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Name an Australian Bird by Family: Level 3

Name 1 species from each of Australia's 92 bird families. The English family name, the scientific family name and an example species will appear when you answer each one.
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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
Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross
Babblers
Pomatostomidae
4
Chestnut-crowned Babbler
Barn Owls
Tytonidae
5
Sooty Owl
Bee-eaters
Meropidae
1
Rainbow Bee-eater
Bellbirds
Oreoicidae
1
Crested Bellbird
Birds of Paradise
Paradisaeidae
4
Victoria's Riflebird
Bowerbirds
Ptilonorhynchidae
10
Spotted Catbird
Bristlebirds
Dasyornithidae
3
Rufous Bristlebird
Bulbuls
Pycnonotidae
1
Red-whiskered Bulbul
Bustards
Otididae
1
Australian Bustard
Button-quails
Turnicidae
7
Chestnut-backed Button-quail
Cassowaries & Emus
Casuariidae
2
Emu
Cockatoos
Cacatuidae
14
Gang-Gang Cockatoo
Cormorants
Phalacrocoracidae
5
Pied Cormorant
Cranes
Gruidae
2
Brolga
Cuckoos & Coucals
Cuculidae
13
Pheasant Coucal
Cuckoo-shrikes & Trillers
Campephagidae
7
White-winged Triller
Darters
Anhingidae
1
Australasian Darter
Diving-Petrels
Pelecanoididae
1
Common Diving-Petrel
Drongos
Dicruridae
1
Spangled Drongo
Falcons
Falconidae
6
Peregrine Falcon
Fantails
Rhipiduridae
6
Arafura Fantail
True Finches
Fringillidae
2
European Greenfinch
Flowerpeckers
Dicaeidae
1
Mistletoebird
Frigatebirds
Fregatidae
2
Great Frigatebird
Frogmouths
Podargidae
3
Papuan Frogmouth
Gannets & Boobies
Sulidae
4
Brown Booby
Geese, Swans & Ducks
Anatidae
21
Hardhead
Grass-finches & allies
Ploceidae
19
Gouldian Finch
Grebes
Podicipedidae
3
Hoary-headed Grebe
Gulls & Terns
Laridae
23
Black Noddy
Hawk Owls
Strigidae
5
Powerful Owl
Herons & allies
Ardeidae
14
Eastern Reef Egret
Honeyeaters & Chats
Meliphagidae
73
Western Spinebill
Ibises & Spoonbills
Plataleidae
5
Glossy Ibis
Jacanas
Jacanidae
1
Comb-crested Jacana
Kingfishers
Alcedinidae
10
Azure Kingfisher
Kites & allies
Accipitridae
17
Black-breasted Buzzard
Old World Larks
Alaudidae
4
Rufous Songlark
Logrunners & Chowchillas
Orthonychidae
2
Chowchilla
Lyrebirds
Menuridae
2
Superb Lyrebird
Magpie Geese
Anseranatidae
1
Magpie Goose
Monarch Flycatchers
Monarchidae
14
Shining Flycatcher
Megapodes
Megapodiidae
3
Orange-footed Scrubfowl
Mud-nesters
Corcoracidae
2
White-winged Chough
Nightjars
Caprimulgidae
3
White-throated Nightjar
Orioles & Figbirds
Oriolidae
3
Olive-backed 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
Red-browed Pardalote
Parrots
Psittacidae
40
Eclectus Parrot
Pelicans
Pelecanidae
1
Australian Pelican
Penguins
Spheniscidae
1
Little Penguin
Petrels & Shearwaters
Procellaridae
30
Southern Giant-Petrel
Phalaropes
Phalaropodidae
2
Red-necked Phalarope
Pigeons & Doves
Columbidae
25
White-quilled Rock-Pigeon
Pipits & Wagtails
Motacillidae
2
Richard's Pipit
Pittas
Pittidae
3
Rainbow Pitta
Plains-wanderers
Pedionomidae
1
Plains-wanderer
Plovers & allies
Charadriidae
14
Inland Dotterel
Pratincoles
Glareolidae
2
Australian Pratincole
Quails & Pheasants
Phasianidae
9*
King Quail
Rails & allies
Rallidae
14
Baillon's Crake
Ravens & Crows
Corvidae
5
Torresian Crow
Robins
Petroicidae
21
Mangrove Robin
Rollers
Coraciidae
1
Oriental Dollarbird
Sandpipers & allies
Scolopacidae
29
Ruddy Turnstone
Scrub-birds
Atrichornithidae
2
Noisy Scrub-bird
Shrike-thrushes & Whistlers
Pachycephalidae
12
Sandstone Shrike-thrush
Shrike-tits
Falcunculidae
1
Crested Shrike-tit
Sittellas
Neosittidae
1
Varied Sittella
Skuas & Jaegers
Stercorariidae
5
Pomarine Jaeger
Sparrows
Passeridae
2
House Sparrow
Starlings & Mynas
Sturnidae
3
Common Starling
Stilts & Avocets
Recurvirostridae
3
Red-necked Avocet
Stone-curlews
Burhinidae
2
Bush Stone-curlew
Storks
Ciconiidae
1
Black-necked Stork
Storm-Petrels
Oceanitidae
6
White-faced Storm-Petrel
Sunbirds
Nectariniidae
1
Yellow-bellied Sunbird
Swallows & Martins
Hirundinidae
6
Fairy Martin
Swiftlets & Swifts
Apodidae
5
Pacific Swift
Thornbills & allies
Acanthizidae
40
Weebill
Thrushes
Muscicapidae
4
Bassian Thrush
Treecreepers
Climacteridae
6
Black-tailed Treecreeper
Tropicbirds
Phaethontidae
2
Red-tailed Tropicbird
Old World Warblers
Sylviidae
6
Tawny Grassbird
Whipbirds & allies
Cinclosomatidae
9
Chirruping Wedgebill
White-eyes
Zosteropidae
3
Yellow White-eye
Woodswallows & allies
Artamidae
14
White-browed Woodswallow
Australasian Wrens
Maluridae
20
Rufous-crowned Emu-wren
*The number of species in the quail family is debatable due to possible escaped or introduced populations.
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