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] Coraciiformes Forbes, 1884 - rollerlike birds
         Family Meropidae Vigors, 1825 - bee-eaters
           Genus Merops Linnaeus, 1758
             Merops hirundineus A.A.H. Lichtenstein, 1793 - swallow-tailed bee-eater