 Africa; 2 species

South America; 2 species

Australasia; 4 species

Australasia; 5 species

Madagascar

New Zealand

South America; 45 species

Nearly all living birds belong to the superorder Neognathae or "new jaws".With their keeled sternum (breastbone), unlike the ratites, they are known as carinatae.Worldwide; 250 species


Worldwide; 150 species

Worldwide; 19 species

Worldwide; 6 species

Worldwide; 300 species

Africa, Europe, Asia; 16 species

Madagascar; 3 species

Worldwide; 500 species


Worldwide; 126 species

Africa; 23 species

Africa and Eurasia; 27 species

South America; 1 species

Worldwide; 164 species

Worldwide; 350 species

Neotropics and New Caledonia; 2 species

Oceanic; 3 species

North America, Eurasia; 5 species

Antarctic and southern waters; 17 species

Pan-oceanic; 120 species

Worldwide; 19 species


Worldwide; 59 species

Worldwide; 108 species

Worldwide; 200 species

Worldwide; 130 species

Sub-Saharan Africa; 6 species

Madagascar; 1 species

Sub-Saharan Africa, Americas, Asia; 35 species

Old World, New Guinea; 64 species

Worldwide; 144 species
Worldwide except Australasia; 400 species

South America; 2 species

Worldwide; 60 species

Pan-tropical, southern temperate zones; 330 species

Worldwide; 5,000 species