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Kingdom Animalia (animals)
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Eumetazoa (metazoans)-
Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
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Deuterostomia (deuterostomes)
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Phylum Chordata (chordates)
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Craniata (craniates)
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Subphylum Vertebrata (vertebrates)
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Superclass Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates)
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Euteleostomi (bony vertebrates)
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Class Sarcopterygii (lobe-finned fishes and terrestrial vertebrates)
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Tetrapoda (tetrapods)
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Amniota (amniotes)
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Class Reptilia
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Class Aves (birds)
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Subclass Neognathae (neognath birds)
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Infraclass Neoaves (modern birds)
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Family Aegothelidae (owlet-frogmouths) -
Order Apodiformes (hummingbirds and swifts)
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Order Balaenicipitiformes (shoebill or whale-headed stork) -
Order Caprimulgiformes (nightbirds)
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Order Charadriiformes (shorebirds and relatives)
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Order Ciconiiformes (storks and relatives)
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Order Coliiformes (mousebirds)
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Order Columbiformes (doves and pigeons)
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Order Coraciiformes (kingfishers and relatives)
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Order Cuculiformes (cuckoos and relatives)
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Order Falconiformes (diurnal birds of prey)
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Order Galbuliformes
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Order Gaviiformes (loons)
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Order Gruiformes (coots, cranes, and rails)
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Order Mesitornithiformes (mesites)
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Order Musophagiformes (turacos)
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Order Opisthocomiformes (hoatzin)
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Family Otididae (bustards)
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Order Passeriformes (perching birds)
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Order Pelecaniformes (pelicans, tropicbirds, cormorants, and relatives)
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Order Phoenicopteriformes (flamingos)
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Order Piciformes (woodpeckers and relatives)
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Order Podicipediformes (grebes)
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Order Procellariiformes (tube-nosed seabirds)
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Order Psittaciformes (parrots)
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Family Scopidae (hamerkop)
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Order Sphenisciformes (penguins)
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Order Strigiformes (owls)
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Order Trogoniformes (trogons)
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Order Turniciformes (buttonquail)
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Confused by a class within a class or an order within an order? Please see our brief essay.
Scientific names for Aves taxonomy (family and below) are from The Howard and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World, Princeton University Press, copyright 2003. Used by permission.
