living organisms
see Clade Biota Wagner 2004 [Wiemann, de Queiroz, Rowe, Planavsky, Anderson, Gogarten, Turner & Gauthier 2020]
Superkingdom Eukaryotae
see Domain Eukaryota Chatton, 1925
Kingdom Animalia Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
Subkingdom Eumetazoa Butschli, 1910
see [unranked] Eumetazoa Bütschli, 1910
Phylum Chordata Bateson, 1885 - chordates
Subphylum Vertebrata Cuvier, 1812 - vertebrates
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 Columbiformes Latham, 1790 - pigeons and allies
Suborder Columbae Latham, 1790 - doves and dodos
Family Columbidae Illiger, 1811 - doves, pigeons
Genus ‡Ectopistes Swainson, 1827
‡Ectopistes migratorius (Linnaeus, 1766) - passenger pigeon