Parent taxon: Carinatae according to O. P. Hay 1930
See also Carroll 1988, Clarke et al. 2005, del Hoyo et al. 2014, Gadow 1898, Hope 2002, Lindow and Dyke 2006, Livezey 1997, Livezey and Zusi 2007, Mayr 2005, Mayr 2009, Parmalee 1992, Shoshani et al. 1989, Slack et al. 2006, Stirton 1953, Wetmore 1940, Wetmore 1960, Worthy et al. 2017, Worthy and Nguyen 2020 and Zittel 1890
Sister taxa: Anatiformes, Colymbiformes, Crateropteryx, Diatrymatiformes, Odontotormae, Tubinares
Subtaxa: Amitabha Archaealectrornis Argillipes Bumbanipodius Bumbanortyx Craci Cracidae Galli Gallinuloididae Galloidae Gigantibis Megapodiidae Namaortyx Numididae Odontiphorinidae Odontophoridae Paraortygidae Paraortyx Phasanidae Phasiani Phasianidae Procrax Quercymegapodiidae Scopelortyx Sobniogallus Sylviornithes Taoperdix Waltonortygidae