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] Gruiformes Bonaparte, 1854
         Family Mesitornithidae Wetmore, 1960 - mesites
           Genus Monias Oustalet & Grandidier, 1903 [monotypic]
             Monias benschi Oustalet & Grandidier, 1903 - subdesert mesite