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 Heliornithidae Gray, 1841 - finfoots
           Genus Podica Lesson, 1831 [monotypic]
             Podica senegalensis (Vieillot, 1817) - African finfoot
               1 Podica senegalensis senegalensis (Vieillot, 1817)
               2 Podica senegalensis camerunensis Sjöstedt, 1893
               3 Podica senegalensis somereni Chapin, 1954
               4 Podica senegalensis petersii Hartlaub, 1852