Aves Linnaeus, 1758 - birds see Subclass Aves Linnaeus, 1758
   Neornithes Gadow, 1893 see Clade Neornithes Gadow, 1893
     Neoaves Sibley et al., 1988 see Subcohort Neoaves Sibley et al., 1988
       Passerae see Superorder Passerimorphae Sibley et al., 1988
         Passerimorphae Sibley et al., 1988
           Ciconiiformes Bonaparte, 1854
             Charadrii Huxley, 1867 - shorebirds see Order Charadriiformes Huxley, 1867
               Pteroclides see Suborder Pterocletes Boucard, 1876
                 Pteroclidae Bonaparte, 1831 - sandgrouse
                   Pterocles Temminck, 1815
                     Pterocles orientalis (Linnaeus, 1758) - black-bellied sandgrouse