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 Cuculiformes Wagler, 1830 - cuckoos and plantain-eaters
           Family Cuculidae Vigors, 1825 - cuckoos
             Subfamily Phaenicophaeinae
               Genus Saurothera Vieillot, 1816
                 Saurothera longirostris (Hermann, 1783) - Hispaniolan lizard-cuckoo
                 Saurothera merlini d'Orbigny, 1839 - great lizard-cuckoo
                 Saurothera vetula (C. Linnaeus, 1758) - Jamaican lizard-cuckoo
                 Saurothera vieilloti Bonaparte, 1850 - Puerto Rican lizard-cuckoo