Sibley-Monroe checklist 7

The Sibley-Munroe checklist was a landmark document in the study of birds. It drew on extensive DNA-DNA hybridisation studies to reassess the relationships between modern birds.

Eurypygidae

• Eurypyga helias Sunbittern

Otididae

• Tetrax tetrax Little Bustard
• Otis tarda Great Bustard
• Neotis denhami Stanley Bustard
• Neotis ludwigii Ludwig's Bustard
• Neotis nuba '' Nubian Bustard
• Neotis heuglinii Heuglin's Bustard
• Ardeotis arabs Arabian Bustard
• Ardeotis kori Kori Bustard
• Ardeotis nigriceps Indian Bustard
• Ardeotis australis Australian Bustard
• Chlamydotis undulata Houbara Bustard
• Eupodotis savilei Savile's Bustard
• Eupodotis gindiana Buff-crested Bustard
• Eupodotis ruficrista Red-crested Bustard
• Eupodotis afraoides White-quilled Bustard
• Eupodotis afra Black Bustard
• Eupodotis rueppellii Rueppell's Bustard
• Eupodotis vigorsii Karoo Bustard
• Eupodotis humilis Little Brown Bustard
• Eupodotis senegalensis White-bellied Bustard
• Eupodotis caerulescens Blue Bustard
• Eupodotis melanogaster Black-bellied Bustard
• Eupodotis hartlaubii Hartlaub's Bustard
• Eupodotis bengalensis Bengal Florican
• Eupodotis indica Lesser Florican

Gruidae

• Balearica pavonina Black Crowned-Crane
• Balearica regulorum Grey Crowned-Crane
• Grus leucogeranus Siberian Crane
• Grus antigone Sarus Crane
• Grus rubicunda Brolga
• Grus vipio White-naped Crane
• Grus canadensis Sandhill Crane
• Grus virgo Demoiselle Crane
• Grus paradisea Blue Crane
• Grus carunculatus Wattled Crane
• Grus grus '' Common Crane
• Grus monacha Hooded Crane
• Grus americana Whooping Crane
• Grus nigricollis Black-necked Crane
• Grus japonensis Red-crowned Crane

Aramidae

• Aramus guarauna Limpkin

Heliornithidae

• Podica senegalensis African Finfoot
• Heliopais personata Masked Finfoot
• Heliornis fulica Sungrebe

Psophiidae

• Psophia crepitans Grey-winged Trumpeter
• Psophia leucoptera Pale-winged Trumpeter
• Psophia viridis Dark-winged Trumpeter

Cariamidae

• Cariama cristata\ Red-legged Seriema
• Chunga burmeisteri Black-legged Seriema

Rhynochetidae

• Rhynochetos jubatus Kagu

Rallidae

• Sarothrura pulchra White-spotted Flufftail
• Sarothrura elegans Buff-spotted Flufftail
• Sarothrura rufa Red-chested Flufftail
• Sarothrura lugens Chestnut-headed Flufftail
• Sarothrura boehmi Streaky-breasted Flufftail
• Sarothrura affinis Striped Flufftail
• Sarothrura insularis Madagascar Flufftail
• Sarothrura ayresi White-winged Flufftail
• Sarothrura watersi Slender-billed Flufftail
• Himantornis haematopus Nkulengu Rail
• Canirallus oculeus Grey-throated Rail
• Canirallus kioloides Kioloides Rail
• Coturnicops exquisitus Swinhoe's Rail
• Coturnicops noveboracensis Yellow Rail
• Coturnicops notatus Speckled Rail
• Micropygia schomburgkii Ocellated Crake
• Rallina rubra Chestnut Forest-Rail
• Rallina leucospila White-striped Forest-Rail
• Rallina forbesi Forbes's Forest-Rail
• Rallina mayri Mayr's Forest-Rail
• Rallina tricolor Red-necked Crake
• Rallina canningi Andaman Crake
• Rallina fasciata Red-legged Crake
• Rallina eurizonoides Slaty-legged Crake
• Anurolimnas castaneiceps Chestnut-headed Crake
• Anurolimnas viridis Russet-crowned Crake
• Anurolimnas fasciatus Black-banded Crake
• Laterallus melanophaius Rufous-sided Crake
• Laterallus levraudi Rusty-flanked Crake
• Laterallus ruber Ruddy Crake
• Laterallus albigularis White-throated Crake
• Laterallus exilis Grey-breasted Crake
• Laterallus jamaicensis Black Rail
• Laterallus spilonotus Galapagos Rail
• Laterallus leucopyrrhus Red-and-white Crake
• Laterallus xenopterus Rufous-faced Crake
• Nesoclopeus woodfordi Woodford's Rail
• Nesoclopeus poecilopterus* ''Bar-winged Rail
• Gallirallus australis Weka
• Gallirallus lafresnayanus* ''New Caledonian Rail
• Gallirallus sylvestris Lord Howe Rail
• Gallirallus conditicius Gilbert Rail
• Gallirallus okinawae Okinawa Rail
• Gallirallus torquatus Barred Rail
• Gallirallus insignis New Britain Rail
• Gallirallus philippensis Buff-banded Rail
• Gallirallus rovianae Roviana Rail
• Gallirallus owstoni Guam Rail
• Gallirallus wakensis Wake Island Rail
• Gallirallus pacificus Tahiti Rail
• Gallirallus dieffenbachii* ''Dieffenbach's Rail
• Gallirallus modestus Chatham Islands Rail
• Gallirallus sharpei Sharpe's Rail
• Gallirallus striatus Slaty-breasted Rail
• Rallus longirostris Clapper Rail
• Rallus elegans King Rail
• Rallus wetmorei Plain-flanked Rail
• Rallus limicola Virginia Rail
• Rallus semiplumbeus Bogota Rail
• Rallus antarcticus Austral Rail
• Rallus aquaticus Water Rail
• Rallus caerulescens Kaffir Rail
• Rallus madagascariensis Madagascar Rail
• Lewinia mirificus Brown-banded Rail
• Lewinia pectoralis Lewin's Rail
• Lewinia muelleri Auckland Islands Rail
• Dryolimnas cuvieri White-throated Rail
• Crecopsis egregia African Crake
• Crex crex '' Corn Crake
• Rougetius rougetii Rouget's Rail
• Aramidopsis plateni Snoring Rail
• Atlantisia rogersi Inaccessible Island Rail
• Aramides mangle Little Wood-Rail
• Aramides axillaris Rufous-necked Wood-Rail
• Aramides cajanea Grey-necked Wood-Rail
• Aramides wolfi Brown Wood-Rail
• Aramides ypecaha Giant Wood-Rail
• ''Aramides saracura'\' Slaty-breasted Wood-Rail
• Aramides calopterus Red-winged Wood-Rail
• Amaurolimnas concolor Uniform Crake
• Gymnocrex rosenbergii Bald-faced Rail
• Gymnocrex plumbeiventris Bare-eyed Rail
• Amaurornis akool Brown Crake
• Amaurornis olivaceus Bush-hen
• Amaurornis isabellinus Isabelline Waterhen
• Amaurornis moluccanus Rufous-tailed Waterhen
• Amaurornis phoenicurus White-breasted Waterhen
• Amaurornis flavirostra Black Crake
• Amaurornis olivieri Sakalava Rail
• Amaurornis bicolor Black-tailed Crake
• Porzana parva Little Crake
• Porzana pusilla Baillon's Crake
• Porzana palmeri Laysan Crake
• Porzana porzana Spotted Crake
• Porzana fluminea Australian Crake
• Porzana carolina Sora
• Porzana spiloptera Dot-winged Crake
• Porzana albicollis Ash-throated Crake
• Porzana sandwichensis Hawaiian Crake
• Porzana fusca Ruddy-breasted Crake
• Porzana paykullii Band-bellied Crake
• Porzana tabuensis Spotless Crake
• Porzana monasa Kosrae Crake
• Porzana atra Henderson Island Crake
• Porzana flaviventer Yellow-breasted Crake
• Porzana cinerea White-browed Crake
• Aenigmatolimnas marginalis Striped Crake
• Cyanolimnas cerverai Zapata Rail
• Neocrex colombianus Colombian Crake
• Neocrex erythrops Paint-billed Crake
• Pardirallus maculatus Spotted Rail
• Pardirallus nigricans Blackish Rail
• Pardirallus sanguinolentus Plumbeous Rail
• Eulabeornis castaneoventris* ''Chestnut Rail
• Habroptila wallacii Invisible Rail
• Megacrex inepta New Guinea Flightless Rail
• Gallicrex cinerea Watercock
• Porphyrio porphyrio Purple Swamphen
• Porphyrio albus Lord Howe Island Swamphen
• Porphyrio mantelli Takahe
• Porphyrio alleni Allen's Gallinule
• Porphyrio martinicus Purple Gallinule
• Porphyrio flavirostris Azure Gallinule
• Gallinula pacifica Samoan Moorhen
• Gallinula silvestris San Cristobal Moorhen
• Gallinula nesiotis Tristan Moorhen
• Gallinula chloropus Common Moorhen
• Gallinula tenebrosa Dusky Moorhen
• Gallinula angulata Lesser Moorhen
• Gallinula melanops Spot-flanked Gallinule
• Gallinula ventralis Black-tailed Native-hen
• Gallinula mortierii Tasmanian Native-hen
• Fulica cristata Red-knobbed Coot
• Fulica atra '' Common Coot
• Fulica alai '' Hawaiian Coot
• Fulica americana American Coot
• Fulica caribaea Caribbean Coot
• Fulica leucoptera White-winged Coot
• Fulica ardesiaca Slate-colored Coot
• Fulica armillata Red-gartered Coot
• Fulica rufifrons Red-fronted Coot
• Fulica gigantea Giant Coot
• Fulica cornuta Horned Coot

Mesitornithidae

• Mesitornis variegata White-breasted Mesite
• Mesitornis unicolor Brown Mesite
• Monias benschi Subdesert Mesite

Pteroclidae

• Syrrhaptes tibetanus Tibetan Sandgrouse
• Syrrhaptes paradoxus Pallas's Sandgrouse
• Pterocles alchata Pin-tailed Sandgrouse
• Pterocles namaqua Namaqua Sandgrouse
• Pterocles exustus Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse
• Pterocles senegallus Spotted Sandgrouse
• Pterocles gutturalis Yellow-throated Sandgrouse
• Pterocles orientalis Black-bellied Sandgrouse
• Pterocles coronatus Crowned Sandgrouse
• Pterocles personatus Madagascar Sandgrouse
• Pterocles decoratus Black-faced Sandgrouse
• Pterocles bicinctus Double-banded Sandgrouse
• Pterocles quadricinctus Four-banded Sandgrouse
• Pterocles indicus Painted Sandgrouse
• Pterocles lichtensteinii Lichtenstein's Sandgrouse
• Pterocles burchelli Burchell's Sandgrouse

Thinocoridae

• Attagis gayi Rufous-bellied Seedsnipe
• Attagis malouinus White-bellied Seedsnipe
• Thinocorus orbignyianus Grey-breasted Seedsnipe
• Thinocorus rumicivorus Least Seedsnipe

Pedionomidae

• Pedionomus torquatus Plains-wanderer

Scolopacidae

• Scolopax rusticola Eurasian Woodcock
• Scolopax mira Amami Woodcock
• Scolopax saturata Rufous Woodcock
• Scolopax celebensis Sulawesi Woodcock
• Scolopax rochussenii Moluccan Woodcock
• Scolopax minor American Woodcock
• Gallinago solitaria Solitary Snipe
• Gallinago hardwickii Latham's Snipe
• Gallinago nemoricola Wood Snipe
• Gallinago stenura Pintail Snipe
• Gallinago megala Swinhoe's Snipe
• Gallinago media Great Snipe
• Gallinago gallinago Common Snipe
• Gallinago nigripennis African Snipe
• Gallinago macrodactyla Madagascar Snipe
• Gallinago paraguaiae South American Snipe
• Gallinago andina Puna Snipe
• Gallinago nobilis Noble Snipe
• Gallinago undulata Giant Snipe
• Gallinago jamesoni Andean Snipe
• Gallinago stricklandii Fuegian Snipe
• Gallinago imperialis Imperial Snipe
• Lymnocryptes minimus Jack Snipe
• Coenocorypha pusilla Chatham Islands Snipe
• Coenocorypha aucklandica Subantarctic Snipe
• Limosa limosa Black-tailed Godwit
• Limosa haemastica Hudsonian Godwit
• Limosa lapponica Bar-tailed Godwit
• Limosa fedoa Marbled Godwit
• Numenius minutus Little Curlew
• Numenius borealis Eskimo Curlew
• Numenius phaeopus Whimbrel
• Numenius tahitiensis Bristle-thighed Curlew
• Numenius tenuirostris Slender-billed Curlew
• Numenius arquata Eurasian Curlew
• Numenius americanus Long-billed Curlew
• Numenius madagascariensis* ''Far Eastern Curlew
• Bartramia longicauda Upland Sandpiper
• Tringa erythropus Spotted Redshank
• Tringa totanus Common Redshank
• Tringa stagnatilis Marsh Sandpiper
• Tringa nebularia Common Greenshank
• Tringa guttifer Nordmann's Greenshank
• Tringa melanoleuca Greater Yellowlegs
• Tringa flavipes Lesser Yellowlegs
• Tringa solitaria Solitary Sandpiper
• Tringa ochropus Green Sandpiper
• Tringa glareola Wood Sandpiper
• Tringa cinerea Terek Sandpiper
• Tringa hypoleucos Common Sandpiper
• Tringa macularia Spotted Sandpiper
• Tringa brevipes Grey-tailed Tattler
• Tringa incana Wandering Tattler
• Catoptrophorus semipalmatus* ''Willet
• Prosobonia cancellata Tuamotu Sandpiper
• Prosobonia leucoptera Tahitian Sandpiper
• Arenaria interpres Ruddy Turnstone
• Arenaria melanocephala Black Turnstone
• Limnodromus griseus Short-billed Dowitcher
• Limnodromus scolopaceus Long-billed Dowitcher
• Limnodromus semipalmatus Asian Dowitcher
• Aphriza virgata Surfbird
• Calidris tenuirostris Great Knot
• Calidris canutus Red Knot
• Calidris alba Sanderling
• Calidris pusilla Semipalmated Sandpiper
• Calidris mauri Western Sandpiper
• Calidris minuta Little Stint
• Calidris ruficollis Rufous-necked Stint
• Calidris temminckii Temminck's Stint
• Calidris subminuta Long-toed Stint
• Calidris minutilla Least Sandpiper
• Calidris fuscicollis White-rumped Sandpiper
• Calidris bairdii Baird's Sandpiper
• Calidris melanotos Pectoral Sandpiper
• Calidris acuminata Sharp-tailed Sandpiper
• Calidris maritima Purple Sandpiper
• Calidris ptilocnemis Rock Sandpiper
• Calidris alpina Dunlin
• Calidris ferruginea Curlew Sandpiper
• Micropalama himantopus Stilt Sandpiper
• Tryngites subruficollis Buff-breasted Sandpiper
• Eurynorhynchus pygmeus Spoonbill Sandpiper
• Limicola falcinellus Broad-billed Sandpiper
• Philomachus pugnax Ruff
• Steganopus tricolor Wilson's Phalarope
• Phalaropus lobatus Red-necked Phalarope
• Phalaropus fulicaria Red Phalarope

Rostratulidae

• Rostratula benghalensis Greater Painted-snipe
• Rostratula semicollaris American Painted-snipe

Jacanidae

• Actophilornis africanus African Jacana
• Actophilornis albinucha Madagascar Jacana
• Microparra capensis Lesser Jacana
• Irediparra gallinacea Comb-crested Jacana
• Hydrophasianus chirurgus Pheasant-tailed Jacana
• Metopidius indicus Bronze-winged Jacana
• Jacana spinosa Northern Jacana
• Jacana jacana Wattled Jacana

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