Home›Bird Families›Living or Extinct›YesBrowse ByYesLiving or extinct separates a taxon's surviving members from those known only from fossils. Wikipedia notes "the 41 officially recognized extant Felidae species" live today, while the "saber-toothed cats" of the extinct subfamily Machairodontinae, including the famous saber-toothed tiger, do not. This dimension lets a visitor tell a still-living branch of a family tree from an extinct one.FactsYesSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonTaxonomic Rank OrderWell-attested6 1YesFilter Results112 entriesCommon GroupAllBird Of Prey Families (Raptors) (5)Cuckoo Families (1)Gull, Tern And Auk Families (2)Heron, Egret And Ally Families (5)Kingfisher And Ally Families (3)Other Bird Families (3)Owl Families (2)Parrot Families (2)Passerine Families (Songbirds) (80)Pigeon And Dove Families (1)Ratite And Flightless Bird Families (3)Shorebird Families (Waders) (2)Waterfowl Families (Ducks, Geese, Swans) (1)Woodpecker Families (2)Parent Taxon (Taxonomy Tree)AllPasseriformes (5)Geographic DistributionAllWestern hemisphere, from southern Canada to South America (1)Worldwide (1)Taxonomic RankAllFamily (112)Everyday GroupAllBird Of Prey Families (Raptors) (5)Cuckoo Families (1)Gull, Tern And Auk Families (2)Heron, Egret And Ally Families (5)Kingfisher And Ally Families (3)Other Bird Families (3)Owl Families (2)Parrot Families (2)Passerine Families (Songbirds) (80)Pigeon And Dove Families (1)Ratite And Flightless Bird Families (3)Shorebird Families (Waders) (2)Waterfowl Families (Ducks, Geese, Swans) (1)Woodpecker Families (2)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 112AcanthisittidaeYesAcanthizidaeYesAccipitridaeYesAcrocephalidaeYesAegithalidaeYesAlaudidaeYesAlcedinidaeYesAlcidaeYesAnatidaeYesArdeidaeYesArtamidaeYesAtrichornithidaeYesBombycillidaeYesBucerotidaeYesCacatuidaeYesCalcariidaeYesCampephagidaeYesCardinalidaeYesCathartidaeYesCerthiidaeYesCettiidaeYesCharadriidaeYesCiconiidaeYesCinclidaeYesCisticolidaeYesClimacteridaeYesColumbidaeYesConopophagidaeYesCorcoracidaeYesCorvidaeYesCotingidaeYesDicaeidaeYesDicruridaeYesEmberizidaeYesEstrildidaeYesEurylaimidaeYesFalconidaeYesFormicariidaeYesFringillidaeYesFurnariidaeYesGrallariidaeYesGruidaeYesHirundinidaeYesIcteridaeYesLaniidaeYesLaridaeYesLeiothrichidaeYesLocustellidaeYesMacrosphenidaeYesMalaconotidaeYesMaluridaeYesMelanopareiidaeYesMeliphagidaeYesMenuridaeYesMeropidaeYesMimidaeYesMonarchidaeYesMotacillidaeYesMuscicapidaeYesNectariniidaeYesNeosittidaeYesOriolidaeYesPachycephalidaeYesPandionidaeYesPanuridaeYesParadisaeidaeYesPardalotidaeYesParidaeYesParulidaeYesPasserellidaeYesPasseridaeYesPelecanidaeYesPetroicidaeYesPhilepittidaeYesPhoenicopteridaeYesPhylloscopidaeYesPicidaeYesPipridaeYesPittidaeYesPloceidaeYesPolioptilidaeYesPrunellidaeYesPsittacidaeYesPtilonorhynchidaeYesPycnonotidaeYesRallidaeYesRamphastidaeYesRegulidaeYesRemizidaeYesRhinocryptidaeYesRhipiduridaeYesSagittariidaeYesScolopacidaeYesSittidaeYesSpheniscidaeYesStrigidaeYesSturnidaeYesSylviidaeYesThamnophilidaeYesThraupidaeYesThreskiornithidaeYesTimaliidaeYesTityridaeYesTrochilidaeYesTroglodytidaeYesTurdidaeYesTyrannidaeYesTytonidaeYesVangidaeYesViduidaeYesVireonidaeYesZosteropidaeYesSources1. Wikipedia: Taxonomic ranktier 2WikipediaTaxonomic rank, Fundamental ranks section, rank sequence sentence, bird familiesQuote, Taxonomic rank, Fundamental ranks section, rank sequence sentence, bird familieskingdom, phylum or division, class, order, family, genus, and speciesView the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.