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] Falconiformes Sharpe, 1874
         Family Cathartidae Lafresnaye, 1839 - New World vultures
           1 Genus Cathartes Illiger, 1811
           2 Genus Coragyps Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1853 [monotypic]
           3 Genus Sarcoramphus Duméril, 1805 [monotypic]
           4 Genus Gymnogyps Lesson, 1842 [monotypic]
           5 Genus Vultur Linnaeus, 1758 [monotypic]