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The Sibley-Monroe checklist was a study of birds conducted by Charles Sibley and Burt Monroe. It drew on extensive DNA-DNA hybridisation studies to reassess the relationships between modern birds.

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The Sibley-Monroe assignment of individual species to families, and of families to orders remains controversial however. Critics maintain that while it marks a great leap forward so far as the evidence from DNA-DNA hybridisation goes, it pays insufficient attention to other forms of evidence, both molecular and on a larger scale. There is no true consensus, but the broad middle-ground position is that the Sibley-Monroe classification, overall, is "about 80% correct". Research and debate concerning bird classification continue.

There are 9,994 species on the checklist, which is begun below and continues in several parts.

Struthionidae

  • Struthio camelus (ostrich)
  • Rheidae

  • Rhea americana (greater rhea)
  • Rhea pennata (lesser rhea)
  • Casuariidae

  • Casuarius casuarius (southern cassowary)
  • Casuarius bennetti (dwarf cassowary)
  • Casuarius unappendiculatus (northern cassowary)
  • Dromaius novaehollandiae (emu)
  • Apterygidae

  • Apteryx australis (brown kiwi)
  • Apteryx owenii (little spotted kiwi)
  • Apteryx haastii (great spotted kiwi)
  • Tinamidae

  • Tinamus tao (grey tinamou)
  • Tinamus solitarius (solitary tinamou)
  • Tinamus osgoodi (black tinamou)
  • Tinamus major (great tinamou)
  • Tinamus guttatus (white-throated tinamou)
  • Nothocercus bonapartei (highland tinamou)
  • Nothocercus julius (tawny-breasted tinamou)
  • Nothocercus nigrocapillus (hooded tinamou)
  • Crypturellus berlepschi (Berlepsch's tinamou)
  • Crypturellus cinereus (cinereous tinamou)
  • Crypturellus soui (little tinamou)
  • Crypturellus ptaritepui (tepui tinamou)
  • Crypturellus obsoletus (brown tinamou)
  • Crypturellus cinnamomeus (thicket tinamou)
  • Crypturellus undulatus (undulated tinamou)
  • Crypturellus transfasciatus (pale-browed tinamou)
  • Crypturellus strigulosus (Brazilian tinamou)
  • Crypturellus boucardi (slaty-breasted tinamou)
  • Crypturellus kerriae (Choco tinamou)
  • Crypturellus erythropus (red-legged tinamou)
  • Crypturellus duidae (grey-legged tinamou)
  • Crypturellus noctivagus (yellow-legged tinamou)
  • Crypturellus atrocapillus (black-capped tinamou)
  • Crypturellus variegatus (variegated tinamou)
  • Crypturellus brevirostris (rusty tinamou)
  • Crypturellus bartletti (Bartlett's tinamou)
  • Crypturellus parvirostris (small-billed tinamou)
  • Crypturellus casiquiare (barred tinamou)
  • Crypturellus tataupa (tataupa tinamou)
  • Rhynchotus rufescens (red-winged tinamou)
  • Nothoprocta taczanowskii (Taczanowski's tinamou)
  • Nothoprocta kalinowskii (Kalinowski's tinamou)
  • Nothoprocta ornata (ornate tinamou)
  • Nothoprocta pentlandii (Andean tinamou)
  • Nothoprocta cinerascens (brushland tinamou)
  • Nothoprocta perdicaria (Chilean tinamou)
  • Nothoprocta curvirostris (curve-billed tinamou)
  • Nothura darwinii (Darwin's nothura)
  • Nothura chacoensis (Chaco nothura)
  • Nothura maculosa (spotted nothura)
  • Nothura minor (lesser nothura)
  • Nothura boraquira (white-bellied nothura)
  • Taoniscus nanus (dwarf tinamou)
  • Eudromia elegans (elegant crested tinamou)
  • Eudromia formosa (quebracho crested tinamou)
  • Tinamotis pentlandii (puna tinamou)
  • Tinamotis ingoufi (Patagonian tinamou)
  • Cracidae

  • Ortalis vetula (plain chachalaca)
  • Ortalis cinereiceps (grey-headed chachalaca)
  • Ortalis garrula (chestnut-winged chachalaca)
  • Ortalis ruficauda (rufous-vented chachalaca)
  • Ortalis erythroptera (rufous-headed chachalaca)
  • Ortalis wagleri (rufous-bellied chachalaca)
  • Ortalis poliocephala (West Mexican chachalaca)
  • Ortalis canicollis (Chaco chachalaca)
  • Ortalis leucogastra (white-bellied chachalaca)
  • Ortalis guttata (speckled chachalaca)
  • Ortalis motmot (little chachalaca)
  • Ortalis superciliaris (buff-browed chachalaca)
  • Penelope argyrotis (band-tailed guan)
  • Penelope barbata (bearded guan)
  • Penelope ortoni (Baudo guan)
  • Penelope montagnii (Andean guan)
  • Penelope marail (marail guan)
  • Penelope superciliaris (rusty-margined guan)
  • Penelope dabbenei (red-faced guan)
  • Penelope purpurascens (crested guan)
  • Penelope perspicax (Cauca guan)
  • Penelope albipennis (white-winged guan)
  • Penelope jacquacu (Spix's guan)
  • Penelope obscura (dusky-legged guan)
  • Penelope pileata (white-crested guan)
  • Penelope ochrogaster (chestnut-bellied guan)
  • Penelope jacucaca (white-browed guan)
  • Pipile pipile (Trinidad piping guan)
  • Pipile cumanensis (blue-throated piping guan)
  • Pipile cujubi (red-throated piping guan)
  • Pipile jacutinga (black-fronted piping guan)
  • Aburria aburri (wattled guan)
  • Chamaepetes unicolor (black guan)
  • Chamaepetes goudotii (sickle-winged guan)
  • Penelopina nigra (highland guan)
  • Oreophasis derbianus (horned guan)
  • Nothocrax urumutum (nocturnal curassow)
  • Mitu tomentosa (crestless curassow)
  • Mitu salvini (Salvin's curassow)
  • Mitu tuberosa (razor-billed curassow)
  • Mitu mitu (Alagoas curassow)
  • Pauxi pauxi (helmeted curassow)
  • Pauxi unicornis (horned curassow)
  • Crax rubra (great curassow)
  • Crax alberti (blue-knobbed curassow)
  • Crax daubentoni (yellow-knobbed curassow)
  • Crax alector (black curassow)
  • Crax globulosa (wattled curassow)
  • Crax fasciolata (bare-faced curassow)
  • Crax blumenbachii (red-billed curassow)
  • Megapodiidae

  • Alectura lathami (Australian brushturkey)
  • Aepypodius arfakianus (wattled brushturkey)
  • Aepypodius bruijnii (Bruijn's brushturkey)
  • Talegalla cuvieri (red-billed brushturkey)
  • Talegalla fuscirostris (black-billed brushturkey)
  • Talegalla jobiensis (brown-collared brushturkey)
  • Macrocephalon maleo (maleo)
  • Megapodius nicobariensis (Nicobar scrubfowl)
  • Megapodius cumingii (Tabon scrubfowl)
  • Megapodius bernsteinii (Sula scrubfowl)
  • Megapodius reinwardt (orange-footed scrubfowl)
  • Megapodius freycinet (dusky scrubfowl)
  • Megapodius affinis (New Guinea scrubfowl)
  • Megapodius eremita (Melanesian scrubfowl)
  • Megapodius layardi (Vanuatu scrubfowl)
  • Megapodius laperouse (Micronesian scrubfowl)
  • Megapodius pritchardii (Niaufoou scrubfowl)
  • Megapodius wallacei (Moluccan scrubfowl)
  • Leipoa ocellata (malleefowl)
  • Phasianidae

  • Lerwa lerwa (snow partridge)
  • Ammoperdix griseogularis (see-see partridge)
  • Ammoperdix heyi (sand partridge)
  • Tetraogallus caucasicus (Caucasian snowcock)
  • Tetraogallus caspius (Caspian snowcock)
  • Tetraogallus tibetanus (Tibetan snowcock)
  • Tetraogallus altaicus (Altai snowcock)
  • Tetraogallus himalayensis (Himalayan snowcock)
  • Tetraophasis obscurus (chestnut-throated partridge)
  • Tetraophasis szechenyii (buff-throated partridge)
  • Alectoris graeca (rock partridge)
  • Alectoris chukar (chukar)
  • Alectoris philbyi (Philby's partridge)
  • Alectoris magna (rusty-necklaced partridge)
  • Alectoris barbara (Barbary partridge)
  • Alectoris rufa (red-legged partridge)
  • Alectoris melanocephala (Arabian partridge)
  • Francolinus francolinus (black francolin)
  • Francolinus pictus (painted francolin)
  • Francolinus pintadeanus (Chinese francolin)
  • Francolinus pondicerianus (grey francolin)
  • Francolinus gularis (swamp francolin)
  • Francolinus coqui (coqui francolin)
  • Francolinus albogularis (white-throated francolin)
  • Francolinus schlegelii (Schlegel's francolin)
  • Francolinus lathami (forest francolin)
  • Francolinus sephaena (crested francolin)
  • Francolinus streptophorus (ring-necked francolin)
  • Francolinus finschi (Finsch's francolin)
  • Francolinus africanus (grey-winged francolin)
  • Francolinus levaillantii (red-winged francolin)
  • Francolinus psilolaemus (moorland francolin)
  • Francolinus shelleyi (Shelley's francolin)
  • Francolinus levaillantoides (Orange River francolin)
  • Francolinus nahani (Nahan's francolin)
  • Francolinus hartlaubi (Hartlaub's francolin)
  • Francolinus bicalcaratus (double-spurred francolin)
  • Francolinus clappertoni (clapperton's francolin)
  • Francolinus icterorhynchus (Heuglin's francolin)
  • Francolinus harwoodi (Harwood's francolin)
  • Francolinus adspersus (red-billed francolin)
  • Francolinus capensis (Cape francolin)
  • Francolinus hildebrandti (Hildebrandt's francolin)
  • Francolinus natalensis (Natal francolin)
  • Francolinus ahantensis (Ahanta francolin)
  • Francolinus squamatus (scaly francolin)
  • Francolinus griseostriatus (grey-striped francolin)
  • Francolinus leucoscepus (yellow-necked spurfowl)
  • Francolinus rufopictus (grey-breasted spurfowl)
  • Francolinus afer (red-necked spurfowl)
  • Francolinus swainsonii (Swainson's spurfowl)
  • Francolinus erckelii (Erckel's francolin)
  • Francolinus ochropectus (ochre-breasted francolin)
  • Francolinus castaneicollis (chestnut-naped francolin)
  • Francolinus nobilis (handsome francolin)
  • Francolinus jacksoni (Jackson's francolin)
  • Francolinus camerunensis (Cameroon francolin)
  • Francolinus swierstrai (Swierstra's francolin)
  • Perdix perdix (grey partridge)
  • Perdix dauurica (Daurian partridge)
  • Perdix hodgsoniae (Tibetan partridge)
  • Rhizothera longirostris (long-billed partridge)
  • Margaroperdix madagarensis (Madagascar partridge)
  • Melanoperdix nigra (black partridge)
  • Coturnix coturnix (common quail)
  • Coturnix japonica (Japanese quail)
  • Coturnix pectoralis (stubble quail)
  • Coturnix novaezelandiae (New Zealand quail)
  • Coturnix coromandelica (rain quail)
  • Coturnix delegorguei (harlequin quail)
  • Coturnix ypsilophora (brown quail)
  • Coturnix adansonii (blue quail)
  • Coturnix chinensis (blue-breasted quail)
  • Anurophasis monorthonyx (Snow Mountains quail)
  • Perdicula asiatica (jungle bush quail)
  • Perdicula argoondah (rock bush quail)
  • Perdicula erythrorhyncha (painted bush quail)
  • Perdicula manipurensis (Manipur bush quail)
  • Arborophila torqueola (hill partridge)
  • Arborophila rufogularis (rufous-throated partridge)
  • Arborophila atrogularis (white-cheeked partridge)
  • Arborophila crudigularis (Taiwan partridge)
  • Arborophila mandellii (chestnut-breasted partridge)
  • Arborophila brunneopectus (bar-backed partridge)
  • Arborophila rufipectus (Sichuan partridge)
  • Arborophila orientalis (grey-breasted partridge)
  • Arborophila javanica (chestnut-bellied partridge)
  • Arborophila hyperythra (red-breasted partridge)
  • Arborophila gingica (white-necklaced partridge)
  • Arborophila davidi (orange-necked partridge)
  • Arborophila cambodiana (chestnut-headed partridge)
  • Arborophila rubrirostris (red-billed partridge)
  • Arborophila ardens (Hainan partridge)
  • Arborophila chloropus (scaly-breasted partridge)
  • Arborophila merlini (Annam partridge)
  • Arborophila charltonii (chestnut-necklaced partridge)
  • Caloperdix oculea (ferruginous partridge)
  • Haematortyx sanguiniceps (crimson-headed partridge)
  • Rollulus rouloul (crested partridge)
  • Ptilopachus petrosus (stone partridge)
  • Bambusicola fytchii (mountain bamboo partridge)
  • Bambusicola thoracica (Chinese bamboo partridge)
  • Galloperdix spadicea (red spurfowl)
  • Galloperdix lunulata (painted spurfowl)
  • Galloperdix bicalcarata (Ceylon spurfowl)
  • Ophrysia superciliosa (Himalayan quail)
  • Ithaginis cruentus (blood pheasant)
  • Tragopan melanocephalus (western tragopan)
  • Tragopan satyra (satyr tragopan)
  • Tragopan blythii (Blyth's tragopan)
  • Tragopan temminckii (Temminck's tragopan)
  • Tragopan caboti (Cabot's tragopan)
  • Pucrasia macrolopha (koklass pheasant)
  • Lophophorus impejanus (Himalayan monal)
  • Lophophorus sclateri (Sclater's monal)
  • Lophophorus lhuysii (Chinese monal)
  • Gallus gallus (red junglefowl)
  • Gallus sonneratii (grey junglefowl)
  • Gallus lafayetii (Ceylon junglefowl)
  • Gallus varius (green junglefowl)
  • Lophura leucomelanos (kalij pheasant)
  • Lophura nycthemera (silver pheasant)
  • Lophura imperialis (imperial pheasant)
  • Lophura edwardsi (Edwards's pheasant)
  • Lophura hatinhensis (Vietnam fireback pheasant)
  • Lophura swinhoii (Swinhoe's pheasant)
  • Lophura hoogerwerfi (Sumatran pheasant)
  • Lophura inornata (Salvadori's pheasant)
  • Lophura erythrophthalma (crestless fireback pheasant)
  • Lophura ignita (crested fireback pheasant)
  • Lophura diardi (Siamese fireback pheasant)
  • Lophura bulweri (Bulwer's pheasant)
  • Crossoptilon harmani (Tibetan eared pheasant)
  • Crossoptilon crossoptilon (white eared pheasant)
  • Crossoptilon mantchuricum (brown eared pheasant)
  • Crossoptilon auritum (blue eared pheasant)
  • Catreus wallichii (cheer pheasant)
  • Syrmaticus ellioti (Elliot's pheasant)
  • Syrmaticus humiae (Hume's pheasant)
  • Syrmaticus mikado (Mikado pheasant)
  • Syrmaticus soemmerringii (copper pheasant)
  • Syrmaticus reevesii (Reeves's pheasant)
  • Phasianus colchicus (common pheasant)
  • Chrysolophus pictus (golden pheasant)
  • Chrysolophus amherstiae (Lady Amherst's pheasant)
  • Polyplectron chalcurum (bronze-tailed peacock pheasant)
  • Polyplectron inopinatum (mountain peacock pheasant)
  • Polyplectron germaini (Germain's peacock pheasant)
  • Polyplectron bicalcaratum (grey peacock pheasant)
  • Polyplectron malacense (Malayan peacock pheasant)
  • Polyplectron schleiermacheri (Bornean peacock pheasant)
  • Polyplectron emphanum (Palawan peacock pheasant)
  • Rheinardia ocellata (crested argus)
  • Argusianus argus (great argus)
  • Afropavo congensis (Congo peafowl)
  • Pavo cristatus (Indian peafowl)
  • Pavo muticus (green peafowl)
  • Dendragapus falcipennis (Siberian grouse)
  • Dendragapus canadensis (spruce grouse)
  • Dendragapus obscurus (dusky grouse)
  • Lagopus lagopus (willow ptarmigan)
  • Lagopus mutus (rock ptarmigan)
  • Lagopus leucurus (white-tailed ptarmigan)
  • Tetrao tetrix (black grouse)
  • Tetrao mlokosiewiczi (Caucasian grouse)
  • Tetrao urogallus (western capercaillie)
  • Tetrao parvirostris (black-billed capercaillie)
  • Bonasa bonasia (hazel grouse)
  • Bonasa sewerzowi (Chinese grouse)
  • Bonasa umbellus (ruffed grouse)
  • Centrocercus urophasianus (sage grouse)
  • Tympanuchus phasianellus (sharp-tailed grouse)
  • Tympanuchus cupido (greater prairie chicken)
  • Tympanuchus pallidicinctus (lesser prairie chicken)
  • Meleagris gallopavo (wild turkey)
  • Agriocharis ocellata (ocellated turkey)
  • Numididae

  • Agelastes meleagrides (white-breasted guineafowl)
  • Agelastes niger (black guineafowl)
  • Numida meleagris (helmeted guineafowl)
  • Guttera plumifera (plumed guineafowl)
  • Guttera pucherani (crested guineafowl)
  • Acryllium vulturinum (vulturine guineafowl)
  • Odontophoridae

  • Dendrortyx barbatus (bearded wood partridge)
  • Dendrortyx macroura (long-tailed wood partridge)
  • Dendrortyx leucophrys (buffy-crowned wood partridge)
  • Oreortyx pictus (mountain quail)
  • Callipepla squamata (scaled quail)
  • Callipepla douglasii (elegant quail)
  • Callipepla californica (California quail)
  • Callipepla gambelii (Gambel's quail)
  • Philortyx fasciatus (banded quail)
  • Colinus virginianus (northern bobwhite)
  • Colinus nigrogularis (black-throated bobwhite)
  • Colinus cristatus (crested bobwhite)
  • Odontophorus gujanensis (marbled wood quail)
  • Odontophorus capueira (spot-winged wood quail)
  • Odontophorus melanotis (black-eared wood quail)
  • Odontophorus erythrops (rufous-fronted wood quail)
  • Odontophorus atrifrons (black-fronted wood quail)
  • Odontophorus hyperythrus (chestnut wood quail)
  • Odontophorus melanonotus (dark-backed wood quail)
  • Odontophorus speciosus (rufous-breasted wood quail)
  • Odontophorus dialeucos (Tacarcuna wood quail)
  • Odontophorus strophium (gorgeted wood quail)
  • Odontophorus columbianus (Venezuelan wood quail)
  • Odontophorus leucolaemus (black-breasted wood quail)
  • Odontophorus balliviani (stripe-faced wood quail)
  • Odontophorus stellatus (starred wood quail)
  • Odontophorus guttatus (spotted wood quail)
  • Dactylortyx thoracicus (singing quail)
  • Cyrtonyx montezumae (Montezuma quail)
  • Cyrtonyx ocellatus (ocellated quail)
  • Rhynchortyx cinctus (tawny-faced quail)
  • Continued at: Sibley-Monroe checklist 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18

    References

    Sibley-Monroe checklist 1 Wikipedia