organisms
see Clade Biota Wagner 2004 [Wiemann, de Queiroz, Rowe, Planavsky, Anderson, Gogarten, Turner & Gauthier 2020]
Eukaryota Chatton, 1925 - eukaryotes
see Domain Eukaryota Chatton, 1925
Kingdom Animalia Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
Deuterostomia Grobben, 1908 - deuterostomes
see Infrakingdom Deuterostomia Grobben, 1908
Phylum Chordata Bateson, 1885 - chordates
Subphylum Vertebrata Cuvier, 1812 - vertebrates
Superclass Tetrapoda Goodrich, 1930 - tetrapods
see Clade Tetrapoda Hatschek & Cori 1896 [Gauthier, Kluge & Rowe 1988]
Class Aves Linnaeus, 1758 - birds
see Subclass Aves Linnaeus, 1758
Subclass Neornithes Gadow, 1893
see Clade Neornithes Gadow, 1893
01 Order Tinamiformes Huxley, 1872
02 Order †Palaeocursornithiformes Kessler & Jurcsák, 1986
03 Order Struthioniformes Latham, 1790
04 Order Rheiformes Forbes, 1884
see Suborder Rheae Forbes, 1884
05 Order Casuariiformes Sclater, 1880
06 Order †Dinornithiformes Gadow, 1893 - moas
07 Order †Aepyornithiformes Newton, 1884
08 Order Apterygiformes Haeckel, 1866
09 Order Galliformes Temminck, 1820 - fowl
10 Order Anseriformes Wagler, 1831 - waterfowl and screamers
11 Order Strigiformes Wagler, 1830 - owls
12 Order Coraciiformes Forbes, 1884 - rollerlike birds
13 Order †Sandcoleiformes Houde & Olson, 1992
14 Order Coliiformes Murie, 1872 - mousebirds
15 Order Piciformes Meyer & Wolf, 1810 - scansorial birds
16 Order Passeriformes Linnaeus, 1758
17 Order Apodiformes Peters, 1940 - swifts
18 Order Caprimulgiformes Ridgway, 1881 - nightjars
19 Order Trogoniformes Wetmore & Miller, 1926 - trogons
20 Order Cuculiformes Wagler, 1830 - cuckoos and plantain-eaters
21 Order Psittaciformes Wagler, 1830 - parrots
22 Order †Diatrymiformes Shufeldt, 1913
23 Order Gruiformes Bonaparte, 1854
24 Order Charadriiformes Huxley, 1867 - shorebirds, gulls, auks
25 Order Columbiformes Latham, 1790 - pigeons and allies
26 Order Falconiformes Sharpe, 1874
27 Order Ciconiiformes Bonaparte, 1854
28 Order Podicipediformes Fürbringer, 1888
29 Order Pelecaniformes Sharpe, 1891
30 Order Procellariiformes Fürbringer, 1888
31 Order Sphenisciformes Sharpe, 1891
32 Order Gaviiformes Wetmore & Miller, 1926