Phylum Chordata Bateson, 1885 - chordates
  
 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 Galliformes Temminck, 1820 - fowl
          
 Family Phasianidae Vigors, 1825 - turkeys, grouse, pheasants, partridges
            
 Subfamily Phasianinae Vigors, 1825 - pheasants and partridges
              
 Genus Syrmaticus Wagler, 1832
                
 1 Syrmaticus ellioti (Swinhoe, 1872) - Elliot's pheasant
                
 2 Syrmaticus humiae (Hume, 1881) - Mrs. Hume's pheasant
                
 3 Syrmaticus mikado (Ogilvie-Grant, 1906) - Mikado pheasant
                
 4 Syrmaticus soemmerringii (Temminck, 1830) - copper pheasant
                
 5 Syrmaticus reevesii (Gray, 1829) - Reeves's pheasant