Phalaropidae vs bird family

Phalaropidae and bird family both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
Phalaropidae	Yes	No	No	No
bird family	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, bird family is a hypernym of Phalaropidae; that is, bird family is a word with a broader meaning than Phalaropidae:

Phalaropidae: phalaropes
bird family: a family of warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings

Phalaropidae (noun)	bird family (noun)
phalaropes	a family of warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings