Personal Project — Bird Families of the World
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These are recently proposed bird families |
PROPOSED FAMILES |
These are not accepted in my family listing |
 Pluvialidae Golden-PloversPacific Golden-Plover: 1 Jan 2012 Hawaii, HI |
 Pipritidae Piprites Wing-barred Piprites: 30 Jul 2010 Intervales NP, Brazil |
 Platyrinchidae Spadebills & allies White-throated Spadebill: 4 Aug 2010 Itatiaia NP, Brazil |
a subfamily of Charadriidae; listed by Boyd as family per research in Ericson et al. (2003) |
merged in Cotingidae; is listed as family by Boyd per Ohlson et al (2013), etc |
considered a subfamily of Tyrannidae; has been
proposed as family by Ohlson et al. (2013) |
 Tachurididae Rush Tyrant Many-colored Rush-Tyrant: 26 Nov 2014 nr Lima, Peru |
 Rhynchocyclidae Flatbills & allies Eye-ringed Flatbill: 25 Dec 2007 Rio Tigre, Costa Rica |
 Hypocryptadiidae Cinnamon IbonCinnamon Ibon: 23 Dec 2005 Mindanao, Philippines |
considered a subfamily of Tyrannidae; has been proposed as family by Ohlson et al. (2013) |
considered a subfamily of Tyrannidae; has been proposed as family by Ohlson et al. (2013) |
considered a 31 mya old member of Passeridate by Fjeldså et al. (2010), and I advocated for family status, but recent estimates are just 17 mya |
Finally, below, are a couple of potential family-level groups that have not yet been proposed as Families but could possibly be proposed in the future. There are likely others in this category that I have overlooked. |
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 Ptilopachidae Stone PartridgesStone Partridge: 12 Dec 2013 Mole NP, Ghana |
 Scleruridae Leaf-tossers & Miners Tawny-throated Leaf-tosser: 7 Apr 1995 Chiapas, Mexico |
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considered subfamily of Odontophoridae but are the only "New World Quail" in the Old World |
a subfamily of Furnariidae but would be Family if Woodcreepers were re-elevated to Family |
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