Vertebrata Cuvier, 1812 - vertebrates
 see Infraphylum Vertebrata Lamarck, 1801
  
 Gnathostomata
    
 Teleostomi Bonaparte, 1836
      
 Tetrapoda Hatschek & Cori 1896 [Gauthier, Kluge & Rowe 1988], nom. cl. inval.
 see Clade Tetrapoda Hatschek & Cori 1896 [Laurin 2020]
        
 Amniota Haeckel, 1866 [Gauthier, Kluge & Rowe 1988], nom. cl. inval. - amniotes
 see Clade Amniota Haeckel 1866 [Laurin & Reisz 2020]
          
 Class Aves Linnaeus, 1758 - birds
 see Subclass Aves Linnaeus, 1758
            
 Subclass Neornithes Gadow, 1893
 see Clade Neornithes Gadow, 1893
              
 Superorder Neognathae Pycraft, 1900
 see Cohort Neognathae Pycraft, 1900
                
 Order Gruiformes Bonaparte, 1854
                  
 Suborder Cariamae (Wagler, 1830) Fürbringer, 1888 - seriemas and allies
                    
 Family †Idiornithidae Brodkorb