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] Caprimulgiformes Ridgway, 1881 - nightjars
         Family Aegothelidae Bonaparte, 1853 - owlet-nightjars
           Genus Aegotheles Vigors & Horsfield, 1826 - Australian owlet-nightjar
             Aegotheles wallacii G.R. Gray, 1859 - Wallace's owlet-nightjar
               1 Aegotheles wallacii wallacii Gray, 1859
               2 Aegotheles wallacii gigas Rothschild, 1931
               3 Aegotheles wallacii manni Diamond, 1969