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] Ciconiiformes Bonaparte, 1854
Family Threskiornithidae Richmond, 1917 - ibises and spoonbills
Subfamily Plataleinae Bonaparte, 1838
see Family Plataleidae Bonaparte, 1838
Genus Platalea Linnaeus, 1758
Platalea leucorodia Linnaeus, 1758 - Eurasian spoonbill
Platalea leucorodia balsaci Naurois & Roux, 1974