Class Aves Linnaeus, 1758 - birds see Subclass Aves Linnaeus, 1758
   Subclass Ornithurae Haeckel, 1866 see Clade Ornithurae Haeckel 1866 [Gauthier 1986] {Chiappe 1991}
     Infraclass Carinatae Merrem, 1813 see Clade Carinatae Merrem 1813 [Gauthier & de Queiroz 2001]
       Order Ardeiformes Wagler, 1830
         Suborder Phoenicopteri Fürbringer see Suborder Ciconiae Bonaparte, 1854
           1 Family †Torotigidae Brodkorb
           2 Family †Scaniornithidae Lambrecht
           3 Family †Telmabatidae Howard
           4 Family †Agnopteridae Lambrecht
           5 Family Phoenicopteridae Bonaparte, 1831 - flamingos
           6 Family †Palaelodidae Stejneger