Only a very few bird species – 36, out of almost 11,000 known species — are members of monotypic bird families. This means that they have no close living relatives.

Order Family Species Picture Habitat and range
Anseriformes Anseranatidae Magpie goose[1]
Open wetlands in northern Australia and southern New Guinea[2]
Gruiformes Aramidae Limpkin[3]
Tropical wetlands from Florida to Ecuador and northern Argentina
Pelecaniformes Balaenicipitidae Shoebill[4]
Freshwater swamps of tropical central Africa
Passeriformes Donacobiidae Black-capped donacobius[5]
Freshwater wetlands in northern and central South America
Charadriiformes Dromadidae Crab-plover[6]
Coasts and islands in the Indian Ocean
Passeriformes Dulidae Palmchat[7]
Palm savanna and open areas with scattered trees on the island of Hispaniola
Passeriformes Elachuridae Spotted elachura[8]
Moist forest in the Himalayas and southeast Asia
Passeriformes Eulacestomatidae Wattled ploughbill[9]
Forest in the central mountain ranges of New Guinea
Passeriformes Eupetidae Rail-babbler[10]
Tall lowland forest, swamp and heath forest on the Malay Peninsula and the Greater Sundas
Eurypygiformes Eurypygidae Sunbittern[11]
Passeriformes Falcunculidae Crested shriketit[9]
Passeriformes Hypocoliidae Grey hypocolius[7]
Charadriiformes Ibidorhynchidae Ibisbill[6]
Passeriformes Icteriidae Yellow-breasted chat[12]
Passeriformes Ifritidae Blue-capped ifrit[13]
Leptosomiformes Leptosomidae Cuckoo roller[14]
Passeriformes Nesospingidae Puerto Rican tanager[15]
Passeriformes Notiomystidae Stitchbird[16]
Opisthocomiformes Opisthocomidae Hoatzin[17]
Passeriformes Panuridae Bearded reedling[18]
Charadriiformes Pedionomidae Plains-wanderer
Passeriformes Peucedramidae Olive warbler
Passeriformes Platylophidae Crested jayshrike
Passeriformes Pityriaseidae Bornean bristlehead
Charadriiformes Pluvianellidae Magellanic plover
Charadriiformes Pluvianidae Egyptian plover
Passeriformes Rhagologidae Mottled berryhunter
Passeriformes Rhodinocichlidae Rosy thrush-tanager
Eurypygiformes Rhynochetidae Kagu
Passeriformes Sapayoidae Sapayoa
Falconiformes Sagittariidae Secretarybird
Pelecaniformes Scopidae Hamerkop[4]
Passeriformes Scotocercidae Streaked scrub warbler
Steatornithiformes Steatornithidae Oilbird
Passeriformes Tichodromadidae Wallcreeper
Passeriformes Urocynchramidae Przevalski's finch

Citations

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  1. ^ IOC 2022a.
  2. ^ Carboneras 1992, p. 574–575.
  3. ^ IOC 2022b.
  4. ^ a b IOC 2022c.
  5. ^ IOC 2022d.
  6. ^ a b IOC 2022e.
  7. ^ a b IOC 2022f.
  8. ^ IOC 2022g.
  9. ^ a b IOC 2022h.
  10. ^ IOC 2022i.
  11. ^ IOC 2022j.
  12. ^ IOC 2022m.
  13. ^ IOC 2022n.
  14. ^ IOC 2022o.
  15. ^ IOC 2022p.
  16. ^ IOC 2022q.
  17. ^ IOC 2022r.
  18. ^ IOC 2022s.
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