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] Falconiformes Sharpe, 1874
         Family Accipitridae Vieillot, 1816 - secretary bird, osprey, kites, hawks and eagles
           Subfamily Accipitrinae Vieillot, 1816 - hawks, eagles
             Genus Geranospiza Kaup, 1847 [monotypic]
               Geranospiza caerulescens (Vieillot, 1817) - crane hawk
                 Geranospiza caerulescens nigra (Du Bus, 1847) - blackish crane-hawk