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 1 Genus Platalea Linnaeus, 1758 2 Genus Ajaia Reichenbach, 1852 [monotypic]