Aves genera

Genera of the Aves

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Genus	Common name	ranks
Pachycoccyx Cabanis	thick-billed cuckoo	tribe Cuculini None
Pachysylvia Bonaparte	greenlet	None
Padda Reichenbach		None
Pagophila Kaup	Ivory gull	None
Pampa Reichenbach	sabrewing	tribe Trochilini None
Pandion Savigny	osprey	None
Panterpe Cabanis & Heine	Fiery-throated hummingbird	tribe Lampornithini None
Panurus Koch	bearded reedling, bearded tit, bearded parrotbill	None
Papasula Olson & Warheit	Abbott's booby	None
Parabuteo Ridgway	hawk	tribe Buteonini None
Paradisaea Linnaeus	bird-of-paradise	None
Paradisornis Finsch & Meyer, A.B.	blue bird-of-paradise	None
Paradoxornis Gould	parrotbill	None
Paragallinula Sangster, Garcia-R & Trewick	lesser moorhen	tribe Fulicini None
Parayuhina Cai T, Cibois, Alström, Moyle, Kennedy, JD, Shao S, Zhang R, Irestedt, Ericson, Gelang, Qu Y, Lei W & Fjeldså	white-collared yuhina	None
Pardaliparus Sélys Longchamps		None
Pardalotus Vieillot		None
Pardipicus Bonaparte	woodpecker	tribe Picini None
Pardirallus Bonaparte	rail	tribe Pardirallini None
Parkerthraustes Remsen		None
Parkesia Sangster	waterthrush	None
Parmoptila Cassin	antpeckers	None
Paroaria Bonaparte		None
Parotia Vieillot	parotia	None
Parus Linnaeus	Titmice, Tits	None
Parvipsitta Mathews	lorikeet	tribe Loriini None
Passer Brisson	true sparrows	None
Passerculus Bonaparte	sparrow	None
Passerella Swainson	fox sparrow	None
Passerina Vieillot	bunting, grosbeak, North American bunting	None
Pastor Temminck		None
Patagioenas Reichenbach	pigeon	None
Patagona G.R. Gray		None
Pauxi Temminck	helmeted curassow	None
Pavo Linnaeus	peafowls, peacocks	tribe Pavonini None
Pelagodroma Reichenbach	white-faced storm petrel	None
Pelargopsis Gloger	kingfisher	None
Pelecanus Linnaeus	Pelicans	None
Peliperdix Bonaparte	Latham's francolin	tribe Gallini None
Pellorneum Swainson	babbler	None
Peltohyas Sharpe	inland dotterel	None
Peltops Wagler	peltops	None
Penelope Merrem	guans	None
Penelopina L. Reichenbach	Highland guan	None
Peneothello Mathews		None
Perdicula Hodgson	bush quails	tribe Coturnicini None
Perdix Brisson	partridges	None
Pericrocotus Boie	minivets	None
Periparus de Sélys-Longchamps	tits	None
Periporphyrus Reichenbach	grosbeak	None
Perisoreus Bonaparte	jays	None
Perissocephalus Oberholser	Capuchinbird	None
Pernis Cuvier	honey buzzard	None
Petrochelidon Cabanis	swallow	None
Petroica Swainson		None
Petronia Kaup	rock sparrow, rock petronia	None
Peucaea Audubon	sparrow	None
Pezoporus Illiger	grass parrot	tribe Pezoporini None
Phacellodomus Reichenbach	thornbird	tribe Synallaxini None
Phaenicophaeus Stephens	yellowbills	tribe Phaenicophaeini None
Phaeochroa Gould	scaly-breasted hummingbird, scaly-breasted sabrewing	tribe Trochilini None
Phaeoptila Gould	dusky hummingbird	tribe Trochilini None
Phaethon Linnaeus	Tropicbird	None
Phaethornis Swainson		None
Phaetusa Wagler,	large-billed tern	None
Phainopepla S.F. Baird	Phainopepla	None
Phainoptila Salvin	Black-and-yellow phainoptila	None
Phalacrocorax Brisson	Old World cormorant	None
Phalaropus Brisson	phalarope	None
Phalcoboenus d'Orbigny	caracara	None
Phapitreron Bonaparte	Brown dove	None
Phaps Selby	bronzewing	tribe Phabini None
Pharomachrus de la Llave	quetzal	None
Phasianus Linnaeus	pheasant	tribe Phasianini None
Phegornis Gray, GR	diademed sandpiper-plove , diademed plover	None
Pheucticus Reichenbach	grosbeaks	None
Phibalura Vieillot	swallow-tailed cotinga	None
Philemon Vieillot,	friarbirds, leatherhead	None
Philetairus A. Smith	Sociable weaver	None
Philodice Mulsant, Verreaux, J & Verreaux, É		tribe Mellisugini None
Philomachus Merrem	Ruff	None
Philortyx Gould	Banded quail	None
Phimosus Wagler		None
Phodilus Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire	bay owl	None
Phoebastria Reichenbach	North Pacific albatrosse	None
Phoebetria Reichenbach	sooty albatrosses	None
Phoenicircus Swainson	cotinga	None
Phoeniconaias G. R. Gray		None
Phoenicoparrus Bonaparte		None
Phoenicopterus Linnaeus		None
Phoeniculus Jarocki	wood hoopoe	None
Phoenicurus T. Forster	redstart	None
Phonipara Bonaparte	Cuban grassquit	None
Phylidonyris	honeyeater	None
Phyllaemulor Costa, Whitney, Braun, White, Silveira & Cleere	potoo	None
Phyllergates Sharpe	tailorbirds	None
Phylloscopus F. Boie	Leaf warbler	None
Phytotoma Molina	plantcutter	None
Piaya Lesson	cuckoos	tribe Phaenicophaeini None
Pica Brisson	magpies	None
Picoides Lacépède	three-toed woodpecker	tribe Melanerpini None
Piculus Spix	woodpecker	tribe Picini None
Picumnus Temminck	piculet	None
Picus Linnaeus	woodpecker	tribe Picini None
Pilherodius Reichenbach	capped heron	None
Pinarochroa Sundevall	moorland chat	None
Pinaroloxias Sharpe	Cocos finch, Cocos Island finch	None
Pinguinus Bonnaterre	great auk	tribe Alcini None
Pinicola Vieillot	pine grosbeak	None
Pionopsitta Bonaparte	parrot	tribe Androglossini None
Pionus Wagler	parrot	tribe Androglossini None
Pipile Bonaparte	piping guans	None
Pipilo Vieillot	towhee	None
Pipra Linnaeus	manakin	None
Pipraeidea Swainson	Fawn-breasted tanager	None
Pipreola Swainson	fruiteater	None
Piprites Cabanis	piprite	None
Piranga Vieillot	tanager	None
Pitangus Swainson	Great kiskadee	None
Pithecophaga Ogilvie-Grant	Philippine eagle	None
Pitohui Lesson	pitohui	None
Pitta Vieillot	pitta	None
Platalea Linnaeus	Spoonbill	None
Platycercus Vigors	rosella	tribe Platycercini None
Platylophus Swainson	crested jayshrike, crested shrikejay	None
Platysmurus Reichenbach	black magpies	None
Platyspiza Ridgway	vegetarian finch	None
Plectrophenax Stejneger	bunting	None
Plectropterus Stephens	spur-winged goose	None
Plegadis Kaup	Glossy Ibises	None
Plesiodryas Mathews	black-throated robin	None
Plocepasser A. Smith	sparrow-weavers	None
Ploceus Cuvier	weavers	None
Pnoepyga Hodgson	cupwings, wren-babblers	None
Podargus Vieillot	frogmouth	None
Podilymbus Lesson		tribe Podilymbini None
Podoces Fischer von Waldheim	ground jays	None
Poecile Kaup		None
Poecilodryas Gould		None
Poecilostreptus Burns, KJ, Unitt & Mason, NA	tanager	None
Poecilotriccus Berlepsch	tody-flycatcher	None
Poephila Gould		None
Pogonornis Billberg	barbet	None
Poicephalus Swainson	parrot	None
Poikilocarbo Boetticher	red-legged cormorant	None
Polemaetus Heine	Martial eagle	None
Polihierax Smith, A	pygmy falcon	None
Poliocephalus Selby		tribe Podicipedini None
Poliolimnas Sharpe	white-browed crake	tribe Amaurornithini None
Polioptila Sclater, PL	gnatcatcher	None
Polyboroides A. Smith		None
Polyplectron Temminck	peacock-pheasants	tribe Polyplectronini None
Polytelis Wagler	long-tailed parrot	tribe Polytelini None
Polytmus Brisson	goldenthroat	None
Pomatorhinus Horsfield	scimitar babbler	None
Pooecetes Baird, SF	vesper sparrow	None
Porphyrio Brisson	swamphen, swamp hen	tribe Porphyrionini None
Porphyrolaema Bonaparte	Purple-throated cotinga	None
Porphyrospiza P. L. Sclater & Salvin		None
Porzana Vieillot	crake, sora	tribe Fulicini None
Prinia Horsfield	prinia	None
Prioniturus Wagler	Racket-tail	tribe Psittaculini None
Prionochilus Strickland		None
Prionops Vieillot	helmetshrike	None
Priotelus G.R. Gray	trogon	None
Probosciger Kuhl	palm cockatoo	tribe Microglossini None
Procarduelis Blyth	dark-breasted rosefinch	None
Procnias Illiger	bellbird	None
Progne F. Boie	martin	None
Prosobonia Bonaparte	Polynesian sandpiper	None
Prosthemadera Gray, GR	tūī	None
Protonotaria Baird	Prothonotary Warbler	None
Prunella Vieillot	ITIS	None
Psaltriparus Bonaparte	American bushtit	None
Psarisomus Swainson	long-tailed broadbill	None
Psarocolius Wagler	oropendolas	None
Psephotellus Mathews	parrot	tribe Platycercini None
Psephotus Gould	red-rumped parrot	tribe Platycercini None
Pseudibis Hodgson	White Ibises	None
Pseudobulweria Mathews	petrel	None
Pseudonigrita Reichenow	social weaver	None
Pseudopipra Kirwan et al	White-crowned manakin	None
Pseudopodoces Zarudny & Loudon		None
Pseudosaltator K.J. Burns, Unitt & N.A. Mason	Rufous-bellied mountain tanager	None
Psilopogon Müller, S.	barbet	None
Psilorhinus Rüppell	Brown jay	None
Psiloscops Coues	flammulated owl	None
Psittacara Vigors	parrot	tribe Arini None
Psittacula Cuvier	Afro-Asian ring-necked parrots	tribe Psittaculini None
Psittacus Linnaeus	parrot	None
Psittinus Blyth		tribe Psittaculini None
Psittiparus Hellmayr	parrotbill	None
Psittrichas Lesson	Pesquet's parrot, Dracula parrot, vulturine parrot	None
Pteridophora A.B. Meyer	King of Saxony bird-of-paradise	None
Pternistis Wagler	spurfowl, francolin	tribe Coturnicini None
Pterocles Temminck		None
Pterodroma Bonaparte	gadfly petrel	None
Pteroglossus Illiger	aracari, araçari	None
Pterophanes Gould,	great sapphirewing	tribe Heliantheini None
Pteroptochos Kittlitz	huet-huet, turca	None
Pterorhinus Swinhoe	laughingthrush, babax	None
Pteruthius Swainson	shrike-babbler	None
Ptilinopus Swainson	fruit dove, imperial pigeon	tribe Ptilinopini None
Ptiliogonys Swainson	silky-flycatcher	None
Ptilocichla Sharpe	wren-babbler	None
Ptilopachus Swainson		None
Ptilopsis Kaup	white-faced owl	None
Ptiloris Swainson	riflebird	None
Ptilostomus Swainson	Piapiac	None
Ptilotula Mathews	honeyeater	None
Ptiloxena d'Orbigny	Cuban blackbird	None
Ptychoramphus Brandt, JF	Cassin's auklet	tribe Aethiini None
Ptyonoprogne Reichenbach	crag martins	None
Pucrasia G.R. Gray	koklass pheasant	None
Puffinus Brisson	shearwater	None
Pulsatrix Kaup	spectacled owl	None
Purpureicephalus Bonaparte	red-capped parrot	tribe Platycercini None
Pycnonotus F. Boie	bulbul	None
Pygoscelis Wagler	penguin	None
Pyrenestes Swainson	seedcrackers	None
Pyrgilauda Bonaparte	snowfinch	None
Pyrilia Bonaparte	parrot	tribe Androglossini None
Pyrocephalus Gould	flycatcher	None
Pyroderus G.R. Gray	Red-ruffed fruitcrow	None
Pyrrhocorax Tunstall	Choughs	None
Pyrrhoplectes Hodgson	golden-naped finch	None
Pyrrhula Brisson	Eurasian Bullfinches	None
Pytilia Swainson	pytilia	None