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Bird Families in Israel

Taxonomic Classification
Kingdom:Animalia(Animals)
Phylum:Chordata(Vertebrates)
Class:Aves(Birds)

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OrderFamilyCommon Members
FalconiformesAccipitridaeHawks and Eagles
PasseriformesAlaudidaeLarks
CoraciiformesAlcedinidaeKingfishers
AnseriformesAnatidaeDucks, Geese and Swans
PelecaniformesAnhingidaeDarters
ApodiformesApodidaeSwifts
CiconiiformesArdeidaeHerons
PasseriformesBombycillidaeWaxwings
CharadriiformesBurhinidaeThick-knees
CaprimulgiformesCaprimulgidaeNightjars
CharadriiformesCharadriidaeLapwings and Plovers
CiconiiformesCiconiidaeStorks
ColumbiformesColumbidaePigeons and Doves
CoraciiformesCoraciidaeTypical Rollers
PasseriformesCorvidaeCrows, Jays and Magpies
CuculiformesCuculidaeCuckoos
ProcellariiformesDiomedeidaeAlbatrosses
CharadriiformesDromadidaeCrab Plover
PasseriformesEmberizidaeBuntings, Seedeaters and allies
PasseriformesEstrildidaeWaxbills and Allies
FalconiformesFalconidaeFalcons
PasseriformesFringillidaeFinches, Crossbills and allies
GaviiformesGaviidaeDivers
CharadriiformesGlareolidaeCoursers and Pratincoles
GruiformesGruidaeCranes
CharadriiformesHaematopodidaeOystercatchers
PasseriformesHirundinidaeSwallows
ProcellariiformesHydrobatidaeStorm-petrels
PasseriformesLaniidaeShrikes
CharadriiformesLaridaeGulls
CoraciiformesMeropidaeBee-eaters
PasseriformesMotacillidaeWagtails and Pipits
PasseriformesMuscicapidaeOld World Flycatchers
PasseriformesNectariniidaeSunbirds and Spiderhunters
PasseriformesOriolidaeOld World Orioles
GruiformesOtididaeBustards
FalconiformesPandionidaeOsprey
PasseriformesParidaeChickadees and Tits
PasseriformesPasseridaeOld World Sparrows
PelecaniformesPelecanidaePelicans
PelecaniformesPhaethontidaeTropicbirds
PelecaniformesPhalacrocoracidaeCormorants
GalliformesPhasianidaePartridges and Pheasants
PhoenicopteriformesPhoenicopteridaeFlamingos
PiciformesPicidaeWoodpeckers
PodicipediformesPodicipedidaeGrebes
ProcellariiformesProcellariidaePetrels and Shearwaters
PasseriformesPrunellidaeAccentors
PsittaciformesPsittacidaeParrots
PteroclidiformesPteroclididaeSandgrouses
PasseriformesPycnonotidaeBulbuls
GruiformesRallidaeRails and Coots
CharadriiformesRecurvirostridaeAvocets and Stilts
PasseriformesRemizidaePenduline Tits
CharadriiformesRostratulidaePainted-snipes
CharadriiformesRynchopidaeSkimmers
CharadriiformesScolopacidaeSnipes and Sandpipers
PasseriformesSittidaeNuthatches
CharadriiformesStercorariidaeSkuas
CharadriiformesSternidaeTerns
StrigiformesStrigidaeTypical Owls
StruthioniformesStruthionidaeOstriches
PasseriformesSturnidaeStarlings
PelecaniformesSulidaeGannets and Boobies
PasseriformesSylviidaeOld World Warblers
CiconiiformesThreskiornithidaeIbises and Spoonbills
PasseriformesTichodromadidaeWallcreepers
PasseriformesTmaliidaeBabblers
PasseriformesTroglodytidaeWrens
PasseriformesTurdidaeThrushes and Allies
StrigiformesTytonidaeBarn-Owls
CoraciiformesUpupidaeHoopoes

Number of families: 72