User blog:StaraptorEmpoleon/Introduction to birds, part seven

Opisthocomidae
The hoatzin.

1 genus, 1 species.

Otididae
The bustards.

11 genera, 26 species

Cuculidae
The cuckoos, coucals, anis, and allies.

32 genera, 147 species

Psophiidae
The trumpeters.

1 genus, 6 species

Aramidae
The limpkin.

1 genus, 1 species

Gruidae
The cranes.

2 genera, 15 species

Heliornithidae
The finfoots and the sungrebe.

3 genera, 3 species

Sarothruidae
The flufftails

2 genera, 13 species

Rallidae
The rails, coots, gallinules and allies.

39 genera, 137 species

Musophagidae
The turacos, plantain-eaters and go-away-birds.

genera, species

Gaviidae
The loons aka divers.

1 genus, 5 species

Spheniscidae
The penguins.

6 genera, 19 species

Oceanitidae
The Southern storm-petrels.

5 genera, 8 species

Diomedeidae
The albatrosses

4 genera, 21 species

Hydrobatidae
The Northern storm-petrels.

4 genera, 17 species

Pelecanoididae
The diving storm-petrels.

1 genera, 4 species

Procellariidae
The petrels and allies.

15 genera, 88 species

Ciconiidae
The storks. Used to include the herons, ibises and spoonbills.

6 genera, 19 species

Sulidae
The gannets and boobies.

3 genera, 10 species

Fregatidae
The frigatebirds.

1 genus, 5 species

Anhingidae
The anhingas aka darters.

1 genus, 4 species

Phalacrocoracidae
The cormorants.

2 genera, 41 species

Scopidae
The hamerkop.

1 genus, 1 species

Balaenicipitidae
The shoebill.

1 genera, 1 species

Pelecanidae
The pelicans.

1 genera, 8 species

Threskionithidae
The ibises and spoonbills.

13 genera, 35 species

Ardeidae
The herons, bitterns and egrets.

20 genera, 67 species

Pluvianellidae
The Magellanic plover.

1 genus, 1 species

Chionidae
The sheathbills.

1 genus, 2 species

Burhinidae
The thick-knees.

2 genera, 10 species

Pluvianidae
The Egyptian plover.

1 genus, 1 species

Pluvialidae
The golden-plovers. Sometimes in Charadriidae.

1 genus, 4 species

Recurvirostridae
The stilts and avocets.

3 genera, 9 species

Ibidorhynchidae
The ibisbill.

1 genus, 1 species

Haematopodidae
The oystercatchers.

1 genera, 12 species

Charadriidae
The plovers and allies.

10 genera, 63 species

Pedionomidae
The plains-wanderer.

1 genus, 1 species

Thinocoridae
The seedsnipes.

2 genera, 4 species

Rostratulidae
The painted-snipes.

2 genera, 3 species

Jacanidae
The jacanas (zha-san-ah).

6 genera, 8 species

Scolopacidae
The sandpipers and allies.

20 genera, 95 species

Turnicidae
The buttonquail.

2 genera, 17 species

Dromadidae
The crab plover.

1 genus, 1 species

Glareolidae
Coursers and pratincoles.

4 genera, 17 species

Stercorariidae
Skuas and jaegers.

1 genus, 7 species

Alcidae
The auks aka alcids.

11 genera, 24 species