Class Aves Linnaeus, 1758 - birds see Subclass Aves Linnaeus, 1758
Count: [s] 23o;144f;2043g;9628s;2127ss; ‡1f;21g;74s;12ss
   Subclass Neornithes Gadow, 1893 see Clade Neornithes Gadow, 1893
  Count: [s] 23o;144f;2043g;9628s;2127ss; ‡1f;21g;74s;12ss
     Infraclass Neoaves Sibley et al., 1988 see Subcohort Neoaves Sibley et al., 1988
    Count: [s] 21o;139f;2029g;9571s;2115ss; ‡1f;21g;74s;12ss
       Parvclass Picae (C. Linnaeus, 1758) see Order Piciformes Meyer & Wolf, 1810
      Count: [s] 1o;5f;51g;356s;76ss; ‡1ss
         Order Piciformes Meyer & Wolf, 1810 - scansorial birds
        Count: -
           Infraorder Ramphastides see Superfamily Ramphastoidea Vigors, 1825
          Count: [s] 3f;19g;123s;33ss
             Superfamily Lybioidea see Superfamily Ramphastoidea Vigors, 1825
            Count: [s] 1f;7g;42s;16ss
               1 Family Lybiidae Sibley & Ahlquist, 1985 - African barbets see Subfamily Lybiinae del Hoyo et al., 2014
              Count: [s] 7g;42s;16ss