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Name an Australian Bird by Family: Level 2

Name 1 species from each of Australia's 92 bird families. The English family name and an example species will appear when you answer each one.
Vagrants are not included
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# indicates the number of species in a family found in Australia
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Last updated: November 17, 2021
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Family
Scientific Name
#
Species Example
Albatrosses
Diomedeidae
9
Sooty Albatross
Babblers
Pomatostomidae
4
Hall's Babbler
Barn Owls
Tytonidae
5
Masked Owl
Bee-eaters
Meropidae
1
Rainbow Bee-eater
Bellbirds
Oreoicidae
1
Crested Bellbird
Birds of Paradise
Paradisaeidae
4
Trumpet Manucode
Bowerbirds
Ptilonorhynchidae
10
Golden Bowerbird
Bristlebirds
Dasyornithidae
3
Western Bristlebird
Bulbuls
Pycnonotidae
1
Red-whiskered Bulbul
Bustards
Otididae
1
Australian Bustard
Button-quails
Turnicidae
7
Buff-breasted Button-quail
Cassowaries & Emus
Casuariidae
2
Southern Cassowary
Cockatoos
Cacatuidae
14
Palm Cockatoo
Cormorants
Phalacrocoracidae
5
Black-faced Cormorant
Cranes
Gruidae
2
Sarus Crane
Cuckoos & Coucals
Cuculidae
13
Chestnut-breasted Cuckoo
Cuckoo-shrikes & Trillers
Campephagidae
7
Ground Cuckoo-shrike
Darters
Anhingidae
1
Australasian Darter
Diving-Petrels
Pelecanoididae
1
Common Diving-Petrel
Drongos
Dicruridae
1
Spangled Drongo
Falcons
Falconidae
6
Grey Falcon
Fantails
Rhipiduridae
6
Mangrove Grey Fantail
True Finches
Fringillidae
2
European Greenfinch
Flowerpeckers
Dicaeidae
1
Mistletoebird
Frigatebirds
Fregatidae
2
Great Frigatebird
Frogmouths
Podargidae
3
Marbled Frogmouth
Gannets & Boobies
Sulidae
4
Red-footed Booby
Geese, Swans & Ducks
Anatidae
21
Cotton Pygmy-goose
Grass-finches & allies
Ploceidae
19
Blue-faced Parrot-Finch
Grebes
Podicipedidae
3
Great Crested Grebe
Gulls & Terns
Laridae
23
Arctic Tern
Hawk Owls
Strigidae
5
Rufous Owl
Herons & allies
Ardeidae
14
Australasian Bittern
Honeyeaters & Chats
Meliphagidae
73
Regent Honeyeater
Ibises & Spoonbills
Plataleidae
5
Yellow-billed Spoonbill
Jacanas
Jacanidae
1
Comb-crested Jacana
Kingfishers
Alcedinidae
10
Buff-breasted Paradise-Kingfisher
Kites & allies
Accipitridae
17
Red Goshawk
Old World Larks
Alaudidae
4
Skylark
Logrunners & Chowchillas
Orthonychidae
2
Chowchilla
Lyrebirds
Menuridae
2
Albert's Lyrebird
Magpie Geese
Anseranatidae
1
Magpie Goose
Monarch Flycatchers
Monarchidae
14
White-eared Monarch
Megapodes
Megapodiidae
3
Malleefowl
Mud-nesters
Corcoracidae
2
Apostlebird
Nightjars
Caprimulgidae
3
Large-tailed Nightjar
Orioles & Figbirds
Oriolidae
3
Yellow Oriole
Osprey
Pandionidae
1
Eastern Osprey
Owlet-nightjars
Aegothelidae
1
Australian Owlet-nightjar
Oystercatchers
Haematopodidae
2
Sooty Oystercatcher
Painted Snipe
Rostratulidae
1
Australian Painted-Snipe
Pardalotes
Pardalotidae
4
Forty-spotted Pardalote
Parrots
Psittacidae
40
Night Parrot
Pelicans
Pelecanidae
1
Australian Pelican
Penguins
Spheniscidae
1
Little Penguin
Petrels & Shearwaters
Procellaridae
30
Broad-billed Prion
Phalaropes
Phalaropodidae
2
Wilson's Phalarope
Pigeons & Doves
Columbidae
25
Banded Fruit-Dove
Pipits & Wagtails
Motacillidae
2
Yellow Wagtail
Pittas
Pittidae
3
Red-bellied Pitta
Plains-wanderers
Pedionomidae
1
Plains-wanderer
Plovers & allies
Charadriidae
14
Little Ringed Plover
Pratincoles
Glareolidae
2
Oriental Pratincole
Quails & Pheasants
Phasianidae
9*
Wild Turkey
Rails & allies
Rallidae
14
Chestnut Rail
Ravens & Crows
Corvidae
5
Little Raven
Robins
Petroicidae
21
Northern Scrub-robin
Rollers
Coraciidae
1
Oriental Dollarbird
Sandpipers & allies
Scolopacidae
29
Asian Dowitcher
Scrub-birds
Atrichornithidae
2
Noisy Scrub-bird
Shrike-thrushes & Whistlers
Pachycephalidae
12
Red-lored Whistler
Shrike-tits
Falcunculidae
1
Crested Shrike-tit
Sittellas
Neosittidae
1
Varied Sittella
Skuas & Jaegers
Stercorariidae
5
South Polar Skua
Sparrows
Passeridae
2
Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Starlings & Mynas
Sturnidae
3
Metallic Starling
Stilts & Avocets
Recurvirostridae
3
Banded Stilt
Stone-curlews
Burhinidae
2
Beach Stone-curlew
Storks
Ciconiidae
1
Black-necked Stork
Storm-Petrels
Oceanitidae
6
Matsudaira's Storm-Petrel
Sunbirds
Nectariniidae
1
Yellow-bellied Sunbird
Swallows & Martins
Hirundinidae
6
Red-rumped Swallow
Swiftlets & Swifts
Apodidae
5
Glossy Swiftlet
Thornbills & allies
Acanthizidae
40
Chestnut-breasted Whiteface
Thrushes
Muscicapidae
4
Russet-tailed Thrush
Treecreepers
Climacteridae
6
White-browed Treecreeper
Tropicbirds
Phaethontidae
2
White-tailed Tropicbird
Old World Warblers
Sylviidae
6
Spinifexbird
Whipbirds & allies
Cinclosomatidae
9
Spotted Quail-thrush
White-eyes
Zosteropidae
3
Pale White-eye
Woodswallows & allies
Artamidae
14
Black-backed Butcherbird
Australasian Wrens
Maluridae
20
Carpentarian Grasswren
*The number of species in the quail family is debatable due to possible escaped or introduced populations.
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GlizzyGoblin69
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Level 50
Nov 17, 2021
yeah nice one buddy
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