Sibley-Monroe checklist 2

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.

Anseriformes

Anhimidae

* "Anhima cornuta" Horned Screamer
* "Chauna chavaria" Northern Screamer
* "Chauna torquata" Southern Screamer

Anseranatidae

* "Anseranas semipalmata" Magpie-goose

Dendrocygnidae

* "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

Anatidae

* "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

Turniciformes

Turnicidae

* "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

Piciformes

=Indicatoridae=

* "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

Picidae

* "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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