Aves genera

Genera of the Aves family Alcidae

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Genus	Common name	ranks
Cacatua Vieillot	cockatoo, corella	tribe Cacatuini None
Cacomantis S. Müller	cuckoos	tribe Cuculini None
Cairina Fleming	Muscovy duck	None
Calamonastides Grant and Mackworth-Praed		None
Calamospiza Bonaparte	lark bunting	None
Calandrella Kaup	lark	None
Calcarius Bechstein	longspur	None
Calidris Merrem	Stint, sandpiper	None
Callacanthis Reichenbach	spectacled finch	None
Calliope Gould	rubythroat, Firethroat, Blackthroat	None
Callipepla Wagler	Crested quails	None
Calliphlox F. Boie		tribe Mellisugini None
Callocephalon Lesson	gang-gang cockatoo	tribe Cacatuini None
Calochaetes Sclater, PL	vermilion tanager	None
Calocitta G.R. Gray	magpie-jays	None
Caloenas G. R. Gray	pigeons	tribe Raphini None
Calonectris Mathews & Iredale	shearwater	None
Caloperdix Blyth	ferruginous partridge	None
Caloramphus Lesson		None
Calothorax G.R. Gray		tribe Mellisugini None
Calypte Gould		tribe Mellisugini None
Calyptocichla Oberholser	golden greenbul	None
Calyptomena Horsfield	broadbill	None
Calyptorhynchus Desmarest	black-and-red cockatoo	None
Campephilus G.R. Gray	woodpecker	tribe Campephilini None
Campethera G.R. Gray	woodpecker	tribe Picini None
Campicoloides Roberts	buff-streaked chat or buff-streaked bushchat	None
Campocolinus Crowe et al	francolins	tribe Gallini None
Camptostoma P.L. Sclater	beardless tyrannulet	None
Campylorhynchus Spix	wren	None
Canachites Stejneger	spruce grouse, Canada grouse, spruce hen, fool hen	tribe Tetraonini None
Capito Vieillot	barbet	None
Caprimulgus Linnaeus	nightjar	None
Caracara Merrem	crested caracara	None
Cardellina Bonaparte	Red-faced Warbler	None
Cardinalis Bonaparte	cardinal	None
Carduelis Brisson	goldfinch	None
Caridonax Cabanis & Heine	kingfisher	None
Carpococcyx G.R. Gray	Asian ground-cuckoos	None
Carpodacus Kaup	rosefinch	None
Carpodectes Salvin	cotinga	None
Carpornis G.R. Gray	berryeater	None
Carpospiza von Müller	pale rockfinch, pale rock sparrow	None
Caryothraustes Reichenbach	grosbeak	None
Cassowary Brisson	Cassowary	None
Catamblyrhynchus Lafresnaye	Plushcap	None
Catharopeza P.L. Sclater		None
Cathartes Illiger		None
Catharus Bonaparte	nightingale-thrush	None
Catreus Cabanis	cheer pheasant	tribe Phasianini None
Catriscus Cabanis	fan-tailed grassbird, broad-tailed warbler	None
Cecropis F. Boie		None
Celeus F. Boie	woodpecker	tribe Picini None
Centrocercus Swainson	Sage-grouse	tribe Tetraonini None
Centronyx Baird	sparrow	None
Centropus Illiger	coucal	None
Cephalopterus E. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire	umbrellabird	None
Cephalopyrus Bonaparte		None
Cepphus Pallas	true guillemots	tribe Cepphini None
Ceratogymna Bonaparte	hornbill	None
Ceratopipra Bonaparte	manakin	None
Cercibis Wagler		None
Cercococcyx Cabanis	long-tailed cuckoos	tribe Cuculini None
Cercotrichas F. Boie	scrub robin	tribe Copsychini None
Cereopsis Latham		tribe Cereopseini None
Cerorhinca Bonaparte		tribe Fraterculini None
Certhia Linnaeus	treecreeper	None
Certhidea Gould	warbler-finch	None
Certhionyx Lesson	honeyeater	None
Ceryle F. Boie	kingfisher	None
Cettia Bonaparte	typical bush warblers	None
Ceuthmochares Cabanis & Heine	yellowbills	tribe Phaenicophaeini None
Ceyx Lacépède	kingfisher	None
Chaetocercus G.R. Gray		tribe Mellisugini None
Chaetorhynchus A.B. Meyer	drongo fantail	None
Chaetura Stephens		None
Chaimarrornis Hodgson		None
Chalcomitra Reichenbach	sunbirds	None
Chalcoparia Cabanis	ruby-cheeked sunbird	None
Chalcophaps Gould	dove	None
Chalcostigma Reichenbach		tribe Lesbiini None
Chalcothraupis Bonaparte	golden-naped tanager	None
Chalybura Reichenbach	plumeleteer	tribe Trochilini None
Chamaea Gambel	wrentit	None
Chamaepetes Wagler	guan	None
Chamaetylas Heine	alethe	None
Chamaeza Vigors	antthrush	None
Charadrius Linnaeus	plover	None
Charitospiza Oberholser	coal-crested finch	None
Charminetta Iredale	pygmy lorikeet	tribe Loriini None
Charmosynopsis Salvadori	lorikeet	tribe Loriini None
Chasiempis Cabanis	ʻelepaio	None
Chelictinia Lesson	kite	None
Chelidorhynx Blyth	yellow-bellied fantail, yellow-bellied fairy-fantail	None
Chenorhamphus Oustalet,	fairywren	tribe Malurini None
Chiroxiphia Cabanis	manakin	None
Chlamydotis Lesson		None
Chlidonias Rafinesque	tern	None
Chloebia Reichenbach		None
Chloris Cuvier	greenfinch	None
Chloroceryle Kaup	kingfisher	None
Chlorochrysa Bonaparte		None
Chloropeta	yellow warbler	None
Chlorophanes Reichenbach	Green honeycreeper	None
Chlorophonia Bonaparte	euphonia	None
Chloropicus Malherbe	woodpecker	tribe Melanerpini None
Chloropsis Jardine & Selby	leafbirds	None
Chlorornis Reichenbach	Grass-green tanager	None
Chlorothraupis Salvin & Godman	tanager	None
Cholornis Verreaux, J	parrotbill	None
Chondestes Swainson	lark sparrow	None
Chordeiles Swainson	nighthawk	None
Chroicocephalus Eyton	gull	None
Chrysococcyx Boie, F.	cuckoos	tribe Cuculini None
Chrysocolaptes Blyth	flameback	tribe Campephilini None
Chrysolampis Boie, F	ruby-topaz hummingbird	None
Chrysolophus J.E. Gray		tribe Phasianini None
Chrysomma Blyth	babbler	None
Chrysomus Swainson	blackbird	None
Chrysophlegma Gould	woodpecker	tribe Picini None
Chrysothlypis Berlepsch	tanager	None
Cicinnurus Vieillot	king bird-of-paradise	None
Ciconia Brisson	stork	None
Cinclidium Blyth	blue-fronted robin	None
Cinclocerthia G.R. Gray	Trembler	None
Cinclus Borkhausen	Dippers	None
Cinnyricinclus Lesson	violet-backed starling, plum-coloured starling, amethyst starling	None
Cinnyris Cuvier	sunbirds	None
Circus Lacépède	harrier	None
Cissa F. Boie	green magpies	None
Cissopis Vieillot	magpie tanager	None
Cisticola Kaup	fantail-warbler, tailor-bird	None
Cistothorus Cabanis	wren	None
Cittura Kaup	Lilac kingfisher	None
Cladorhynchus Vieillot	banded stilt	None
Clamator Kaup	cuckoos	tribe Phaenicophaeini None
Clanga Adamowicz		None
Clangula Leach	long-tailed duck	tribe Mergini None
Cleptornis Oustalet	golden white-eye	None
Clytomyias Sharpe	orange-crowned fairywren	tribe Malurini None
Clytospiza Shelley		None
Cnemathraupis Penard	mountain tanager	None
Coccopygia Reichenbach		None
Coccothraustes Brisson	hawfinch	None
Coccycua Lesson	cuckoos	tribe Phaenicophaeini None
Coccyzus Vieillot	cuckoos	tribe Phaenicophaeini None
Cochlearius Brisson	boat-billed heron	None
Cochoa Hodgson	cochoa	None
Coeligena Lesson	inca, starfrontlet	tribe Heliantheini None
Coenocorypha G.R. Gray	austral snipe	None
Coereba Vieillot	bananaquit	None
Colaptes Vigors	woodpecker, flicker	tribe Picini None
Colibri Spix	violetears	None
Colinus Goldfuss	Bobwhites	None
Colius Brisson		None
Coloeus Kaup	Jackdaws	None
Columba Linnaeus	Pigeons	tribe Columbini None
Columbina von Spix	Ground-Doves	None
Compsothraupis Richmond	Scarlet-throated tanager	None
Conioptilon Lowery & O'Neill	Black-faced cotinga	None
Conostoma Hodgson	great parrotbill	None
Contopus Cabanis	flycatcher, pewee	None
Conuropsis Salvadori	Carolina parakeet, Carolina conure	tribe Arini None
Copsychus Wagler	magpie-robin, shama	tribe Copsychini None
Coracias Linnaeus		1
Coracina Vieillot	cuckooshrike	None
Coracopsis Wagler	vasa parrot	None
Coragyps Le Maout	black vulture	None
Corapipo Bonaparte	manakin	None
Corthylio Cabanis	ruby-crowned kinglet	None
Corvus Linnaeus	Crows	None
Corydon Lesson	dusky broadbill	None
Coryphaspiza G. R. Gray	Black-masked finch	None
Corythaeola Heine	great blue turaco	None
Corythornis Kaup	kingfisher	None
Coscoroba Reichenbach	coscoroba swan	None
Cossypha Vigors	robin-chat	None
Cotinga Brisson	cotinga	None
Coturnicops G.R. Gray	rail	tribe Laterallini None
Coturnix Garsault	quails	tribe Coturnicini None
Coua Schinz	couas	None
Cracticus Vieillot	butcherbird	None
Crax Linnaeus	curassow	None
Creagrus Bonaparte	Swallow-tailed gull	None
Crecopsis Sharpe	African crake	tribe Rallini None
Crex Bechstein	corn crake, corncrake, landrail	tribe Rallini None
Crinifer Jarocki	plantain-eaters, go-away-bird	None
Crithagra Swainson	Canary, seedeater, siskin, citril	None
Crossoptilon Hodgson	Eared pheasants	tribe Phasianini None
Crotophaga Linnaeus	anis	None
Crypsirina Vieillot	treepie	None
Cryptomicroeca Christidis, Irestedt, Rowe, Boles & Norman		None
Cryptopezus Carneiro, Bravo & Aleixo	speckle-breasted antpitta	None
Cryptophaps Salvadori	sombre pigeon	None
Cryptospiza Salvadori	crimsonwings	None
Cuculus Linnaeus	cuckoos	tribe Cuculini None
Culicicapa R. Swinhoe	canary-flycatcher	None
Curruca Bechstein		None
Cursorius Latham	courser	None
Cutia Hodgson	cutia	None
Cyanerpes Oberholser	honeycreeper	None
Cyanicterus Bonaparte	Blue-backed tanager	None
Cyanistes Kaup		None
Cyanocitta Linnaeus	jays	None
Cyanocompsa Cabanis	blue bunting	None
Cyanocorax F. Boie	New World jays	None
Cyanoderma Salvadori	babbler	None
Cyanolanius Bonaparte	blue vanga	None
Cyanoliseus Bonaparte	Burrowing parakeet	tribe Arini None
Cyanoloxia Bonaparte	grosbeak	None
Cyanolyca Cabanis	jays	None
Cyanomitra Reichenbach	sunbirds	None
Cyanopica Bonaparte	magpies	None
Cyanopsitta Bonaparte	Spix's macaw	tribe Arini None
Cyanoptila Blyth	flycatcher	None
Cyclarhis Swainson	peppershrike	None
Cygnus Bechstein	true swans	None
Cymbirhynchus Vigors	black-and-red broadbill	None
Cynanthus Swainson	hummingbird, emerald	tribe Trochilini None
Cyornis Blyth	flycatcher	None
Cypseloides Streubel	swift	None
Cyrtonyx Gould	quails	None