Aves genera

Genera of the Aves

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Genus	Common name	ranks
Abeillia Bonaparte	emerald-chinned hummingbird	tribe Trochilini None
Abroscopus Baker	warbler	None
Aburria L. Reichenbach	wattled guan	None
Acanthis Borkhausen	redpoll	None
Acanthiza Vigors & Horsfield	striated thornbill	None
Acanthorhynchus Gould	Spinebill	None
Accipiter Brisson	goshawk, sparrowhawk	None
Aceros Hodgson	Rufous-necked hornbill	None
Acridotheres Vieillot	myna	None
Acritillas Oberholser	yellow-browed bulbul, golden-browed bulbul	None
Acrocephalus J. A. Naumann and J. F. Naumann	marsh warblers, reed warblers	None
Acropternis Cabanis & Heine	ocellated tapaculo	None
Acryllium Gray, GR	vulturine guineafowl	None
Actenoides Bonaparte	kingfisher	None
Actinodura Gould	barwing	None
Actitis Illiger	wader	None
Actophilornis Oberholser	jacanas	None
Aechmophorus Coues		tribe Podicipedini None
Aegithalos Hermann	songbird, bushtit	None
Aegithina Vieillot	Common iora	None
Aegolius Kaup	owl	None
Aegypius Savigny	Cinereous vulture	None
Aenigmatolimnas J.L. Peters	striped crake	tribe Amaurornithini None
Aepypodius Oustalet	brushturkey	None
Aethia Merrem		tribe Aethiini None
Aethopyga Cabanis	sunbirds	None
Afropavo Chapin	Congo peafowl	tribe Pavonini None
Afrotis GR Gray		None
Agamia Reichenbach	herons	None
Agapornis Selby	Lovebird	None
Agelaius Vieillot	blackbird	None
Agelastes Bonaparte	guineafowl	None
Agelasticus Cabanis	blackbird	None
Aglaeactis Gould	sunbeam	tribe Heliantheini None
Aglaiocercus Zimmer		tribe Lesbiini None
Agraphospiza Zuccon, Prŷs-Jones, Rasmussen & Ericson	Blanford's rosefinch	None
Agricola Bonaparte	flycatcher	tribe Muscicapini None
Aidemosyne Reichenbach		None
Aix F. Boie	Wood Ducks	None
Alauda Linnaeus	skylark	None
Alca Linnaeus		tribe Alcini None
Alcedo Linnaeus	kingfisher	None
Alcippe Blyth	fulvetta, alcippe	None
Alcurus Blyth	striated bulbul	None
Aleadryas Iredale	rufous-naped bellbird	None
Alectoris Kaup	rock partridges	tribe Coturnicini None
Alectroenas G.R. Gray	blue pigeon	None
Alectura Latham	Australian brushturkey, Australian brush-turkey, gweela	None
Alethe Cassin	alethe	tribe Copsychini None
Alipiopsitta Caparroz and Pacheco	parrot	tribe Androglossini None
Alisterus Mathews	Australasian parrots	tribe Polytelini None
Alle Link	little auk, dovekie	tribe Alcini None
Allenia Cory	scaly-breasted thrasher	None
Alophoixus Oates	finchbill	None
Alopochen Stejneger	Egyptian goose	None
Amadina Swainson		None
Amandava Blyth		None
Amaurolimnas Sharpe	uniform crake	tribe Pardirallini None
Amaurornis Reichenbach	bush-hen	tribe Amaurornithini None
Amaurospiza Cabanis	seedeater	None
Amazilia Lesson, RP	hummingbird	tribe Trochilini None
Amazilis Gray, GR	amazilia hummingbird	tribe Trochilini None
Amazona Lesson	parrot	tribe Androglossini None
Amazonetta von Boetticher	Brazilian teal, Brazilian duck	None
Amblycercus Cabanis	yellow-billed cacique	None
Amblyospiza Sundevall	Thick-billed weaver	None
Ammodramus Swainson	sparrow	None
Ammomanes Cabanis	lark	None
Ammoperdix Gould		tribe Coturnicini None
Ammospiza Oberholser	sparrow	None
Ampelioides Verreaux	Scaled fruiteater	None
Ampelion Tschudi	cotinga	None
Amphispiza Coues	black-throated sparrow	None
Amytornis Stejneger	Grasswrens	None
Anabathmis Reichenow	sunbirds	None
Anaplectes Reichenbach	weavers	None
Anarhynchus Quoy & Gaimard	wrybill	None
Anas Linnaeus		tribe Anatini None
Anastomus Bonnaterre	openbill stork	None
Andigena Gould	mountain toucans	None
Androdon Gould	tooth-billed hummingbird	None
Andropadus Swainson	sombre greenbul	None
Anhima Brisson	horned screamer	None
Anhinga Brisson	darters, anhingas, snakebirds	None
Anisognathus Reichenbach		None
Anodorhynchus Spix	parrot	tribe Arini None
Anomalospiza Shelley	cuckoo-finch	None
Anopetia Simon		None
Anorrhinus Reichenbach	hornbill	None
Anous Stephens	noddy	None
Anser Brisson	shelduck	tribe Anserini None
Anthipes Blyth	flycatcher	None
Anthobaphes Cabanis	orange-breasted sunbird	None
Anthocephala Cabanis & Heine	blossomcrown	tribe Trochilini None
Anthochaera Vigors & Horsfield	wattlebird	None
Anthoscopus Cabanis	WIKI	None
Anthracoceros Reichenbach	hornbill	None
Anthracothorax F. Boie	mango	None
Anthreptes Swainson	sunbirds	None
Anthropoides Vieillot		None
Anthus Bechstein	Pipit	None
Antigone Reichenbach		None
Antrostomus Bonaparte	nightjar, whip-poor-will	None
Apalharpactes Bonaparte	trogon	None
Apaloderma Swainson	trogon	None
Apalopteron Bonaparte	Bonin white-eye	None
Aphelocoma Cabanis	jays and scrub jays	None
Aplonis Gould	starling	None
Aprosmictus Gould		tribe Polytelini None
Aptenodytes Miller, JF	penguin	None
Aptenorallus Kirchman, McInerney, Giarla, Olson, Slikas & Fleischer	Calayan rail	tribe Rallini None
Apus Linnaeus	Swift	None
Aquila Brisson	Eagle	None
Ara Lacépède	macaw	tribe Arini None
Arachnothera Temminck	spiderhunters	None
Aramides Pucheran	wood rail	tribe Pardirallini None
Aramus Vieillot	limpkin	None
Arborophila Hodgson	partridge	None
Archilochus Reichenbach		tribe Mellisugini None
Ardea Linnaeus	Great Herons	None
Ardenna Reichenbach	shearwater	None
Ardeola F. Boie	Pond herons	None
Ardeotis Le Maout		None
Arenaria Brisson	Turnstone	None
Argusianus Rafinesque	great argus	tribe Pavonini None
Argya Lesson, R	babbler	None
Arizelocichla Oberholser	golden greenbul	None
Arses Lesson	flycatcher	None
Artamella W.L. Sclater	white-headed vanga	None
Artamus Vieillot	woodswallow	None
Arundinax Blyth	thick-billed warbler	None
Asemospiza K. J. Burns, Unitt & N. A. Mason	grassquit	None
Asio Brisson	typical owls, Eared Owl	None
Aspatha Lafresnaye	blue-throated motmot	None
Astrapia Vieillot	astrapia	None
Atelornis Pucheran	ground roller	None
Athene F. Boie	owl	None
Attagis Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, I. and Lesson, R	seedsnipes	None
Augastes Gould	visorbearer	None
Aulacorhynchus Gould	Green toucanets	None
Auriparus S.F. Baird	WIKI	None
Aviceda Swainson	baza	None
Avocettula Reichenbach	Fiery-tailed awlbill	None
Aythya F. Boie	duck, scaup, pochard	tribe Aythyini None