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 Plataleae A. Newton see Suborder Ciconiae Bonaparte, 1854
           Family Plataleidae Bonaparte, 1838
             Subfamily Threskiornithinae Richmond, 1917 see Family Threskiornithidae Richmond, 1917
               Genus Carphibis Reichenbach, 1852 see Genus Threskiornis Gray, 1842