Oscines

• Fringillidae

  Finches: goldfinches; bullfinches; chaffinches; siskins; canaries; cardinals; grosbeaks;...

• Turdidae

  Thrushes; in some classifications considered a subfamily (Turdinae) of the family Musc...

• Icteridae

  American orioles; American blackbirds; bobolinks; meadowlarks.

• Sylviidae

  In some classifications considered a subfamily (Sylviinae) of the family Muscicapidae:...

• Parulidae

  New World warblers.

• Ploceidae

  Weaverbirds.

• Muscicapidae

  Old World (true) flycatchers.

• Corvidae

  Crow; raven; rook; jackdaw; chough; magpie; jay.

• Paridae

  Titmice and chickadees.

• Hirundinidae

  Swallows and martins.

• Sturnidae

  Old World starlings.

• Cracticidae

  Australian birds formerly included in the family Laniidae.

• Mimidae

  Sometimes considered a subfamily of Troglodytidae: mockingbirds; catbirds; thrashers.

• Oriolidae

  Old World orioles.

• Xenicidae

  Alternative names for the family comprising the New Zealand wrens.

• Certhiidae

  Creepers.

• Alaudidae

  Larks.

• Motacillidae

  Pipits and wagtails.

• Coerebidae

  The honeycreepers.

• Passeridae

  True sparrows: Old world birds formerly considered weaverbirds.

• Drepanididae

  Hawaiian honeycreepers.

• Paradisaeidae

  Birds of paradise.

• Sittidae

  Nuthatches.

• Meliphagidae

  Honey eaters.

• Prunellidae

  Hedge sparrow.

• Timaliidae

  Babblers.

• Irenidae

  A family of birds of the suborder Oscines.

• Artamidae

  Wood swallows.

Tyranni

• Tyrannidae

  New World tyrant flycatchers most numerous in Central America and South America but also...

• Formicariidae

  Antbirds.

• Dendrocolaptidae

  Woodhewers or woodcreepers.

• Pipridae

  Manakins.

• Furnariidae

  E.g. ovenbirds.

Tyrannidae

• Cotingidae

  Cotingas; umbrella birds.

• Pittidae

  Pittas.

Fringillidae

• Emberizidae

  Buntings and some New World sparrows.

• Carduelinae

  Used in some classifications for a subgroup of finches.

Muscicapidae

• Turdinae

  Alternative classification for the thrushes.

• Sylviinae

  Alternative classification for the Old World warblers.

Menurae

• Menuridae

  Lyrebirds.

• Atrichornithidae

  Scrubbirds.

Also contains

• Troglodytidae

  Wrens.

• Garrulinae

  Subfamily of the crow family: jays.

• Dinornithidae

  Moas.

• Rheidae

  A family of birds coextensive with the order Rheiformes.

• Struthionidae

  Tall terrestrial birds: ostriches.

• Casuaridae

  A family of large ostrich-like birds including cassowaries.

• Apterygidae

  Coextensive with the order Apterygiformes.

• Aepyornidae

  Coextensive with the order Aepyorniformes.

• Eurylaimidae

  Coextensive with the suborder Eurylaimi.