The Sibley-Monroe 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.
Cormobates placens (Papuan treecreeper)
Cormobates leucophaeus (white-throated treecreeper)
Climacteris affinis (white-browed treecreeper)
Climacteris erythrops (red-browed treecreeper)
Climacteris picumnus (brown treecreeper)
Climacteris melanura (black-tailed treecreeper)
Climacteris rufa (rufous treecreeper)
Menura alberti (Albert's lyrebird)
Menura novaehollandiae (superb lyrebird)
Atrichornis rufescens (rufous scrub-bird)
Atrichornis clamosus (noisy scrub-bird)
Ailuroedus buccoides (white-eared catbird)
Ailuroedus melanotis (spotted catbird)
Ailuroedus crassirostris (green catbird)
Ailuroedus dentirostris (tooth-billed catbird)
Archboldia papuensis (Archbold's bowerbird)
Archboldia sanfordi (Sanford's bowerbird)
Amblyornis inornatus (Vogelkop bowerbird)
Amblyornis macgregoriae (Macgregor's bowerbird)
Amblyornis subalaris (streaked bowerbird)
Amblyornis flavifrons (golden-fronted bowerbird)
Prionodura newtoniana (golden bowerbird)
Sericulus aureus (flame bowerbird)
Sericulus bakeri (fire-maned bowerbird)
Sericulus chrysocephalus (regent bowerbird)
Ptilonorhynchus violaceus (satin bowerbird)
Chlamydera guttata (western bowerbird)
Chlamydera maculata (spotted bowerbird)
Chlamydera nuchalis (great bowerbird)
Chlamydera lauterbachi (yellow-breasted bowerbird)
Chlamydera cerviniventris (fawn-breasted bowerbird)
Clytomyias insignis (orange-crowned fairywren)
Sipodotus wallacii (Wallace's fairywren)
Malurus grayi (broad-billed fairywren)
Malurus campbelli (Campbell's fairywren)
Malurus alboscapulatus (white-shouldered fairywren)
Malurus melanocephalus (red-backed fairywren)
Malurus leucopterus (white-winged fairywren)
Malurus cyaneus (superb fairywren)
Malurus splendens (splendid fairywren)
Malurus lamberti (variegated fairywren)
Malurus amabilis (lovely fairywren)
Malurus elegans (red-winged fairywren)
Malurus pulcherrimus (blue-breasted fairywren)
Malurus coronatus (purple-crowned fairywren)
Malurus cyanocephalus (emperor fairywren)
Stipiturus ruficeps (rufous-crowned emuwren)
Stipiturus malachurus (southern emuwren)
Stipiturus mallee (mallee emuwren)
Amytornis barbatus (grey grasswren)
Amytornis woodwardi (white-throated grasswren)
Amytornis dorotheae (Carpentarian grasswren)
Amytornis striatus (striated grasswren)
Amytornis goyderi (Eyrean grasswren)
Amytornis textilis (thick-billed grasswren)
Amytornis purnelli (dusky grasswren)
Amytornis housei (black grasswren)
Myzomela blasii (drab myzomela)
Myzomela albigula (white-chinned myzomela)
Myzomela eques (red-throated myzomela)
Myzomela obscura (dusky myzomela)
Myzomela cruentata (red myzomela)
Myzomela nigrita (black myzomela)
Myzomela pulchella (olive-yellow myzomela)
Myzomela adolphinae (mountain myzomela)
Myzomela kuehni (crimson-hooded myzomela)
Myzomela dammermani (Sumba myzomela)
Myzomela erythrocephala (red-headed myzomela)
Myzomela chloroptera (Sulawesi myzomela)
Myzomela wakoloensis (Wakolo myzomela)
Myzomela boiei (Banda myzomela)
Myzomela sanguinolenta (scarlet myzomela)
Myzomela caledonica (New Caledonian myzomela)
Myzomela rubratra (Micronesian myzomela)
Myzomela cardinalis (cardinal myzomela)
Myzomela chermesina (Rotuma myzomela)
Myzomela sclateri (scarlet-bibbed myzomela)
Myzomela pammelaena (ebony myzomela)
Myzomela lafargei (scarlet-naped myzomela)
Myzomela eichhorni (yellow-vented myzomela)
Myzomela melanocephala (black-headed myzomela)
Myzomela malaitae (red-bellied myzomela)
Myzomela tristrami (sooty myzomela)
Myzomela jugularis (orange-breasted myzomela)
Myzomela erythromelas (black-bellied myzomela)
Myzomela vulnerata (red-rumped myzomela)
Myzomela rosenbergii (red-collared myzomela)
Certhionyx pectoralis (banded honeyeater)
Certhionyx niger (black honeyeater)
Certhionyx variegatus (pied honeyeater)
Timeliopsis fulvigula (olive straightbill)
Timeliopsis griseigula (tawny straightbill)
Melilestes megarhynchus (long-billed honeyeater)
Stresemannia bougainvillei (Bougainville honeyeater)
Glycichaera fallax (green-backed honeyeater)
Lichmera lombokia (scaly-crowned honeyeater)
Lichmera argentauris (olive honeyeater)
Lichmera limbata (Indonesian honeyeater)
Lichmera indistincta (brown honeyeater)
Lichmera incana (dark-brown honeyeater)
Lichmera squamata (white-tufted honeyeater)
Lichmera alboauricularis (silver-eared honeyeater)
Lichmera deningeri (Buru honeyeater)
Lichmera monticola (Seram honeyeater)
Lichmera flavicans (yellow-eared honeyeater)
Lichmera notabilis (black-chested honeyeater)
Trichodere cockerelli (white-streaked honeyeater)
Meliphaga montana (forest honeyeater)
Meliphaga mimikae (mottle-breasted honeyeater)
Meliphaga orientalis (hill-forest honeyeater)
Meliphaga albonotata (scrub honeyeater)
Meliphaga aruensis (puff-backed honeyeater)
Meliphaga analoga (mimic honeyeater)
Meliphaga vicina (Tagula honeyeater)
Meliphaga gracilis (graceful honeyeater)
Meliphaga notata (yellow-spotted honeyeater)
Meliphaga flavirictus (yellow-gaped honeyeater)
Meliphaga lewinii (Lewin's honeyeater)
Meliphaga albilineata (white-lined honeyeater)
Meliphaga reticulata (streaky-breasted honeyeater)
Guadalcanaria inexpectata (Guadalcanal honeyeater)
Foulehaio carunculatus (wattled honeyeater)
Lichenostomus subfrenatus (black-throated honeyeater)
Lichenostomus obscurus (obscure honeyeater)
Lichenostomus frenatus (bridled honeyeater)
Lichenostomus hindwoodi (Eungella honeyeater)
Lichenostomus chrysops (yellow-faced honeyeater)
Lichenostomus versicolor (varied honeyeater)
Lichenostomus fasciogularis (mangrove honeyeater)
Lichenostomus virescens (singing honeyeater)
Lichenostomus flavus (yellow honeyeater)
Lichenostomus unicolor (white-gaped honeyeater)
Lichenostomus leucotis (white-eared honeyeater)
Lichenostomus flavicollis (yellow-throated honeyeater)
Lichenostomus melanops (yellow-tufted honeyeater)
Lichenostomus cratitius (purple-gaped honeyeater)
Lichenostomus keartlandi (grey-headed honeyeater)
Lichenostomus flavescens (yellow-tinted honeyeater)
Lichenostomus fuscus (fuscous honeyeater)
Lichenostomus plumulus (grey-fronted honeyeater)
Lichenostomus ornatus (yellow-plumed honeyeater)
Lichenostomus penicillatus (white-plumed honeyeater)
Xanthotis flaviventer (tawny-breasted honeyeater)
Xanthotis polygramma (spotted honeyeater)
Xanthotis macleayana (Macleay honeyeater)
Xanthotis provocator (Kadavu honeyeater)
Oreornis chrysogenys (orange-cheeked honeyeater)
Apalopteron familiare (Bonin honeyeater)
Melithreptus lunatus (white-naped honeyeater)
Melithreptus affinis (black-headed honeyeater)
Melithreptus albogularis (white-throated honeyeater)
Melithreptus laetior (golden-backed honeyeater)
Melithreptus gularis (black-chinned honeyeater)
Melithreptus validirostris (strong-billed honeyeater)
Melithreptus brevirostris (brown-headed honeyeater)
Notiomystis cincta (stitchbird)
Pycnopygius ixoides (plain honeyeater)
Pycnopygius cinereus (marbled honeyeater)
Pycnopygius stictocephalus (streak-headed honeyeater)
Melitograis gilolensis (white-streaked friarbird)
Philemon meyeri (Meyer's friarbird)
Philemon inornatus (plain friarbird)
Philemon kisserensis (grey friarbird)
Philemon brassi (Brass's friarbird)
Philemon citreogularis (little friarbird)
Philemon fuscicapillus (dusky friarbird)
Philemon moluccensis (black-faced friarbird)
Philemon subcorniculatus (grey-necked friarbird)
Philemon buceroides (helmeted friarbird)
Philemon novaeguineae (New Guinea friarbird)
Philemon albitorques (white-naped friarbird)
Philemon cockerelli (New Britain friarbird)
Philemon eichhorni (New Ireland friarbird)
Philemon argenticeps (silver-crowned friarbird)
Philemon corniculatus (noisy friarbird)
Philemon diemenensis (New Caledonian friarbird)
Ptiloprora plumbea (leaden honeyeater)
Ptiloprora meekiana (olive-streaked honeyeater)
Ptiloprora erythropleura (rufous-sided honeyeater)
Ptiloprora mayri (Mayr's honeyeater)
Ptiloprora guisei (rufous-backed honeyeater)
Ptiloprora perstriata (black-backed honeyeater)
Melidectes fuscus (sooty melidectes)
Melidectes whitemanensis (Bismarck melidectes)
Melidectes nouhuysi (short-bearded melidectes)
Melidectes princeps (long-bearded melidectes)
Melidectes ochromelas (cinnamon-browed melidectes)
Melidectes leucostephes (Vogelkop melidectes)
Melidectes belfordi (Belford's melidectes)
Melidectes rufocrissalis (yellow-browed melidectes)
Melidectes foersteri (Huon melidectes)
Melidectes torquatus (ornate melidectes)
Melidectes sclateri (San Cristobal melidectes)
Melipotes gymnops (Arfak honeyeater)
Melipotes fumigatus (common smoky honeyeater)
Melipotes ater (spangled honeyeater)
Myza celebensis (dark-eared myza)
Myza sarasinorum (white-eared myza)
Gymnomyza viridis (giant honeyeater)
Gymnomyza samoensis (mao)
Gymnomyza aubryana (crow honeyeater)
Moho braccatus (Kauai oo)
Moho apicalis (Oahu oo)
Moho bishopi (Bishop's oo)
Moho nobilis (Hawaii oo)
Chaetoptila angustipluma (kioea)
Phylidonyris pyrrhoptera (crescent honeyeater)
Phylidonyris novaehollandiae (New Holland honeyeater)
Phylidonyris nigra (white-cheeked honeyeater)
Phylidonyris albifrons (white-fronted honeyeater)
Phylidonyris undulata (barred honeyeater)
Phylidonyris notabilis (New Hebrides honeyeater)
Phylidonyris melanops (tawny-crowned honeyeater)
Ramsayornis modestus (brown-backed honeyeater)
Ramsayornis fasciatus (bar-breasted honeyeater)
Plectorhyncha lanceolata (striped honeyeater)
Conopophila albogularis (rufous-banded honeyeater)
Conopophila rufogularis (rufous-throated honeyeater)
Conopophila whitei (grey honeyeater)
Grantiella picta (painted honeyeater)
Xanthomyza phrygia (regent honeyeater)
Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris (eastern spinebill)
Acanthorhynchus superciliosus (western spinebill)
Entomyzon cyanotis (blue-faced honeyeater)
Manorina melanophrys (bell miner)
Manorina melanocephala (noisy miner)
Manorina flavigula (yellow-throated miner)
Anthornis melanura (New Zealand bellbird)
Acanthagenys rufogularis (spiny-cheeked honeyeater)
Anthochaera lunulata (little wattlebird)
Anthochaera chrysoptera (brush wattlebird)
Anthochaera carunculata (red wattlebird)
Anthochaera paradoxa (yellow wattlebird)
Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae (tui)
Epthianura tricolor (crimson chat)
Epthianura aurifrons (orange chat)
Epthianura crocea (yellow chat)
Epthianura albifrons (white-fronted chat)
Ashbyia lovensis (gibberbird)
Pardalotus punctatus (spotted pardalote)
Pardalotus quadragintus (forty-spotted pardalote)
Pardalotus rubricatus (red-browed pardalote)
Pardalotus striatus (striated pardalote)
Dasyornis longirostris (western bristlebird)
Dasyornis brachypterus (eastern bristlebird)
Dasyornis broadbenti (rufous bristlebird)
Pycnoptilus floccosus (pilotbird)
Origma solitaria (origma)
Oreoscopus gutturalis (fernwren)
Crateroscelis murina (rusty mouse-warbler)
Crateroscelis nigrorufa (bicolored mouse-warbler)
Crateroscelis robusta (mountain mouse-warbler)
Sericornis citreogularis (yellow-throated scrubwren)
Sericornis frontalis (white-browed scrubwren)
Sericornis humilis (brown scrubwren)
Sericornis keri (Atherton scrubwren)
Sericornis beccarii (Beccari's scrubwren)
Sericornis virgatus (perplexing scrubwren)
Sericornis nouhuysi (large scrubwren)
Sericornis magnirostris (large-billed scrubwren)
Sericornis rufescens (Vogelkop scrubwren)
Sericornis perspicillatus (buff-faced scrubwren)
Sericornis arfakianus (grey-green scrubwren)
Sericornis papuensis (Papuan scrubwren)
Sericornis spilodera (pale-billed scrubwren)
Acanthornis magnus (scrubtit)
Pyrrholaemus brunneus (redthroat)
Chthonicola sagittatus (speckled warbler)
Calamanthus campestris (rufous calamanthus)
Calamanthus fuliginosus (striated calamanthus)
Hylacola pyrrhopygia (chestnut-rumped hylacola)
Hylacola cautus (shy hylacola)
Acanthiza murina (Papuan thornbill)
Acanthiza katherina (mountain thornbill)
Acanthiza pusilla (brown thornbill)
Acanthiza ewingii (Tasmanian thornbill)
Acanthiza reguloides (buff-rumped thornbill)
Acanthiza inornata (western thornbill)
Acanthiza iredalei (slender-billed thornbill)
Acanthiza chrysorrhoa (yellow-rumped thornbill)
Acanthiza uropygialis (chestnut-rumped thornbill)
Acanthiza nana (yellow thornbill)
Acanthiza lineata (striated thornbill)
Acanthiza robustirostris (slaty-backed thornbill)
Smicrornis brevirostris (weebill)
Gerygone cinerea (mountain gerygone)
Gerygone chloronotus (green-backed gerygone)
Gerygone palpebrosa (fairy gerygone)
Gerygone olivacea (white-throated gerygone)
Gerygone chrysogaster (yellow-bellied gerygone)
Gerygone magnirostris (large-billed gerygone)
Gerygone tenebrosa (dusky gerygone)
Gerygone sulphurea (golden-bellied gerygone)
Gerygone inornata (plain gerygone)
Gerygone dorsalis (rufous-sided gerygone)
Gerygone ruficollis (brown-breasted gerygone)
Gerygone levigaster (mangrove gerygone)
Gerygone fusca (western gerygone)
Gerygone insularis (Lord Howe Island gerygone)
Gerygone mouki (brown gerygone)
Gerygone modesta (Norfolk Island gerygone)
Gerygone igata (grey gerygone)
Gerygone albofrontata (Chatham Islands gerygone)
Gerygone flavolateralis (fan-tailed gerygone)
Aphelocephala leucopsis (southern whiteface)
Aphelocephala pectoralis (chestnut-breasted whiteface)
Aphelocephala nigricincta (banded whiteface)
Amalocichla sclateriana (greater ground robin)
Amalocichla incerta (lesser ground robin)
Monachella muelleriana (torrent robin)
Microeca fascinans (jacky-winter)
Microeca hemixantha (golden-bellied flyrobin)
Microeca flavigaster (lemon-bellied flyrobin)
Microeca griseoceps (yellow-legged flyrobin)
Microeca flavovirescens (olive flyrobin)
Microeca papuana (canary flyrobin)
Eugerygone rubra (garnet robin)
Petroica bivittata (alpine robin)
Petroica archboldi (Snow Mountain robin)
Petroica multicolor (scarlet robin)
Petroica macrocephala (tomtit)
Petroica goodenovii (red-capped robin)
Petroica phoenicea (flame robin)
Petroica rosea (rose robin)
Petroica rodinogaster (pink robin)
Petroica australis (New Zealand robin)
Petroica traversi (Chatham Islands robin)
Melanodryas cucullata (hooded robin)
Melanodryas vittata (dusky robin)
Tregellasia leucops (white-faced robin)
Tregellasia capito (pale-yellow robin)
Eopsaltria australis (yellow robin)
Eopsaltria griseogularis (grey-breasted robin)
Eopsaltria flaviventris (yellow-bellied robin)
Eopsaltria georgiana (white-breasted robin)
Eopsaltria pulverulenta (mangrove robin)
Poecilodryas brachyura (black-chinned robin)
Poecilodryas hypoleuca (black-sided robin)
Poecilodryas superciliosa (white-browed robin)
Poecilodryas placens (olive-yellow robin)
Poecilodryas albonotata (black-throated robin)
Peneothello sigillatus (white-winged robin)
Peneothello cryptoleucus (smoky robin)
Peneothello cyanus (blue-grey robin)
Peneothello bimaculatus (white-rumped robin)
Heteromyias albispecularis (ashy robin)
Heteromyias cinereifrons (grey-headed robin)
Pachycephalopsis hattamensis (green-backed robin)
Pachycephalopsis poliosoma (white-eyed robin)
Drymodes superciliaris (northern scrub robin)
Drymodes brunneopygia (southern scrub robin)
Irena puella (Asian fairy-bluebird)
Irena cyanogaster (Philippine fairy-bluebird)
Chloropsis flavipennis (Philippine leafbird)
Chloropsis palawanensis (yellow-throated leafbird)
Chloropsis sonnerati (greater green leafbird)
Chloropsis cyanopogon (lesser green leafbird)
Chloropsis cochinchinensis (blue-winged leafbird)
Chloropsis aurifrons (golden-fronted leafbird)
Chloropsis hardwickii (orange-bellied leafbird)
Chloropsis venusta (blue-masked leafbird)
Orthonyx temminckii (logrunner)
Orthonyx spaldingii (chowchilla)
Pomatostomus isidorei (New Guinea babbler)
Pomatostomus temporalis (grey-crowned babbler)
Pomatostomus superciliosus (white-browed babbler)
Pomatostomus halli (Hall's babbler)
Pomatostomus ruficeps (chestnut-crowned babbler)
Lanius tigrinus (tiger shrike)
Lanius bucephalus (bull-headed shrike)
Lanius collurio (red-backed shrike)
Lanius isabellinus (rufous-tailed shrike)
Lanius cristatus (brown shrike)
Lanius collurioides (Burmese shrike)
Lanius gubernator (Emin's shrike)
Lanius souzae (Souza's shrike)
Lanius vittatus (bay-backed shrike)
Lanius schach (long-tailed shrike)
Lanius tephronotus (grey-backed shrike)
Lanius validirostris (mountain shrike)
Lanius minor (lesser grey shrike)
Lanius ludovicianus (loggerhead shrike)
Lanius excubitor (northern shrike)
Lanius sphenocercus (Chinese grey shrike)
Lanius excubitoroides (grey-backed fiscal)
Lanius cabanisi (long-tailed fiscal)
Lanius dorsalis (Teita fiscal)
Lanius somalicus (Somali fiscal)
Lanius mackinnoni (Mackinnon's shrike)
Lanius collaris (southern fiscal)
Lanius newtoni (Newton's fiscal)
Lanius marwitzi (Uhehe fiscal)
Lanius senator (woodchat shrike)
Lanius nubicus (masked shrike)
Corvinella corvina (yellow-billed shrike)
Corvinella melanoleuca (magpie shrike)
Eurocephalus rueppelli (white-rumped shrike)
Eurocephalus anguitimens (white-crowned shrike)
Cyclarhis gujanensis (rufous-browed peppershrike)
Cyclarhis nigrirostris (black-billed peppershrike)
Vireolanius melitophrys (chestnut-sided shrike-vireo)
Vireolanius pulchellus (green shrike-vireo)
Vireolanius eximius (yellow-browed shrike-vireo)
Vireolanius leucotis (slaty-capped shrike-vireo)
Vireo brevipennis (slaty vireo)
Vireo bellii (Bell's vireo)
Vireo atricapillus (black-capped vireo)
Vireo nelsoni (dwarf vireo)
Vireo huttoni (Hutton's vireo)
Vireo carmioli (yellow-winged vireo)
Vireo griseus (white-eyed vireo)
Vireo pallens (mangrove vireo)
Vireo bairdi (Cozumel vireo)
Vireo gundlachii (Cuban vireo)
Vireo crassirostris (thick-billed vireo)
Vireo caribaeus (St. Andrew vireo)
Vireo vicinior (grey vireo)
Vireo hypochryseus (golden vireo)
Vireo modestus (Jamaican vireo)
Vireo nanus (flat-billed vireo)
Vireo latimeri (Puerto Rican vireo)
Vireo osburni (Blue Mountain vireo)
Vireo cassinii (Cassin's vireo)
Vireo plumbeus (plumbeous vireo)
Vireo solitarius (blue-headed vireo)
Vireo flavifrons (yellow-throated vireo)
Vireo philadelphicus (Philadelphia vireo)
Vireo olivaceus (red-eyed vireo)
Vireo flavoviridis (yellow-green vireo)
Vireo gracilirostris (Noronha vireo)
Vireo altiloquus (black-whiskered vireo)
Vireo magister (Yucatan vireo)
Vireo swainsonii (western warbling-vireo)
Vireo gilvus (eastern warbling-vireo)
Vireo leucophrys (brown-capped vireo)
Hylophilus amaurocephalus (grey-eyed greenlet)
Hylophilus poicilotis (rufous-crowned greenlet)
Hylophilus thoracicus (lemon-chested greenlet)
Hylophilus semicinereus (grey-chested greenlet)
Hylophilus pectoralis (ashy-headed greenlet)
Hylophilus sclateri (tepui greenlet)
Hylophilus muscicapinus (buff-cheeked greenlet)
Hylophilus brunneiceps (brown-headed greenlet)
Hylophilus hypoxanthus (dusky-capped greenlet)
Hylophilus semibrunneus (rufous-naped greenlet)
Hylophilus aurantiifrons (golden-fronted greenlet)
Hylophilus flavipes (scrub greenlet)
Hylophilus olivaceus (olivaceous greenlet)
Hylophilus ochraceiceps (tawny-crowned greenlet)
Hylophilus decurtatus (lesser greenlet)
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