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 Odontophorinae Gould, 1844 - American quail
              
 Genus Odontophorus Vieillot, 1816
                
 Odontophorus capueira (Spix, 1825) - spot-winged wood quail