WITTENBERGER LIFE LIST
COUNTRIES
§ Excludes Norfolk Island
§§ Includes Sarawak, Sabah, & Kalimantan
§§§ Includes Wallacea but excludes Kalimantan (Borneo) and West Papua New Guinea & nearby islands
§§§§ Includes Papua New Guinea and West Papua Indonesia
GENERA & SPECIES BY FAMILY
| Family | Genera | Species | |||
| Family | Genera | Species | |||
| Possible | Seen | Possible | Seen | ||
| STRUTHIONIDAE | Ostriches | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| CASUARIIDAE | Cassowaries and Emus | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| APTERYGIDAE | Kiwis | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| RHEIDAE | Rheas | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| TINAMIDAE | Tinamous | 9 | 6 | 46 | 14 |
| ANHIMIDAE | Screamers | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| ANSERANATIDAE | Magpie Goose | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| ANATIDAE | Ducks | 53 | 39 | 166 | 109 |
| MEGAPODIIDAE | Megapodes | 7 | 4 | 19 | 7 |
| CRACIDAE | Guans, Chachalacas, and Curassows | 11 | 6 | 56 | 28 |
| NUMIDIDAE | Guineafowl | 4 | 3 | 8 | 3 |
| ODONTOPHORIDAE | New World Quail | 10 | 4 | 34 | 13 |
| PHASIANIDAE | Pheasants, Grouse, and Allies | 53 | 28 | 187 | 56 |
| COLUMBIDAE | Pigeons and Doves | 47 | 29 | 333 | 144 |
| MESITORNITHIDAE | Mesites | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| PTEROCLIDAE | Sandgrouse | 2 | 1 | 16 | 7 |
| OTIDIDAE | Bustards | 12 | 7 | 26 | 10 |
| MUSOPHAGIDAE | Turacos | 5 | 4 | 23 | 11 |
| CUCULIDAE | Cuckoos | 36 | 28 | 153 | 80 |
| CAPRIMULGIDAE | Nightjars and Allies | 23 | 15 | 95 | 33 |
| NYCTIBIIDAE | Potoos | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 |
| STEATORNITHIDAE | Oilbird | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| PODARGIDAE | Frogmouths | 3 | 2 | 16 | 6 |
| AEGOTHELIDAE | Owlet-Nightjars | 1 | 1 | 10 | 2 |
| APODIDAE | Swifts | 19 | 16 | 106 | 62 |
| HEMIPROCNIDAE | Treeswifts | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| TROCHILIDAE | Hummingbirds | 115 | 82 | 364 | 210 |
| RALLIDAE | Rails, Gallinules, and Coots | 35 | 18 | 130 | 58 |
| SAROTHRURIDAE | Flufftails | 3 | 1 | 15 | 1 |
| HELIORNITHIDAE | Finfoots | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| ARAMIDAE | Limpkin | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| PSOPHIIDAE | Trumpeters | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| GRUIDAE | Cranes | 6 | 5 | 15 | 9 |
| PLUVIANELLIDAE | Magellanic Plover | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| CHIONIDAE | Sheathbills | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| BURHINIDAE | Thick-knees | 3 | 3 | 10 | 7 |
| PLUVIANIDAE | Egyptian Plover | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| RECURVIROSTRIDAE | Stilts and Avocets | 3 | 2 | 10 | 6 |
| IBIDORHYNCHIDAE | Ibisbill | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| HAEMATOPODIDAE | Oystercatchers | 1 | 1 | 11 | 6 |
| CHARADRIIDAE | Plovers and Lapwings | 12 | 9 | 70 | 47 |
| PEDIONOMIDAE | Plains-wanderer | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| THINOCORIDAE | Seedsnipes | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 |
| ROSTRATULIDAE | Painted-Snipes | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| JACANIDAE | Jacanas | 6 | 6 | 8 | 7 |
| SCOLOPACIDAE | Sandpipers and Allies | 15 | 12 | 92 | 67 |
| TURNICIDAE | Buttonquail | 2 | 1 | 18 | 4 |
| DROMADIDAE | Crab Plover | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| GLAREOLIDAE | Pratincoles and Coursers | 4 | 4 | 17 | 9 |
| STERCORARIIDAE | Skuas and Jaegers | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 |
| ALCIDAE | Auks. Murres, and Puffins | 10 | 7 | 24 | 11 |
| LARIDAE | Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers | 24 | 18 | 103 | 64 |
| PHOENICOPTERIDAE | Flamingos | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 |
| PODICIPEDIDAE | Grebes | 6 | 5 | 19 | 14 |
| OPISTHOCOMIDAE | Hoatzin | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| RHYNOCHETIDAE | Kagu | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| EURYPYGIDAE | Sunbittern | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| PHAETHONTIDAE | Tropicbirds | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| GAVIIDAE | Loons | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 |
| SPHENISCIDAE | Penguins | 6 | 2 | 18 | 5 |
| DIOMEDEIDAE | Albatrosses | 4 | 2 | 21 | 7 |
| OCEANITIDAE | Southern Storm-Petrels | 5 | 1 | 10 | 2 |
| HYDROBATIDAE | Northern Storm-Petrels | 2 | 1 | 16 | 4 |
| PROCELLARIIDAE | Shearwaters and Petrels | 16 | 8 | 94 | 14 |
| CICONIIDAE | Storks | 6 | 6 | 20 | 16 |
| FREGATIDAE | Frigatebirds | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 |
| SULIDAE | Boobies and Gannets | 3 | 1 | 11 | 6 |
| ANHINGIDAE | Anhingas | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 |
| PHALACROCORACIDAE | Cormorants and Shags | 7 | 6 | 38 | 18 |
| THRESKIORNITHIDAE | Ibises and Spoonbills | 13 | 9 | 35 | 21 |
| ARDEIDAE | Herons, Egrets, and Bitterns | 19 | 15 | 66 | 54 |
| SCOPIDAE | Hamerkop | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| BALAENICIPITIDAE | Shoebill | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| PELECANIDAE | Pelicans | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 |
| CATHARTIDAE | New World Vultures | 5 | 4 | 7 | 6 |
| SAGITTARIIDAE | Secretary-bird | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| PANDIONIDAE | Osprey | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| ACCIPITRIDAE | Hawks, Eagles, and Kites | 73 | 64 | 252 | 156 |
| TYTONIDAE | Barn-Owls | 2 | 1 | 18 | 6 |
| STRIGIDAE | Owls | 25 | 16 | 223 | 73 |
| COLIIDAE | Mousebirds | 2 | 2 | 6 | 4 |
| LEPTOSOMIDAE | Cuckoo-Roller | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| TROGONIDAE | Trogons | 7 | 4 | 46 | 33 |
| UPUPIDAE | Hoopoes | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| PHOENICULIDAE | Woodhoopoes and Scimitarbills | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 |
| BUCEROTIDAE | Hornbills | 16 | 12 | 63 | 36 |
| MEROPIDAE | Bee-eaters | 3 | 3 | 29 | 20 |
| TODIDAE | Todies | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| MOMOTIDAE | Motmots | 6 | 5 | 14 | 10 |
| ALCEDINIDAE | Kingfishers | 19 | 16 | 113 | 61 |
| CORACIIDAE | Rollers | 2 | 2 | 13 | 10 |
| BRACHYPTERACIIDAE | Ground-Rollers | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| BUCCONIDAE | Puffbirds | 10 | 8 | 37 | 25 |
| GALBULIDAE | Jacamars | 5 | 5 | 18 | 12 |
| LYBIIDAE | African Barbets | 10 | 10 | 44 | 23 |
| MEGALAIMIDAE | Asian Barbets | 2 | 2 | 35 | 20 |
| CAPITONIDAE | New World Barbets | 2 | 2 | 17 | 10 |
| SEMNORNITHIDAE | Toucan-Barbets | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| RAMPHASTIDAE | Toucans | 5 | 5 | 38 | 30 |
| INDICATORIDAE | Honeyguides | 4 | 2 | 16 | 7 |
| PICIDAE | Woodpeckers | 35 | 28 | 235 | 136 |
| CARIAMIDAE | Seriemas | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| FALCONIDAE | Falcons and Caracaras | 10 | 8 | 64 | 39 |
| STRIGOPIDAE | New Zealand Parrots | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| CACATUIDAE | Cockatoos | 7 | 2 | 22 | 7 |
| PSITTACULIDAE | Parrots | 49 | 23 | 183 | 57 |
| PSITTACIDAE | Parrots | 36 | 27 | 170 | 96 |
| ACANTHISITTIDAE | New Zealand Wrens | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| CALYPTOMENIDAE | African and Green Broadbill | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3 |
| EURYLAIMIDAE | Asian and Grauer's Broadbills | 7 | 5 | 10 | 6 |
| SAPAYOIDAE | Sapayoa | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| PHILEPITTIDAE | Asities | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| PITTIDAE | Pittas | 3 | 3 | 45 | 16 |
| THAMNOPHILIDAE | Typical Antbirds | 64 | 48 | 240 | 142 |
| MELANOPAREIIDAE | Crescentchests | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 |
| CONOPOPHAGIDAE | Gnateaters | 2 | 1 | 12 | 3 |
| GRALLARIIDAE | Antpittas | 5 | 5 | 70 | 20 |
| RHINOCRYPTIDAE | Tapaculos | 12 | 9 | 65 | 28 |
| FORMICARIIDAE | Antthrushes | 2 | 2 | 13 | 6 |
| FURNARIIDAE | Ovenbirds and Woodcreepers | 71 | 59 | 327 | 182 |
| PIPRIDAE | Manakins | 17 | 15 | 55 | 34 |
| COTINGIDAE | Cotingas | 24 | 19 | 66 | 40 |
| TITYRIDAE | Tityras and Allies | 8 | 6 | 37 | 25 |
| OXYRUNCIDAE | Sharpbill | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| ONYCHORHYNCHUS | Royal Flycatchers and Allies | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 |
| TYRANNIDAE | Tyrant Flycatchers | 105 | 91 | 443 | 288 |
| MENURIDAE | Lyrebirds | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| ATRICHORNITHIDAE | Scrub-birds | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| PTILONORHYNCHIDAE | Bowerbirds | 8 | 4 | 27 | 8 |
| CLIMACTERIDAE | Australasian Treecreepers | 2 | 1 | 7 | 1 |
| MALURIDAE | Fairywrens | 6 | 2 | 33 | 3 |
| MELIPHAGIDAE | Honeyeaters | 51 | 18 | 184 | 45 |
| DASYORNITHIDAE | Bristlebirds | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| PARDALOTIDAE | Pardalotes | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| ACANTHIZIDAE | Thornbills and Allies | 15 | 6 | 64 | 17 |
| POMATOSTOMIDAE | Pseudo-Babblers | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 |
| ORTHONYCHIDAE | Logrunners | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| CINCLOSOMATIDAE | Quail-thrushes and Jewel-babblers | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| CAMPEPHAGIDAE | Cuckooshrikes | 11 | 8 | 106 | 47 |
| MOHOUIDAE | Whiteheads | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| NEOSITTIDAE | Sittellas | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| PSOPHODIDAE | Whipbirds and Wedgebills | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| EULACESTOMATIDAE | Ploughbill | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| OREOICIDAE | Australo-Papuan Bellbirds | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
| FALCUNCULIDAE | Shrike-tit | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| PARAMYTHIIDAE | Tit Berrypecker, Crested Berrypecker | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| VIREONIDAE | Vireos, Shrike-Babblers, and Erpornis | 8 | 8 | 61 | 35 |
| PACHYCEPHALIDAE | Whistlers and Allies | 5 | 5 | 63 | 24 |
| ORIOLIDAE | Old World Orioles | 3 | 3 | 39 | 18 |
| MACHAERIRHYNCHIDAE | Boatbills | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| ARTAMIDAE | Woodswallows, Bellmagpies, and Allies | 6 | 5 | 23 | 10 |
| RHAGOLOGIDAE | Mottled Berryhunter | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| PLATYSTEIRIDAE | Wattle-eyes and Batises | 4 | 3 | 30 | 8 |
| VANGIDAE | Vangas, Helmetshrikes and Allies | 21 | 4 | 40 | 8 |
| PITYRIASIDAE | Bristlehead | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| AEGITHINIDAE | Ioras | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 |
| MALACONOTIDAE | Bushshrikes | 8 | 8 | 50 | 24 |
| RHIPIDURIDAE | Fantails | 4 | 2 | 60 | 19 |
| DICRURIDAE | Drongos | 1 | 1 | 28 | 16 |
| PARADISAEIDAE | Birds-of-paradise | 17 | 17 | 41 | 32 |
| IFRITIDAE | Ifrita | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| MONARCHIDAE | Monarch Flycatchers | 15 | 7 | 95 | 23 |
| CORCORACIDAE | White-winged Chough and Apostlebird | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| MELAMPITTIDAE | Melampittas | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| PLATYLOPHIDAE | Crested Shrikejay | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| LANIIDAE | Shrikes | 4 | 3 | 34 | 20 |
| CORVIDAE | Crows, Jays, and Magpies | 22 | 19 | 138 | 75 |
| CNEMOPHILIDAE | Satinbirds | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| MELANOCHARITIDAE | Berrypeckers and Longbills | 3 | 2 | 12 | 6 |
| CALLAEIDAE | Wattlebirds | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| NOTIOMYSTIDAE | Stitchbird | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| PETROICIDAE | Australasian Robins | 16 | 10 | 51 | 13 |
| PICATHARTIDAE | Rockfowl | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| CHAETOPIDAE | Rockjumpers | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| EUPETIDAE | Rail-babbler | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| HYLIOTIDAE | Hyliotas | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| STENOSTIRIDAE | Fairy Flycatchers | 4 | 3 | 9 | 6 |
| PARIDAE | Tits, Chickadees, and Titmice | 13 | 10 | 59 | 30 |
| REMIZIDAE | Penduline-Tits | 3 | 2 | 10 | 2 |
| ALAUDIDAE | Larks | 25 | 17 | 100 | 29 |
| PANURIDAE | Bearded Reedling | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| NICATORIDAE | Nicators | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| MACROSPHENIDAE | African Warblers | 7 | 3 | 19 | 5 |
| CISTICOLIDAE | Cisticolas and Allies | 26 | 14 | 166 | 66 |
| ACROCEPHALIDAE | Reed Warblers and Allies | 6 | 4 | 48 | 14 |
| LOCUSTELLIDAE | Grassbirds and Allies | 12 | 5 | 64 | 9 |
| DONACOBIIDAE | Donacobius | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| BERNIERIDAE | Malagasy Warblers | 8 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| PNOEPYGIDAE | Cupwings | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| HIRUNDINIDAE | Swallows | 21 | 16 | 93 | 51 |
| PYCNONOTIDAE | Bulbuls | 28 | 17 | 161 | 63 |
| PHYLLOSCOPIDAE | Leaf Warblers | 1 | 1 | 80 | 44 |
| HYLIIDAE | Hylias | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| SCOTOCERCIDAE | Bush Warblers and Allies | 10 | 7 | 34 | 14 |
| AEGITHALIDAE | Long-tailed Tits | 4 | 2 | 13 | 4 |
| SYLVIIDAE | Sylviid Warblers and Allies | 5 | 2 | 32 | 10 |
| PARADOXORNITHIDAE | Parrotbills | 9 | 7 | 39 | 12 |
| ZOSTEROPIDAE | White-eyes, Yuhinas, and Allies | 12 | 4 | 138 | 35 |
| TIMALIIDAE | Tree-Babblers, Scimitar-Babblers, and Allies | 10 | 7 | 57 | 26 |
| PELLORNEIDAE | Fulvetta and Ground Babblers | 13 | 10 | 64 | 27 |
| LEIOTHRICHIDAE | Laughingthrushes and Allies | 17 | 16 | 142 | 58 |
| REGULIDAE | Kinglets | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3 |
| TICHODROMIDAE | Wallcreeper | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| SITTIDAE | Nuthatches | 1 | 1 | 27 | 12 |
| SALPORNITHIDAE | Spotted Creepers | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| CERTHIIDAE | Treecreepers | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 |
| POLIOPTILIDAE | Gnatcatchers | 3 | 3 | 22 | 8 |
| TROGLODYTIDAE | Wrens | 19 | 16 | 97 | 55 |
| ELACHURIDAE | Spotted Elachura | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| CINCLIDAE | Dippers | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 |
| BUPHAGIDAE | Oxpeckers | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| STURNIDAE | Starlings | 33 | 25 | 116 | 61 |
| MIMIDAE | Mockingbirds and Thrashers | 10 | 3 | 35 | 17 |
| TURDIDAE | Thrushes and Allies | 17 | 11 | 180 | 65 |
| MUSCICAPIDAE | Old World Flycatchers | 56 | 41 | 354 | 153 |
| BOMBYCILLIDAE | Waxwings | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| PTILIOGONATIDAE | Silky-flycatchers | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 |
| DULIDAE | Palmchat | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| HYLOCITREIDAE | Hylocitrea | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| HYPOCOLIIDAE | Hypocolius | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| PROMEROPIDAE | Sugarbirds | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| DICAEIDAE | Flowerpeckers | 3 | 3 | 54 | 22 |
| NECTARINIIDAE | Sunbirds and Spiderhunters | 16 | 12 | 150 | 67 |
| IRENIDAE | Fairy-bluebirds | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| CHLOROPSEIDAE | Leafbirds | 1 | 1 | 12 | 7 |
| PEUCEDRAMIDAE | Olive Warbler | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| UROCYNCHRAMIDAE | Przewalski's Rosefinch | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| PLOCEIDAE | Weavers and Allies | 16 | 14 | 121 | 60 |
| ESTRILDIDAE | Waxbills and Allies | 41 | 18 | 135 | 45 |
| VIDUIDAE | Indigobirds | 2 | 2 | 20 | 8 |
| PRUNELLIDAE | Accentors | 1 | 1 | 12 | 2 |
| PASSERIDAE | Old World Sparrows | 7 | 3 | 40 | 20 |
| MOTACILLIDAE | Wagtails and Pipits | 8 | 4 | 70 | 34 |
| FRINGILLIDAE | Finches, Euphonias, and Allies | 43 | 22 | 218 | 86 |
| CALCARIIDAE | Longspurs and Snow Buntings | 3 | 3 | 6 | 4 |
| RHODINOCICHLIDAE | Thrush-Tanager | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| EMBERIZIDAE | Old World Buntings | 1 | 1 | 44 | 13 |
| PASSERELLIDAE | New World Sparrows | 30 | 26 | 136 | 86 |
| PHAENICOPHILIDAE | Hispanhiolan Tanagers | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| NESOSPINGIDAE | Puerto Rican Tanager | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| SPINDALIDAE | Spindalises | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| ICTERIDAE | Troupials and Allies | 31 | 24 | 110 | 76 |
| PARULIDAE | New World Warblers | 22 | 16 | 121 | 77 |
| MITROSPINGIDAE | Mitrospingid Tanagers | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 |
| CARDINALIDAE | Cardinals and Allies | 15 | 12 | 51 | 36 |
| THRAUPIDAE | Tanagers and Allies | 111 | 86 | 390 | 258 |