User:Videsh Ramsahai/List of birds 2- Phoenicopteriformes to Psittaciformes

This is part 2 of a list of all birds extinct and extant that has ever existed. Birds in this instance refers to the apomorphy-based clade Avialae i.e. all dinosaurs that possessed feathered wings used in flapping flight, and the birds that descended from them.

See also User:Videsh Ramsahai/List of birds 1- pre Neoaves

Avialae phylogeny
Phylogeny of non-Neornithine Avialae based on the work of Lee et al. 2013 and modified with the work of Wang et al. 2015. and Wang et al., 2016. The phylogeny of Neornithes based on the following:

Phoenicopteriformes

 * Family †Palaelodidae Stejneger 1885 emend. Stejneger 1888 sensu Heizmann & Hesse 1995 (swimming flamingos)
 * Genus †Adelalopus Mayr & Smith 2002 (stout-legged flamingos) (Borgloon Early Oligocene of Hoogbutsel, Belgium)
 * †Adelalopus hoogbutseliensis Mayr & Smith 2002
 * Genus †Palaelodus Milne-Edwards 1863 [Pliogrus Lambrecht 1933 ] (Middle Oligocene -? Middle Pleistocene)
 * †Palaelodus ambiguus Milne-Edwards 1863 [Grus problematica Milne-Edwards 1871 ; Probalearica problematica (Milne-Edwards 1871) ; Palaelodus gracilipes Milne-Edwards 1863 ; Palaelodus crassipes Milne-Edwards 1863 ; Paloelodus minutus (sic) Milne-Edwards 1868 ; Grus miocenicus Grigorescu & Kessler 1977 ]
 * †Palaelodus aotearoa Worthy et al. 2010
 * †Palaelodus germanicus (Lambrecht 1933) [Pliogrus germanicus Lambrecht 1933 ]
 * †Palaelodus kurochkini Zelenkov 2013
 * †Palaelodus pledgei Baird & Vickers-Rich 1998
 * †Palaelodus wilsoni Baird & Vickers-Rich 1998
 * Genus †Megapaloelodus Miller 1944 (Late Oligocene - Early Pliocene)
 * †Megapaloelodus conectens (Miller 1944)
 * †Megapaloelodus peiranoi Agnolin 2009
 * †Megapaloelodus goliath (Milne Edwards 1863) Cheneval 1983c [Paloelodus goliath (sic) Milne-Edwards 1868 ]
 * †Megapaloelodus opsigonus Brodkorb 1961


 * Family Phoenicopteridae Bonaparte 1838
 * Genus †Harrisonavis Kashin 1978 [Gervaisia Harrison & Walker 1976 non Bonaparte 1854 non Waga 1858 non Robineau-Desvoidy 1863 ]
 * †Harrisonavis croizeti (Gervais 1852) Kashin 1978 [Phoenicopterus croizeti Gervais 1849 ex Gervais 1852 ; Gervaisia croizeti (Gervais 1852) Harrison & Walker 1976 ] (Middle Oligocene – Middle Miocene of C Europe)
 * Genus †Leakeyornis Vickers-Rich & Walker 1983
 * †Leakeyornis aethiopicus (Harrison & Walker 1976) Vickers-Rich & Walker 1983 [Phoenicopterus aethiopicus Harrison & Walker 1976 ]
 * Genus †Elornis Aymard 1856 ex Milne-Edwards 1868 [Helornis Lydekker 1891 ; Actiornis Lydekker 1891 ] (Middle? Eocene – Early Oligocene)
 * †Elornis anglicus Aymard 1856 ex Lydekker 1891 [Helornis anglicus Lydekker 1891 ; Actiornis anglicus Lydekker 1891 ]
 * †Elornis grandis Aymard 1856 ex Milne-Edwards 1868
 * †Elornis littoralis Aymard 1856 ex Milne-Edwards 1868 [Elornis antiquus Aymard 1856 ex Milne-Edwards 1868 ; Helornis littoralis (Milne-Edwards 1868) Lydekker 1891 ]
 * Genus †Phoeniconotius Miller 1963
 * †Phoeniconotius eyrensis Miller 1963 [Phoenicopterus novaehollandiae Miller 1963 ]
 * Genus Phoeniconaias Gray, 1869
 * †Phoeniconaias siamensis (Cheneval et al. 1991) [Phoenicopterus siamensis Cheneval et al. 1991 ]
 * †Phoeniconaias gracilis (Miller 1963) [Phoenicopterus gracilis Miller 1963 ] (Early Pleistocene of Lake Kanunka, Australia)
 * Phoeniconaias minor (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1798) (Lesser flamingo)
 * Genus Phoenicoparrus Bonaparte, 1856
 * Phoenicoparrus andinus (Philippi, 1854) (Andean flamingo)
 * Phoenicoparrus jamesi (Sclater, 1886) (James's flamingo)
 * Genus Phoenicopterus Linnaeus 1758 (middle Oligocene – Recent)
 * †Phoenicopterus copei Shufeldt 1891
 * †Phoenicopterus floridanus Brodkorb 1953 (Early Pliocene of Florida)
 * †Phoenicopterus minutus Howard 1955
 * †Phoenicopterus stocki Miller 1944 (Middle Pliocene of Rincón, Mexico)
 * Phoenicopterus chilensis Molina, 1782 (Chilean flamingo)
 * Phoenicopterus roseus Pallas, 1811 (Greater flamingo)
 * Phoenicopterus ruber Linnaeus, 1758 (American flamingo)

Podicipediformes

 * Family †Podicipedidae (Bonaparte 1831)
 * Genus †Miobaptus Švec 1982
 * †Miobaptus huzhiricus Zelenkov 2015
 * †Miobaptus walteri Švec 1982 [Podiceps walteri (Švec 1984) Mlíkovský 2000 ]
 * Genus †Miodytes Dimitreijevich, Gál & Kessler 2002
 * †Miodytes serbicus Dimitreijevich, Gál & Kessler 2002
 * Genus †Pliolymbus Murray 1967
 * †Pliolymbus baryosteus Murray 1967
 * Genus †Thiornis Navás 1922
 * †Thiornis sociata Navás 1922 [Podiceps sociatus (Navás 1922) Olson 1995 ]
 * Genus Podilymbus Lesson 1831
 * †Podilymbus mujusculus Murray 1967
 * †Podilymbus wetmorei Storer 1976
 * †Podilymbus gigas Griscom 1929 (Atitlán grebe, extinct 1989)
 * Podilymbus podiceps (Linnaeus 1758) (Pied-billed grebe)
 * †P. p. magnus
 * P. p. antillarum Bangs 1913 (Antillean pied-billed grebe)
 * P. p. podiceps (Linnaeus 1758) (northern pied-billed grebe)
 * P. p. antarcticus (Lesson 1842) (southern pied-billed grebe)
 * Genus Tachybaptus Reichenbach 1853
 * Tachybaptus ruficollis (Pallas 1764) (Little grebe)
 * T. r. ruficollis (Pallas 1764) (European little grebe)
 * T. r. albescens (Blanford 1877) (Indian little grebe)
 * T. r. iraquensis (Ticehurst 1923) (Iraq little grebe)
 * T. r. capensis (Salvadori 1884) (African little grebe)
 * T. r. poggei (Reichenow 1902)
 * T. r. philippensis (Bonnaterre 1790) (Philippine little grebe)
 * T. r. cotabato (Rand 1948) (Mindanao little grebe)
 * Tachybaptus tricolor (Gray 1861) (Tricolored grebe)
 * T. t. vulcanorum (Rensch 1929)
 * T. t. tricolor (Gray 1861)
 * T. t. collaris (Mayr 1945)
 * Tachybaptus novaehollandiae (Stephens 1826) (Australasian grebe)
 * T. n. javanicus (Mayr 1943)
 * T. n. fumosus (Mayr 1943)
 * T. n. incola (Mayr 1943)
 * T. n. novaehollandiae (Stephens 1826) (Australian little grebe)
 * T. n. leucosternos (Mayr 1931)
 * T. n. rennellianus (Mayr 1943)
 * Tachybaptus pelzelnii (Hartlaub 1861) (Madagascar grebe)
 * †Tachybaptus rufolavatus (Delacour 1932) (Alaotra grebe extinct 2010)
 * Tachybaptus dominicus (Linnaeus 1766) (Least grebe)
 * T. d. brachypterus (Chapman 1899) (Mexican least grebe)
 * T. d. bangsi (van Rossem & Hachisuka 1937) ] (Bangs' grebe)
 * T. d. dominicus (Linnaeus 1766) (West Indian grebe)
 * T. d. brachyrhynchus (Chapman 1899) (short-billed grebe)
 * T. d. eisenmanni Storer & Getty 1985
 * Genus Poliocephalus Selby 1840 (Hoary-headed Grebe)
 * Poliocephalus poliocephalus (Jardine & Selby 1827) (Hoary-headed grebe)
 * Poliocephalus rufopectus (Gray 1843) (New Zealand grebe)
 * Genus Aechmophorus Coues 1862
 * †Aechmophorus elasson Murray 1967
 * Aechmophorus occidentalis (Lawrence 1858) (Western grebe)
 * A. o. ephemeralis Dickerman 1986
 * A. o. occidentalis (Lawrence 1858)
 * Aechmophorus clarkii (Lawrence 1858) (Clark's grebe)
 * A. c. clarkii (Lawrence 1858)
 * A. c. transitionalis Dickerman 1986
 * Genus Podicephorus Bochenski 1994
 * Podicephorus major (Boddaert 1783) Bochenski 1994 (Great grebe)
 * P. m. major (Boddaert 1783)
 * P. m. navasi Manghi 1984
 * Genus Podiceps Latham 1787
 * †Podiceps arndti Chandler 1990
 * †Podiceps caspicus (Habizl 1783) [Colymbus caspicus Habizl 1783 ]
 * †Podiceps csarnotatus Kessler 2009
 * †Podiceps discors Murray 1967
 * †Podiceps dixi Brodkorp 1963
 * †Podiceps gadowi Hachisuka 1953
 * †Podiceps miocenicus Kessler 1984
 * †Podiceps oligocaenus (Shufeldt) [Colymbus oligoceanus Shufeldt 1915 ]
 * †Podiceps parvus (Shufeldt 1913)) [Colymbus parvus Schufeldt 1913 ]
 * †Podiceps solidus Kuročkin 1985
 * †Podiceps subparvus (Miller & Bowman 1958) [Colymbus subparvus Miller & Bowman 1958 ]
 * Podiceps rolland Quoy & Gaimard 1824 (White-tufted grebe)
 * P. r. rolland Quoy & Gaimard 1824 (Falkland white-tufted Grebe)
 * P. r. chilensis Lesson 1828 (Chilean white-tufted Grebe)
 * P. r. morrisoni Simmons 1962 (Junín white-tufted grebe)
 * Podiceps microptera Gould 1868 (Titicaca grebe)
 * Podiceps grisegena (Boddaert 1783) (Red-necked grebe)
 * P. g. grisegena (Boddaert 1783) (gray-cheeked grebe)
 * P. g. holbollii Reinhardt 1853 (Holbøll's grebe)
 * Podiceps cristatus (Linnaeus 1758) (Great crested grebe)
 * P. c. cristatus (Linnaeus 1758) (Eurasian great crested grebe)
 * P. c. infuscatus Salvadori 1884 (African great crested grebe)
 * P. c. australis Gould 1844 (Australasian great crested grebe)
 * Podiceps auritus (Linnaeus 1758) (Horned/Slavonian grebe)
 * P. a. auritus (Linnaeus 1758) (Eurasian Horned Grebe)
 * P. a. cornutus (Gmelin 1789)
 * Podiceps nigricollis Brehm 1831 (Black-necked/eared grebe)
 * P. n. nigricollis Brehm 1831 (Eurasian Black-necked Grebe)
 * P. n. gurneyi (Roberts 1919) (African black-necked grebe)
 * †Podiceps andinus (Meyer de Schauensee 1959) (Colombian grebe extinct 1977)
 * Podiceps occipitalis Garnot 1826 (Silvery grebe)
 * P. o. juninensis von Berlepsch & Stolzmann 1894 (northern silvery grebe)
 * P. o. occipitalis Garnot 1826 (Southern silvery Grebe)
 * Podiceps taczanowskii von Berlepsch & Stolzmann 1894 (Junin grebe)
 * Podiceps gallardoi Rumboll 1974 (Hooded grebe)
 * Podiceps californicus Heermann 1854 (North American eared grebe)

Mesitornithiformes

 * Family Mesitornithidae Wetmore 1950
 * Genus Monias Oustalet & Grandidier 1903
 * Monias benschi Oustalet & Grandidier 1903 (Subdesert mesite; Bensch's rail)
 * Genus Mesitornis Bonaparte 1855
 * Mesitornis variegata (Saint-Hilaire 1838) (White-breasted mesite)
 * Mesitornis unicolor (Des Murs 1845) (Brown mesite)

Pteroclidiformes

 * Family Pteroclidae Bonaparte 1831
 * Genus †Gerandia Lambrecht 1933
 * †Gerandia calcaria (Milne-Edwards 1869) Lambrecht 1933 [Columba calcaria Milne-Edwards 1869 ]
 * Genus †Archaeoganga Mourer-Chauviré 1992
 * †Archaeoganga validus (Milne-Edwards 1892) Mourer-Chauviré 1992 [Pterocles validus Milne-Edwards 1892 ]
 * †Archaeoganga pinguis Mourer-Chauviré 1992
 * †Archaeoganga larvatus (Milne-Edwards 1892) Mourer-Chauviré 1992 [Pterocles larvatus Milne-Edwards 1892 ]
 * Genus †Leptoganga (Milne-Edwards 1869) Mourer-Chauviré 1993
 * †Leptoganga sepultus (Milne-Edwards 1869) Mourer-Chauviré 1993 [Pterocles sepultus Milne-Edwards 1869 ]
 * Genus Pterocles Temminck 1815 (Pin-tailed Sandgrouse)
 * †Pterocles varius Milne-Edwards
 * Pterocles alchata (Linnaeus 1766) Temminck 1815 (Pin-tailed Sandgrouse)
 * P. a. alchata (Linnaeus 1766) (Iberian pin-tailed sandgrouse)
 * P. a. caudacutus (Gmelin 1774) (large pintail sandgrouse)
 * Genus Nyctiperdix Roberts 1922
 * Nyctiperdix decoratus (Cabanis 1868) (bridled/black-faced sandgrouse)
 * N. d. ellenbecki (Erlanger 1905) (pale black-faced sandgrouse)
 * N. d. decoratus (Cabanis 1868)
 * N. d. loveridgei
 * Nyctiperdix bicinctus (Temminck 1815) (Double-banded sandgrouse)
 * N. b. ansorgei
 * N. b. bicinctus (Temminck 1815)
 * N. b. multicolor] (Hartert 1908) (Transvaal double-banded sandgrouse)
 * Nyctiperdix quadricinctus (Temminck 1815) (Four-banded sandgrouse)
 * Nyctiperdix indicus (Gmelin 1789) (Painted sandgrouse)
 * Nyctiperdix lichtensteinii (Temminck 1825) (Lichtenstein's sandgrouse)
 * N. l. arabicus (Neumann 1909) (Close-barred sandgrouse)
 * N. l. targius (Geyr von Schweppenburg 1916) (western/Tuareg Lichtenstein's sandgrouse)
 * N. l. lichtensteinii (Temminck 1825) (Eastern Lichtenstein's Sandgrouse)
 * N. l. sukensis (Neumann 1909) (Kenya Lichtenstein's sandgrouse)
 * N. l. ingramsi (Bates & Kinnear 1937)
 * Genus Calopterocles Roberts 1922
 * Calopterocles burchelli (Sclater 1922) Roberts 1922 (Southern/Burchell's sandgrouse)
 * Genus Syrrhaptes Illiger 1811
 * †Syrrhaptes kashini Kuročkin 1985
 * Syrrhaptes gutturalis (Smith 1836) (Yellow-throated sandgrouse)
 * S. g. saturatior (Hartert 1900) (East African yellow-throated sandgrouse)
 * S. g. gutturalis (Smith 1836) (Tanzanian yellow-throated sandgrouse)
 * Syrrhaptes personatus (Gould 1843) (Gould's/masked/Madagascan sandgrouse)
 * Syrrhaptes coronatus (Lichtenstain 1823) (Crowned sandgrouse)
 * S. c. coronatus (Lichtenstein 1823) (Saharan crowned sandgrouse)
 * S. c. vastitas (Meinertzhagen 1928) (Sanai crowned sandgrouse)
 * S. c. saturatus (Kinnear 1927)
 * S. c. atratus (Hartert 1902) (Arabian crowned sandgrouse)
 * S. c. ladas (Koelz 1954)
 * Syrrhaptes senegallus (Linnaeus 1771) (Spotted sandgrouse)
 * Syrrhaptes orientalis (Black-bellied sandgrouse)
 * S. o. orientalis (western/imperial black-bellied sandgrouse)
 * S. o. arenarius (eastern black-bellied sandgrouse)
 * Syrrhaptes tibetanus Gould 1850 (Tibetan sandgrouse)
 * Syrrhaptes paradoxus (Pallas 1773) (Pallas's sandgrouse)
 * Syrrhaptes namaqua (Gmelin 1789) (Namaqua sandgrouse)
 * Syrrhaptes exustus (Temminck 1825) (lesser pin-tailed/Chestnut-bellied sandgrouse)
 * S. e. erlangeri (Neumann 1909) (Arabian chestnut-bellied sandgrouse)
 * S. e. hindustan (Meinertzhagen 1923) (Asian/Indian chestnut-bellied sandgrouse)
 * †S. e. floweri (Nicoll 1921) (Fayyum/ Kilimanjaro/Egyptian chestnut-bellied sandgrouse)
 * S. e. exustus (Temminck 1825)
 * S. e. ellioti (Bogdanov 1881)
 * S. e. olivascens (Hartert 1909)

Columbiformes

 * Family Columbidae Leach 1820
 * Genus †Arenicolumbina Steadman 2008
 * †Arenicolumbina prattae (Becker & Brodkorb 1992) Steadman 2008 [Columbina prattae Becker & Brodkorb 1992 ]
 * Genus †Dysmoropelia Olson 1975
 * †Dysmoropelia dekarchiskos Olson 1975 (Saint Helena dove)
 * Genus †Rupephaps Worthy et al. 2009
 * †Rupephaps taketake Worthy et al. 2009 (St. Bathans pigeons)
 * Sub family Columbinae Leach 1820
 * Tribe Zenaidini Bonaparte 1853 (quail-doves)
 * Genus Starnoenas (Blue-headed quail-doves)
 * Genus Geotrygon (Quail-doves)
 * Genus Leptotila
 * Genus Leptotrygon (olive-backed quail-dove)
 * Genus Zenaida
 * Genus Zentrygon
 * Tribe Columbini Leach 1820
 * Genus †Ectopistes (Passenger pigeon)
 * Genus Patagioenas (American pigeons)
 * Genus Reinwardtoena
 * Genus Turacoena
 * Genus Macropygia
 * Genus Streptopelia
 * Genus Columba (Old World pigeons)
 * Genus Nesoenas
 * Genus Spilopelia
 * Sub family Claravinae Todd 1917 (American ground doves)
 * Genus Claravis
 * Genus Uropelia (long-tailed ground doves)
 * Genus Metriopelia
 * Genus Columbina
 * Sub family Raphinae Wetmore 1930 (Old World Doves and Pigeons)
 * Tribe Phabini Bonaparte 1853 (Australasian Pigeons and Doves)
 * Genus Henicophaps
 * Genus Gallicolumba
 * Genus Alopecoenas
 * Genus Ocyphaps (Crested pigeon)
 * Genus Petrophassa (rock pigeons)
 * Genus Leucosarcia (Wonga pigeon)
 * Genus Geopelia
 * Genus Phaps
 * Genus Geophaps
 * Tribe Raphini Wetmore 1930
 * Genus †Deliaphaps De Pietri et al. 2017
 * Genus Trugon (thick-billed ground pigeon)
 * Genus †Microgoura (Choiseul crested pigeon)
 * Genus Otidiphaps (pheasant pigeon)
 * Genus Goura (Crowned pigeon)
 * Genus †Natunaornis (Viti Levu giant pigeon)
 * Genus Didunculus (tooth-billed pigeon)
 * Genus †Bountyphaps Worthy & Wragg 2008
 * †Bountyphaps obsoleta Worthy & Wragg 2008 (Henderson Island archaic pigeon)
 * Genus Caloenas (Nicobar pigeon)
 * Genus †Raphus (Dodo)
 * Genus †Pezophaps solitaria (Rodrigues solitaire)
 * Tribe Treronini Gray 1840 (Green pigeon)
 * Genus Treron
 * Tribe Turturini Gray 1840
 * Genus Phapitreron (Brown dove)
 * Genus Chalcophaps (Emerald-Doves)
 * Genus Oena (Namaqua dove)
 * Genus Turtur (African wood doves)
 * Tribe Ptilinopini Selby 1835
 * Genus Ducula (Imperial-pigeon)
 * Genus Ptilinopus (Fruit dove)
 * Genus Hemiphaga (New Zealand pigeons)
 * Genus Lopholaimus (Topknot pigeon)
 * Genus Cryptophaps (Sombre pigeon)
 * Genus Gymnophaps (Mountain-pigeon)

Cuculiformes

 * Family Cuculidae Leach 1820
 * Genus †Chambicuculus Mourer-Chauviré et al. 2013
 * †Chambicuculus pusillus Mourer-Chauviré et al. 2013
 * Genus †Dynamopterus Milne-Edwards 1892
 * †Dynamopterus velox Milne-Edwards 1892
 * †Dynamopterus boulei Gaillard 1939
 * Genus †Nannococcyx Olson 1975
 * †Nannococcyx psix Olson 1975 (Saint Helena cuckoo)
 * Genus †Thomasococcyx Steadman 2008
 * †Thomasococcyx philohippus Steadman 2008
 * Sub family Crotophaginae (Anis)
 * Genus Guira Lesson 1830 (guira cuckoo)
 * Genus Crotophaga Linnaeus 1758 (true anis)
 * Sub family Neomorphinae (New World ground cuckoos)
 * Genus †Cursoricoccyx Martin & Mengel 1984
 * †Cursoricoccyx geraldinae Martin & Mengel 1984
 * Genus †Neococcyx Weigel 1963
 * †Neococcyx mccorquodalei Weigel 1963
 * Tribe Taperini
 * Genus Tapera Thunberg 1819 (striped cuckoo)
 * Genus Dromococcyx Wied 1832 (pheasant & pavonine cuckoo)
 * Tribe Neomorphini
 * Genus Morococcyx Sclater 1862 (lesser ground cuckoo)
 * Genus Geococcyx Wagler 1831 (roadrunners)
 * Genus Neomorphus Gloger 1827 (Neotropical ground-cuckoos)
 * Sub family Centropodinae Horsfield 1822
 * Tribe Centropodini
 * Genus Centropus Illiger 1811 (coucals)
 * Tribe Couini Bonaparte 1854
 * Genus Coua Schinz 1821 (couas)
 * Genus Carpococcyx Gray 1840 (Asian ground-cuckoos)
 * Sub family Cuculinae Leach 1820
 * Tribe Rhinorthini
 * Genus Rhinortha Vigors 1830 (Raffles's malkoha)
 * Tribe Phaenicophaeini Horsfield 1822
 * Sub tribe Ceuthmocharina
 * Genus Ceuthmochares Cabanis & Heine 1863
 * Sub tribe Phaenicophaeina
 * Genus Toccocua Lesson 1830
 * Genus Zanclostomus Swainson 1837
 * Genus Phaenicophaeus Stephens 1815 (typical malkohas) [12]
 * Sub tribe Coccygina
 * Genus Rhamphococcyx Cabanis & Heine 1863
 * Genus Dasylophus Swainson 1837
 * Genus Clamator Kaup 1829
 * Genus Coccycua Lesson 1830
 * Genus Piaya Lesson 1830
 * Genus Coccyzus Vieillot 1816 (lizard cuckoos)
 * Tribe Cuculini Wagler 1830 (Brood-parasitic cuckoos)
 * Genus †Eocuculus Chandler 1999
 * Genus Scythrops Latham 1790 (channel-billed cuckoo)
 * Genus Urodynamys 1881 (Pacific long-tailed cuckoo)
 * Sub tribe Pachycoccystina
 * Genus Pachycoccyx Cabanis 1882
 * Sub tribe Eudynamina
 * Genus Microdynamis Salvadori 1878 (dwarf koel)
 * Genus Eudynamys Vigors & Horsfield 1826 (typical koels)
 * Sub tribe Chrysococcystina
 * Genus Chrysococcyx Boie 1826 (bronze cuckoos)
 * Sub tribe Cuculina
 * Genus Cacomantis Muller 1842
 * Genus Surniculus Lesson 1830 (drongo-cuckoos)
 * Genus Cercococcyx Cabanis 1882 (long-tailed cuckoos)
 * Genus Hierococcyx Müller 1842 (hawk-cuckoos)
 * Genus Cuculus Linnaeus 1758 (typical cuckoos)

Otidiformes

 * Family Otididae Rafinesque 1815
 * Genus †Gryzaja Zubareva 1939
 * †Gryzaja odessana Zubareva 1939 [Chlamydotis pliodeserti Serebrovskyj 1941 ; Otis gryzaja Vojinstvens'kyj 1967 ]
 * Genus †Ioriotis Burchak-Abramovich & Vekua 1981
 * †Ioriotis gabunii Burchak-Abramovich & Vekua 1981
 * Genus †Miootis Umanskaya 1979
 * †Miootis compactus Umanskaya 1979
 * Genus †Pleotis Hou 1982
 * †Pleotis liui Hou 1982
 * Sub family Lissotinae Verheyen 1957 non Benesh 1955
 * Genus Lissotis Reichenbach 1848
 * Lissotis hartlaubii (Heuglin 1863) (Hartlaub’s bustard)
 * Lissotis melanogaster (Rüppell 1835) (Black-bellied bustard)
 * L. m. notophila Oberholser 1905
 * L. m. melanogaster (Rüppell 1835)
 * Sub family Neotinae Verheyen 1957
 * Genus Ardeotis Le Maout 1853
 * Ardeotis nuba (Nubian bustard)
 * Ardeotis ludwigii (Ludwig’s bustard)
 * Ardeotis denhami (Denham’s bustard)
 * A. d. denhami (Children & Vigors 1826) (Denham's bustard)
 * A. d. jacksoni Bannerman 1930 (Jackson's bustard)
 * A. d. stanleyi (Gray 1831) (Stanley bustard)
 * Ardeotis heuglinii (Heuglin’s bustard)
 * Ardeotis arabs (Linnaeus 1758) (Arabian bustard)
 * A. a. lynesi (Bannerman 1930) (Moroccan bustard)
 * A. a. stieberi (Neumann 1907) (great Arabian bustard)
 * A. a. arabs (Linnaeus 1758)
 * A. a. butleri (Bannerman 1930) (Sudan bustard)
 * Ardeotis kori (Burchell 1822) (Kori bustard)
 * A. k. struthiunculus (Neumann 1907) (Northern Kori bustard)
 * A. k. kori (Burchell 1822) (Southern Kori Bustard)
 * Ardeotis nigriceps (Vigors 1831) (Great Indian bustard)
 * Ardeotis australis (Gray 1829) (Australian bustard)
 * Sub family Otidinae Gray 1841
 * Genus Tetrax Forster 1817 [Leach 1816]
 * †Tetrax paratetrax (Bocheński & Kuročkin 1987)
 * Tetrax tetrax (Linnaeus 1758) Forster 1817 (Little bustard)
 * Genus Otis Linnaeus 1758 (Great bustards)
 * †Otis bessarabicus Kessler & Gal 1996
 * †Otis hellenica Boev, Lazaridis & Tsoukala 2014
 * Otis tarda Linnaeus 1758 (Great bustards)
 * O. t. tarda Linnaeus 1758 (western great bustard)
 * O. t. dybowskii Taczanowski 1874 (eastern great bustard)
 * Genus Chlamydotis Lesson 1839
 * †Chlamydotis affinis (Lydekker 1891a) Brodkorb 1967 [Otis affinis Lydekker 1891a ]
 * †Chlamydotis mesetaria Sánchez Marco 1990
 * Chlamydotis macqueenii (Gray 1832) (Macqueen's bustard)
 * Chlamydotis undulata (Jacquin 1784) (Houbara bustard)
 * C. u. fuertaventurae (Rothschild & Hartert 1894) (Canary Islands houbara bustard)
 * C. u. undulata (Jacquin 1784) (North African houbara bustard)
 * Genus Sypheotides Lesson 1839
 * Sypheotides indicus (Miller 1782) Lesson 1839 (Lesser florican)
 * Genus Houbaropsis Sharpe 1893
 * Houbaropsis bengalensis (Statius Müller 1776) Sharpe 1893 (Bengal florican)
 * H. b. bengalensis (Statius Müller 1776) Sharpe 1893
 * H. b. blandini Delacour 1928
 * Genus Lophotis Reichenbach 1848
 * Lophotis ruficrista (Smith 1836) (red-crested/pygmy bustard
 * Lophotis savilei Lynes 1920 (Savile's Bustard)
 * Lophotis gindiana (Oustalet 1881) (Somali buff crested bustard)
 * Genus Heterotetrax
 * Heterotetrax humilis (Little Brown bustard)
 * Heterotetrax vigorsii (Karoo/black-throated korhaan)
 * H. v. namaqua
 * H. v. vigorsii
 * Heterotetrax rueppellii (Rüppell's korhaan)
 * H. r. fitzsimonsi
 * H. r. rueppellii
 * Genus Eupodotis Lesson 1839
 * Subgenus (Afrotis) Gray 1855 [Bonaparte 1854]
 * Eupodotis afra (Southern Black korhaan)
 * Eupodotis afraoides (White quilled bustard; Northern Black korhaan)
 * E. (A.) a. etoschae
 * E. (A.) a. damarensis
 * E. (A.) a. afraoides
 * Subgenus (Eupodotis)
 * Eupodotis caerulescens (Vieillot 1820) (Blue korhaan)
 * Eupodotis barrowii (Barrow's/southern white-bellied bustard)
 * Eupodotis senegalensis (Vieillot 1821) (northern white-bellied bustard)
 * E. (E.) s. canicollis (Reichenow 1881) (Somali white-bellied knorhaan)
 * E. (E.) s. erlangeri (Reichenow 1905)
 * E. (E.) s. mackenziei White 1945
 * E. (E.) s. senegalensis (Vieillot 1821) (Senegal bustard)

Musophagiformes
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 * Family Musophagidae Lesson 1828 (Turacos & allies)
 * Genus †Veflintornis Kašin 1976 [Apopempsis Brodkorb 1971 non Schenkling 1903 ]
 * †Veflintornis meini (Ballmann 1969) Kašin 1976 [Musophaga meini Ballmann 1969 ; Apopempsis meini (Ballmann 1969) Brodkorb 1971 ]
 * †Veflintornis africanus (Harrison 1980) [Musophaga africanus Harrison 1980 ; Apopempsis africanus (Harrison 1980) ]
 * Sub family Corythaeolinae Verheyen 1956 (Great Blue Turacos)
 * Genus Corythaeola Heine 1860
 * Corythaeola cristata (Vieillot 1816) Heine 1860
 * Sub family Criniferinae Verheyen 1956
 * Genus Criniferoides Roberts 1926
 * Criniferoides leucogaster (Rüppell 1842) Roberts 1926 (White-bellied go-away-birds)
 * Genus Crinifer Jarocki 1821 (Plantain-eaters)
 * Crinifer piscator (Boddaert 1783) (Western Gray Plantain-eater)
 * Crinifer zonurus (Rüppell 1835) (Eastern Gray Plantain-eater)
 * Genus Corythaixoides Smith 1833
 * Corythaixoides personatus (Bare-faced Go-away-bird)
 * C. p. personatus (Rüppell 1842) (brown-faced go-away-bird)
 * C. p. leopoldi (Shelley 1881) (Ugogo/black-faced go-away-bird)
 * Corythaixoides concolor (Gray Go-away-bird)
 * C. c. molybdophanes Clancey 1964
 * C. c. pallidiceps Neumann 1899 (Angola grey go-away-bird)
 * C. c. bechuanae Roberts 1932
 * C. c. concolor (Smith 1833) (South African go-away-bird)
 * Sub family Musophaginae Lesson 1828
 * Genus Gallirex Lesson 1844
 * Gallirex porphyreolophus (Purple-crested Turaco)
 * G. p. chlorochlamys (East African purple-crested turaco)
 * G. p. porphyreolophus
 * Gallirex kivuensis (Kivu turaco)
 * Gallirex johnstoni (Ruwenzori Turaco)
 * G. j. johnstoni
 * G. j. bredoi (Mt. Kabobo turaco)
 * Genus Menelikornis
 * Menelikornis ruspolii (Salvadori 1896) (Prince Ruspoli’s Turaco)
 * Menelikornis leucotis (Rüppell 1835) (White-cheeked turaco)
 * M. l. leucotis (Rüppell 1835) (White-cheeked Turaco)
 * M. l. donaldsoni (Sharpe 1895) (Maroon-crested/Donaldson's white-cheeked Turaco)
 * Genus Musophaga Isert 1788
 * Musophaga macrorhynchus (Fraser 1839) (Yellow-billed turaco)
 * M. m. macrorhynchus (Fraser 1839) (Black-tipped Crested Turaco)
 * M. m. verreauxii (Schlegel 1854) (Red-tipped Crested Turaco)
 * Musophaga violacea Isert 1788 (Violet Turaco)
 * Musophaga rossae Gould 1852 (Ross’s Turaco)
 * Genus Tauraco Kluk 1779
 * Subgenus (Proturacus) Bates 1923
 * Tauraco bannermani (Bates 1923) (Bannerman’s Turaco)
 * Tauraco erythrolophus (Vieillot 1819) (Red-crested Turaco)
 * Tauraco leucolophus (Heuglin 1855) (White-crested Turaco)
 * Subgenus (Tauraco)
 * Tauraco schuettii (Cabanis 1879) (Angola black-billed Turaco)
 * Tauraco schalowi (Reichenow 1891) (Schalow's Turaco)
 * Tauraco emini (Reichenow 1893) (Ruwenzori/Niam-Niam/green-rumped/eastern black-billed turaco)
 * Tauraco hartlaubi (Fischer & Reichenow 1884) (Hartlaub’s/black-crested Turaco)
 * Tauraco persa (Linnaeus 1758) (Guinea/green-crested Turaco)
 * T. (T.) p. buffoni (Vieillot 1819) (Senegal/western green turaco)
 * T. (T.) p. persa (Linnaeus 1758) (Eastern green Turaco)
 * T. (T.) p. zenkeri Reichenow 1896
 * Tauraco reichenowi (Fischer 1880) (Reichenow's/Nyasa/Tanganyika Turaco)
 * Tauraco fischeri (Reichenow 1878) (Fischer’s/East African red-crested Turaco)
 * T. (T.) f. fischeri (Reichenow 1878) (blue-winged black-billed turaco)
 * T. (T.) f. zanzibaricus Pakenham 1938 (Zanzibar turaco)
 * Tauraco livingstonii Gray 1864 (Livingstone's Turaco)
 * Tauraco corythaix (Wagler 1827) (Knysna/Helmeted/South African green Turaco)
 * T. (T.) c. phoebus Neumann 1907 (northern Knysna/Barberton turaco)
 * T. (T.) c. corythaix (Wagler 1827) (southern Knysna turaco)

Caprimulgiformes

 * Family Caprimulgidae Vigors 1825
 * Genus †Ventivorus Mourer-Chauviré 1988
 * †Ventivorus ragei Mourer-Chauviré 1988
 * Genus Eurostopodus Gould 1838 (Australasian nightjars)
 * Genus Lyncornis Gould 1838 (Eared-Nightjars)
 * Genus Gactornis Han, Robbins & Braun 2010 (Collared nightjars)
 * Clade Neotropical Nightjars
 * Genus Nyctiprogne Bonaparte 1857 (band-tailed nighthawk)
 * Genus Lurocalis Cassin 1851
 * Genus Nyctidromus Gould 1838 (Pauraque)
 * Genus Nyctipolus Ridgway 1912
 * Genus Hydropsalis Wagler 1832
 * Clade Poorwills
 * Genus Siphonorhis Sclater 1861
 * Genus Nyctiphrynus Bonaparte 1857
 * Genus Phalaenoptilus Ridgway 1880 (Common Poorwill)
 * Genus Antrostomus Bonaparte 1838
 * Clade
 * Genus Podager Wagler 1832
 * Genus Chordeiles Swainson 1832
 * Genus Veles Bangs 1918
 * Genus Caprimulgus Linnaeus 1758

Steatornithiformes

 * Genus †Paraprefica Mayr 1999
 * †P. kelleri Mayr 1999
 * †P. major Mayr 1999
 * Family Steatornithidae Bonaparte 1842 sensu Nesbitt, Ksepka & Clarke 2011
 * Genus †Prefica Olson 1987
 * †Prefica nivea Olson 1987
 * Genus †Euronyctibius Mourer-Chauviré 1989
 * †Euronyctibius kurochkini Mourer-Chauviré 1989
 * Genus Steatornis von Humboldt 1817
 * Steatornis caripensis (von Humboldt 1814) von Humboldt 1817 (oilbirds)
 * Family Nyctibiidae Chenu & des Murs 1851 (Potoos)
 * Genus Nyctibius Vieillot 1816
 * Nyctibius grandis (Gmelin 1789) (Large potoo)
 * N. g. grandis (Gmelin 1789)
 * N. g. guatemalensis Land & Schultz 1963
 * Nyctibius aethereus (zu Wied-Neuwied 1820) (Large-tailed Potoo)
 * N. a. aethereus (zu Wied-Neuwied 1820) (Large-tailed Potoo)
 * N. a. chocoensis Chapman 1921
 * N. a. longicaudatus (von Spix 1825) (Long-tailed Potoo)
 * Nyctibius jamaicensis (Gmelin 1789) (Common Potoo)
 * N. j. jamaicensis subspecies-group
 * N. j. abbotti Richmond 1917 (Hispaniolan Potoo)
 * N. j. jamaicensis (Gmelin 1789) (Jamaica Potoo)
 * N. j. mexicanus subspecies-group
 * N. j. costaricensis Ridgway 1912 (Central American common potoo)
 * N. j. lambi Davis 1959
 * N. j. mexicanus Nelson 1900 (Mexican common potoo)
 * Nyctibius griseus (Gmelin 1789) (Lesser/grey Potoo)
 * N. g. griseus (Gmelin 1789) (Grey Potoo)
 * N. g. panamensis Ridgway 1912
 * Nyctibius maculosus Ridgway 1912 (Andean Potoo)
 * Nyctibius leucopterus (zu Wied-Neuwied 1821)
 * Nyctibius bracteatus Gould 1846 (rufous potoo)

Podargiformes

 * Genus †Masillapodargus Mayr 1999
 * †Masillapodargus longipes Mayr 1999
 * Genus †Quercypodargus Mourer-Chauvire 1989
 * †Quercypodargus olsoni Mourer-Chauvire 1989
 * Family †Fluvioviridiavidae Mayr 2005
 * Genus †Fluvioviridiavis Mayr & Daniels 2001
 * †Fluvioviridiavis platyrhamphus Mayr & Daniels 2001
 * Family Podargidae Gray 1847 (Frogmouths)
 * Sub family Podarginae
 * Genus Rigidipenna Cleere et al. 2007
 * Rigidipenna inexpectata (Hartert 1901) Cleere et al. 2007 (Solomon Islands frogmouth)
 * Genus Podargus Vieillot 1818 (Australian frogmouths)
 * Podargus strigoides (Latham 1802) (tawny-shouldered frogmouth)
 * P. s. brachypterus Gould 1841
 * P. s. phalaenoides Gould 1840 (northern tawny frogmouth)
 * P. s. strigoides (Latham 1802)
 * Podargus papuensis Quoy & Gaimard 1830 (Papuan frogmouth)
 * P. p. baileyi Mathews 1912 (Southern Papuan frogmouth)
 * P. p. papuensis Quoy & Gaimard 1830
 * P. p. rogersi Mathews 1912 (Cape York Papuan frogmouth)
 * Podargus ocellatus Quoy & Gaimard 1830 (Marbled frogmouth)
 * P. o. plumiferus Gould 1846 (plumed marbled frogmouth)
 * P. o. ocellatus subspecies-group
 * P. o. intermedius Hartert 1895
 * P. o. marmoratus Gould 1855 (Cape York marbled frogmouth)
 * P. o. meeki Hartert 1898
 * P. o. ocellatus Quoy & Gaimard 1830
 * Sub family Batrachostominae
 * Genus Batrachostomus Gould 1838 (Asian frogmouths)
 * Batrachostomus auritus (Gray 1829) (Large frogmouth)
 * Batrachostomus harterti Sharpe 1892 (Dulit frogmouth)
 * Batrachostomus septimus Tweeddale 1877 (Philippine frogmouth)
 * B. s. menagei Bourns & Worcester 1894
 * B. s. microrhynchus Ogilvie-Grant 1895
 * B. s. septimus Tweeddale 1877
 * Batrachostomus stellatus (Gould 1837) (Gould's frogmouth)
 * Batrachostomus moniliger Blyth 1849 (Sri Lanka frogmouth)
 * B. m. moniliger Blyth 1849
 * B. m. roonwali Dutta 2009
 * Batrachostomus hodgsoni (Gray 1859) (Hodgson's frogmouth)
 * B. h. hodgsoni (Gray 1859)
 * B. h. indochinae Stresemann 1937
 * Batrachostomus poliolophus Hartert 1892 (Short-tailed/pale-headed/Hartert's frogmouth)
 * Batrachostomus mixtus Sharpe 1892 (Bornean/Sharpe's frogmouth)
 * Batrachostomus javensis (Horsfield 1821) (Javan/Horsfield's frogmouth)
 * Batrachostomus chaseni Stresemann 1937 (Palawan frogmouth)
 * Batrachostomus cornutus (Temminck 1822) (Sunda frogmouth)
 * B. c. cornutus (Temminck 1822)
 * B. c. longicaudatus Hoogerwerf 1962
 * Batrachostomus affinis Blyth 1847 (Blyth's frogmouth)
 * B. a. continentalis Stresemann 1937 (Indochinese Blyth's frogmouth)
 * B. a. affinis Blyth 1847 (Blyth's frogmouth)

Apodiformes

 * Genus †Cypseloramphus Mayr 2016
 * †Cypseloramphus dimidius Mayr 2016
 * Genus †Wyomingcypselus Weidig 2003 nomen nudum
 * †Wyomingcypselus pohli Weidig 2003 nomen nudum
 * Family †Aegialornithidae Lydekker 1891 [Primapinae Harrison 1984c ]
 * Genus †Aegialornis Lydekker 1891 [Tachyornis Milne-Edwards 1892 ; Belornis Milne-Edwards 1893 ; Mesogiornis Mlíkovský 2002 ]
 * †Aegialornis germanicus Mlíkovský 2002
 * †Aegialornis gallicus Lydekker 1891 [Tachyornis hirundo Milne-Edwards 1891 ; Belornis hirundo (Milne-Edwards 1891) Milne-Edwards 1893a ; Aegialornis leehnardti Gaillard 1908 ]
 * †Aegialornis wetmorei Collins 1976 [Mesogiornis wetmorei (Collins 1976) Mlíkovský 2002 ]
 * †Aegialornis broweri Collins 1976 [Mesogiornis broweri (Collins 1976) Mlíkovský 2002 ]

Suborder Aegotheli

 * Family Aegothelidae Bonaparte 1853
 * Genus †Quipollornis Rich & McEvey 1977
 * †Quipollornis koniberi Rich & McEvey 1977
 * Genus Aegotheles Vigors & Horsfield 1827 (owlet-nightjars)
 * †Aegotheles novaezealandiae (Scarlett 1968) (New Zealand owlet-nightjar)
 * Aegotheles savesi Layard & Layard 1881 (New Caledonian owlet-nightjar)
 * Aegotheles insignis Salvadori 1876 (Feline Owlet-nightjar)
 * Aegotheles tatei Rand 1941 ] (Starry Owlet-nightjar)
 * Aegotheles crinifrons (Bonaparte 1850) (Moluccan/Long-whiskered Owlet-nightjar)
 * Aegotheles cristatus (Shaw 1790) (Australian Owlet-nightjar)
 * A. c. cristatus (Shaw 1790)
 * A. c. tasmanicus Mathews 1918
 * Aegotheles affinis Salvadori 1876 (Vogelkop Owlet-nightjar)
 * Aegotheles bennettii Salvadori & Albertis 1875 (Barred Owlet-nightjar)
 * A. b. plumifer Ramsay 1883
 * A. b. terborghi Diamond 1967
 * A. b. bennettii Salvadori & Albertis 1875
 * A. b. wiedenfeldi Laubmann 1914
 * Aegotheles salvadorii (Hartert 1892) (Salvadori's owlet-nightjar)
 * Aegotheles wallacii Gray 1859 (Wallace's Owlet-nightjar)
 * A. w. gigas Rothschild 1931
 * A. w. manni Diamond 1969
 * A. w. wallacii Gray 1859
 * Aegotheles archboldi Rand 1941 (Archbold's Owlet-nightjar)
 * Aegotheles albertisi Sclater 1874 (Arfak Owlet-nightjar)
 * A. a. albertisi Sclater 1874 (Arfak Owlet-nightjar)
 * A. a. wondiwoi Mayr & Rand 1936

Suborder Apodi

 * Genus †Procypseloides Harrison 1984c
 * †Procypseloides ignotus (Milne-Edwards 1871) Harrison & Walker 1977 [Cypselus ignotus Milne-Edwards 1871 ; Collocalia incerta Milne-Edwards 1871 ; Apus ignotus (Milne-Edwards 1871) Paris 1912 ; Cypseloides ignotus (Milne-Edwards 1871) Collins 1976b ; Cypselavus intermedius Gaillard 1939 ]
 * †Procypseloides mourerchauvireae (Mlíkovský 1989) Mlíkovský 2002 [Cypseloides mourerchauvireae Mlíkovský 1989a ]
 * Genus †Laputavis Dyke 2001b [Laputa Dyke 2001a non ]
 * †Laputavis robusta (Dyke 2001a) Dyke 2001b [Laputa robusta Dyke 2001a ]
 * Genus †Scaniacypselus Harrison 1984
 * †Scaniacypselus wardi Harrison 1984
 * †Scaniacypselus szarskii (Peters 1985) Meyr & Peters 1999 [Aegialornis szarskii Peters 1985 ; Primapus szarskii (Peters 1985) Mourer-Chauviré 1988 ]
 * Family Hemiprocnidae Oberholser 1906
 * Genus Hemiprocne Nitzsch 1829
 * Family †Eocypselidae Harrison 1984
 * Genus †Eocypselus Harrison 1984
 * †Eocypselus vincenti Harrison 1984
 * †Eocypselus rowei Ksepka et al. 2013
 * Family Apodidae Olphe-Galliard 1887 (swifts)
 * Sub family Cypseloidinae Brooke 1970 (Primitive American swifts)
 * Sub family Apodinae Olphe-Galliard 1887
 * Tribe Collocalini Bonaparte 1853 (Swiftlets)
 * Tribe Chaeturini Bonaparte 1857 (Needletails
 * Tribe Apodini Olphe-Galliard 1887 (Typical swifts)

Suborder Trochili

 * Genus †Palescyvus Karchu 1988
 * †Palescyvus escampensis Karchu 1988
 * Family †Cypselavidae Mourer-Chauviré 2006
 * Genus †Cypselavus Gaillard 1908
 * †Cypselavus gallicus Gaillard 1908
 * Genus †Argornis Karchu 1999
 * †Argornis caucasicus Karchu 1999
 * Genus †Parargornis Mayr 2003
 * †Parargornis messelensis Mayr 2003
 * Family †Jungornithidae Karchu 1988
 * Genus †Jungornis Karchu 1988
 * †Jungornis tesselatus Karchu 1988
 * †Jungornis geraldmayri Mourer-Chauviré & Sigé 2006
 * Family Trochilidae Vigors 1825 (hummingbirds)
 * Genus †Eurotrochilus Mayr 2004
 * Sub family Florisuginae
 * Sub family Phaethornithinae
 * Tribe Eutoxerini
 * Tribe Phaethornithini (Hermit hummingbirds)
 * Sub family Polytminae (Mango hummingbirds)
 * Sub family Lesbiinae
 * Tribe Lesbiini (Coquette hummingbirds)
 * Tribe Coeligenini (Brilliant hummingbirds)
 * Sub family Trochilinae
 * Tribe Patagonini (Giant hummingbirds)
 * Tribe Lampornithini (Mountain-Gems)
 * Tribe Mellisugini (Bee hummingbirds)
 * Tribe Cynanthini (Emerald hummingbirds)
 * Tribe Trochilini (Amazilia hummingbirds)

Opisthocomiformes

 * Family Opisthocomidae Swainson 1837 [Onychopterygidae Cracraft 1971 ; Foratidae Olson 1992 ; Hoazinoididae Rasmussen 1997 ]
 * Genus †Hoatzi Thomas 1996 [Hoazin (sic) Lesson 1831 ]
 * †Hoatzi panarium Thomas 1996
 * Genus †Foro Olson 1992
 * †Foro panarium Olson 1992
 * Genus †Onychopteryx Cracraft 1971
 * †Onychopteryx simpsoni Cracraft 1971
 * Genus †Namibiavis Mourer-Chauviré2003
 * †Namibiavis senutae Mourer-Chauviré2003
 * Genus †Protoazin Mayr & De Pietri 2014
 * †Protoazin parisiensis Mayr & De Pietri 2014
 * Genus †Hoazinavis Alvarenga, Mayr & Mourer-Chauviré 2011
 * †Hoazinavis lacustris Alvarenga, Mayr & Mourer-Chauviré 2011
 * Genus †Hoazinoides Miller 1953 [Hoatzinoides (sic)]
 * †Hoazinoides magdalenae Miller 1953
 * Genus Opisthocomus Illiger 1811
 * Opisthocomus hoazin (Müller 1776) Illiger 1811 (hoatzins)

Gruiformes

 * Family †Parvigruidae Mayr 2005
 * Genus †Parvigrus Mayr 2005
 * †Parvigrus pohli Mayr 2005
 * Genus †Rupelrallus Fischer 1997
 * †Rupelrallus belgicus Mayr 2012
 * †Rupelrallus saxoniensis Fischer 1997
 * Family †Songziidae Hou 1990
 * Genus †Songzia Hou 1990
 * †Songzia heidangkouensis Hou 1990
 * †Songzia acutunguis Wang et al. 2012

Suborder Grui

 * Super family †Ergilornithioidea
 * Family †Eogruidae Wetmore 1934
 * Genus †Sonogrus Kuročkin 1981
 * †Sonogrus gregalis Kuročkin 1981
 * Genus †Eogrus Wetmore 1932 [Progrus Bendukidze 1971 ]
 * †Eogrus aeola Wetmore 1932
 * †Eogrus crudus Kuročkin 1981
 * †Eogrus turanicus (Bendukidze 1971) [Progrus turanicus Bendukidze 1971 ]
 * †Eogrus wetmorei Brodkorb 1967
 * Family †Ergilornithidae
 * Genus †Ergilornis Kozlova 1960
 * †Ergilornis rapidus Kozlova 1960
 * †Ergilornis minor (Kozlova 1960) [Proergilornis minor Kozlova 1960 ]
 * Genus †Amphipelargus Lydekker 1891 [Urmiornis Mecquenem 1908 ]
 * †Amphipelargus brodkorbi (Karkhu 1997) [Urmiornis brodkorbi Karkhu 1997 ]
 * †Amphipelargus majori Lydekker 1891 [Amphipelargus maraghanus (Mecquenem 1925) Kuročkin 1985 ; Urmiornis maraghanus Mecquenem 1925 ]; treated as ciconiid by Louchart et al. 2005]
 * †Amphipelargus dzabghanensis Kuročkin 1985
 * †Amphipelargus cracrafti (Harrison & Walker 1982) Kuročkin 1985 [Urmiornis cracrafti Harrison & Walker 1982 ]
 * †Amphipelargus ukrainus (Kuročkin 1981) Kuročkin 1985 [Urmiornis ukrainus Kuročkin 1981 ]
 * †Amphipelargus orientalis (Kuročkin 1981) Kuročkin 1985 [Urmiornis orientalis Kuročkin 1981 ]
 * Super family Gruoidea Vigors 1825
 * Family Psophiidae Bonaparte 1831 [Psophiinae Gray 1840 ] (trumpeters)
 * Genus Psophia Linnaeus 1758
 * Family Aramidae Bonaparte 1854 (limpkins
 * Genus †Badistornis Wetmore 1940
 * †Badistornis aramus Wetmore 1940
 * Genus Aramus Vieillot 1816 [Courlili Buffon 1781 ; Notherodius Wagler 1827 ] (limpkins)
 * Family Gruidae Vigors 1825 sensu Livezey 1998 [Anthropoideae Bonaparte 1857 ; Megalornithidae Richmond 1917 ] (Cranes)
 * Genus †Camusia Seguí 2002
 * †Camusia quintanai Seguí 2002
 * Sub family Balearicinae Brasil 1913 (crowned cranes
 * Genus †Aramornis Wetmore 1926
 * †Aramornis longurio Wetmore 1926
 * †Aramornis robalearica
 * †Aramornis crataegensis (Brodkorb)
 * Genus †Geranopsis Lydekker 1891
 * †Geranopsis hastingsiae Lydekker 1891
 * Genus †Eobalearica Gureev 1949
 * †Eobalearica tugarinovi Gureev 1949
 * Genus Balearica Brisson 1760 [Geranarchus Gloger 1842 ] (crowned cranes)
 * Sub family Gruinae Vigors 1825
 * †"Grus" conferta Miller & Sibley 1942 [ Olson & Rasmussen 2001 ]
 * †"Probalearica" mongolica Kurochkin 1985
 * Genus †Palaeogrus Portis 1885 [Palaeogrus Salvadori 1884 nomen nudum ; Ornitocnemus Zigno 1875 ]
 * †Palaeogrus princeps Portis 1885 [Ornitocnemus robustus (sic) Zigno 1875 nomen nudum ; Grus princeps (Portis 1885) Lydekker 1891a ]
 * †Palaeogrus hordwelliensis (Lydekker 1891) Lambrecht 1933 [Grus hordwellianus Lydekker 1891 ; Ornitocnemus hordwelliensis (Lydekker 1891) Brodkorb 1967 ]
 * †Palaeogrus mainburgensis Göhlich 2003
 * Genus Grus Brisson 1760 non Moehring 1758 rej. work [Anthropoides Vieillot 1816 ; Bugeranus Gloger 1841 ; Megalornis Gray 1841 non Seeley 1866 non Owen 1843 ; Leucogeranus Bonaparte 1855 ; Antigone Reichenbach 1853 ; Mathewsena Iredale 1914 ; Limnogeranus Sharpe 1893 ; Laomedontia Reichenbach 1852 ; Philorchemon Gloger 1842 ; Scops Gray 1840 non Moehring 1758 rej. work non Bruennich 1772 Savigny 1809 ] (cranes)

Suborder Ralli

 * Family Heliornithidae Gray 1841 (finfoots/sungrebes)
 * Genus Heliopais Sharpe 1893 (Asian/masked finfoots)
 * Genus Podica Lesson 1831 [Rhigelura Wagler 1832 ; Podoa Bonaparte 1857 non Illiger 1811 ] (African finfoots)
 * Genus Heliornis Bonnaterre 1791 [Podoa Illiger 1811 non Bonaparte 1857 ; Plotoides Brookes 1830 ] (American finfoot)
 * Family Sarothruridae
 * Genus Rallicula Schlegel 1871 [Corethruropsis Salvadori 1876 ] (forest-rails)
 * Genus Canirallus Bonaparte 1856 [Mentocrex Peters 1933 ] (pale-throated/wood rails)
 * Genus Sarothrura Heine 1890 non Hasselt 1823 [Corethrura Reichenbach 1849 non Hope 1843 non Gray 1846 ; Daseioura Penhallurick 2003 ] (flufftails)
 * Family Rallidae Rafinesque 1815 [Crecinae Olphe-Galliard 1884-91 ; Gallinuleae Bonaparte 1853 ; Gallinulinae Gray 1840 ; Himanthornithinae Gray 1871 ; Ocydrominae Bonaparte 1853 ; Ortygometridae Sharpe 1891 ; Porphyriinae Verheyen 1957 ; Tribonicinae Bonaparte 1856 ; Zaporniinae Des Murs 1860 ]

Basal Charadriiformes

 * †"Charadrius" sheppardianus Cope 1881
 * Genus †Morsoravis Bertelli et al. 2010
 * †Morsoravis sedilis Bertelli et al. 2010
 * Genus †Pumiliornis Mayr 1999
 * †Pumiliornis tessellatus Mayr 1999
 * Genus †Scandiavis Bertelli et al. 2013
 * †Scandiavis mikkelseni Bertelli et al. 2013
 * Genus †Sternalara De Pietri et al. 2011
 * †Sternalara milneedwardsi De Pietri et al. 2011
 * †Sternalara minuta De Pietri et al. 2011
 * †"Totanus" teruelensisi [scolopacid? larid]
 * Family †Abdounornithidae
 * Genus †Abdounornis nomen nudum
 * †Abdounornis marinus nomen nudum
 * Family †Laricolidae de Pietri et al. 2011
 * Genus †Laricola Mlíkovský 2002
 * †Laricola desnoyersii (Milne-Edwards 1863) Mlíkovský 2002 [Larus desnoyersii Milne-Edwards 1863 ]
 * †Laricola elegans (Milne-Edwards 1868) Mlíkovský 2002 [Larus elegans Milne-Edwards 1868 ]
 * †Laricola intermedia De Pietri et al. 2011
 * †Laricola robusta De Pietri et al. 2011
 * †Laricola totanoides (Milne-Edwards 1868) Mlíkovský 2002 [Larus totanoides Milne-Edwards 1868 ]
 * Family †Scaniornithidae Lambrecht 1933
 * Genus †Scaniornis Dames 1890
 * †Scaniornis lundgreni Dames 1890
 * Family †Cimolopterygidae Brodkorb 1963
 * Genus †Ceramornis Brodkorb 1963
 * †Ceramornis major Brodkorb 1963
 * Genus †Lamarqueavis Agnolin 2010
 * †Lamarqueavis australis Agnolin 2010
 * †Lamarqueavis minima (Brodkorb 1963) Agnolin 2010 [Cimolopteryx minima Brodkorb 1963 ]
 * †Lamarqueavis petra (Hope 2002) Agnolin 2010 [Cimolopteryx petra Hope 2002 ]
 * Genus †Cimolopteryx Marsh 1892 [Cimolopteryx Marsh 1889 nomen nudum ]
 * †Cimolopteryx rara Marsh 1892 sensu Hay 1902 [Cimolopetryx rara Marsh 1889 (nomen nudum) ; Timolopteryx ogiluie (sic) Grant 1912 ]
 * †Cimolopteryx maxima Brodkorb 1963
 * Family †Dakotornithidae Erickson 1975 [Graculavinae Fürbringer 1888 ; Graculavidae (Fürbringer 1888) ; Telmatornithidae Cracraft 1972 ]
 * Genus †Volgavis Nesov & Jarkow 1989 sensu Kuročkin 2000
 * †Volgavis marina Nesov & Jarkow 1989 sensu Kuročkin 2000
 * Genus †Zhylgaia Nesov 1988
 * †Zhylgaia aestiflua Nesov 1988
 * Genus †Dakotornis Erickson 1975
 * †Dakotornis cooperi Erickson 1975
 * Genus †Telmatornis Marsh 1870
 * †Telmatornis priscus Marsh 1870 [Telmatornis affinis Marsh 1870 ; Graculavus pumilis Marsh 1872 ; Palaeotringa vetus Marsh 1870 ]
 * Genus †Limosavis Shufeldt 1915 [Graculavus Marsh 1872 non Marsh 1873 ]
 * †Limosavis velox (Marsh 1872) Shufeldt 1915 sensu Lambrecht 1933 [Graculavus velox Marsh 1872 ]
 * †Limosavis augustus (Hope 1999) [Graculavus augustus Hope 1999 ]
 * Genus †Palaeotringa Marsh 1870 [Palaeotringinae Wetmore 1940 ]
 * †Palaeotringa littoralis Marsh 1870
 * †Palaeotringa vagans Marsh 1872

Suborder Charadrii

 * Infraorder Chionida [Chionidi; Chionoidea]
 * Genus †Chionoides De Pietri et al. 2016
 * †Chionoides australiensis De Pietri et al. 2016
 * Genus †Neilus De Pietri et al. 2016
 * †Neilus sansomae De Pietri et al. 2016
 * Family Chionididae (Sheathbills)
 * Family Pluvianellidae (Magellanic plovers)
 * Family Burhinidae (thick-knees & Stone-curlews)
 * Infraorder Charadriida
 * Super family Pluvianoidea
 * Family Pluvianidae (Egyptian plovers)
 * Super family Haematopodoidea
 * Family Pluvialidae (Golden plovers)
 * Family Haematopodidae (Oystercatchers)
 * Family Ibidorhynchidae (Ibisbills)
 * Family Recurvirostridae (Avosets & stilts)
 * Super family Charadrioidea
 * Family Charadriidae (Leach) Vigors 1825 (plovers)

Suborder Scolopaci

 * Infraorder Jacanida
 * Super family Thinocoroidea
 * Family Pedionomidae [Pedionomae] (Collared hemipodes, plains-wanderers)
 * Family Thinocoridae (Seedsnipes)
 * Super family Jacanoidea [Parrae]
 * Family Rostratulidae (Painted-snipes)
 * Family Jacanidae (Jacanas)
 * Infraorder Scolopacida
 * Family Scolopacidae

Suborder Lari

 * Infraorder Turnicida [Turniciformes; Turnicomorphae Huxley 1868 ; Turnici] (Buttonquails)
 * Family Turnicidae Gray 1840
 * Infraorder Larida
 * Super family Glareoloidea
 * Family Dromadidae (Crab-plovers)
 * Family Glareolidae (Pratincoles & coursers)
 * Super family Alcoidea
 * Family Stercorariidae (Skuas)
 * Family Alcidae
 * Super family Laroidea
 * Family Laridae

Phaethontiformes

 * Family †Prophaethontidae Harrison & Walker 1976
 * Genus †Prophaethon  Andrews 1899
 * †Prophaethon shrubsolei Andrews 1899
 * Genus †Lithoptila Bourdon, Bouya & Iarochène 2005
 * †Lithoptila abdounensis Bourdon, Bouya & Iarochène 2005
 * Family Phaethontidae Brandt 1831 [Phaetonidae Bonaparte 1853 ]
 * Genus †Proplegadis Harrison & Walker 1971
 * †Proplegadis fisheri Harrison & Walker 1971
 * Genus †Phaethusavis Bourdon, Amaghzaz & Bouya 2008
 * †Phaethusavis pelagicus Bourdon, Amaghzaz & Bouya 2008
 * Genus †Heliadornis Olson 1985
 * †Heliadornis ashbyi Olson 1985
 * †Heliadornis minor Kessler 2009
 * †Heliadornis paratethydicus Mlíkovský 1997
 * Genus Phaethon Linnaeus 1758 [Leptophaethon Mathews 1913 ; Lepturus Moehring 1752 nom rej. ; Lepturus Brisson 1760 non R.Br. ; Scaeophaethon Mathews 1913 ; Phoenicurus Bonaparte 1855 non Forster 1817 ; Tropicophilus Stephens 1826 ] (tropicbirds)
 * Phaethon aethereus Linnaeus 1758 (Red-billed/short-tailed Tropicbird)
 * P. a. indicus Hume 1876 (lesser/Arabian red-billed tropicbird)
 * P. a. aethereus Linnaeus 1758
 * P. a. mesonauta Peters 1930
 * Phaethon rubricauda Boddaert 1783 (Red-tailed Tropicbird; silver bosunbird)
 * P. r. rubricauda Boddaert 1783
 * P. r. westralis Mathews 1912
 * P. r. roseotinctus (Mathews 1926)
 * P. r. melanorhynchos Gmelin 1789
 * Phaethon lepturus Daudin 1802 (White-tailed/long-tailed/yellow-billed Tropicbird)
 * P. l. catesbyi von Brandt 1838
 * P. l. ascensionis (Mathews 1915) (Ascension white-tailed tropicbird)
 * P. l. lepturus Daudin 1802 (Indian Ocean white-tailed tropicbird)
 * P. l. europae Le Corre & Jouventin 1999 (Europa white-tailed tropicbird)
 * P. l. fulvus von Brandt 1838 (Christmas Island/golden white-tailed tropicbird)
 * P. l. dorotheae Mathews 1913 (Pacific white-tailed tropicbird)

Eurypygiformes

 * Super family Rhynochetoidea Sharpe 1891 [Rhynocheti]
 * Family Rhynochetidae Carus 1868 (Kagus)
 * Genus Rhynochetos Verreaux & Des Murs 1860
 * †Rhynochetos orarius Balouet & Olson 1989 (Lowland Kagus)
 * Rhynochetos jubatus Verreaux & Des Murs 1860 (Kagus)
 * Family †Aptornithidae'' Bonaparte 1856 [Apterornithidae (sic) Mantell 1848 ]
 * Genus †Aptornis Owen 1848 [Apterornis (sic) Owen 1848 ] (Adzebills)
 * †Aptornis proasciarostratus Worthy, Tennyson & Scofield 2011
 * †Aptornis oditiformis (Owen 1844) Holdaway et al. 2001 [Dinornis otidiformis Owen 1843 nomen nudum ; Dinornis otidiformis Owen 1844 ] (North Island adzebill)
 * †Aptornis defossor Owen 1871 [Aptornis bulleri Owen ] (South Island adzebill)
 * Super family Eurypygoidea Selby 1840 [Eurypygae Fürbringer 1888 ]
 * Family Eurypygidae Selby 1840
 * Genus †Eoeurypyga Weidig 2003 nomen nudum
 * †Eoeurypyga olsoni Weidig 2003 nomen nudum
 * Genus Eurypyga Illiger 1811 [Helias Vieillot 1816 non Fabricius 1807 ; Helias Rafinesque 1815 nomen nudum ] (Sunbitterns)
 * Eurypyga helias (Pallas 1781) Illiger 1811
 * E. h. helias (Pallas 1781) (Amazonian sunbittern)
 * E. h. major Hartlaub 1844 (Northern/greater sunbittern)
 * E. h. meridionalis von Berlepsch & Stolzmann 1902 (Foothill sunbittern)
 * Family †Messelornithidae Hesse 1988
 * Genus †Pellornis Bertelli, Chiappe & Mayr 2011
 * †Pellornis mikkelseni Bertelli, Chiappe & Mayr 2011
 * Genus †Itardiornis Mourer-Chauviré 1995
 * †Itardiornis hessae Mourer-Chauviré 1995
 * Genus †Messelornis Hesse 1988
 * †Messelornis russelli Mourer-Chauviré 1995 [Messelornis russelli Mayr 2007 ]
 * †Messelornis nearctica Hesse 1992
 * †Messelornis cristata Hesse 1988

Gaviiformes

 * Family Gaviidae Allen 1897 [Colymbidae Vigors 1825 ; Urinatores Vieillot 1818 ; Urinatoridae Vieillot 1818 ; Urinatorides Vieillot 1818 ] (Loons)
 * Genus †Colymbiculus Mayr & Zvonok 2011
 * †Colymbiculus udovinchenkoi Mayr & Zvonok 2011
 * Subfamily †Gaviellinae Allen Wetmore 1940
 * Genus †Gaviella Wetmore 1940
 * †Gaviella pusilla (Shufeldt 1915) Wetmore 1940
 * Subfamily †Colymboidinae Brodkorb 1963
 * Genus †Colymboides Milne-Edwards 1867 [Dyspetornis Oberholser 1905 ; Hydrornis Milne-Edwards 1867 non Blyth 1843 ; Davisona Mathews 1935 ; Megagallinula Kuročkin 1968 ]
 * †Colymboides harundinea (Kuročkin 1968) [Megagallinula harundinea Kuročkin 1968 ]
 * †Colymboides metzleri Mayr 2004
 * †Colymboides anglicus Lydekker 1891a
 * †Colymboides belgicus Mayr & Smith 2002
 * †Colymboides minutus Milne-Edwards 1867 [Hydrornis natator (Milne-Edwards 1867) Milne-Edwards 1867b ; Dyspetornis natator (Milne-Edwards 1867b) Oberholser 1905 ]
 * Subfamily Gaviinae Allen Wetmore 1940 [Colymbinae Bonaparte 1831 ]
 * Genus Gavia Forster 1788 [Gavia Moehring 1758 nom rej. non Gloger 1842 non Oken 1816 ; Mergus Brisson 1760 non Linnaeus 1758 ; Eudytes Illiger 1811 ; Colymbus Linnaeus 1758 non Linnaeus 1766 non Paetel 1875 non Hadding 1913 ; Urinator Lacépède 1799 ] (loons)
 * †Gavia portisi (Regalia 1902) [Colymbus portisi Regalia 1902 ]
 * †Gavia egeriana Švec 1982
 * †Gavia brodkorbi Howard 1978
 * †Gavia paradoxa Umanskaja 1981
 * †Gavia moldavica Kessler 1984
 * Clade
 * †Gavia schultzi Mlíkovsky 1998
 * †Gavia howardae Brodkorb 1953c
 * Gavia stellata (Pontoppidan 1763) (Red-throated loon)
 * Clade Black-headed lineage
 * †Gavia fortis Olson & Rasmussen 2001
 * Gavia immer (Brunnich 1764) (American common loon; great Northern diver)
 * Gavia adamsii (Gray 1859) (Yellow-billed loon)
 * Clade Black-throated lineage
 * †Gavia concinna Wetmore 1940 [Gavia palaeodytes Wetmore 1943 ]
 * Gavia pacifica (Lawrence 1858) (Pacific loon)
 * Gavia arctica (Linnaeus 1758) (Arctic loon, Eurasian common loon)
 * G. a. arctica Linnaeus 1758) (Black-throated loon)
 * G. a. viridigularis Dwight 1918 (Green-throated loon)

Basal Pelecaniformes

 * Genus †Piscator Harrison & Walker 1976
 * †Piscator tenuirostris Harrison & Walker 1976
 * Genus †Prophalacrocorax Harrison 1975
 * †Prophalacrocorax ronzoni (Gervais 1849) Harrison 1975 [Sula ronzoni (Gervais 1849) Milne-Edwards 1867 ; Mergus ronzoni Gervais 1849 ]
 * Family †Cladornithidae Wetmore 1930 [Cladornidae Ameghino 1895 ; Cladornithes Wetmore 1960 ]
 * Genus †Cladornis Ameghino 1895
 * †Cladornis pachypus Ameghino 1895

Suborder Ciconiae

 * Family Ciconiidae Sundevall 1836 [Anastomidae Bonaparte 1849 ; Melanopelargidae Poche 1904 ; Tantalidae Bonaparte 1831 ] (storks)

Suborder Sulae

 * Infraorder Fregati Sharpe 1891 [Fregatea (Sharpe 1891) ]
 * Family Fregatidae Degland & Gerbe 1867 [Atagenidae Gray 1871 ; Attagenidae Jerdon 1862 ; Tachypetidae Brandt 1839 ] (Frigate birds
 * Infraorder Sulida Sibley & Ahlquist 1990 [Suloidea Reichenbach 1849 sensu Cracraft 1985 ]
 * Family †Protoplotidae van Tets et al. 1989
 * Genus †Protoplotus beauforti Lambrecht 1931
 * Super family Suloidea Reichenbach 1849
 * Family Sulidae (Reichenbach 1849) [Enkurosulidae Kashin 1977 ; Pseudosulidae Harrison 1975 ; Halieidae Sundevall 1836 ; Sularinae Reichenbach 1849 ; Sulinae Bonaparte 1853 ] (Boobies, Gannets)
 * Super family Phalacorcoracoidea Bonaparte 1853 sensu Mathews 1919
 * Family Anhingidae Ridgeway 1887 [Anhingas Lesson 1831 ; Ptynginae Poche 1904 ; Plotinae Bonaparte 1831 ] (Anhingas, snakebirds)
 * Family †Plotopteridae Howard 1969 [Plottidae Rafinesque 1815 ; Plotinae Bonaparte 1831 ]
 * Family Phalacrocoracidae (Bonaparte 1854) [Carbonidae Brandt 1839 ; Graculinae Jerdon 1862 ; Leucocarboninae Siegel-Causey 1988 ; Phalacrocoracinae Reichenbach 1849 ; Phalacrocoracinae Bonaparte 1854 ; Phalaeroeoraeeae Bonaparte 1853 ] (Cormorants & shags)

Suborder Pelecanimorphae

 * Family †Xenerodiopidae Rasmussen 1987
 * Genus †Xenerodiopus Rasmussen, Olson & Simons 1987
 * †Xenerodiopus mycter Rasmussen, Olson & Simons 1987
 * Infraorder Threskiornithes [‘Plataleiformes’ Newton 1884 ; Plataleae Newton 1884 ; Ibides Coues 1884 ]
 * Family Threskiornithidae Poche 1904 [Ibididae Coues 1884 ; Plegadidae Mathews 1913 ; Plataleidae Bonaparte 1853 ] (Ibises, spoonbills)
 * Infraorder Pelecani [‘Pelecaniformes’ Sharpe 1891 ]
 * Family Balaenicipitidae (Bonaparte 1853) Sclater 1924) [Balaenicepinae Bonaparte 1853 ] (shoebills)
 * Family Scopidae Bonaparte 1849 [Scopinae Bonaparte 1853 ] (Hammerkops)
 * Family Pelecanidae Rafinesque 1815 [Dysporidae Sundevall 1836 ; Pelecanea Rafinesque 1815 ; Pelecani]
 * Infraorder Ardeae Wagler 1830 [‘Ardeiformes’ (Wagler 1830) Gadow 1892 ; Herodiones Bonaparte 1853 ; Herodii Cope 1889 ]
 * Family Ardeidae Leach 1820 [Cochleariidae Ridgway 1887 ; Cancromidae Bonaparte 1853 ] (herons)

Strigiformes

 * Family †Heterostrigidae Kuročkin & Dyke 2011
 * Genus †Heterostrix Kuročkin & Dyke 2011
 * †Heterostrix tatsinensis Kuročkin & Dyke 2011
 * Family †Protostrigidae Wetmore 1933
 * Genus †Aurorornis Panteleyev 2011 [Aurorornis Panteleyev 1999 nomen nudum ]
 * †Aurorornis taurica Panteleyev 2011 [Aurorornis taurica Panteleyev 1999 nomen nudum ]
 * Genus †Oligostrix Fischer 1983
 * †Oligostrix rupeliensis Fischer 1983
 * †Oligostrix bergeri De Pietri et al. 2013
 * Genus †Minerva Shufeldt 1915 [Protostrix Wetmore 1933 ]
 * †Minerva antiqua (Shufeldt 1913) [Aquila antiqua Shufeldt 1913 ; Aquila ferox Shufeldt 1913 ; Protostrix antiqua (Shufeldt 1913) ]
 * †Minerva californiensis (Howard 1965) [Protostrix californiensis Howard 1965 ]
 * †Minerva leptosteus (Marsh 1871) [Bubo leptosteus Marsh 1871 ; Protostrix leptosteus (Marsh 1871) ]
 * †Minerva lydekkeri (Shufeldt 1913) [Aquila lydekkeri; Protostrix lydekkeri Shufeldt 1913 ]
 * †Minerva saurodosis (Wetmore 1921) [Protostrix saurodosis Wetmore 1921 ]
 * Genus †Eostrix Brodkorb 1971
 * †Eostrix gulottai Mayr 2016
 * †Eostrix martinellii Martin & Black 1972
 * †Eostrix mimica (Wetmore 1938) [Protostrix mimica Wetmore 1938 ]
 * †Eostrix tsaganica Kuročkin & Dyke 2011
 * †Eostrix vincenti Harrison 1980
 * Family †Ogygoptyngidae Rich & Bohaska 1981
 * Genus †Ogygoptynx Rich & Bohaska 1976
 * †Ogygoptynx wetmorei Rich & Bohaska 1976
 * Family †Palaeoglaugidae Mourer-Chauviré 1987
 * Genus †Palaeoglaux Mourer-Chauviré 1987
 * †Palaeoglaux artophoron Peters 1992
 * †Palaeoglaux perrierensis Mourer-Chauviré 1987
 * Family †Sophiornithidae Mourer-Chauviré 1987
 * Genus †Berruornis Mourer-Chauviré 1994
 * †Berruornis halbedeli Mayr 2007
 * †Berruornis orbisantiqui Mourer-Chauviré 1994
 * Genus †Sophiornis Mourer-Chauviré 1987
 * †Sophiornis quercynus Mourer-Chauviré 1987
 * Genus †Palaeobyas Mourer-Chauviré 1987
 * †Palaeobyas cracrafti Mourer-Chauviré 1987
 * Genus †Palaeotyto Mourer-Chauviré 1987
 * †Palaeotyto cadurcensis Mourer-Chauviré 1987
 * Family Tytonidae Mathews 1912 (barn owls)
 * Genus †Miotyto Göhlich & Ballmann 2013
 * †Miotyto montispetrosi Göhlich & Ballmann 2013
 * Sub family †Selenornithinae Mourer-Chauviré 1987
 * Genus †Selenornis Mourer-Chauviré 1987
 * †Selenornis henrici (Milne-Edwards 1892) [Asio henrici (Milne-Edwards 1892) ; Otus henrici Milne-Edwards 1892 ]
 * †Selenornis steendorpensis Mayr 2009
 * Sub family †Necrobyinae Mourer-Chauviré & Cécile 1987
 * Genus †Nocturnavis Mourer-Chauviré 1987
 * †Nocturnavis incerta (Milne-Edwards 1892) Mourer-Chauviré 1987 [Bubo incertus Milne-Edwards 1892 ]
 * Genus †Necrobyas Milne-Edwards 1892 [Paratyto Brodkorb 1970 ]
 * †Necrobyas arvernensis (Milne-Edwards 1863) Mourer-Chauviré 1987 [Bubo arvernensis Milne-Edwards 1863 ; Necrobyas edwardsi Gaillard 1939 ; Paratyto arvernensis (Milne-Edwards 1863) Brodkorb 1970 ]
 * †Necrobyas harpax Milne-Edwards 1892 [Necrobyas rossignoli Milne Edwards 1892 ]
 * Sub family Phodilinae (Barn & Bay owls)
 * Genus Phodilus Saint-Hilaire 1830
 * Sub family Tytoninae
 * Genus †Prosybris Brodkorb 1970
 * †Prosybris medius (Mourer-Chauviré 1987) Mlíkovský 1998c [Necrobyas medius Mourer-Chauviré 1987 ]
 * †Prosybris antiqua (Milne-Edwards 1869) Brodkorb 1970 [Strix antiqua Milne-Edwards 1863 nomen nudum ; Strix antiqua Milne-Edwards 1869 ; Tyto antiqua; Necrobyas minimus Mourer-Chauviré 1987 ]
 * Genus Tyto Billberg 1828 [Aluco Fleming 1822 non Link 1807 ; Dactylostrix Kaup 1852 ; Eustrinx Webb, Berthelot & Moquin-Tandon 1841 ; Flammea Fournel 1836 ; Glaucostrix Gray 1855 ; Glaux Blyth 1851 non Rylands 1836 ; Glyphidiura Reichenbach 1850 ; Hybris Nitzsch 1833 ; Megastrix Kaup 1848 ; Scelostrix Kaup 1852 ; Stridula Selys-Longchamps 1842 ; Strigymnhemipus Des Murs 1852 ; Strix Savigny 1809 non Linnaeus 1758 ; Ulula Nitzsch 1829 non Cuvier 1816 ; Heliodilus Milne-Edwards 1878 ] (grass owls)
 * Family Strigidae Leach 1820
 * Sub family Ninoxinae Marks et al. 1999 (hawk-owls)
 * Sub family Surniinae Bonaparte 1838 (Owlets & Pygmy owls)
 * Sub family Striginae
 * Tribe Otini Bonaparte 1854 (Scops owls)
 * Tribe Asionini Vigors 1825 (Eared owls)
 * Tribe Megascopini Wink et al. 2008 (Screech owls)
 * Tribe Pulsatricini Wink et al. 2008
 * Tribe Strigini Leach 1820 (Wood owls)
 * Tribe Bubonini Vigors 1825 (Eagle owls)

Coliiformes

 * Genus †Botauroides Shufeldt 1915 [a primobucconid sensu Feduccia 1996]
 * †Botauroides parvus Shufeldt 1915
 * Genus †Eobucco Feduccia & Martin 1976 [a sandcoleid sensu Houde & Olson 1992 & Feduccia 1996]
 * †Eobucco brodkorbi Feduccia & Martin 1976
 * Genus †Eocolius Dyke & Waterhouse 2001
 * †Eocolius walkeri Dyke & Waterhouse 2001
 * Genus †Limnatornis Milne-Edwards 1871 [Palaeopicus Lambrecht 1933 nomen nudum ; Palaeopicus Brodkorb 1952 ]
 * †Limnatornis consobrinus (Milne-Edwards 1871) [Picus consobrinus Milne-Edwards 1871 ; Palaeopicus consobrinus (Milne-Edwards 1871) Lambrecht 1933 nomen nudum ; Urocolius consobrinus (Milne-Edwards 1871) ]
 * †Limnatornis paludicola Milne-Edwards 1871 [Colius paludicola (Milne-Edwards 1871) Ballmann 1969a ; Urocolius paludicola (Milne-Edwards 1871) ]
 * †Limnatornis archiaci (Milne-Edwards 1871) [Picus archiaci Milne-Edwards 1871 ; Colius archiaci (Milne-Edwards 1871) Ballmann 1969a ; Urocolius archiaci (Milne-Edwards 1871) Mlíkovský 2002 ]
 * Genus †Uintornis Marsh 1872 [a sandcoleid sensu Houde & Olson 1992]
 * †Uintornis lucaris Brodkorb 1971
 * †Uintornis marionae Feduccia & Martin 1976
 * Family †Chascacocoliidae Zelenkov & Dyke 2008
 * Genus †Chascacocolius Houde & Olson 1992
 * †Chascacocolius oscitans Houde & Olson 1992
 * †Chascacocolius cacicirostris Mayr 2005
 * Family †Palaeospizidae Wetmore 1925
 * Genus †Palaeospiza Allen 1878
 * †Palaeospiza bella Allen 1878
 * Family †Sandcoleidae Houde & Olson 1992 sensu Mayr & Mourer-Chauviré 2004
 * Genus †Sandcoleus Houde & Olson 1992
 * †Sandcoleus copiosus Houde & Olson 1992
 * Genus †Anneavis Houde & Olson 1992
 * †Anneavis anneae Houde & Olson 1992
 * Genus †Eoglaucidium Fischer 1987
 * †Eoglaucidium pallas Fischer 1987
 * Family †Selmeidae Zelenkov & Dyke 2008
 * Genus †Selmes Peters 1999 [Selmes Mayr 1998 nomen nudum ]
 * †Selmes absurdipes Peters 1999 [Selmes absurdipes Mayr 1998 nomen nudum ]
 * Family Coliidae Swainson 1837 sensu Mayr & Mourer-Chauviré 2004 (mousebirds)
 * Genus †Celericolius Ksepka & Clarke 2010
 * †Celericolius acriala Ksepka & Clarke 2010
 * Genus †Masillacolius Mayr & Peters 1998
 * †Masillacolius brevidactylus Mayr & Peters 1998
 * Genus †Primocolius Mourer-Chauviré 1988
 * †Primocolius sigei Mourer-Chauviré 1988
 * †Primocolius minor Mourer-Chauviré 1988
 * Genus †Oligocolius Mayr 2000
 * †Oligocolius brevitarsus Mayr 2000
 * †Oligocolius psittacocephalon Mayr 2013
 * Sub family Coliinae [Coliidae Swainson 1837 sensu stricto ; Urocoliinae] (Recent mousebirds)
 * Genus Urocolius Bonaparte 1854 (long-tailed mousebirds)
 * Urocolius indicus (Latham 1790) (Red-faced mousebird)
 * U. i. indicus (Latham 1790)
 * U. i. lacteifrons (Sharpe 1892) (Damaraland red-faced mousebird)
 * U. i. mossambicus (Reichenow 1896) (Mozambique red-faced mousebird)
 * U. i. pallidus (Reichenow 1896) (Rovuma red-faced mousebird)
 * U. i. transvaalensis Roberts 1922
 * Urocolius macrourus (Linnaeus 1766) (Blue-naped mousebird)
 * U. m. abyssiniacus Schifer 1975
 * U. m. griseogularis Someren 1919 (Kivu blue-naped mousebird)
 * U. m. laeneni (Niethammar 1955)
 * U. m. macrourus (Linnaeus 1766)
 * U. m. massaicus Schifter 1975
 * U. m. pulcher (Neumann 1900) (Ugandan blue-naped mousebird)
 * Genus Colius Brisson 1760 [Necrornis Milne-Edwards 1871 ]
 * †Colius hendeyi Vickers-Rich & Haarhoff 1985
 * †Colius palustris (Milne-Edwards 1871) Ballmann 1969 [Necrornis palustris Milne-Edwards 1871 ]
 * Colius castanotus Verreaux & Verreaux 1855 (Red-backed mousebird)
 * Colius colius (Linnaeus 1766) (White-backed mousebird)
 * C. c. damarensis Reichenow 1899
 * C. c. colius (Linnaeus 1766)
 * Colius leucocephalus Reichenow 1879 (White-headed mousebird)
 * C. l. leucocephalus Reichenow 1879
 * C. l. turneri Someren 1919 (Northern Guaso white-headed mousebird)
 * Colius striatus Gmelin 1789 (Speckled/striated/bar-breasted mousebird)
 * C. s. nigricollis subspecies-group (western speckled mousebird)
 * C. s. leucophthalmus Chapin 1921 (Uele speckled mousebird)
 * C. s. nigricollis Vieillot 1817 (Western Speckled mousebird)
 * C. s. striatus subspecies-group (southern speckled mousebird)
 * C. s. integralis Clancey 1956
 * C. s. minor Cabanis 1876 (Natal speckled mousebird)
 * C. s. rhodesiae Grant & Mackworth-Praed 1938
 * C. s. simulans Clancey 1979
 * C. s. striatus Gmelin 1789 (Southern/South African Speckled mousebird)
 * C. s. leucotis subspecies-group (Eastern Speckled mousebird)
 * C. s. affinis Shelley 1885 (East Coast speckled mousebird)
 * C. s. berlepschi Hartert 1899 (Berlepsch's speckled mousebird)
 * C. s. cinerascens Neumann 1900
 * C. s. congicus Reichenow 1923
 * C. s. hilgerti Zedlitz 1910 (Somaliland speckled mousebird)
 * C. s. jebelensis Mearns 1915 (Upper Nile speckled mousebird)
 * C. s. kikuyensis Someren 1919 (Uganda speckled mousebird)
 * C. s. kiwuensis Reichenow 1908 (Lake Kivu speckled mousebird)
 * C. s. leucotis Ruppell 1839 (Abyssinian/Eastern Speckled mousebird)
 * C. s. mombassicus Someren 1919

Leptosomiformes

 * Family Leptosomidae Blyth 1838
 * Genus †Plesiocathartes Gaillard 1908
 * †Plesiocathartes europaeus Gaillard 1908
 * †Plesiocathartes gaillardia Crusafont & de Villalta 1955
 * †Plesiocathartes wyomingensis Weidig 2006
 * †Plesiocathartes major Weidig 2006
 * †Plesiocathartes geiselensis Mayr 2002
 * †Plesiocathartes kelleri Mayr 2002
 * Genus Leptosomus discolor (Hermann 1783) Vieillot 1816 (Cuckoo rollers)
 * †Leptosomus elongatus Marck 1868
 * †Leptosomus guestphalicus Marck 1863
 * †Leptosomus macrourus Pictet & Humbert 1850
 * †Leptosomus minima Agassiz 1839
 * Leptosomus discolor (Hermann 1783) Vieillot 1816 (Cuckoo rollers)
 * L. d. discolor (Hermann 1783) (Madagascar cuckoo roller)
 * L. d. gracilis Milne-Edwards & Oustalet 1885 (Grand Comoro cuckoo roller)
 * L. d. intermedius Hartert & Neumann 1924 (Anjouan cuckoo roller)

Psittaciformes

 * Genus †Avolatavis Ksepka & Clarke 2012
 * †Avolatavis tenens Ksepka & Clarke 2012
 * Genus †Namapsitta Mourer-Chauviré, Pickford & Senut 2015
 * †Namapsitta praeruptorum Mourer-Chauviré, Pickford & Senut 2015
 * Genus †Palaeopsittacus Harrison 1982b
 * †Palaeopsittacus georgei Harrison 1982b [Poicephalus georgei]
 * Genus †Serudaptus Mayr 2000
 * †Serudaptus pohli Mayr 2000
 * Genus †Pulchrapollia Dyke & Cooper 2000 (beautiful parrot)
 * †Pulchrapollia gracilis Dyke & Cooper 2000
 * †Pulchrapollia olsoni (Feduccia & Martin 1976) [Primobucco olsoni Feduccia & Martin 1976 ]
 * Genus †Psittacopes Mayr & Daniels 1998
 * †Psittacopes lepidus Mayr & Daniels 1998
 * Family †Messelasturidae Mayr 2005
 * Genus †Messelastur Peters 1994
 * †Messelastur gratulator Peters 1994
 * Genus †Tynskya Mayr 2000
 * †Tynskya eocaena Mayr 2000
 * Family †Pseudasturidae Mayr 1998a
 * Genus †Pseudasturides (Mayr 1998) Mayr 2004 [Pseudastur Mayr 1998 non Blyth 1849 ]
 * †Pseudasturides macrocephalus (Mayr 1998) Mayr 2004 [Pseudastur macrocephalus Mayr 1998 ]
 * Family †Vastanavidae Mayr et al. 2010
 * Genus †Vastanavis Mayr et al. 2007
 * †Vastanavis eocaena Mayr et al. 2007
 * †Vastanavis cambayensis Mayr et al. 2010
 * Family †Quercypsittidae Mourer-Chauviré 1992
 * Genus †Quercypsitta Mourer-Chauviré 1992
 * †Quercypsitta sudrei Mourer-Chauviré 1992
 * †Quercypsitta ivani Mourer-Chauviré 1992
 * Super family Strigopoidea Bonaparte 1849
 * Family Strigopidae (New Zealand Parrots)
 * Super family Cacatuoidea
 * Family Cacatuidae Gray 1840
 * Super family Psittacoidea Illiger 1811
 * Family Psittacidae Rafinesque 1815
 * Family Psittaculidae (Old wold parrots)

Basal Passeriformes

 * †Passeriformes gen. et sp. indet. (Slender-billed Kauaʻi Passerine)
 * †Passeriformes gen. et sp. indet. (Tiny Kauaʻi Passerine)
 * †"Palaeostruthus" eurius Brodkorb 1963
 * †"Turdoides" borealis Jánossy 1979
 * Genus †Corvitalusoides Boles 2006
 * †Corvitalusoides grandiculus Boles 2006
 * Genus †Jamna Bocheński et al. 2011
 * †Jamna szybiaki Bocheński et al. 2011
 * Genus †Resoviaornis Bocheński et al. 2013
 * †Resoviaornis jamrozi Bocheński et al. 2013
 * Genus †Wieslochia Mayr & Manegold 2006
 * †Wieslochia weissi Mayr & Manegold 2006
 * Genus †Yunnanus Hou 1985
 * †Yunnanus gaoyuansis Hou 1985
 * Family †Palaeoscinidae Howard 1957
 * Genus †Palaeoscinis Pomel 1852
 * †Palaeoscinis turdirostris Howard 1957

Suborder Acanthisitti

 * Family Acanthisittidae Sundevall 1872 (New Zealand Wrens)

Infraorder Eurylaimides

 * Family Sapayoidae Irestedt et al. 2006 (Sapayoas)
 * Superfamily Pittoidea
 * Family Calyptomenidae Bonaparte 1850 (Calyptomenid broadbills)
 * Family Pittidae Swainson 1831 (Pittas)
 * Superfamily Eurylaimoidea
 * Family Philepittidae (Asities)
 * Family Eurylaimidae (Eurylaimid broadbills)

Parvorder Tyrannida

 * Superfamily Piproidea
 * Family Pipridae
 * Superfamily Cotingoidea
 * Family Cotingidae
 * Superfamily Tityroidea
 * Family Tityridae
 * Superfamily Platyrinchoidea
 * Family Pipritidae
 * Family Platyrinchidae
 * Family Tachurididae
 * Family Rhynchocyclidae
 * Superfamily Tyrannoidea
 * Family Tyrannidae

Parvorder Furnariida

 * Superfamily Thamnophiloidea
 * Family Melanopareiidae
 * Family Conopophagidae
 * Family Thamnophilidae
 * Superfamily Furnarioidea
 * Family Grallariidae
 * Family Rhinocryptidae
 * Family Formicariidae
 * Family Furnariidae

Infraorder Menurides

 * Family Atrichornithidae
 * Family Menuridae

Infraorder Climacterides

 * Family Ptilonorhynchidae
 * Family Climacteridae

Infraorder Meliphagides

 * Family Maluridae
 * Family Dasyornithidae
 * Family Pardalotidae
 * Family Meliphagidae

Infraorder Orthonychides

 * Family Orthonychidae
 * Family Pomatostomatidae

Parvorder Melanocharitida

 * Family Melanocharitidae

Parvorder Cnemophilida

 * Family Cnemophilidae

Parvorder Petroicida

 * Family Petroicidae
 * Family Notiomystidae
 * Family Callaeidae

Parvorder Eupetida

 * Family Picathartidae
 * Family Chaetopidae
 * Family Eupetidae

Parvorder Sylviida

 * Family Macrosphenidae
 * Family Hirundinidae
 * Family Pycnonotidae
 * Superfamily Paroidea
 * Superfamily Alaudoidea
 * Superfamily Locustelloidea
 * Superfamily Aegithaloidea
 * Superfamily Sylvioidea

Parvorder Muscicapida

 * Superfamily Reguloidea
 * Superfamily Bombycilloidea
 * Superfamily Certhioidea
 * Superfamily Muscicapoidea

Parvorder Passerida

 * Family 
 * Superfamily Ploceoidea
 * Superfamily Emberizoidea