Neornithes Gadow, 1893 - living birds
   Neognathae Pycraft 1900 see Cohort Neognathae Pycraft, 1900
     Neoaves Sibley et al. 1988 see Subcohort Neoaves Sibley et al., 1988
       [Order] Gruiformes Bonaparte, 1854
         Family Rallidae Vigors, 1825 - rails, waterhens, coots
           Genus Nesoclopeus Peters, 1932 [monotypic]
             Nesoclopeus poecilopterus (Hartlaub, 1866) - bar-winged rail
               1 Nesoclopeus poecilopterus woodfordi (Ogilvie-Grant, 1889)
               2 Nesoclopeus poecilopterus tertius Mayr, 1949
               3 ‡?Nesoclopeus poecilopterus poecilopterus (Hartlaub, 1866)