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Learn to pronounce the names of all 80 of North America’s bird families! (That’s “North America” by the definition of birders, which is actually just the parts of North America north of Mexico.) The list I used comes from Cornell Lab of Ornithology’s All About Birds website, and it includes both native and introduced families.
You can also find these videos on a playlist on my YouTube channel.
Learn how to pronounce accipitridae, the avian family of hawks, eagles, and kites.
Learn how to pronounce aegithalidae, the avian family of long-tailed tits.
Learn how to pronounce alaudidae, the avian family of larks.
Learn how to pronounce alcedinidae, the avian family of kingfishers.
Learn how to pronounce alcidae, the avian family of auks, murres, and puffins.
Learn how to pronounce anatidae, the avian family of ducks, geese, and swans (waterfowl).
Learn how to pronounce anhingidae, the avian family of anhingas.
Learn how to pronounce apodidae, the avian family of swifts.
Learn how to pronounce aramidae, the avian family of the Limpkin.
Learn how to pronounce ardeidae, the avian family of herons, egrets, and bitterns.
Learn how to pronounce bombycillidae, the avian family of waxwings.
Learn how to pronounce calcariidae, the avian family of longspurs and snow buntings.
Learn how to pronounce cardinalidae, the avian family of cardinals, grosbeaks, and buntings.
Learn how to pronounce cardinalidae, the avian family of cardinals, grosbeaks, and buntings.
Learn how to pronounce cathartidae, the avian family of new world vultures.
Learn how to pronounce certhiidae, the avian family of treecreepers.
Learn how to pronounce charadriidae, the avian family of plovers and lapwings.
Learn how to pronounce ciconiidae, the avian family of storks.
Learn how to pronounce cinclidae, the avian family of dippers.
Learn how to pronounce columbidae, the avian family of pigeons and doves.
Learn how to pronounce corvidae, the avian family of crows, jays, and magpies.
Learn how to pronounce cracidae, the avian family of chachalacas, guans, and curassows.
Learn how to pronounce cuculidae, the avian family of cuckoos.
Learn how to pronounce diomedeidae, the avian family of albatrosses.
Learn how to pronounce estrildidae, the avian family of waxbills.
Learn how to pronounce falconidae, the avian family of falcons and caracaras.
Learn how to pronounce fregatidae, the avian family of frigatebirds.
Learn how to pronounce fringillidae, the avian family of the “true” finches.
Learn how to pronounce gaviidae, the avian family of loons.
Learn how to pronounce gruidae, the avian family of cranes.
Learn how to pronounce haematopodidae, the avian family of oystercatchers.
Learn how to pronounce hirundinidae, the avian family of swallows.
Learn how to pronounce hydrobatidae, the avian family of northern storm-petrels.
Learn how to pronounce icteridae, the avian family of blackbirds.
Learn how to pronounce icteriidae, the avian family of the Yellow-breasted Chat.
Learn how to pronounce laniidae, the avian family of shrikes.
Learn how to pronounce laridae, the avian family of gulls, terns, and skimmers.
Learn how to pronounce mimidae, the avian family of mockingbirds and thrashers.
Learn how to pronounce motacillidae, the avian family of wagtails and pipits.
Learn how to pronounce muscicapidae, the avian family of old world flycatchers.
Learn how to pronounce oceanitidae, the avian family of southern storm-petrels.
Learn how to pronounce odontophoridae, the avian family of new world quails.
Learn how to pronounce pandionidae, the avian family of the Osprey.
Learn how to pronounce paradoxornithidae, the avian family of parrotbills.
Learn how to pronounce paridae, the avian family of chickadees, tits, and titmice.
Learn how to pronounce parulidae, the avian family of new world warblers.
Learn how to pronounce passerellidae, the avian family of new world sparrows.
Learn how to pronounce passeridae, the avian family of old world sparrows.
Learn how to pronounce pelecanidae, the avian family of pelicans.
Learn how to pronounce peucedramidae, the avian family of the Olive Warbler.
Learn how to pronounce phalacrocoracidae, the avian family of cormorants and shags.
Learn how to pronounce phasianidae, the avian family of pheasants, grouse, and old world quails.
Learn how to pronounce phoenicopteridae, the avian family of flamingoes.
Learn how to pronounce phylloscopidae, the avian family of leaf warblers.
Learn how to pronounce picidae, the avian family of woodpeckers.
Learn how to pronounce podicipedidae, the avian family of grebes.
Learn how to pronounce polioptilidae, the avian family of gnatcatchers.
Learn how to pronounce procellariidae, the avian family of shearwaters and petrels.
Learn how to pronounce psittacidae, the avian family of parrots.
Learn how to pronounce ptiliogonatidae, the avian family of silky flycatchers.
Learn how to pronounce rallidae, the avian family of rails, gallinules, and coots.
Learn how to pronounce recurvirostridae, the avian family of stilts and avocets.
Learn how to pronounce regulidae, the avian family of kinglets.
Learn how to pronounce remizidae, the avian family of penduline-tits.
Learn how to pronounce scolopacidae, the avian family of sandpipers.
Learn how to pronounce sittidae, the avian family of nuthatches.
Learn how to pronounce stercorariidae, the avian family of skuas and jaegers.
Learn how to pronounce strigidae, the avian family of owls (except the barn owls, who are in their own family).
Learn how to pronounce sturnidae, the avian family of starlings.
Learn how to pronounce sulidae, the avian family of boobies and gannets.
Learn how to pronounce thraupidae, the avian family of tanagers.
Learn how to pronounce threskiornithidae, the avian family of ibises and spoonbills.
Learn how to pronounce tityridae, the avian family of tityras.
Learn how to pronounce trochilidae, the avian family of hummingbirds.
Learn how to pronounce troglodytidae, the avian family of wrens.
Learn how to pronounce trogonidae, the avian family of trogons.
Learn how to pronounce turdidae, the avian family of thrushes.
Learn how to pronounce tyrannidae, the avian family of tyrant flycatchers.
Learn how to pronounce tytonidae, the avian family of barn owls.
Learn how to pronounce vireonidae, the avian family of vireos, shrike-babblers, and erpornis.