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] Strigiformes Wagler, 1830 - owls
         Family Tytonidae Mathews, 1912 - barn owls
           Subfamily Tytoninae Mathews, 1912 [monotypic]
             Genus Tyto Billberg, 1828
               Tyto soumagnei (Grandidier, in A. Milne-Edwards, 1878) - Madagascar red owl