Bird Families
The following section gives a brief introduction to some of the main bird families and groups found in Indonesia (for a full checklist see Practicalities); like all field guides and lists, it is ordered in taxonomic sequence. The purpose of this sequence is broadly to highlight evolutionary relationships: it starts with bird families that are the oldest in evolutionary terms and ends with the most “modern”
Taken from Jepson, P, 1997, Birding Indonesia, Periplus Editions. Singapore