- Kingdom: Animalia (animals)
- Phylum: Chordata (vertebrates, sea squirts)
- Class: Aves (birds)
- Order:
- Anseriformes waterfowl ( 2 families 26 species )
- Apodiformes swifts, needletails ( 1 family 6 species )
- Caprimulgiformes frogmouths, nightjars ( 3 families 7 species )
- Charadriiformes shorebirds ( 10 families 117 species )
- Ciconiiformes egrets, herons, ibises, spoonbills, storks ( 3 families 23 species )
- Columbiformes doves, pigeons ( 1 family 30 species )
- Coraciiformes bee-eaters, kingfishers, kookaburras, dollarbird ( 4 families 12 species )
- Cuculiformes cuckoos, coucal ( 2 families 13 species )
- Falconiformes eagles, falcons, kites ( 2 families 27 species )
- Galliformes fowls, quails, turkeys ( 4 families 11 species )
- Gruiformes crakes, cranes, rails ( 3 families 19 species )
- Passeriformes babblers, bowerbirds, finches, honeyeaters, lyrebirds, raven, robins, starlings, swallows, thrushes, and other perching birds ( 33 families 344 species )
- Pelecaniformes boobys, cormorants, darters, gannets, frigatebirds, pelican, tropicbirds
( 6 families 18 species )
- Podicipediformes grebes ( 1 family 4 species )
- Procellariiformes albatrosses, petrels, prions, shearwaters ( 3 families 81 species )
- Psittaciformes cockatoos, parrots ( 2 families 56 species )
- Sphenisciformes penguins ( 1 family 11 species )
- Strigiformes owls ( 2 families 10 species )
- Struthioniiformes cassowary, emu, ostrich ( 2 families 3 species )
- Turniciformes button-quails ( 1 family 7 species )
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