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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