Phylum Chordata Bateson, 1885 - chordates
   Class Aves Linnaeus, 1758 - birds see Subclass Aves Linnaeus, 1758
     Subclass Neornithes Gadow, 1893 see Clade Neornithes Gadow, 1893
       Superorder Neognathae Pycraft, 1900 see Cohort Neognathae Pycraft, 1900
         Order Ciconiiformes Bonaparte, 1854
           Family Threskiornithidae Richmond, 1917 - ibises and spoonbills
             Subfamily Plataleinae Bonaparte, 1838 see Family Plataleidae Bonaparte, 1838
               Genus Ajaia Reichenbach, 1852
                 1 Ajaia ajaja (Linnaeus, 1758) - roseate spoonbill