Class Aves Linnaeus, 1758 - birds see Subclass Aves Linnaeus, 1758
   Subclass Neornithes Gadow, 1893 see Clade Neornithes Gadow, 1893
     Infraclass Neoaves Sibley et al., 1988 see Subcohort Neoaves Sibley et al., 1988
       Parvclass Passerae see Superorder Passerimorphae Sibley et al., 1988
         Superorder Passerimorphae Sibley et al., 1988
           Order Passeriformes Linnaeus, 1758
             Suborder Passeri see Suborder Passeres (C. Linnaeus, 1758) C. Linnaeus, 1766
               Parvorder Passerida (C. Linnaeus, 1758) Sibley et al., 1988
                 Superfamily Muscicapoidea
                   Family Cinclidae Sundevall, 1836 - dippers
                     Genus Cinclus Borkhausen, 1797
                       Cinclus leucocephalus Tschudi, 1844
                         Cinclus leucocephalus leuconotus P.L. Sclater, 1858