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.
Anhima cornuta (horned screamer)
Chauna chavaria (northern screamer)
Chauna torquata (southern screamer)
Anseranas semipalmata (magpie-goose)
Dendrocygna guttata (spotted whistling duck)
Dendrocygna eytoni (plumed whistling duck)
Dendrocygna bicolor (fulvous whistling duck)
Dendrocygna arcuata (wandering whistling duck)
Dendrocygna javanica (lesser whistling duck)
Dendrocygna viduata (white-faced whistling duck)
Dendrocygna arborea (black-billed whistling duck)
Dendrocygna autumnalis (black-bellied whistling duck)
Thalassornis leuconotus (white-backed duck)
Oxyura dominica (masked duck)
Oxyura jamaicensis (ruddy duck)
Oxyura ferruginea (Andean duck)
Oxyura leucocephala (white-headed duck)
Oxyura maccoa (maccoa duck)
Oxyura vittata (lake duck)
Oxyura australis (blue-billed duck)
Biziura lobata (musk duck)
Heteronetta atricapilla (black-headed duck)
Stictonetta naevosa (freckled duck)
Cygnus olor (mute swan)
Cygnus atratus (black swan)
Cygnus melanocorypha (black-necked swan)
Cygnus cygnus (whooper swan)
Cygnus buccinator (trumpeter swan)
Cygnus columbianus (tundra swan)
Coscoroba coscoroba (coscoroba swan)
Anser cygnoides (swan goose)
Anser brachyrhynchus (pink-footed goose)
Anser fabalis (bean goose)
Anser albifrons (greater white-fronted goose)
Anser erythropus (lesser white-fronted goose)
Anser anser (greylag goose)
Anser indicus (bar-headed goose)
Anser caerulescens (snow goose)
Anser rossii (Ross's goose)
Anser canagica (emperor goose)
Branta sandvicensis (nene)
Branta canadensis (Canada goose)
Branta leucopsis (barnacle goose)
Branta bernicla (brent goose)
Branta ruficollis (red-breasted goose)
Cereopsis novaehollandiae (Cape Barren goose)
Cyanochen cyanopterus (blue-winged goose)
Chloephaga melanoptera (Andean goose)
Chloephaga picta (upland goose)
Chloephaga hybrida (kelp goose)
Chloephaga poliocephala (ashy-headed goose)
Chloephaga rubidiceps (ruddy-headed goose)
Neochen jubata (Orinoco goose)
Alopochen aegyptiacus (Egyptian goose)
Tadorna ferruginea (ruddy shelduck)
Tadorna cana (South African shelduck)
Tadorna tadornoides (Australian shelduck)
Tadorna variegata (paradise shelduck)
Tadorna cristata (crested shelduck)
Tadorna tadorna (common shelduck)
Tadorna radjah (radjah shelduck)
Tachyeres pteneres (flightless steamerduck)
Tachyeres leucocephalus (Chubut steamerduck)
Tachyeres brachypterus (Falkland steamerduck)
Tachyeres patachonicus (flying steamerduck)
Plectropterus gambensis (spur-winged goose)
Cairina moschata (Muscovy duck)
Cairina scutulata (white-winged duck)
Pteronetta hartlaubii (Hartlaub's duck)
Sarkidiornis melanotos (comb duck)
Nettapus pulchellus (green pygmy-goose)
Nettapus coromandelianus (cotton pygmy-goose)
Nettapus auritus (African pygmy-goose)
Callonetta leucophrys (ringed teal)
Aix sponsa (wood duck)
Aix galericulata (mandarin duck)
Chenonetta jubata (maned duck)
Amazonetta brasiliensis (Brazilian teal)
Merganetta armata (torrent duck)
Hymenolaimus malacorhynchos (blue duck)
Salvadorina waigiuensis (Salvadori's teal)
Anas specularioides (crested duck)
Anas specularis (spectacled duck)
Anas capensis (Cape teal)
Anas strepera (gadwall)
Anas falcata (falcated duck)
Anas penelope (Eurasian wigeon)
Anas americana (American wigeon)
Anas sibilatrix (Chiloe wigeon)
Anas sparsa (African black duck)
Anas rubripes (American black duck)
Anas fulvigula (mottled duck)
Anas platyrhynchos (mallard)
Anas wyvilliana (Hawaiian duck)
Anas laysanensis (Laysan duck)
Anas poecilorhyncha (spot-billed duck)
Anas luzonica (Philippine duck)
Anas superciliosa (Pacific black duck)
Anas undulata (yellow-billed duck)
Anas melleri (Meller's duck)
Anas discors (blue-winged teal)
Anas cyanoptera (cinnamon teal)
Anas smithii (Cape shoveler)
Anas platalea (red shoveler)
Anas rhynchotis (Australian shoveler)
Anas clypeata (northern shoveler)
Anas bernieri (Bernier's teal)
Anas gibberifrons (Sunda teal)
Anas gracilis (grey teal)
Anas castanea (chestnut teal)
Anas aucklandica (brown teal)
Anas bahamensis (white-cheeked pintail)
Anas erythrorhyncha (red-billed duck)
Anas flavirostris (speckled teal)
Anas acuta (northern pintail)
Anas eatoni (Eaton's pintail)
Anas georgica (yellow-billed pintail)
Anas querquedula (garganey)
Anas formosa (Baikal teal)
Anas crecca (common teal)
Anas puna (puna teal)
Anas versicolor (silver teal)
Anas hottentota (Hottentot teal)
Malacorhynchus membranaceus (pink-eared duck)
Marmaronetta angustirostris (marbled teal)
Rhodonessa caryophyllacea (pink-headed duck)
Netta rufina (red-crested pochard)
Netta peposaca (rosy-billed pochard)
Netta erythrophthalma (southern pochard)
Aythya ferina (common pochard)
Aythya valisineria (canvasback)
Aythya americana (redhead)
Aythya collaris (ring-necked duck)
Aythya nyroca (ferruginous pochard)
Aythya innotata (Madagascar pochard)
Aythya baeri (Baer's pochard)
Aythya australis (hardhead)
Aythya fuligula (tufted duck)
Aythya novaeseelandiae (New Zealand scaup)
Aythya marila (greater scaup)
Aythya affinis (lesser scaup)
Somateria mollissima (common eider)
Somateria spectabilis (king eider)
Somateria fischeri (spectacled eider)
Polysticta stelleri (Steller's eider)
Camptorhynchus labradorius (Labrador duck)
Histrionicus histrionicus (harlequin duck)
Clangula hyemalis (long-tailed duck)
Melanitta nigra (black scoter)
Melanitta perspicillata (surf scoter)
Melanitta fusca (white-winged scoter)
Bucephala clangula (common goldeneye)
Bucephala islandica (Barrow's goldeneye)
Bucephala albeola (bufflehead)
Mergellus albellus (smew)
Lophodytes cucullatus (hooded merganser)
Mergus octosetaceus (Brazilian merganser)
Mergus serrator (red-breasted merganser)
Mergus squamatus (scaly-sided merganser)
Mergus merganser (common merganser)
Mergus australis (Auckland Islands merganser)
Turnix sylvatica (small buttonquail)
Turnix maculosa (red-backed buttonquail)
Turnix nana (black-rumped buttonquail)
Turnix hottentotta (Hottentot buttonquail)
Turnix tanki (yellow-legged buttonquail)
Turnix ocellata (spotted buttonquail)
Turnix suscitator (barred buttonquail)
Turnix nigricollis (Madagascar buttonquail)
Turnix melanogaster (black-breasted buttonquail)
Turnix castanota (chestnut-backed buttonquail)
Turnix olivii (buff-breasted buttonquail)
Turnix varia (painted buttonquail)
Turnix worcesteri (Worcester's buttonquail)
Turnix everetti (Sumba buttonquail)
Turnix pyrrhothorax (red-chested buttonquail)
Turnix velox (little buttonquail)
Ortyxelos meiffrenii (lark buttonquail)
Indicator maculatus (spotted honeyguide)
Indicator variegatus (scaly-throated honeyguide)
Indicator indicator (greater honeyguide)
Indicator archipelagicus (Malaysian honeyguide)
Indicator minor (lesser honeyguide)
Indicator conirostris (thick-billed honeyguide)
Indicator willcocksi (Willcocks's honeyguide)
Indicator exilis (least honeyguide)
Indicator pumilio (dwarf honeyguide)
Indicator meliphilus (pallid honeyguide)
Indicator xanthonotus (yellow-rumped honeyguide)
Melichneutes robustus (lyre-tailed honeyguide)
Melignomon eisentrauti (yellow-footed honeyguide)
Melignomon zenkeri (Zenker's honeyguide)
Prodotiscus insignis (Cassin's honeyguide)
Prodotiscus zambesiae (green-backed honeyguide)
Prodotiscus regulus (Wahlberg's honeyguide)
Jynx torquilla (Eurasian wryneck)
Jynx ruficollis (rufous-necked wryneck)
Picumnus innominatus (speckled piculet)
Picumnus aurifrons (bar-breasted piculet)
Picumnus pumilus (Orinoco piculet)
Picumnus lafresnayi (Lafresnaye's piculet)
Picumnus exilis (golden-spangled piculet)
Picumnus fuscus (rusty-necked piculet)
Picumnus sclateri (Ecuadorian piculet)
Picumnus squamulatus (scaled piculet)
Picumnus spilogaster (white-bellied piculet)
Picumnus minutissimus (Guianan piculet)
Picumnus pygmaeus (spotted piculet)
Picumnus steindachneri (speckle-chested piculet)
Picumnus varzeae (varzea piculet)
Picumnus cirratus (white-barred piculet)
Picumnus dorbygnianus (ocellated piculet)
Picumnus temminckii (ochre-collared piculet)
Picumnus albosquamatus (white-wedged piculet)
Picumnus rufiventris (rufous-breasted piculet)
Picumnus fulvescens (tawny piculet)
Picumnus limae (ochraceous piculet)
Picumnus nebulosus (mottled piculet)
Picumnus castelnau (plain-breasted piculet)
Picumnus subtilis (fine-barred piculet)
Picumnus olivaceus (olivaceous piculet)
Picumnus granadensis (greyish piculet)
Picumnus cinnamomeus (chestnut piculet)
Sasia africana (African piculet)
Sasia abnormis (rufous piculet)
Sasia ochracea (white-browed piculet)
Nesoctites micromegas (Antillean piculet)
Melanerpes candidus (white woodpecker)
Melanerpes lewis (Lewis's woodpecker)
Melanerpes herminieri (Guadeloupe woodpecker)
Melanerpes portoricensis (Puerto Rican woodpecker)
Melanerpes erythrocephalus (red-headed woodpecker)
Melanerpes formicivorus (acorn woodpecker)
Melanerpes pucherani (black-cheeked woodpecker)
Melanerpes chrysauchen (golden-naped woodpecker)
Melanerpes cruentatus (yellow-tufted woodpecker)
Melanerpes flavifrons (yellow-fronted woodpecker)
Melanerpes cactorum (white-fronted woodpecker)
Melanerpes striatus (Hispaniolan woodpecker)
Melanerpes radiolatus (Jamaican woodpecker)
Melanerpes chrysogenys (golden-cheeked woodpecker)
Melanerpes hypopolius (grey-breasted woodpecker)
Melanerpes pygmaeus (Yucatan woodpecker)
Melanerpes rubricapillus (red-crowned woodpecker)
Melanerpes uropygialis (Gila woodpecker)
Melanerpes carolinus (red-bellied woodpecker)
Melanerpes superciliaris (West Indian woodpecker)
Melanerpes aurifrons (golden-fronted woodpecker)
Melanerpes hoffmannii (Hoffmann's woodpecker)
Sphyrapicus varius (yellow-bellied sapsucker)
Sphyrapicus nuchalis (red-naped sapsucker)
Sphyrapicus ruber (red-breasted sapsucker)
Sphyrapicus thyroideus (Williamson's sapsucker)
Xiphidiopicus percussus (Cuban green woodpecker)
Campethera punctuligera (fine-spotted woodpecker)
Campethera nubica (Nubian woodpecker)
Campethera bennettii (Bennett's woodpecker)
Campethera scriptoricauda (Reichenow's woodpecker)
Campethera abingoni (golden-tailed woodpecker)
Campethera mombassica (Mombasa woodpecker)
Campethera notata (Knysna woodpecker)
Campethera maculosa (little green woodpecker)
Campethera cailliautii (green-backed woodpecker)
Campethera tullbergi (Tullberg's woodpecker)
Campethera nivosa (buff-spotted woodpecker)
Campethera caroli (brown-eared woodpecker)
Geocolaptes olivaceus (ground woodpecker)
Dendropicos elachus (little grey woodpecker)
Dendropicos poecilolaemus (speckle-breasted woodpecker)
Dendropicos abyssinicus (Abyssinian woodpecker)
Dendropicos fuscescens (cardinal woodpecker)
Dendropicos lugubris (melancholy woodpecker)
Dendropicos gabonensis (Gabon woodpecker)
Dendropicos stierlingi (Stierling's woodpecker)
Dendropicos namaquus (bearded woodpecker)
Dendropicos pyrrhogaster (fire-bellied woodpecker)
Dendropicos xantholophus (golden-crowned woodpecker)
Dendropicos elliotii (Elliot's woodpecker)
Dendropicos goertae (grey woodpecker)
Dendropicos spodocephalus (grey-headed woodpecker)
Dendropicos griseocephalus (olive woodpecker)
Dendropicos obsoletus (brown-backed woodpecker)
Dendrocopos temminckii (Sulawesi woodpecker)
Dendrocopos maculatus (Philippine woodpecker)
Dendrocopos nanus (brown-capped woodpecker)
Dendrocopos moluccensis (Sunda woodpecker)
Dendrocopos canicapillus (grey-capped woodpecker)
Dendrocopos kizuki (pygmy woodpecker)
Dendrocopos minor (lesser spotted woodpecker)
Dendrocopos auriceps (brown-fronted woodpecker)
Dendrocopos macei (fulvous-breasted woodpecker)
Dendrocopos atratus (stripe-breasted woodpecker)
Dendrocopos mahrattensis (yellow-crowned woodpecker)
Dendrocopos dorae (Arabian woodpecker)
Dendrocopos hyperythrus (rufous-bellied woodpecker)
Dendrocopos cathpharius (crimson-breasted woodpecker)
Dendrocopos darjellensis (Darjeeling woodpecker)
Dendrocopos medius (middle spotted woodpecker)
Dendrocopos leucotos (white-backed woodpecker)
Dendrocopos major (great spotted woodpecker)
Dendrocopos syriacus (Syrian woodpecker)
Dendrocopos leucopterus (white-winged woodpecker)
Dendrocopos assimilis (Sind woodpecker)
Dendrocopos himalayensis (Himalayan woodpecker)
Picoides lignarius (striped woodpecker)
Picoides mixtus (checkered woodpecker)
Picoides nuttallii (Nuttall's woodpecker)
Picoides scalaris (ladder-backed woodpecker)
Picoides pubescens (downy woodpecker)
Picoides borealis (red-cockaded woodpecker)
Picoides stricklandi (Strickland's woodpecker)
Picoides villosus (hairy woodpecker)
Picoides albolarvatus (white-headed woodpecker)
Picoides tridactylus (three-toed woodpecker)
Picoides arcticus (black-backed woodpecker)
Veniliornis callonotus (scarlet-backed woodpecker)
Veniliornis dignus (yellow-vented woodpecker)
Veniliornis nigriceps (bar-bellied woodpecker)
Veniliornis fumigatus (smoky-brown woodpecker)
Veniliornis passerinus (little woodpecker)
Veniliornis frontalis (dot-fronted woodpecker)
Veniliornis spilogaster (white-spotted woodpecker)
Veniliornis sanguineus (blood-colored woodpecker)
Veniliornis kirkii (red-rumped woodpecker)
Veniliornis chocoensis (Choco woodpecker)
Veniliornis cassini (golden-collared woodpecker)
Veniliornis affinis (red-stained woodpecker)
Veniliornis maculifrons (yellow-eared woodpecker)
Piculus simplex (rufous-winged woodpecker)
Piculus callopterus (stripe-cheeked woodpecker)
Piculus litae (Lita woodpecker)
Piculus leucolaemus (white-throated woodpecker)
Piculus flavigula (yellow-throated woodpecker)
Piculus chrysochloros (golden-green woodpecker)
Piculus aurulentus (yellow-browed woodpecker)
Piculus auricularis (grey-crowned woodpecker)
Piculus rubiginosus (golden-olive woodpecker)
Piculus rivolii (crimson-mantled woodpecker)
Colaptes atricollis (black-necked woodpecker)
Colaptes punctigula (spot-breasted woodpecker)
Colaptes melanochloros (green-barred woodpecker)
Colaptes auratus (northern flicker)
Colaptes chrysoides (gilded flicker)
Colaptes fernandinae (Fernandina's flicker)
Colaptes pitius (Chilean flicker)
Colaptes rupicola (Andean flicker)
Colaptes campestris (Campo flicker)
Celeus brachyurus (rufous woodpecker)
Celeus loricatus (cinnamon woodpecker)
Celeus grammicus (scaly-breasted woodpecker)
Celeus undatus (waved woodpecker)
Celeus castaneus (chestnut-colored woodpecker)
Celeus elegans (chestnut woodpecker)
Celeus lugubris (pale-crested woodpecker)
Celeus flavescens (blond-crested woodpecker)
Celeus flavus (cream-colored woodpecker)
Celeus spectabilis (rufous-headed woodpecker)
Celeus torquatus (ringed woodpecker)
Dryocopus galeatus (helmeted woodpecker)
Dryocopus pileatus (pileated woodpecker)
Dryocopus lineatus (lineated woodpecker)
Dryocopus schulzi (black-bodied woodpecker)
Dryocopus javensis (white-bellied woodpecker)
Dryocopus hodgei (Andaman woodpecker)
Dryocopus martius (black woodpecker)
Campephilus pollens (powerful woodpecker)
Campephilus haematogaster (crimson-bellied woodpecker)
Campephilus rubricollis (red-necked woodpecker)
Campephilus robustus (robust woodpecker)
Campephilus guatemalensis (pale-billed woodpecker)
Campephilus melanoleucos (crimson-crested woodpecker)
Campephilus gayaquilensis (Guayaquil woodpecker)
Campephilus leucopogon (cream-backed woodpecker)
Campephilus magellanicus (Magellanic woodpecker)
Campephilus imperialis (imperial woodpecker)
Campephilus principalis (ivory-billed woodpecker)
Picus mineaceus (banded woodpecker)
Picus chlorolophus (lesser yellownape)
Picus puniceus (crimson-winged woodpecker)
Picus flavinucha (greater yellownape)
Picus mentalis (checker-throated woodpecker)
Picus viridanus (streak-breasted woodpecker)
Picus vittatus (laced woodpecker)
Picus xanthopygaeus (streak-throated woodpecker)
Picus squamatus (scaly-bellied woodpecker)
Picus awokera (Japanese woodpecker)
Picus viridis (Eurasian green woodpecker)
Picus vaillantii (Levaillant's woodpecker)
Picus rabieri (red-collared woodpecker)
Picus erythropygius (black-headed woodpecker)
Picus canus (grey-headed woodpecker)
Dinopium rafflesii (olive-backed woodpecker)
Dinopium shorii (Himalayan flameback)
Dinopium javanense (common flameback)
Dinopium benghalense (black-rumped flameback)
Chrysocolaptes lucidus (greater flameback)
Chrysocolaptes festivus (white-naped woodpecker)
Gecinulus grantia (pale-headed woodpecker)
Gecinulus viridis (bamboo woodpecker)
Sapheopipo noguchii (Okinawa woodpecker)
Blythipicus rubiginosus (maroon woodpecker)
Blythipicus pyrrhotis (bay woodpecker)
Reinwardtipicus validus (orange-backed woodpecker)
Meiglyptes tristis (buff-rumped woodpecker)
Meiglyptes jugularis (black-and-buff woodpecker)
Meiglyptes tukki (buff-necked woodpecker)
Hemicircus concretus (grey-and-buff woodpecker)
Hemicircus canente (heart-spotted woodpecker)
Mulleripicus fulvus (ashy woodpecker)
Mulleripicus funebris (sooty woodpecker)
Mulleripicus pulverulentus (great slaty woodpecker)
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