Sibley-Monroe checklist 7

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.

Gruiformes

Eurypygidae

* "Eurypyga helias" Sunbittern

Otididae

* "Tetrax tetrax" Little Bustard
* "Otis tarda" Great Bustard
* "Neotis denhami" Stanley Bustard
* "Neotis ludwigii" Ludwig's Bustard
* "Neotis nuba" Nubian Bustard
* "Neotis heuglinii" Heuglin's Bustard
* "Ardeotis arabs" Arabian Bustard
* "Ardeotis kori" Kori Bustard
* "Ardeotis nigriceps" Indian Bustard
* "Ardeotis australis" Australian Bustard
* "Chlamydotis undulata" Houbara Bustard
* "Eupodotis savilei" Savile's Bustard
* "Eupodotis gindiana" Buff-crested Bustard
* "Eupodotis ruficrista" Red-crested Bustard
* "Eupodotis afraoides" White-quilled Bustard
* "Eupodotis afra" Black Bustard
* "Eupodotis rueppellii" Rüppell's Bustard
* "Eupodotis vigorsii" Karoo Bustard
* "Eupodotis humilis" Little Brown Bustard
* "Eupodotis senegalensis" White-bellied Bustard
* "Eupodotis caerulescens" Blue Bustard
* "Eupodotis melanogaster" Black-bellied Bustard
* "Eupodotis hartlaubii" Hartlaub's Bustard
* "Eupodotis bengalensis" Bengal Florican
* "Eupodotis indica" Lesser Florican

Gruidae

* "Balearica pavonina" Black Crowned Crane
* "Balearica regulorum" Grey Crowned Crane
* "Grus leucogeranus" Siberian Crane
* "Grus antigone" Sarus Crane
* "Grus rubicunda" Brolga
* "Grus vipio" White-naped Crane
* "Grus canadensis" Sandhill Crane
* "Grus virgo" Demoiselle Crane
* "Grus paradisea" Blue Crane
* "Grus carunculatus" Wattled Crane
* "Grus grus" Common Crane
* "Grus monacha" Hooded Crane
* "Grus americana" Whooping Crane
* "Grus nigricollis" Black-necked Crane
* "Grus japonensis" Red-crowned Crane

Aramidae

* "Aramus guarauna" Limpkin

Heliornithidae

* "Podica senegalensis" African Finfoot
* "Heliopais personata" Masked Finfoot
* "Heliornis fulica" Sungrebe

Psophiidae

* "Psophia crepitans" Grey-winged Trumpeter
* "Psophia leucoptera" Pale-winged Trumpeter
* "Psophia viridis" Dark-winged Trumpeter

Cariamidae

* "Cariama cristata" Red-legged Seriema
* "Chunga burmeisteri" Black-legged Seriema

Rhynochetidae

* "Rhynochetos jubatus" Kagu

Rallidae

* "Sarothrura pulchra" White-spotted Flufftail
* "Sarothrura elegans" Buff-spotted Flufftail
* "Sarothrura rufa" Red-chested Flufftail
* "Sarothrura lugens" Chestnut-headed Flufftail
* "Sarothrura boehmi" Streaky-breasted Flufftail
* "Sarothrura affinis" Striped Flufftail
* "Sarothrura insularis" Madagascar Flufftail
* "Sarothrura ayresi" White-winged Flufftail
* "Sarothrura watersi" Slender-billed Flufftail
* "Himantornis haematopus" Nkulengu Rail
* "Canirallus oculeus" Grey-throated Rail
* "Canirallus kioloides" Kioloides Rail
* "Coturnicops exquisitus" Swinhoe's Rail
* "Coturnicops noveboracensis" Yellow Rail
* "Coturnicops notatus" Speckled Rail
* "Micropygia schomburgkii" Ocellated Crake
* "Rallina rubra" Chestnut Forest-Rail
* "Rallina leucospila" White-striped Forest Rail
* "Rallina forbesi" Forbes's Forest Rail
* "Rallina mayri" Mayr's Forest Rail
* "Rallina tricolor" Red-necked Crake
* "Rallina canningi" Andaman Crake
* "Rallina fasciata" Red-legged Crake
* "Rallina eurizonoides" Slaty-legged Crake
* "Anurolimnas castaneiceps" Chestnut-headed Crake
* "Anurolimnas viridis" Russet-crowned Crake
* "Anurolimnas fasciatus" Black-banded Crake
* "Laterallus melanophaius" Rufous-sided Crake
* "Laterallus levraudi" Rusty-flanked Crake
* "Laterallus ruber" Ruddy Crake
* "Laterallus albigularis" White-throated Crake
* "Laterallus exilis" Grey-breasted Crake
* "Laterallus jamaicensis" Black Rail
* "Laterallus spilonotus" Galapagos Rail
* "Laterallus leucopyrrhus" Red-and-white Crake
* "Laterallus xenopterus" Rufous-faced Crake
* "Nesoclopeus woodfordi" Woodford's Rail
* "Nesoclopeus poecilopterus" Bar-winged Rail
* "Gallirallus australis" Weka
* "Gallirallus lafresnayanus" New Caledonian Rail
* "Gallirallus sylvestris" Lord Howe Rail
* "Gallirallus conditicius" Gilbert Rail
* "Gallirallus okinawae" Okinawa Rail
* "Gallirallus torquatus" Barred Rail
* "Gallirallus insignis" New Britain Rail
* "Gallirallus philippensis" Buff-banded Rail
* "Gallirallus rovianae" Roviana Rail
* "Gallirallus owstoni" Guam Rail
* "Gallirallus wakensis" Wake Island Rail
* "Gallirallus pacificus" Tahiti Rail
* "Gallirallus dieffenbachii" Dieffenbach's Rail
* "Gallirallus modestus" Chatham Islands Rail
* "Gallirallus sharpei" Sharpe's Rail
* "Gallirallus striatus" Slaty-breasted Rail
* "Rallus longirostris" Clapper Rail
* "Rallus elegans" King Rail
* "Rallus wetmorei" Plain-flanked Rail
* "Rallus limicola" Virginia Rail
* "Rallus semiplumbeus" Bogota Rail
* "Rallus antarcticus" Austral Rail
* "Rallus aquaticus" Water Rail
* "Rallus caerulescens" Kaffir Rail
* "Rallus madagascariensis" Madagascar Rail
* "Lewinia mirificus" Brown-banded Rail
* "Lewinia pectoralis" Lewin's Rail
* "Lewinia muelleri" Auckland Islands Rail
* "Dryolimnas cuvieri" White-throated Rail
* "Crecopsis egregia" African Crake
* "Crex crex" Corn Crake
* "Rougetius rougetii" Rouget's Rail
* "Aramidopsis plateni" Snoring Rail
* "Atlantisia rogersi" Inaccessible Island Rail
* "Aramides mangle" Little Wood Rail
* "Aramides axillaris" Rufous-necked Wood Rail
* "Aramides cajanea" Grey-necked Wood Rail
* "Aramides wolfi" Brown Wood Rail
* "Aramides ypecaha" Giant Wood Rail
* "Aramides saracura" Slaty-breasted Wood Rail
* "Aramides calopterus" Red-winged Wood Rail
* "Amaurolimnas concolor" Uniform Crake
* "Gymnocrex rosenbergii" Bald-faced Rail
* "Gymnocrex plumbeiventris" Bare-eyed Rail
* "Amaurornis akool" Brown Crake
* "Amaurornis olivaceus" Bush-hen
* "Amaurornis isabellinus" Isabelline Waterhen
* "Amaurornis moluccanus" Rufous-tailed Waterhen
* "Amaurornis phoenicurus" White-breasted Waterhen
* "Amaurornis flavirostra" Black Crake
* "Amaurornis olivieri" Sakalava Rail
* "Amaurornis bicolor" Black-tailed Crake
* "Porzana parva" Little Crake
* "Porzana pusilla" Baillon's Crake
* "Porzana palmeri" Laysan Crake
* "Porzana porzana" Spotted Crake
* "Porzana fluminea" Australian Crake
* "Porzana carolina" Sora Crake
* "Porzana spiloptera" Dot-winged Crake
* "Porzana albicollis" Ash-throated Crake
* "Porzana sandwichensis" Hawaiian Crake
* "Porzana fusca" Ruddy-breasted Crake
* "Porzana paykullii" Band-bellied Crake
* "Porzana tabuensis" Spotless Crake
* "Porzana monasa" Kosrae Crake
* "Porzana atra" Henderson Island Crake
* "Porzana flaviventer" Yellow-breasted Crake
* "Porzana cinerea" White-browed Crake
* "Aenigmatolimnas marginalis" Striped Crake
* "Cyanolimnas cerverai" Zapata Rail
* "Neocrex colombianus" Colombian Crake
* "Neocrex erythrops" Paint-billed Crake
* "Pardirallus maculatus" Spotted Rail
* "Pardirallus nigricans" Blackish Rail
* "Pardirallus sanguinolentus" Plumbeous Rail
* "Eulabeornis castaneoventris" Chestnut Rail
* "Habroptila wallacii" Invisible Rail
* "Megacrex inepta" New Guinea Flightless Rail
* "Gallicrex cinerea" Watercock
* "Porphyrio porphyrio" Purple Swamphen
* "Porphyrio albus" Lord Howe Island Swamphen
* "Porphyrio mantelli" Takahe
* "Porphyrio alleni" Allen's Gallinule
* "Porphyrio martinicus" Purple Gallinule
* "Porphyrio flavirostris" Azure Gallinule
* "Gallinula pacifica" Samoan Moorhen
* "Gallinula silvestris" San Cristobal Moorhen
* "Gallinula nesiotis" Tristan Moorhen
* "Gallinula chloropus" Common Moorhen
* "Gallinula tenebrosa" Dusky Moorhen
* "Gallinula angulata" Lesser Moorhen
* "Gallinula melanops" Spot-flanked Gallinule
* "Gallinula ventralis" Black-tailed Native-hen
* "Gallinula mortierii" Tasmanian Native-hen
* "Fulica cristata" Red-knobbed Coot
* "Fulica atra" Common Coot
* "Fulica alai" Hawaiian Coot
* "Fulica americana" American Coot
* "Fulica caribaea" Caribbean Coot
* "Fulica leucoptera" White-winged Coot
* "Fulica ardesiaca" Slate-colored Coot
* "Fulica armillata" Red-gartered Coot
* "Fulica rufifrons" Red-fronted Coot
* "Fulica gigantea" Giant Coot
* "Fulica cornuta" Horned Coot

Mesitornithidae

* "Mesitornis variegata" White-breasted Mesite
* "Mesitornis unicolor" Brown Mesite
* "Monias benschi" Subdesert Mesite

Ciconiiformes

Pteroclidae

* "Syrrhaptes tibetanus" Tibetan Sandgrouse
* "Syrrhaptes paradoxus" Pallas's Sandgrouse
* "Pterocles alchata" Pin-tailed Sandgrouse
* "Pterocles namaqua" Namaqua Sandgrouse
* "Pterocles exustus" Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse
* "Pterocles senegallus" Spotted Sandgrouse
* "Pterocles gutturalis" Yellow-throated Sandgrouse
* "Pterocles orientalis" Black-bellied Sandgrouse
* "Pterocles coronatus" Crowned Sandgrouse
* "Pterocles personatus" Madagascar Sandgrouse
* "Pterocles decoratus" Black-faced Sandgrouse
* "Pterocles bicinctus" Double-banded Sandgrouse
* "Pterocles quadricinctus" Four-banded Sandgrouse
* "Pterocles indicus" Painted Sandgrouse
* "Pterocles lichtensteinii" Lichtenstein's Sandgrouse
* "Pterocles burchelli" Burchell's Sandgrouse

Thinocoridae

* "Attagis gayi" Rufous-bellied Seedsnipe
* "Attagis malouinus" White-bellied Seedsnipe
* "Thinocorus orbignyianus" Grey-breasted Seedsnipe
* "Thinocorus rumicivorus" Least Seedsnipe

Pedionomidae

* "Pedionomus torquatus" Plains-wanderer

Scolopacidae

* "Scolopax rusticola" Eurasian Woodcock
* "Scolopax mira" Amami Woodcock
* "Scolopax saturata" Rufous Woodcock
* "Scolopax celebensis" Sulawesi Woodcock
* "Scolopax rochussenii" Moluccan Woodcock
* "Scolopax minor" American Woodcock
* "Gallinago solitaria" Solitary Snipe
* "Gallinago hardwickii" Latham's Snipe
* "Gallinago nemoricola" Wood Snipe
* "Gallinago stenura" Pintail Snipe
* "Gallinago megala" Swinhoe's Snipe
* "Gallinago media" Great Snipe
* "Gallinago gallinago" Common Snipe
* "Gallinago nigripennis" African Snipe
* "Gallinago macrodactyla" Madagascar Snipe
* "Gallinago paraguaiae" South American Snipe
* "Gallinago andina" Puna Snipe
* "Gallinago nobilis" Noble Snipe
* "Gallinago undulata" Giant Snipe
* "Gallinago jamesoni" Andean Snipe
* "Gallinago stricklandii" Fuegian Snipe
* "Gallinago imperialis" Imperial Snipe
* "Lymnocryptes minimus" Jack Snipe
* "Coenocorypha pusilla" Chatham Islands Snipe
* "Coenocorypha aucklandica" Subantarctic Snipe
* "Limosa limosa" Black-tailed Godwit
* "Limosa haemastica" Hudsonian Godwit
* "Limosa lapponica" Bar-tailed Godwit
* "Limosa fedoa" Marbled Godwit
* "Numenius minutus" Little Curlew
* "Numenius borealis" Eskimo Curlew
* "Numenius phaeopus" Whimbrel
* "Numenius tahitiensis" Bristle-thighed Curlew
* "Numenius tenuirostris" Slender-billed Curlew
* "Numenius arquata" Eurasian Curlew
* "Numenius americanus" Long-billed Curlew
* "Numenius madagascariensis" Far Eastern Curlew
* "Bartramia longicauda" Upland Sandpiper
* "Tringa erythropus" Spotted Redshank
* "Tringa totanus" Common Redshank
* "Tringa stagnatilis" Marsh Sandpiper
* "Tringa nebularia" Common Greenshank
* "Tringa guttifer" Nordmann's Greenshank
* "Tringa melanoleuca" Greater Yellowlegs
* "Tringa flavipes" Lesser Yellowlegs
* "Tringa solitaria" Solitary Sandpiper
* "Tringa ochropus" Green Sandpiper
* "Tringa glareola" Wood Sandpiper
* "Tringa cinerea" Terek Sandpiper
* "Tringa hypoleucos" Common Sandpiper
* "Tringa macularia" Spotted Sandpiper
* "Tringa brevipes" Grey-tailed Tattler
* "Tringa incana" Wandering Tattler
* "Catoptrophorus semipalmatus" Willet
* "Prosobonia cancellata" Tuamotu Sandpiper
* "Prosobonia leucoptera" Tahitian Sandpiper
* "Arenaria interpres" Ruddy Turnstone
* "Arenaria melanocephala" Black Turnstone
* "Limnodromus griseus" Short-billed Dowitcher
* "Limnodromus scolopaceus" Long-billed Dowitcher
* "Limnodromus semipalmatus" Asian Dowitcher
* "Aphriza virgata" Surfbird
* "Calidris tenuirostris" Great Knot
* "Calidris canutus" Red Knot
* "Calidris alba" Sanderling
* "Calidris pusilla" Semipalmated Sandpiper
* "Calidris mauri" Western Sandpiper
* "Calidris minuta" Little Stint
* "Calidris ruficollis" Rufous-necked Stint
* "Calidris temminckii" Temminck's Stint
* "Calidris subminuta" Long-toed Stint
* "Calidris minutilla" Least Sandpiper
* "Calidris fuscicollis" White-rumped Sandpiper
* "Calidris bairdii" Baird's Sandpiper
* "Calidris melanotos" Pectoral Sandpiper
* "Calidris acuminata" Sharp-tailed Sandpiper
* "Calidris maritima" Purple Sandpiper
* "Calidris ptilocnemis" Rock Sandpiper
* "Calidris alpina" Dunlin
* "Calidris ferruginea" Curlew Sandpiper
* "Micropalama himantopus" Stilt Sandpiper
* "Tryngites subruficollis" Buff-breasted Sandpiper
* "Eurynorhynchus pygmeus" Spoonbill Sandpiper
* "Limicola falcinellus" Broad-billed Sandpiper
* "Philomachus pugnax" Ruff
* "Steganopus tricolor" Wilson's Phalarope
* "Phalaropus lobatus" Red-necked Phalarope
* "Phalaropus fulicaria" Red Phalarope

Rostratulidae

* "Rostratula benghalensis" Greater Painted Snipe
* "Rostratula semicollaris" American Painted Snipe

Jacanidae

* "Actophilornis africanus" African Jacana
* "Actophilornis albinucha" Madagascar Jacana
* "Microparra capensis" Lesser Jacana
* "Irediparra gallinacea" Comb-crested Jacana
* "Hydrophasianus chirurgus" Pheasant-tailed Jacana
* "Metopidius indicus" Bronze-winged Jacana
* "Jacana spinosa" Northern Jacana
* "Jacana jacana" Wattled Jacana

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