Phylum Chordata Bateson, 1885 - chordates
Status: extant
   Class Aves Linnaeus, 1758 - birds see Subclass Aves Linnaeus, 1758
  Status: extant
     Subclass Neornithes Gadow, 1893 see Clade Neornithes Gadow, 1893
    Status: extant
       Superorder Neognathae Pycraft, 1900 see Cohort Neognathae Pycraft, 1900
      Status: extant
         Order Ciconiiformes Bonaparte, 1854
        Status: extant
           Family Threskiornithidae Richmond, 1917 - ibises and spoonbills
          Status: extant
             1 Subfamily Threskiornithinae Richmond, 1917 see Family Threskiornithidae Richmond, 1917
            Status: extant
             2 Subfamily Plataleinae Bonaparte, 1838 see Family Plataleidae Bonaparte, 1838
            Status: extant