Non-Passerine Birds (Non-Passerines)


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Non-Passerine Birds

The Non-Passerines group combines all birds which are not passerines, i.e., not belonging to the order Passeriformes (perching birds or songbirds). Non-Passerines include the following bird families:

Loons, Divers, Grebes, Tropicbirds, Pelicans, Cormorants, Gannets, Boobies, Frigatebirds, Herons, Egrets, Storks, Ibises, Flamingoes, Ducks, Geese, Swans, New World Vultures, Ospreys, Hawks, Eagles, Old World Vultures, Harriers, Buzzards, Caracaras, Falcons, Curassows, Guans, Turkeys, Grouse, New World Quails, Rails, Crakes, Coots, Cranes, Stilts, Avocets, Plovers, Sandpipers, Snipes, Pratincoles, Jacanas, Gulls, Terns, Auks, Pigeons, Doves, Parrots, Parakeets, Cuckoos, True Owls, Potoos, Nightjars, Nighthawks, Swifts, Hummingbirds, Trogons, Kingfishers, Motmots, Hoopoes, Jacamars, Puffbirds, Toucans, Woodpeckers

		Loons or Divers (Gaviidae)

		Grebes (Podicipedidae)

		Tropicbirds (Phaethontidae)

		Pelicans (Pelecanidae)

		Cormorants (Phalacrocoraciidae)

		Gannets and Boobies (Sulidae)

		Frigatebirds (Fregatidae)

		Herons, Egrets and Bitterns (Ardeidae)

		Storks (Ciconiidae)

		Ibises and Spoonbills (Threskiornithidae)

		Flamingoes (Phoenicopteridae)

		Ducks, Geese, and Swans (Anatidae)

		New World Vultures (Cathartidae)

		Osprey (Pandionidae)

		Accipitridae (Hawks, Eagles, and allies)

		Falconidae (Falcons and Caracaras)

		Curassows, Guans, and Chachalacas (Cracidae)

		Turkeys (Meleagrididae)

		Grouse (Tetraonidae)

		New World Quails (Odontophoridae)

		Rails, Gallinules and Coots (Rallidae)

		Gruidae (Cranes)

		Avocets and Stilts (Recurvirostridae)

		Plovers and Lapwings (Charadriidae)

		Sandpipers, Snipes, Curlews and Phalaropes (Scolopacidae)

		Pratincoles and Coursers (Glareolidae)

		Jacanas (Jacanidae)

		Gulls (Laridae)

		Terns (Sternidae)

		Auks, Murres, and Puffins (Alcidae)

		Pigeons and Doves (Columbidae)

		Psittacidae (Parrots and Parakeets)

		Cuculidae (Cuckoos, Roadrunners, and Ani)

		True Owls (Strigidae)

		Potoos (Nyctibiidae)

		Nightjars (Caprimulgidae)

		Swifts (Apodidae)

		Hummingbirds (Trochilidae)

		Trogons (Trogonidae)

		Kingfishers (Alcedinidae)

		Motmots (Momotidae)

		Upopidae

		Galbulidae

		Puffbirds (Bucconidae)

		Toucans (Ramphastidae)

		Woodpeckers (Picidae)

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