Go to Table of Non-Passerines for other bird orders.
Orders and Families of Passerine Birds
| Order | Family | Name | Genera | species | Distibution |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Passeriformes | Acanthissitidae | New Zealand Wrens | 2 | 4 | New Zealand |
| Pittidae | Pittas | 1 | 31 | Africa, Autralasia | |
| Eurylaimidae | Broadbills | 8 | 14 | Old World Tropics | |
| Philepittidae | Asities | 2 | 4 | Madagascar | |
| Tyrannidae | Cotingas, Manakins, Tityras Tyrant Flycatchers etc. | 146 | 537 | N. and S. America | |
| Thamnophilidae | Typical Antbirds | 45 | 188 | Central + South America | |
| Funariidae | Ovenbirds, Woodcreepers | 66 | 280 | South America | |
| Formicariidae | Ground Antbirds | 7 | 56 | South America | |
| Conopophagidae | Gnateaters | 1 | 8 | South America | |
| Rhinocryptidae | Tapaculos | 12 | 28 | Central + South America | |
| Climacteridae | Australo-Papuan Treecreepers | 2 | 7 | Australia, New Guinea | |
| Menuridae | Lyrebirds, Scrub-birds | 2 | 4 | Australia | |
| Ptilonorhynchidae | Bowerbirds | 7 | 20 | Australia, New Guinea | |
| Maluridae | Fairywrens, Emuwrens, Grasswrens | 2 | 26 | Australia, New Guinea, New Zealand | |
| Meliphagidae | Honeyeaters | 42 | 182 | Australia, New Guinea | |
| Pardalotidae | Bristlebirds, Pardalotes, Scrubwrens, Thornbills | 16 | 68 | Australia | |
| Eopsaltriidae | Australo-Papuan Robins | 14 | 46 | Australia, New Guinea | |
| Irenidae | Fairy-bluebirds, Leafbirds | 2 | 10 | Southeast Asia | |
| Orthonychidae | Logrunners, Chowchillas | 1 | 2 | Australia, New Guinea | |
| Pomatostomidae | Australo-Papuan Babblers | 1 | 5 | Australia, New Guinea | |
| Laniidae | True Shrikes | 3 | 30 | Holarctic, Africa | |
| Vireonidae | Greenlets, Peppershrikes, Shrike-vireos, Vireos | 4 | 51 | N. and S. America | |
| Corvidae | Crows, Drongos, Fantails, Jays, Magpies + Loads more | 127 | 647 | Worldwide | |
| Callaeatidae | New Zealand Wattlebirds | 3 | 3 | New Zealand | |
| Bombycillidae | Palmchats, Silky-flycatchers, Waxwings | 5 | 8 | Worldwide | |
| Cinclidae | Dippers | 1 | 5 | Eurasia, New World | |
| Muscicapidae | Old World Flycatchers, Chats, True Thrushes | 69 | 449 | Worldwide | |
| Sturnidae | Catbirds, Mockingbirds, Mynas, Starlings etc. | 38 | 148 | Worldwide | |
| Sittidae | Nuthatches, Wallcreepers | 2 | 25 | Australia, Holarctic | |
| Certhiidae | Northern Creepers, Wrens, Gnatcatchers etc | 22 | 97 | Africa, Holarctic | |
| Paridae | Chickadees, Tits | 7 | 65 | Africa, Holarctic | |
| Aegithalidae | Long-tailed Tits, Bushtits | 3 | 8 | Holarctic, East Indies | |
| Hirundinidae | Martins, Swallows | 14 | 89 | Worldwide | |
| Regulidae | Kinglets | 1 | 6 | Africa, Australia, Eurasia | |
| Pycnonotidae | Bulbuls, Greenbuls | 21 | 137 | Africa, Southern Asia | |
| Hypocoliidae | Hypocolius | 1 | 1 | South America | |
| Cisticolidae | African Warblers | 14 | 119 | Africa | |
| Zosteropidae | White-eyes | 13 | 96 | Africa, Southern Asia | |
| Sylviidae | Grass-warblers, Leaf-warblers, Laughingthrushes, Wrentits | 101 | 552 | Australasia, Eurasia | |
| Alaudidae | Larks | 17 | 91 | Worldwide | |
| Nectariniidae | Flowerpeckers, Sunbirds, Sugarbirds, Spiderhunters | 8 | 169 | Asia, Australasia | |
| Melanocharatidae | 3 | 10 | New Guinea | ||
| Paramythiidae | 2 | 2 | New Guinea | ||
| Passeridae | Accentors, Sparrows, Weavers, Whydahs | 51 | 321 | Worldwide | |
| Motacillidae | Longclaws, Pipits and Wagtails | 6 | 65 | Worldwide | |
| Frigillidae | Buntings, Cardinals, Chaffinches, Goldfinches, Crossbills, Honeycreepers, Woodwarblers | 240 | 993 | Worldwide | |
| Paradisaeidae | Birds of Paradise | 17 | 42 | Papua New Guinea, Irian Jaya, North Eastern Australia |
