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 Accipitridae Vieillot, 1816 - secretary bird, osprey, kites, hawks and eagles
           Subfamily Accipitrinae Vieillot, 1816 - hawks, eagles
             Genus Gyps Savigny, 1809
               1 Gyps africanus Salvadori, 1865 - white-backed vulture
               2 Gyps bengalensis (Gmelin, 1788) - white-rumped vulture
               3 Gyps tenuirostris Gray, 1844
               4 Gyps indicus (Scopoli, 1786) - long-billed vulture
               5 Gyps rueppelli (Brehm, 1852)
               6 Gyps himalayensis Hume, 1869 - Himalayan griffon
               7 Gyps fulvus (Hablizl, 1783) - Eurasian griffon
               8 Gyps coprotheres (Forster, 1798) - Cape griffon