Gruiformes

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Aves
Subclass: Neornithes (2,057 genera / 9,672 species)
Infraclass: Eoaves
Parvclass: Passerae
Superorder: Passerimorphae
Order: Gruiformes (53/196 – sunbittern, bustards, crowned-cranes, typical cranes, limpkin, sungrebes, trumpeters, kagu, seriemas, rails, gallinules, coots, mesites)

Suborder: Grui
Infraorder: Eurypygides
Family: Eurypygidae (1/1 – sunbittern)
Infraorder: Otidides
Family: Otididae (6/25 – bustards)
Infraorder: Gruides
Parvorder: Gruida
Superfamily: Gruoidea
Family: Gruidae (2/15)
Subfamily: Balearicinae (crowned-cranes)
Subfamily: Gruinae – (typical cranes)
Family: Heliornithidae (4/4)
Tribe: Aramini (limpkin)
Tribe: Heliornithini (sungrebes)
Superfamily : Psophioidea
Family: Psophiidae (1/3 – trumpeters)
Parvorder: Cariamida
Family: Cariamidae (2/2 – seriemas)
Family: Rhynochetidae (1/1 – kagu)
Suborder: Ralli
Family: Rallidae (34/142 – rails, gallinules, coots)
Suborder: Mesitornithi
Family: Mesitornithidae (2/3 – mesites, monias, roatelos)

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