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] Apodiformes Peters, 1940 - swifts
         Family Trochilidae Vigors, 1825 - hummingbirds
           Subfamily Phaethornithinae Jardine, 1833 - hermits
             Genus Threnetes Gould, 1852
               Threnetes niger (C. Linnaeus, 1758) - sooty barbthroat
                 1 Threnetes niger cervinicauda Gould, 1855
                 2 Threnetes niger rufigastra Cory, 1915
                 3 Threnetes niger leucurus (Linnaeus, 1766)
                 4 Threnetes niger niger (Linnaeus, 1758)
                 5 Threnetes niger loehkeni Grantsau, 1969
                 6 Threnetes niger medianus Hellmayr, 1929