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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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Order Ciconiiformes (storks and relatives)
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Family Threskiornithidae (ibises and spoonbills)-
Subfamily Threshkiornithinae (ibises)
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Genus Bostrychia (African ibises) -
Genus Cercibis (sharp-tailed ibis) -
Genus Eudocimus (white and scarlet ibises)
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Genus Geronticus (bald ibises)
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Genus Lophotibis (Madagascan crested ibis)
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Genus Mesembrinibis (green ibis)
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Genus Nipponia (crested ibis)
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Genus Phimosus (bare-faced ibis)
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Genus Plegadis (glossy ibises)
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Genus Pseudibis (South Asian ibises)
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Genus Theristicus (South American ibises)
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Genus Threskiornis (sacred ibis and relatives)
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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.
