Browse Birds by Family
Browse birds by group or by scientific family. Each page lists every species we cover in that group, with photos, identification, habitat and conservation status.
Popular groups
Birds of Prey Hawks, eagles, harriers, falcons & the Osprey Owls From the Barn Owl to the Tawny & Little Owl Ducks, Geese & Swans The wildfowl - dabbling ducks, geese & swans Gulls & Terns Gulls, terns and skuas Finches Colourful seed-eaters - Chaffinch to Bullfinch Warblers Small songbirds, sorted by habitat & song
All families (A–Z)
Accipitridae – Hawks, Eagles, Harriers & Kites 11 Acrocephalidae 5 Aegithalidae 1 Alaudidae – Larks 3 Alcedinidae – Kingfishers 1 Alcidae – Auks 5 Anatidae – Ducks, Geese & Swans 32 Apodidae 1 Bombycillidae 1 Burhinidae 1 Caprimulgidae 1 Cettiidae 1 Charadriidae – Plovers & Lapwings 6 Cinclidae 1 Columbidae – Pigeons & Doves 5 Corvidae – Crows, Magpies & Jays 8 Cuculidae 1 Falconidae – Falcons 4 Fringillidae – Finches 2 Gruidae 1 Haematopodidae 1 heron 7 Hirundinidae – Swallows & Martins 3 Hydrobatidae 2 Ibises and Spoonbills 1 Laniidae 2 Laridae – Gulls 18 Locustellidae 1 loon 3 Meropidae 1 Motacillidae – Wagtails & Pipits 7 Muscicapidae – Chats & Flycatchers 11 Oriolidae 1 Pandionidae – Ospreys 1 Panuridae 1 Paridae – Tits 6 Passeridae 1 Phalacrocoracidae – Cormorants & Shags 2 Phasianidae – Pheasants, Grouse & Partridges 9 Phylloscopidae 5 Picidae – Woodpeckers 4 Podicipedidae 4 Procellariidae – Shearwaters & Petrels 5 Prunellidae 1 Psittaculidae 1 Rallidae – Rails, Crakes & Coots 5 Recurvirostridae 1 Regulidae 2 Scolopacidae – Sandpipers & Waders 25 Sittidae 1 Stercorariidae 4 Sturnidae 1 Sulidae 1 Sylviidae – Warblers 6 treecreeper 1 Troglodytidae 1 true owls 4 Turdidae – Thrushes 6 Tytonidae – Barn Owls 1 Upupidae 1