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

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