockatoos
Cacatuidae
14
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo
Cormorants
Phalacrocoracidae
5
Little Black Cormorant
Cranes
Gruidae
2
Brolga
Cuckoos & Coucals
Cuculidae
13
Channel-billed Cuckoo
Cuckoo-shrikes & Trillers
Campephagidae
7
Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike
Darters
Anhingidae
1
Australasian Darter
Diving-Petrels
Pelecanoididae
1
Common Diving-Petrel
Drongos
Dicruridae
1
Spangled Drongo
Falcons
Falconidae
6
Nankeen Kestrel
Fantails
Rhipiduridae
6
Willie Wagtail
True Finches
Fringillidae
2
European Goldfinch
Flowerpeckers
Dicaeidae
1
Mistletoebird
Frigatebirds
Fregatidae
2
Lesser Frigatebird
Frogmouths
Podargidae
3
Tawny Frogmouth
Gannets & Boobies
Sulidae
4
Australasian Gannet
Geese, Swans & Ducks
Anatidae
21
Australian Wood Duck
Grass-finches & allies
Ploceidae
19
Double-barred Finch
Grebes
Podicipedidae
3
Australasian Grebe
Gulls & Terns
Laridae
23
Silver Gull
Hawk Owls
Strigidae
5
Southern Boobook
Herons & allies
Ardeidae
14
White-faced Heron
Honeyeaters & Chats
Meliphagidae
73
Noisy Miner
Ibises & Spoonbills
Plataleidae
5
Australian White Ibis
Jacanas
Jacanidae
1
Comb-crested Jacana
Kingfishers
Alcedinidae
10
Laughing Kookaburra
Kites & allies
Accipitridae
17
Black Kite
Old World Larks
Alaudidae
4
Singing Bushlark
Logrunners & Chowchillas
Orthonychidae
2
Australian Logrunner
Lyrebirds
Menuridae
2
Superb Lyrebird
Magpie Geese
Anseranatidae
1
Magpie Goose
Monarch Flycatchers
Monarchidae
14
Magpie-lark
Megapodes
Megapodiidae
3
Australian Brush-turkey
Mud-nesters
Corcoracidae
2
White-winged Chough
Nightjars
Caprimulgidae
3
Spotted Nightjar
Orioles & Figbirds
Oriolidae
3
Australasian Figbird
Osprey
Pandionidae
1
Eastern Osprey
Owlet-nightjars
Aegothelidae
1
Australian Owlet-nightjar
Oystercatchers
Haematopodidae
2
Pied Oystercatcher
Painted Snipe
Rostratulidae
1
Australian Painted-Snipe
Pardalotes
Pardalotidae
4
Striated Pardalote
Parrots
Psittacidae
40
Rainbow Lorikeet
Pelicans
Pelecanidae
1
Australian Pelican
Penguins
Spheniscidae
1
Little Penguin
Petrels & Shearwaters
Procellaridae
30
Wedge-tailed Shearwater
Phalaropes
Phalaropodidae
2
Red-necked Phalarope
Pigeons & Doves
Columbidae
25
Rock Dove
Pipits & Wagtails
Motacillidae
2
Australasian Pipit
Pittas
Pittidae
3
Noisy Pitta
Plains-wanderers
Pedionomidae
1
Plains-wanderer
Plovers & allies
Charadriidae
14
Masked Lapwing
Pratincoles
Glareolidae
2
Australian Pratincole
Quails & Pheasants
Phasianidae
9*
Brown Quail
Rails & allies
Rallidae
14
Purple Swamphen
Ravens & Crows
Corvidae
5
Australian Raven
Robins
Petroicidae
21
Jacky Winter
Rollers
Coraciidae
1
Oriental Dollarbird
Sandpipers & allies
Scolopacidae
29
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper
Scrub-birds
Atrichornithidae
2
Rufous Scrub-bird
Shrike-thrushes & Whistlers
Pachycephalidae
12
Golden Whistler
Shrike-tits
Falcunculidae
1
Crested Shrike-tit
Sittellas
Neosittidae
1
Varied Sittella
Skuas & Jaegers
Stercorariidae
5
Parasitic Jaeger
Sparrows
Passeridae
2
House Sparrow
Starlings & Mynas
Sturnidae
3
Common Myna
Stilts & Avocets
Recurvirostridae
3
Pied Stilt
Stone-curlews
Burhinidae
2
Bush Stone-curlew
Storks
Ciconiidae
1
Black-necked Stork
Storm-Petrels
Oceanitidae
6
Wilson's Storm-Petrel
Sunbirds
Nectariniidae
1
Yellow-bellied Sunbird
Swallows & Martins
Hirundinidae
6
Welcome Swallow
Swiftlets & Swifts
Apodidae
5
White-throated Needletail
Thornbills & allies
Acanthizidae
40
White-browed Scrubwren
Thrushes
Muscicapidae
4
Common Blackbird
Treecreepers
Climacteridae
6
White-throated Treecreeper
Tropicbirds
Phaethontidae
2
Red-tailed Tropicbird
Old World Warblers
Sylviidae
6
Golden-headed Cisticola
Whipbirds & allies
Cinclosomatidae
9
Eastern Whipbird
White-eyes
Zosteropidae
3
Silvereye
Woodswallows & allies
Artamidae
14
Australian Magpie
Australasian Wrens
Maluridae
20
Superb Fairy-wren
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