<==o "CICONIIMORPHAE"
|--o "ANSERIMORPHAE"
| |--o PHOENICOPTERIFORMES (flamingolinnut)
| | `-- Phoenicopteridae
| `--o ANSERIFORMES (sorsalinnut)
| |--o ANHIMAE (romiskot)
| | `-- Anhimidae (romiskot)
| `--o ANSERES (aidot sorsat)
| |--o ANSERANATOIDEA (puuhanhet)
| | `-- Anseranatidae (puuhanhet)
| `--o ANATOIDEA (aidot sorsat)
| |-- †Presbyornithidae
| `--+-- †Cnemiornithidae (uudenseelanninhanhet)
| `-- Anatidae (aidot sorsat)
`--+--o CICONIIFORMES (haikaralinnut) [possibly para- and polyphyletic]
| |?- Ardeiidae (haikarat) [possibly gruiforms]
| |-- Plataleidae [Threskiornithidae] (iibikset) [possibly charadriforms]
| |?- Scopidae (varjohaikarat)
| `--+--+-- Ciconiidae (kattohaikarat)
| | `?- Balaenicipitidae (kenkänokat)
| `--o VULTURIDES
| |-- Vulturidae [Cathartidae] (kondorit)
| `-- †Teratornithidae (teratornit)
`?- "PELECANIMORPHAE"