Kingdom [Animalia] Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
  
 Phylum Chordata Bateson, 1885 - chordates
    
 Subphylum Vertebrata Cuvier, 1812 - vertebrates
 see Infraphylum Vertebrata Lamarck, 1801
      
 Class Aves Linnaeus, 1758 - birds
 see Subclass Aves Linnaeus, 1758
        
 Subclass Neornithes Gadow, 1893
 see Clade Neornithes Gadow, 1893
          
 Superorder Palaeognathae Pycraft, 1900
 see Cohort Palaeognathae Pycraft, 1900