Subclass Neornithes Gadow, 1893 see Clade Neornithes Gadow, 1893
   Infraclass Neoaves Sibley et al., 1988 see Subcohort Neoaves Sibley et al., 1988
     Parvclass Picae (C. Linnaeus, 1758) see Order Piciformes Meyer & Wolf, 1810
       Order Piciformes Meyer & Wolf, 1810 - scansorial birds
         Infraorder Rhamphastides see Infraorder Ramphastides
           Superfamily Lybioidea see Superfamily Ramphastoidea Vigors, 1825
             Family Lybiidae Sibley & Ahlquist, 1985 - African barbets see Subfamily Lybiinae del Hoyo et al., 2014