Coraciiformes

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Aves
Subclass: Neornithes (2,057 genera / 9,672 species)
Infraclass: Eoaves
Parvclass: Coraciae
Order: Coraciiformes (34/152 – typical rollers, ground-rollers, cuckoo-rollers, motmots, todies, kingfishers, bee-eaters)

Suborder: Coracii
Superfamily: Coracioidea
Family: Coraciidae (2/12 – typical rollers)
Family: Brachypteraciidae (3/5 – ground-rollers)
Superfamily: Leptosomoidea
Family: Leptosomidae (1/1 – cuckoo-roller)
Suborder: Alcedini
Infraorder: Alcedinides
Parvorder: Momotida
Family: Momotidae (6/9 – motmots)
Parvorder: Todida
Family: Todidae (1/5 – todies)
Parvorder: Alcedinida
Family: Alcedinidae (3/24 – alcedinid kingfishers)
Parvorder: Cerylida
Superfamily: Dacelonoidea
Family: Dacelonidae(12/61 – dacelonid kingfishers)
Superfamily: Ceryloidea
Family: Cerylidae (3/9 – cerylid kingfishers)
Infraorder: Meropides
Family: Meropidae (3/26 – bee-eaters)

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