Phylum Chordata Bateson, 1885 - chordates
Status: extant
   Subphylum Vertebrata Cuvier, 1812 - vertebrates
  Status: extant
     Class Aves Linnaeus, 1758 - birds see Subclass Aves Linnaeus, 1758
    Status: extant
       Order Gruiformes Bonaparte, 1854
      Status: extant
         Family Turnicidae Gray, 1840 - buttonquails
        Status: extant