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This site allows you to find species information such as species names, notes and images for Queensland’s native and naturalised plants and animals from the WildNet database.
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95 families found belonging to the Aves class
- Acanthizidae (Acanthizidae)
- Accipitridae (kites, goshawks, eagles and harriers)
- Acrocephalidae (Acrocephalidae)
- Aegothelidae (owlet nightjars)
- Alaudidae (old world larks)
- Alcedinidae (kingfishers)
- Anatidae (geese, swans and ducks)
- Anhingidae (darters)
- Anseranatidae (magpie-goose)
- Apodidae (swifts and swiftlets)
- Ardeidae (herons, egrets and bitterns)
- Artamidae (wood swallows)
- Atrichornithidae (scrubbirds)
- Burhinidae (thick-knees)
- Cacatuidae (cockatoos)
- Campephagidae (trillers and cuckoo-shrikes)
- Caprimulgidae (nightjars)
- Casuariidae (cassowaries and emus)
- Charadriidae (lapwings, plovers and dotterels)
- Ciconiidae (storks)
- Cisticolidae (Cisticolidae)
- Climacteridae (Australian tree-creepers)
- Columbidae (pigeons and doves)
- Coraciidae (rollers)
- Corcoracidae (Australian mud-nesters)
- Corvidae (crows and ravens)
- Cuculidae (parasitic cuckoos and coucals)
- Dasyornithidae (Dasyornithidae)
- Dicruridae (drongo, fantail, flycatcher, magpie-lark, monarchs)
- Diomedeidae (albatrosses)
- Emberizidae (buntings and allies)
- Estrildidae (Estrildidae)
- Eurostopodidae (Eurostopodidae)
- Falconidae (falcons)
- Fregatidae (frigatebirds)
- Fringillidae (true finches)
- Glareolidae (pratincoles)
- Gruidae (cranes)
- Haematopodidae (oystercatchers)
- Halcyonidae (kookaburras and kingfishers)
- Hirundinidae (swallows and martins)
- Hydrobatidae (storm-petrels)
- Jacanidae (jacanas)
- Laridae (gulls and terns)
- Maluridae (fairy-wrens)
- Megaluridae (Megaluridae)
- Megapodiidae (mound-builders)
- Meliphagidae (honeyeaters and Australian chats)
- Menuridae (lyrebirds)
- Meropidae (bee-eaters)
- Monarchidae (Monarchidae)
- Motacillidae (old world pipits and wagtails)
- Muscicapidae (old world thrushes)
- Nectariniidae (sunbirds)
- Neosittidae (sittelas)
- Numididae (Numididae)
- Oceanitidae (Oceanitidae)
- Oriolidae (orioles and figbirds)
- Orthonychidae (chowchillas and logrunners)
- Otididae (bustards)
- Pachycephalidae (crested shrike-tit and crested bellbirds)
- Paradisaeidae (Birds of Paradise)
- Pardalotidae (Pardalotes, Bristlebirds, Scrubwrens, Gerygones an)
- Passeridae (Old World Sparrows)
- Pedionomidae (Plains-wanderer)
- Pelecanidae (Pelicans)
- Petroicidae (Robins)
- Phaethontidae (Tropicbirds)
- Phalacrocoracidae (Corrmorants)
- Phasianidae (Quails and Pheasants)
- Pittidae (Pittas)
- Podargidae (Frogmouths)
- Podicipedidae (Grebes)
- Pomatostomidae (Australo-Papuan Babblers)
- Procellariidae (Petrels and Shearwaters)
- Psittacidae (Parrots)
- Psophodidae (Psophodidae)
- Ptilonorhynchidae (Bowerbirds)
- Pycnonotidae (Bulbuls)
- Rallidae (Rails, Crakes, Swamphens and Coots)
- Recurvirostridae (Stilts and Avocets)
- Rhipiduridae (Rhipiduridae)
- Rostratulidae (Painted Snipes)
- Scolopacidae (Curlews, Sandpipers, Snipes and Godwits)
- Spheniscidae (Penguins)
- Stercorariidae (Stercorariidae)
- Strigidae (Hawk Owls)
- Struthionidae (Ostriches)
- Sturnidae (Starlings and Mynahs)
- Sulidae (Gannets and Boobies)
- Threskiornithidae (Ibises and Spoonbills)
- Timaliidae (Timaliidae)
- Turdidae (Turdidae)
- Turnicidae (Button-quails)
- Tytonidae (Barn Owls)
