Bird Families of the World

Order: Passeriformes (part 2)

145 families, 6704 species (53 extinct)

Passeriformes Family Groups on this page:

  • Basal Oscines, 11 families, 347 species (2 extinct)

Family #127

Lyrebirds (Menuridae)

  • Species: 2
  • Distribution: Australasian endemic (Australia)
  • Passeriformes Family Group: Basal Oscines
  • wf251 status: 48% members ticked
  • OH: 2 seen, 1  photographed, first seen in Australia, 2013
Albert’s LyrebirdMenura alberti
Superb LyrebirdMenura novaehollandiae..

Superb Lyrebird, Australia 2018

Family #128

Scrubbirds (Atrichornithidae)

  • Species: 2
  • Distribution: Australasian endemic (Australia)
  • Clements 2024: Scrub-birds
  • Passeriformes Family Group: Basal Oscines
  • wf251 status: 29% members ticked
  • OH: 1 seen and  photographed, first seen in Australia, 2018
  • Finding hints
Rufous Scrub-birdAtrichornis rufescens..
Noisy Scrub-birdAtrichornis clamosus

Rufous Scrub-bird, Australia 2018

Family #129

Australasian Treecreepers (Climacteridae)

  • Species: 7
  • Distribution: Australasian endemic 
  • Passeriformes Family Group: Basal Oscines
  • wf251 status: 52% members ticked
  • OH: 7 seen and photographed, first seen in Australia, 2013
Papuan TreecreeperCormobates placens..
White-throated TreecreeperCormobates leucophaea..
White-browed TreecreeperClimacteris affinis ..
Red-browed TreecreeperClimacteris erythrops..
Brown TreecreeperClimacteris picumnus..
Black-tailed TreecreeperClimacteris melanurus.. 
Rufous TreecreeperClimacteris rufus..

1 Brown Treecreeper, Australia; 2 Rufous Treecreeper, Australia; 3 White-throated Treecreeper, Australia; 4 Red-browed Treecreeper, Australia 5.Papuan Treecreeper, Papua New Guinea.

White-browed Treecreeper, Australia 2024

Family #130

Bowerbirds (Ptilonorhynchidae)

  • Species: 27
  • Distribution: Australasian endemic 
  • Passeriformes Family Group: Basal Oscines
  • wf251 status: 54% members ticked
  • OH: 12 seen, 11 photographed, first seen in Australia, 2013
White-eared CatbirdAiluroedus buccoides 
Ochre-breasted CatbirdAiluroedus stonii 
Tan-capped CatbirdAiluroedus geislerorum 
Spotted CatbirdAiluroedus maculosus..
Huon CatbirdAiluroedus astigmaticus 
Black-capped CatbirdAiluroedus melanocephalus 
Northern CatbirdAiluroedus jobiensis 
Arfak CatbirdAiluroedus arfakianus 
Black-eared CatbirdAiluroedus melanotis 
Green CatbirdAiluroedus crassirostris..
Tooth-billed BowerbirdScenopoeetes dentirostris..
Archbold’s BowerbirdArchboldia papuensis 
Vogelkop BowerbirdAmblyornis inornata 
MacGregor’s BowerbirdAmblyornis macgregoriae 
Streaked BowerbirdAmblyornis subalaris 
Golden-fronted BowerbirdAmblyornis flavifrons 
Golden BowerbirdPrionodura newtoniana..
Masked BowerbirdSericulus aureus 
Flame BowerbirdSericulus ardens..
Fire-maned BowerbirdSericulus bakeri 
Regent BowerbirdSericulus chrysocephalus..
Satin BowerbirdPtilonorhynchus violaceus..
Western BowerbirdChlamydera guttata..
Spotted BowerbirdChlamydera maculata..
Great BowerbirdChlamydera nuchalis..
Yellow-breasted BowerbirdChlamydera lauterbachi.
Fawn-breasted BowerbirdChlamydera cerviniventris..

1 Regent Bowerbird, Australia; 2 Satin Bowerbird, Australia; 3 Green Catbird, Australia; 4 Western Bowerbird, Australia; 5 Great Bowerbird, Australia; 6 Spotted Catbird, Australia

7 Fawn-breasted Bowerbird, Papua New Guinea; 8 Flame Bowerbird, Papua New Guinea

Family #131

Grasswrens, Fairywrens, and Emu-wrens (Maluridae)

  • Species: 33
  • Distribution: Australasian endemic 
  • Clements 2024: Fairywrens
  • Passeriformes Family Group: Basal Oscines
  • wf251 status: 56% members ticked
  • OH: 26 seen, 21 photographed, first seen in Australia, 2013
Gray GrasswrenAmytornis barbatus.
Pilbara GrasswrenAmytornis whitei..
Sandhill GrasswrenAmytornis oweni..
Opalton GrasswrenAmytornis rowleyi.
Striated GrasswrenAmytornis striatus..
White-throated GrasswrenAmytornis woodwardi 
Carpentarian GrasswrenAmytornis dorotheae.
Short-tailed GrasswrenAmytornis merrotsyi 
Western GrasswrenAmytornis textilis..
Thick-billed GrasswrenAmytornis modestus 
Black GrasswrenAmytornis housei 
Eyrean GrasswrenAmytornis goyderi..
Dusky GrasswrenAmytornis purnelli..
Kalkadoon GrasswrenAmytornis ballarae..
Southern EmuwrenStipiturus malachurus..
Rufous-crowned EmuwrenStipiturus ruficeps..
Mallee EmuwrenStipiturus mallee..
Wallace’s FairywrenSipodotus wallacii 
Orange-crowned FairywrenClytomyias insignis.
Broad-billed FairywrenChenorhamphus grayi 
Campbell’s FairywrenChenorhamphus campbelli.
Emperor FairywrenMalurus cyanocephalus..
Purple-crowned FairywrenMalurus coronatus..
Red-winged FairywrenMalurus elegans..
Blue-breasted FairywrenMalurus pulcherrimus..
Purple-backed FairywrenMalurus assimilis..
Variegated FairywrenMalurus lamberti..
Lovely FairywrenMalurus amabilis.
Splendid FairywrenMalurus splendens..
Superb FairywrenMalurus cyaneus..
White-winged FairywrenMalurus leucopterus..
Red-backed FairywrenMalurus melanocephalus..
White-shouldered FairywrenMalurus alboscapulatus..

1 Blue-breasted Fairywren, Australia; 2 Purple-backed Fairywren, Australia; 3 Southern Emu-wren, Australia; 4 Variegated Fairywren, Australia; 5 Superb Fairywren, Australia; 6 Red-winged Fairywren, Australia; 7 Splendid Fairywren, Australia; 8 White-winged Fairywren, Australia

9 White-sholdered Fairywren, Papua New Guinea; 10 Emperor Fairywren, Papua New Guinea; 11 Red-backed Fairywren, Australia

Kalkadoon Grasswren, Australia 2024

Family #132

Bristlebirds (Dasyornithidae)

  • Species: 3
  • Distribution: Australasian endemic (Australia)
  • Passeriformes Family Group: Basal Oscines
  • wf251 status: 40% members ticked
  • OH: 3 seen and  photographed, first seen in Australia, 2018
  • Finding hints
Western BristlebirdDasyornis longirostris ..
Eastern BristlebirdDasyornis brachypterus..
Rufous BristlebirdDasyornis broadbenti..

1 Rufous Bristlebird, Australia; 2 Eastern Bristlebird, Australia

Western Bristlebird, Australia 2025

Family #133

Pardalotes (Pardalotidae)

  • Species: 4
  • Distribution: Australasian endemic (Australia)
  • Passeriformes Family Group: Basal Oscines
  • wf251 status: 52% members ticked
  • OH: 4 seen and photographed, first seen in Australia, 2013
Spotted PardalotePardalotus punctatus..
Forty-spotted PardalotePardalotus quadragintus ..
Red-browed PardalotePardalotus rubricatus..
Striated PardalotePardalotus striatus..

1 Striated Pardalote, Australia 2013; 2 Spotted Pardalote, Australia 2022

Red-browed Pardalote, Australia 2025

Family #134

Gerygones, Thornbills, Scrubwrens, and Allies (Acanthizidae)

  • Species: 66 (1 extinct)
  • Distribution: Australasia, Indomalaya
  • Clements 2024: Thornbills and Allies
  • Passeriformes Family Group: Basal Oscines
  • wf251 status: 61% members ticked
  • OH: 48 seen, 36 photographed, first seen in Australia, 2013
GoldenfacePachycare flavogriseum 
FernwrenOreoscopus gutturalis.
PilotbirdPycnoptilus floccosus 
RedthroatPyrrholaemus brunneus..
Speckled WarblerPyrrholaemus sagittatus..
Shy HeathwrenHylacola cauta..
Chestnut-rumped HeathwrenHylacola pyrrhopygia.
Striated FieldwrenCalamanthus fuliginosus..
Rufous FieldwrenCalamanthus campestris..
Western FieldwrenCalamanthus montanellus..
WeebillSmicrornis brevirostris..
Yellow-throated ScrubwrenNeosericornis citreogularis..
Mountain Mouse-WarblerOrigma robusta.
Rusty Mouse-WarblerOrigma murina.
RockwarblerOrigma solitaria..
Tasmanian ScrubwrenSericornis humilis..
White-browed ScrubwrenSericornis frontalis..
Spotted ScrubwrenSericornis maculatus..
Atherton ScrubwrenSericornis keri..
Tropical ScrubwrenSericornis beccarii.
Large-billed ScrubwrenSericornis magnirostra..
Large ScrubwrenSericornis nouhuysi.
Pale-billed ScrubwrenAethomyias spilodera.
Bicolored Mouse-WarblerAethomyias nigrorufus 
Vogelkop ScrubwrenAethomyias rufescens 
Buff-faced ScrubwrenAethomyias perspicillatus 
Gray-green ScrubwrenAethomyias arfakianus 
Papuan ScrubwrenAethomyias papuensis.
ScrubtitAcanthornis magna..
Southern WhitefaceAphelocephala leucopsis..
Banded WhitefaceAphelocephala nigricincta..
Chestnut-breasted WhitefaceAphelocephala pectoralis.
Yellow-rumped ThornbillAcanthiza chrysorrhoa..
Gray ThornbillAcanthiza cinerea 
Papuan ThornbillAcanthiza murina 
Yellow ThornbillAcanthiza nana..
Striated ThornbillAcanthiza lineata..
Inland ThornbillAcanthiza apicalis..
Tasmanian ThornbillAcanthiza ewingii 
Mountain ThornbillAcanthiza katherina.
Brown ThornbillAcanthiza pusilla..
Slaty-backed ThornbillAcanthiza robustirostris 
Slender-billed ThornbillAcanthiza iredalei..
Chestnut-rumped ThornbillAcanthiza uropygialis..
Western ThornbillAcanthiza inornata..
Buff-rumped ThornbillAcanthiza reguloides..
Yellow-bellied GerygoneGerygone chrysogaster.
Brown GerygoneGerygone mouki.
Green-backed GerygoneGerygone chloronota..
Fairy GerygoneGerygone palpebrosa..
Large-billed GerygoneGerygone magnirostris..
Biak GerygoneGerygone hypoxantha 
Plain GerygoneGerygone inornata 
Rufous-sided GerygoneGerygone dorsalis 
White-throated GerygoneGerygone olivacea..
Golden-bellied GerygoneGerygone sulphurea..
Dusky GerygoneGerygone tenebrosa..
Fan-tailed GerygoneGerygone flavolateralis..
Rennell GerygoneGerygone citrina 
Mangrove GerygoneGerygone levigaster..
Western GerygoneGerygone fusca..
Brown-breasted GerygoneGerygone ruficollis 
Lord Howe GerygoneGerygone insularisexinct
Norfolk Island GerygoneGerygone modesta 
Gray GerygoneGerygone igata..
Chatham Islands GerygoneGerygone albofrontata 

1 Rockwarbler, Australia; 2 Yellow-throated Scrubwren, Australia; 3 Weebill, Australia; 4 White-browed Scrubwren, Australia; 5 Fan-tailed Gerygone, New Caledonia; 6 Large-billed Gerygone, Australia; 7 Gray Gerygone, New Zealand; 8 Brown Thornbill, Australia; 9 Large-billed Scrubwren, Australia; 10 Yellow-bellied Gerygone, Thailand; 11 Mangrove Gerygone, Australia; 12 Inland Thornbill, Australia; 13 Yellow Thornbill, Australia; 14 Striated Thornbill, Australia; 15 Western Thornbill, Australia; 16 Southern Whiteface, Australia; 17 Striated Fieldwren, Australia; 18 Yellow-rumped Thornbill, Australia; 19 Western Gerygone Australia; 20 Redthroat, Australia; 21 Speckled Warbler; 22 Western Fieldwren, Australia

Family #135

Honeyeaters (Meliphagidae)

  • Species: 195 (1 extinct)
  • Distribution: Australasia, Indomalaya
  • Passeriformes Family Group: Basal Oscines
  • wf251 status: 63% members ticked
  • OH: 105 seen, 83  photographed, first seen in Australia, 2013
Dark-eared MyzaMyza celebensis..
White-eared MyzaMyza sarasinorum..
Eastern SpinebillAcanthorhynchus tenuirostris..
Western SpinebillAcanthorhynchus superciliosus..
Pied HoneyeaterCerthionyx variegatus..
Plain HoneyeaterPycnopygius ixoides.
Marbled HoneyeaterPycnopygius cinereus 
Streak-headed HoneyeaterPycnopygius stictocephalus..
TuiProsthemadera novaeseelandiae..
New Zealand BellbirdAnthornis melanura..
Chatham Islands BellbirdAnthornis melanocephalaexinct
Puff-backed HoneyeaterMeliphaga aruensis.
Yellow-spotted HoneyeaterMeliphaga notata..
Lewin’s HoneyeaterMeliphaga lewinii..
Streak-breasted HoneyeaterMeliphaga reticulata 
Kimberley HoneyeaterMeliphaga fordiana 
White-lined HoneyeaterMeliphaga albilineata..
Orange-cheeked HoneyeaterMeliphaga chrysogenys 
Forest HoneyeaterMeliphaga montana 
Mottled HoneyeaterMeliphaga mimikae 
Yellow-gaped HoneyeaterMeliphaga flavirictus..
Mountain HoneyeaterMeliphaga orientalis.
Scrub HoneyeaterMeliphaga albonotata 
Mimic HoneyeaterMeliphaga analoga.
Tagula HoneyeaterMeliphaga vicina 
Graceful HoneyeaterMeliphaga gracilis.
Cryptic HoneyeaterMeliphaga imitatrix.
Elegant HoneyeaterMeliphaga cinereifrons.
Yellow HoneyeaterStomiopera flava..
White-gaped HoneyeaterStomiopera unicolor..
White-fronted HoneyeaterPurnella albifrons..
Yellow-faced HoneyeaterCaligavis chrysops..
Black-throated HoneyeaterCaligavis subfrenata.
Obscure HoneyeaterCaligavis obscura..
Yellow-tufted HoneyeaterLichenostomus melanops..
Purple-gaped HoneyeaterLichenostomus cratitius 
Bell MinerManorina melanophrys..
Noisy MinerManorina melanocephala..
Yellow-throated MinerManorina flavigula..
Black-eared MinerManorina melanotis..
Sooty HoneyeaterMelionyx fuscus 
Short-bearded HoneyeaterMelionyx nouhuysi 
Long-bearded HoneyeaterMelionyx princeps 
Ornate MelidectesMelidectes torquatus..
Cinnamon-browed MelidectesMelidectes ochromelas 
Vogelkop MelidectesMelidectes leucostephes 
Huon MelidectesMelidectes foersteri 
Belford’s MelidectesMelidectes belfordi..
Yellow-browed MelidectesMelidectes rufocrissalis..
Bridled HoneyeaterBolemoreus frenatus..
Eungella HoneyeaterBolemoreus hindwoodi..
Spiny-cheeked HoneyeaterAcanthagenys rufogularis..
Little WattlebirdAnthochaera chrysoptera..
Western WattlebirdAnthochaera lunulata.
Regent HoneyeaterAnthochaera phrygia 
Red WattlebirdAnthochaera carunculata..
Yellow WattlebirdAnthochaera paradoxa..
Varied HoneyeaterGavicalis versicolor.
Mangrove HoneyeaterGavicalis fasciogularis..
Singing HoneyeaterGavicalis virescens..
Yellow-plumed HoneyeaterPtilotula ornata..
White-plumed HoneyeaterPtilotula penicillata..
Yellow-tinted HoneyeaterPtilotula flavescens..
Fuscous HoneyeaterPtilotula fusca.
Gray-headed HoneyeaterPtilotula keartlandi..
Gray-fronted HoneyeaterPtilotula plumula..
Bougainville HoneyeaterStresemannia bougainvillei 
Brown-backed HoneyeaterRamsayornis modestus.
Bar-breasted HoneyeaterRamsayornis fasciatus..
Rufous-banded HoneyeaterConopophila albogularis..
Rufous-throated HoneyeaterConopophila rufogularis..
Gray HoneyeaterConopophila whitei.
GibberbirdAshbyia lovensis.
Yellow ChatEpthianura crocea..
Crimson ChatEpthianura tricolor..
Orange ChatEpthianura aurifrons..
White-fronted ChatEpthianura albifrons..
Arfak HoneyeaterMelipotes gymnops 
Smoky HoneyeaterMelipotes fumigatus..
Foja HoneyeaterMelipotes carolae 
Spangled HoneyeaterMelipotes ater 
Macgregor’s HoneyeaterMacgregoria pulchra 
Long-billed HoneyeaterMelilestes megarhynchus..
Olive StraightbillTimeliopsis fulvigula 
Tawny StraightbillTimeliopsis griseigula 
Black HoneyeaterSugomel nigrum..
Bismarck HoneyeaterVosea whitemanensis 
Seram MyzomelaMyzomela blasii 
White-chinned MyzomelaMyzomela albigula 
Ruby-throated MyzomelaMyzomela eques 
Ashy MyzomelaMyzomela cineracea 
Moluccan MyzomelaMyzomela simplex 
Red-tinged MyzomelaMyzomela rubrotincta 
Biak MyzomelaMyzomela rubrobrunnea 
Dusky MyzomelaMyzomela obscura..
Red MyzomelaMyzomela cruentata 
Reddish MyzomelaMyzomela erythrina 
Papuan Black MyzomelaMyzomela nigrita.
New Ireland MyzomelaMyzomela pulchella 
Alor MyzomelaMyzomela prawiradilagae 
Crimson-hooded MyzomelaMyzomela kuehni 
Red-headed MyzomelaMyzomela erythrocephala..
Sumba MyzomelaMyzomela dammermani 
Rote MyzomelaMyzomela irianawidodoae 
Elfin MyzomelaMyzomela adolphinae..
Sulawesi MyzomelaMyzomela chloroptera..
Bacan MyzomelaMyzomela batjanensis 
Taliabu MyzomelaMyzomela wahe 
Wakolo MyzomelaMyzomela wakoloensis 
Banda MyzomelaMyzomela boiei 
New Caledonian MyzomelaMyzomela caledonica..
Scarlet MyzomelaMyzomela sanguinolenta.
Micronesian MyzomelaMyzomela rubratra 
Cardinal MyzomelaMyzomela cardinalis..
Samoan MyzomelaMyzomela nigriventris 
Rotuma MyzomelaMyzomela chermesina 
Sclater’s MyzomelaMyzomela sclateri 
Bismarck Black MyzomelaMyzomela pammelaena 
Scarlet-naped MyzomelaMyzomela lafargei 
Yellow-vented MyzomelaMyzomela eichhorni 
Red-bellied MyzomelaMyzomela malaitae 
Black-headed MyzomelaMyzomela melanocephala 
Sooty MyzomelaMyzomela tristrami 
Sulphur-breasted MyzomelaMyzomela jugularis 
Black-bellied MyzomelaMyzomela erythromelas 
Black-breasted MyzomelaMyzomela vulnerata 
Red-collared MyzomelaMyzomela rosenbergii..
Long-billed MyzomelaMyzomela longirostris 
Barred HoneyeaterGliciphila undulata..
Tawny-crowned HoneyeaterGliciphila melanops..
Vanuatu HoneyeaterGliciphila notabilis 
Green-backed HoneyeaterGlycichaera fallax.
Leaden HoneyeaterPtiloprora plumbea 
Yellow-streaked HoneyeaterPtiloprora meekiana 
Rufous-sided HoneyeaterPtiloprora erythropleura 
Mayr’s HoneyeaterPtiloprora mayri 
Rufous-backed HoneyeaterPtiloprora guisei.
Gray-streaked HoneyeaterPtiloprora perstriata..
Banded HoneyeaterCissomela pectoralis..
Sunda HoneyeaterLichmera lombokia 
Olive HoneyeaterLichmera argentauris 
Brown HoneyeaterLichmera indistincta..
Dark-brown HoneyeaterLichmera incana..
White-tufted HoneyeaterLichmera squamata 
Silver-eared HoneyeaterLichmera alboauricularis 
Buru HoneyeaterLichmera deningeri 
Seram HoneyeaterLichmera monticola 
Yellow-eared HoneyeaterLichmera flavicans 
Black-chested HoneyeaterLichmera notabilis 
Crescent HoneyeaterPhylidonyris pyrrhopterus..
New Holland HoneyeaterPhylidonyris novaehollandiae..
White-cheeked HoneyeaterPhylidonyris niger..
White-streaked HoneyeaterTrichodere cockerelli.
White-eared HoneyeaterNesoptilotis leucotis..
Yellow-throated HoneyeaterNesoptilotis flavicollis..
Blue-faced HoneyeaterEntomyzon cyanotis..
White-throated HoneyeaterMelithreptus albogularis..
Gilbert’s HoneyeaterMelithreptus chloropsis..
White-naped HoneyeaterMelithreptus lunatus..
Black-headed HoneyeaterMelithreptus affinis..
Brown-headed HoneyeaterMelithreptus brevirostris..
Black-chinned HoneyeaterMelithreptus gularis..
Strong-billed HoneyeaterMelithreptus validirostris..
Makira HoneyeaterMeliarchus sclateri 
Guadalcanal HoneyeaterGuadalcanaria inexpectata 
Kadavu HoneyeaterMeliphacator provocator 
Yellow-billed Giant-HoneyeaterGymnomyza viridis 
Duetting Giant-HoneyeaterGymnomyza brunneirostris 
MaoGymnomyza samoensis 
Crow HoneyeaterGymnomyza aubryana..
Western Wattled-HoneyeaterFoulehaio procerior 
Eastern Wattled-HoneyeaterFoulehaio carunculatus 
Northern Wattled-HoneyeaterFoulehaio taviunensis 
Tawny-breasted HoneyeaterXanthotis flaviventer.
Spotted HoneyeaterXanthotis polygrammus.
Macleay’s HoneyeaterXanthotis macleayanus..
Striped HoneyeaterPlectorhyncha lanceolata..
Painted HoneyeaterGrantiella picta..
White-streaked FriarbirdMelitograis gilolensis 
Little FriarbirdPhilemon citreogularis..
Meyer’s FriarbirdPhilemon meyeri.
Timor FriarbirdPhilemon inornatus 
Gray FriarbirdPhilemon kisserensis 
Brass’s FriarbirdPhilemon brassi 
Morotai FriarbirdPhilemon fuscicapillus 
Buru FriarbirdPhilemon moluccensis 
Tanimbar FriarbirdPhilemon plumigenis 
Seram FriarbirdPhilemon subcorniculatus 
New Ireland FriarbirdPhilemon eichhorni 
Helmeted FriarbirdPhilemon buceroides..
White-naped FriarbirdPhilemon albitorques 
New Britain FriarbirdPhilemon cockerelli 
Silver-crowned FriarbirdPhilemon argenticeps..
Noisy FriarbirdPhilemon corniculatus..
New Caledonian FriarbirdPhilemon diemenensis..

1 Eastern Spinebill, Australia; 2 Western Spinebill, Australia; 3 Pied Honeyeater, Australia; 4 Yellow-spotted Honeyeater, Australia; 5 Lewin’s Honeyeater, Australia; 6 Yellow-faced Honeyeater, Australia; 7 Mangrove Honeyeater, Australia; 8 Singing Honeyeater, Australia; 9 Yellow Honeyeater, Australia; 10 White-gaped Honeyeater, Australia; 11 Yellow-tufted Honeyeater, Australia; 12 White-plumed Honeyeater, Australia; 13 White-fronted Honeyeater, Australia; 14 Bell Miner, Australia; 15 Noisy Miner, Australia; 16 Yellow-throated Miner, Australia; 17 Little Wattlebird, Australia; 18 Red Wattlebird, Australia; 19 Rufous-banded Honeyeater, Australia; 20 Rufous-throated Honeyeater, Australia; 21 Orange Chat, Australia; 22 Dusky Myzomela, Australia; 23 Red-headed Myzomela, Australia; 24 Banded Honeyeater, Australia; 25 Brown Honeyeater, Australia; 26 New Holland Honeyeater, Australia; 27 Painted Honeyeater, Australia; 28 White-cheeked Honeyeater, Australia; 29 Blue-faced Honeyeater, Australia; 30 Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater, Australia; 31 Helmeted Friarbird, Australia; 32 Silver-crowned Friarbird, Australia; 33 Noisy Friarbird, Australia; 34 Little Friarbird, Australia; 35 White-throated Honeyeater, Australia; 36 Macleay’s Honeyeater, Australia; 37 New Zealand Bellbird, New Zealand; 38 Brown-headed Honeyeater, Australia; 39 White-naped Honeyeater, Australia; 40 Tawny-crowned Honeyeater, Australia; 41 Black Honeyeater, Australia; 42 Cardinal Myzomela, New Caledonia; 43 New Caledonian Myzomela, New Caledonia; 44 Striped Honeyeater, Australia; 45 Gilbert’s Honeyeater, Australia; 46 Tui, New Zealand; 47 Grey-eared Honeyeater, New Caledonia; 48 Barred Honeyeater, New Caledonia; 49 Crow Honeyeater, New Caledonia; 50 New Caledonian Friarbird, New Caledonia

51 White-eared Honeyeater, Australia; 52 Yellow-plumed Honeyeater, Australia; 53 Obscure Honeyeater, Papua New Guinea; 54 Gray-streaked; Honeyeater, PNG; 55 Streak-headed Honeyeater, PNG; 56 Yellow-browed Melidectes, PNG; 57 Ornate Melidectes, PNG; 58 Black-chinned Honeyeater, Australia; 59 Elfin Myzomela, PNG; 60 Yellow-gaped Honeyeater, PNG; 61 Red-collared Myzomela, PNG; 62 Smoky Honeyeater, PNG; 63 Belford’s Melidectes, PNG; 64 Long-billed Honeyeater, PNG

Family #136

Logrunner and Chowchilla (Orthonychidae)

  • Species: 3
  • Distribution: Australasian endemic
  • Clements 2024:  Logrunners
  • Passeriformes Family Group: Basal Oscines
  • wf251 status: 46% members ticked
  • OH: 3 seen, 1 photographed, first seen in Australia, 2013
  • Finding hints
Papuan LogrunnerOrthonyx
novaeguineae
 .
Australian
Logrunner
Orthonyx
temminckii
..
ChowchillaOrthonyx
spaldingii
 .

Australian Logrunner, Australia 2024

Family #137

Australasian Babblers (Pomatostomidae)

  • Species: 5
  • Distribution: Australasian endemic 
  • Clements 2024: Pseudo-Babblers
  • Passeriformes Family Group: Basal Oscines
  • wf251 status: 49% members ticked
  • OH: 5 seen and  photographed, first seen in Australia, 2013
Papuan BabblerGarritornis isidorei..
Gray-crowned BabblerPomatostomus temporalis..
White-browed BabblerPomatostomus superciliosus..
Hall’s BabblerPomatostomus halli.. 
Chestnut-crowned BabblerPomatostomus ruficeps.. 

1 White-browed Babbler, Australia; 2 Gray-crowned Babbler, Australia; 3 Papuan Babbler, Papua New Guinea

Hall’s Babbler, Australia 2024

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