Home›Bird Families›Everyday GroupBrowse ByEveryday GroupTaxon everyday group names a taxon using the plain word most visitors already know it by. Wikipedia notes a member of Felidae "is also called a felid," but the family as a whole is "commonly referred to as cats," the everyday name almost everyone actually uses. This dimension lets a visitor browse formal taxa by their familiar common names.FactsEveryday GroupSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonTaxonomic Rank OrderWell-attested6 1Everyday GroupFilter Results14 entriesTaxonomic RankAllFamily (14)Parent Taxon (Taxonomy Tree)AllPasseriformes (1)Common GroupAllBird Of Prey Families (Raptors) (1)Cuckoo Families (1)Gull, Tern And Auk Families (1)Heron, Egret And Ally Families (1)Kingfisher And Ally Families (1)Other Bird Families (1)Owl Families (1)Parrot Families (1)Passerine Families (Songbirds) (1)Pigeon And Dove Families (1)Ratite And Flightless Bird Families (1)Shorebird Families (Waders) (1)Waterfowl Families (Ducks, Geese, Swans) (1)Woodpecker Families (1)Geographic DistributionAllAfrica (5)Asia (3)Australasia (1)Australia (4)Brazil (12)Europe (3)India (1)Indonesia (1)Japan (1)Madagascar (1)Morocco (1)New Zealand (2)North America (3)Philippines (2)Samoa (1)Solomon Islands (1)South America (2)South Asia (1)Southeast Asia (1)The Indian Subcontinent (1)The Middle East (1)Tonga (1)Living or ExtinctAllYes (14)Reproductive ModeAllOviparous (Egg-Laying) (14)Taxonomic Rank OrderAll6 (14)Show ResultsBrowseCompareBird Of Prey Families (Raptors)Everyday Group5 entriesCuckoo FamiliesEveryday Group1 entryGull, Tern And Auk FamiliesEveryday Group2 entriesHeron, Egret And Ally FamiliesEveryday Group5 entriesKingfisher And Ally FamiliesEveryday Group3 entriesOther Bird FamiliesEveryday Group3 entriesOwl FamiliesEveryday Group2 entriesParrot FamiliesEveryday Group2 entriesPasserine Families (Songbirds)Everyday Group80 entriesPigeon And Dove FamiliesEveryday Group1 entryRatite And Flightless Bird FamiliesEveryday Group3 entriesShorebird Families (Waders)Everyday Group2 entriesWaterfowl Families (Ducks, Geese, Swans)Everyday Group1 entryWoodpecker FamiliesEveryday Group2 entriesSources1. 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.