Afrotropical		global	AF	as	AF endemics	as		comments
	Africa sub-Sahara + Southern Arabia		number of	number of	share of	number of	share of
	excluding birds exotic for this area		species	species	global	species	global
STRUTHIONIDAE	OSTRICHES	1	2	2	<all>	2	<all>
ANATIDAE	DUCKS, GEESE, SWANS	8	157	29	18%	18	11%
NUMIDIDAE	GUINEAFOWL	11	6	6	<all>	6	<all>		new family: separated from Phasianidae; branched off from the core Galliformes before the Odontophoridae
ODONTOPHORIDAE	NEW WORLD QUAILS	12	33	2	6%	2	6%		new 'American' family: separated from Phasianidae; Nahan's Francolin and Stone Partridge share an Old World ancestor with New World Quails
PHASIANIDAE	PARTRIDGES, PHEASANTS, GROUSE	13	177	44	25%	41	23%		includes Francolins, Quails
PHOENICOPTERIDAE	FLAMINGOS	14	6	2	33%
PODICIPEDIDAE	GREBES	15	19	4	21%	1	5%
COLUMBIDAE	PIGEONS	16	304	42	14%	39	13%
PTEROCLIDAE	SANDGROUSE	17	16	11	69%	7	44%		up to 1980s mostly called: Pteroclididae
MESITORNITHIDAE	MESITES	18	3	3	<all>	3	<all>		endemic to Madagascar, up to the 1970s called: Mesoenatidae
PHAETHONTIDAE	TROPICBIRDS	21	3	3	<all>
CAPRIMULGIDAE	NIGHTJARS	25	90	25	28%	21	23%
APODIDAE	SWIFTS	27	99	26	26%	19	19%
CUCULIDAE	CUCKOOS	30	139	34	24%	30	22%		All 9 Couas endemic to Madagascar; includes Coucals
RALLIDAE	RAILS AND COOTS	31	127	18	14%	13	10%
SAROTHRURIDAE	FLUFFTAILS	32	9	9	<all>	9	<all>		new family (disputed): extracted from Rallidae; diverged from the rest of the group about 60 million years ago and more closely related to the family Heliornithidae
HELIORNITHIDAE	FINFOOTS	33	3	1	1/3	1	1/3		African Finfoot
GRUIDAE	CRANES	36	15	4	27%	4	27%
OTIDIDAE	BUSTARDS	37	26	18	69%	18	69%		includes Korhaan
MUSOPHAGIDAE	TURACOS	38	23	23	<all>	23	<all>
SPHENISCIDAE	PENGUINS	40	16	2	13%	2	13%
OCEANITIDAE	AUSTRAL STORM-PETRELS	41	8	4	1/2
DIOMEDEIDAE	ALBATROSSES	42	13	7	54%
HYDROBATIDAE	NORTHERN STORM-PETRELS	43	14	1	7%
PROCELLARIIDAE	PETRELS AND SHEARWATERS	44	84	31	37%	5	6%		Diving Petrels (Pelecanoides) formerly in Pelecanoididae; includes Prions
CICONIIDAE	STORKS	45	19	8	42%	5	26%		includes Marabou; Yellow-billed Stork (Mycteria ibis) called "Wood Ibis" until 1970s (Ibis ibis until 1980s); Openbill (Shell-storks, earlier called Shell-ibises)
PELECANIDAE	PELICANS	46	8	2	25%	1	1/8
SCOPIDAE	HAMERKOP	47	1	1	<all>	1	<all>
BALAENICIPITIDAE	SHOEBILL	48	1	1	<all>	1	<all>
ARDEIDAE	HERONS	49	62	22	35%	10	16%		includes Bitterns, Egrets (Cattle Egret: Bubulcus ibis with 'ibis' applied to this species in error)
THRESKIORNITHIDAE	IBISES AND SPOONBILLS	50	34	13	38%	10	29%		for taxonomic 'ibis', see Ciconiidae (Mycteria ibis: Yelow-billed Stork) and Ardeidae (Bubulcus ibis: Cattle Egret)
FREGATIDAE	FRIGATEBIRDS	51	5	3	3/5				Ascension Island Frigatebird doesn't occur close to African continent; Magnificent Frigatebird breeding in Cape Verde Islands
SULIDAE	GANNETS AND BOOBIES	52	10	4	40%	1	10%
PHALACROCORACIDAE	CORMORANTS	53	30	8	27%	6	20%
ANHINGIDAE	DARTERS	54	4	1	1/4
BURHINIDAE	THICK-KNEES	55	9	4	44%	3	1/3		includes Stone-curlew
PLUVIANIDAE	EGYPTIAN PLOVER	57	1	1	<all>	1	<all>		new family: extracted from Glareolidae
HAEMATOPODIDAE	OYSTERCATCHERS AND IBISBILL	58	12	1	8%	1	8%
RECURVIROSTRIDAE	STILTS AND AVOCETS	59	7	2	29%
CHARADRIIDAE	PLOVERS AND LAPWINGS	60	67	26	39%	17	25%
ROSTRATULIDAE	PAINTED-SNIPE	63	3	1	1/3
JACANIDAE	JACANAS	64	8	3	38%	3	38%
SCOLOPACIDAE	SANDPIPERS	65	90	25	28%	2	2%		includes Dunlin, Turnstone, Knot, Ruff, Snipe, Godwit, Curlew, Whimbrel, Phalarope, Redshank, Greenshank
TURNICIDAE	BUTTONQUAILS	66	16	4	25%	3	1/5		includes Quail-plover
DROMADIDAE	CRAB-PLOVER	67	1	1	<all>
GLAREOLIDAE	COURSERS AND PRATINCOLES	68	17	12	71%	9	53%
STERCORARIIDAE	SKUAS OR JAEGERS	70	7	4	57%
LARIDAE	GULLS AND TERNS	71	99	37	37%	5	5%		incl. African Skimmer, formerly in Rynchopidae; incl. Noddy, Kittiwake
SAGITTARIIDAE	SECRETARY-BIRD	73	1	1	<all>	1	<all>
PANDIONIDAE	OSPREY	74	1	1	<all>
ACCIPITRIDAE	KITES, HAWKS AND EAGLES	75	240	70	29%	57	24%		highest number of non-passerines in Afrotopical
TYTONIDAE	BARN OWLS	76	19	4	21%	2	11%
STRIGIDAE	OWLS	77	195	41	21%	34	17%
COLIIDAE	MOUSEBIRDS	78	6	6	<all>	6	<all>
LEPTOSOMIDAE	CUCKOO-ROLLER	79	1	1	<all>	1	<all>		endemic to Madagascar, Comoros; erroneously sometimes called Leptosomatidae (marine nematode worms)
TROGONIDAE	TROGONS	80	44	3	7%	3	7%		African genus Apaloderma seemingly basal in the family, and the other two lineages, the Asian and American, breaking off between 20–36 million years ago
BUCEROTIDAE	HORNBILLS	81	55	24	44%	24	44%
UPUPIDAE	HOOPOES	82	1	1	<all>
PHOENICULIDAE	WOOD-HOOPOES	83	8	8	<all>	8	<all>		includes Scimitarbill
INDICATORIDAE	HONEYGUIDES	86	16	14	88%	14	88%		2 Asian Honeyguides probably by invasion from Africa
PICIDAE	WOODPECKERS	87	216	30	14%	29	13%		Northern Wryneck wintering in Africa
RAMPHASTIDAE	TOUCANS AND BARBETS	88	121	41	34%	41	34%		elsewhere in Lybiidae family (endemic to Afrotropical); formerly in Capitonidae; includes Tinkerbirds
MEROPIDAE	BEE-EATERS	89	27	20	74%	16	59%
CORACIIDAE	ROLLERS	90	12	8	67%	7	58%
BRACHYPTERACIIDAE	GROUND-ROLLERS	91	5	5	<all>	5	<all>		endemic to Madagascar
ALCEDINIDAE	KINGFISHERS	94	90	17	19%	16	18%		Pied Kingfisher also in Asia, derived together with American green kingfishers from Melasia
FALCONIDAE	FALCONS AND CARACARAS	96	63	19	30%	11	17%
PSITTACIDAE	AFRICAN AND NEW WORLD PARROTS	99	165	10	6%	10	6%		Poicephalus shares an Old World ancestor with New World Parrots
PSITTACULIDAE	OLD WORLD PARROTS	100	178	14	8%	13	7%
PITTIDAE	PITTAS	102	29	1	3%	1	3%		African Pitta in relatively recent times colonised Africa from the east
EURYLAIMIDAE	TYPICAL BROADBILLS	103	8	1	13%	1	13%		Grauer's Broadbill currently regarded as an actual broadbill, the only African representative of a primarily Asian family
PHILEPITTIDAE	ASITIES	104	4	4	<all>	4	<all>		endemic to Madagascar
CALYPTOMENIDAE	AFRICAN AND GREEN BROADBILLS	105	6	3	50%	3	50%		Smithornis formerly classified in the family Eurylaimidae
CAMPEPHAGIDAE	MINIVETS AND CUCKOOSHRIKES	143	85	13	15%	13	15%		All Afrotropical Cuckooshrikes endemic (Minivets in Asia)
ORIOLIDAE	ORIOLES, FIGBIRDS AND ALLIES	152	33	9	27%	8	24%
PLATYSTEIRIDAE	WATTLE-EYES AND BATISES	156	29	29	<all>	29	<all>		Lanioturdus (Chat-shrike or White-tailed Shrike) formerly in Laniidae; includes Wattle-eyes
VANGIDAE	VANGAS, HELMET-SHRIKES AND SHRIKE-FLYCATCHERS	157	36	30	83%	30	83%		20 Vangas endemic to Madagascar: Tylas removed from Pycnonotidae, Mystacornis from Timaliidae (no longer an Afrotropical family), Newtonia from Sylviidae; African continent: Bias and Pseudobias from Platysteiridae, Prionops from Laniidae; Hypositta: Nuthatch
MALACONOTIDAE	BUSH-SHRIKES, PUFFBACKS AND TCHAGRAS	160	46	46	<all>	45	98%		new family: removed from Laniidae; includes Boubous, Gonoleks and Bokmakierie
DICRURIDAE	DRONGOS	161	22	8	36%	8	36%
LANIIDAE	SHRIKES	163	34	21	62%	14	41%		includes Fiscals
CORVIDAE	CROWS AND JAYS	164	125	9	7%	7	6%
MONARCHIDAE	MONARCHS	165	93	11	12%	11	12%		various species moved to Stenostiridae and (Erythrocercus: Flycatcher Warblers) to Scotocercidae
EUPETIDAE	ROCKFOWL, ROCKJUMPER AND RAIL-BABBLER	170	4	3	3/4	3	3/4		new family: Chaetops (Rockjumper) formerly in Turdidae; Picathartes (Rockfowl) formerly in suspended family Picathardidae (Bald Crows), after having been assigned variously to the starling, babbler and crow families
PROMEROPIDAE	SUGARBIRDS AND ALLIES	172	5	5	<all>	5	<all>		new family: Modulatrix and Arcanator formerly in Turdidae; Kakamega (Thrush-babbler) from Timaliidae (no longer an Afrotropical family); Promerops from Meliphagidae
NECTARINIIDAE	SUNBIRDS	174	136	87	64%	86	63%		Sunbirds are of African origin with the short-billed, mostly insectivorous, genera Deleornis, and Anthreptes being the most primitive
PLOCEIDAE	WEAVERS	179	115	110	96%	110	96%		the Weavers are likely to have evolved in Africa; all Afrotropical Weavers are endemic, though Black-headed Weaver cagebird established in Iberia; includes Bishop, Widowbird, Fody (endemic to Madagascar and surrounding islands)
ESTRILDIDAE	WAXBILLS	180	131	75	57%	74	56%		includes (Weaver)-finches, Firefinches, Mannikins or Munias (Spermestes), Bluebills, Antpeckers, Cordon-bleu, Seedcrackers, Nigritas
VIDUIDAE	INDIGOBIRDS	181	20	20	<all>	20	<all>		new family: Vidua and Anomalospiza formerly in Ploceidae; includes Whydahs
PASSERIDAE	SPARROWS, SNOWFINCHES AND ALLIES	182	38	17	45%	14	37%		new family: several species split off from Ploceidae; House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) introduced
MOTACILLIDAE	WAGTAILS AND PIPITS	183	67	37	55%	29	43%		Amaurocichla formerly in Sylviidae; includes Longclaw; Yellow-throated Longclaw example of cnvergent evolution with American Meadowlark, both having yellow breasts marked with horseshoes of black
FRINGILLIDAE	FINCHES, EUPHONIAS AND HAWAIIAN HONEYCREEPERS	184	198	48	24%	47	24%		several Canaries, Citrils, Linnets, Grosbeaks and Oriole Finch endemic to Africa (none in Madagascar)
EMBERIZIDAE	OLD WORLD BUNTINGS	187	41	12	29%	8	20%		believed to have evolved in the New World; related to Thraupidae and Cardinalidae (both now split off from Emberizidae)
HYLIOTIDAE	HYLIOTAS	197	3	3	<all>	3	<all>		new family: Hyliota formerly in Sylviidae
STENOSTIRIDAE	FAIRY-FLYCATCHER AND CRESTED -FLYCATCHERS	198	9	6	2/3	6	2/3		new family: Stenostira formerly in Sylviidae; Elminia from Monarchidae
PARIDAE	TITS, CHICKADEES	199	59	14	24%	14	24%
REMIZIDAE	PENDULINE TITS	200	10	6	60%	6	60%
NICATORIDAE	NICATORS	201	3	3	<all>	3	<all>		formerly in Laniidae
ALAUDIDAE	LARKS	202	93	68	73%	58	62%
MACROSPHENIDAE	CROMBECS, LONGBILLS AND ALLIES	204	18	18	<all>	18	<all>		removed from Sylviidae, Rockrunner from Timaliidae
CISTICOLIDAE	CISTICOLAS	205	139	112	81%	109	78%		new family: mostly from Sylviidae; Neomixis (Jery) formerly in Timaliidae; includes Kopje
LOCUSTELLIDAE	GRASSBIRDS AND ALLIES	206	57	17	30%	15	26%		new family: earlier in Sylviidae; River Warbler wintering in East Africa, Grasshopper Warbler wintering in North and West Africa
BERNIERIDAE	MADAGASCAR WARBLERS	208	11	11	<all>	11	<all>		new family, endemic to Madagascar: Xanthomixis and Bernieria ex-Phyllastrephus Tetrakas from Pycnonotidae; Hartertula, Oxylabes, Crossleyia from Timaliidae (no longer an Afrotropical family); Thamnornis, Randia from Sylviidae
ACROCEPHALIDAE	BRUSH, REED AND SWAMP WARBLERS	209	53	24	45%	14	26%		removed from Sylviidae
HIRUNDINIDAE	SWALLOWS (MARTINS)	211	84	39	46%	31	37%		includes Martins, Saw-wings
PYCNONOTIDAE	BULBULS	212	130	63	48%	62	48%		includes Greenbuls, Brownbuls, Bristlebills, Leafloves (simple: Chlorocichla simplex, common: Phyllastrephus scandens, yellow-throated: Atimastillas flavicollis)
PHYLLOSCOPIDAE	OLD WORLD LEAF WARBLERS	213	77	11	14%	7	9%		new family: formerly in Sylviidae; includes Wood Warbler, wintering in tropical Africa, Willow Warbler, wintering down to South Africa and Chiffchaff, wintering well above the equator; Bonelli's Warblers and Woodland Warblers
SCOTOCERCIDAE	BUSH WARBLERS AND ALLIES	214	37	6	16%	6	16%		new family: formerly in Sylviidae; Pholidornis (Tit-Hylia) from Estrildidae; Erythrocercus (Flycatcher Warblers) from Monarchidae
SYLVIIDAE	SYLVIA WARBLERS, PARROTBILLS AND ALLIES	216	62	28	45%	10	16%		African Hill Babbler (Illadopsis > Sylvia abyssinica) ex-Timaliidae; species to Vangidae, Motacillidae, Hyliotidae, Stenostiridae, Macrosphenidae, Cisticolidae, Locustellidae, Bernieridae, Acrocephalidae, Phylloscopidae and Scotocercidae
ZOSTEROPIDAE	WHITE-EYES	217	120	20	17%	20	17%		All Afrotropical White-Eyes endemic; established by long‐distance immigrations from Southeast Asia; includes Speirops
PELLORNEIDAE	SMALLER BABBLERS	219	53	8	15%	8	15%		new family, formerly in Timaliidae; 'Illadopsises (Thrush-babblers) are among the best songsters in jungles anywhere, but so difficult to spot'; from Senegal to Tanzania; established by long‐distance immigrations from Southeast Asia
LEIOTHRICHIDAE	BABBLERS, LAUGHING-THRUSHES AND ALLIES	220	125	22	18%	20	16%		new family: formerly in Timaliidae; Turdoides established by long‐distance immigrations from Southeast Asia; Laughing-Trushes not in Africa; includes Chatterers
HYPOCOLIIDAE	HYPOCOLIUS AND ALLIES	224	2	1	1/2
SITTIDAE	NUTHATCHES, SALPORNISES AND WALLCREEPER	228	28	2	7%	2	7%		Salpornis formerly in Certhiidae, earlier sometimes in its own family Salpornithidae
BUPHAGIDAE	OXPECKERS	231	2	2	<all>	2	<all>
STURNIDAE	STARLINGS	233	111	46	41%	45	41%		Tristram's Starling: Syria to Yemen
MUSCICAPIDAE	CHATS AND FLYCATCHERS	235	303	138	46%	114	38%		highest number of passerines in Afrotopical; many species formerly in Turdidae, incl. Nightingale, Wheatears, several (Magpie and Ground) Robins, Palm Thrushes, Rock Trushes, Silverbird, Alethes, Blackstart, Redstart, (Anteater) Chats
TURDIDAE	THRUSHES	236	156	25	16%	25	16%		All Afrotropical Thrushes endemic; Africa secondary center Turdidae; includes Ant Thrush (compare with Formicariidae in Neotropical)
50% of families	Aves in Afrotropical	117 families	6417	2165	34%	1820	84%		Aves in Afrotropical
69% of families	non-passerines	69 families	2866	873	30%	641	73%		non-passerines
35% of families	passerines	48 families	3551	1292	36%	1179	91%		passerines
global	Aves		10027	2165	22%	22 endemic families		9%	Aves in Afrotropical
global	non-passerines		4021	873	22%	12 endemic families		12%	non-passerines
global	passerines		6006	1292	22%	10 endemic families		7%	passerines
	Afrotropical		global	AF	as	AF endemics	as		comments
	Africa sub-Sahara + Southern Arabia		number of	number of	share of	number of	share of
			species	species	global	species	global
Source: The Howard and Moore complete checklist of the birds of the world, 2013~2014
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