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 Corvida Sibley et al., 1988
                 Superfamily Corvoidea
                   Family Corvidae Vigors, 1825 - crows, jays
                     Subfamily Dicrurinae see Family Dicruridae Vigors, 1825
                       Tribe Rhipidurini see Family Rhipiduridae Sundevall, 1872
                         Genus Rhipidura Vigors & Horsfield, 1827
                           Rhipidura cockerelli (E.P. Ramsay, 1879)