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 Charadriiformes Huxley, 1867 - shorebirds, gulls, auks
           Suborder Lari Sharpe, 1891 - gulls and allies
             Family Sternidae Bonaparte, 1838 see Subfamily Sterninae Bonaparte, 1838
               Genus Anous Stephens, 1826
                 Anous minutus Boie, 1844 - black noddy
                 Anous stolidus (Linnaeus, 1758) - brown noddy
                 Anous tenuirostris (Temminck, 1823) - lesser noddy