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 Falconiformes Sharpe, 1874
Family Cathartidae Lafresnaye, 1839 - New World vultures
Genus Coragyps Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1853
Coragyps atratus (Bechstein, 1793) - black vulture